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September
20, 2003
ERP KIM Newsletter
20-09-03
THINGS ARE NOT AS WELL AS THEY APPEAR, MR.
CLINTON
Bill Clinton in Kosovo greeted by ethnic
Albanians
Behind raucous mood of Kosovo Albanians ethnic discrimination against
Serbs
and other communities, crimes and violence have deeply compromised the
UN granted "peace", established after NATO intervention in 1999
CONTENTS:
EDITORIAL:
 THINGS
ARE NOT SO WELL AS THEY APPEAR, MR. CLINTON
The
reception he got today in Pristina is certainly one Clinton would not have
gotten anywhere else. Whenever he has visited Europe, he has been met by
masses of demonstrators protesting his retrograde policies which have
inflicted damage to the U.S. and Europe alike. The fact that a politician
of considerable political and moral disrepute has been greeted by such
ovations in Kosovo, overrun during the last four years of
international "peace" by lawlessness and crimes against the weak and
defenseless, perhaps is only becoming for Clinton at the end of his
political career.
KOSOVO
STILL LACKING DEMOCRACY, SAYS NEW GOVERNOR
HARRI
HOLKERI: "The pain in Kosovo has not disappeared... It is still very much
the same as it was four years ago but other big international conflicts
and challenges have taken the interest of the media...and also the
governments."
CLINTON,
ON A VISIT TO KOSOVO, WARNS AGAINST "GETTING EVEN"
CLINTON: "My
Bible says that vengeance belongs to God." He added that reconciliation
was "the only way you can achieve a secure, stable and prosperous Kosovo."
MACEDONIA
EMBRACES FOR INCREAS IN ETHNIC ALBANIAN SEPARATISM
The ANA guerrillas say they want to
establish, through war if necessary, a state grouping all ethnic Albanians
living in the region: in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, southern Serbia and
Montenegro.
INTIMIDATING
MESSAGES SPREAD AGAINST UNMIK STAFF (IN KOSOVO)
According to the police
information, the return of the corpses of two AKSH members is requested in
the messages; on the contrary, attack campaign will begin against crucial
UNMIK officials.
GEN.
MINI: KOSOVO'S SECURITY IS CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY OF THE REGION
MINI: The so-called
organization AKSH has only criminal purposes and not positive projects for
a better Kosovo for the Albanians. They have their criminal force, and
they have nothing to offer, but they only follow their interests. They aim
to destabilize the region and bring back the war. They strive to reach
their criminal goals, and they do not care for the people or the country.
We are fighting against this, and with the good understanding of Kosovo
people, we will triumph.
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EDITORIAL
THINGS
ARE NOT AS WELL AS THEY APPEAR, MR. CLINTON
The
reception he got today in Pristina is certainly one Clinton would not have
gotten anywhere else. Whenever he has visited Europe, he has been met by
masses of demonstrators protesting his retrograde policies which have
inflicted damage to the U.S. and Europe alike. The fact that a politician
of considerable political and moral disrepute has been greeted by such
ovations in Kosovo, overrun during the last four years of
international "peace" by lawlessness and crimes against the weak and
defenseless, perhaps is only becoming for Clinton at the end of his
political career.
TOP
ERP KIM INFO
SERVICE
September 19, 2003
"I pleased to see
things look so well." These were the first words of former U.S. president
William Jefferson Clinton as he exchanged embraces with Ibrahim Rugova,
who, together with thousands of Kosovo Albanians, prepared an
unforgettable reception for him today in Pristina.
Mr. Clinton
probably did not even ask where are the members of the communities whose
representatives he met during his last visit to Kosovo and Metohija in
autumn of 1999 and whom he had promised that the Province would become an
oasis of peace and tolerance. Such memories are hardly à
propos in an atmosphere vividly reminiscent of former welcomes for
Communist leaders for whom streets, public squares and towns were renamed
and whose placards dominated all the key points. The colors of the flags
and political manners have changed, it is true, but the mentality remains
unchanged from the 1980s when Albanian demonstrators demanded that
Kosovo become a part of the empire of Enver Hoxha.
Nevertheless, behind the raucous and festive
façade
of a happy Kosovo hides a far more tragic reality, one which neither Bill
Clinton nor the numerous other diplomatic visitors who come here for their
one day "safaris" in Pristina wish to see. It is the reality of isolated
Serb enclaves, children who cannot go to school out of fear for their
safety, dug up cemeteries and desecrated churches. Is this the kind of
Kosovo envisioned by the former Western leaders who initiated military
intervention against Serbia? Wasn't the phrase most frequently
repeated to justify the intervention that it was to enable the creation of
a multiethnic society? If we judge success on the basis of that purported
goal, Kosovo and Metohija is less multiethnic today than it has ever been
in its long history. It is the patent absurdity of the Kosovo peacekeeping
mission that the southern Serbian province, which has been under the rule
of the UN Mission and NATO forces for the past four years, represents the
most unstable part of the Balkans, a perpetual hothouse of ethnic
violence, organized crime and drug smuggling
While
Ibrahim
Rugova persistently attempts to prove to his Albanian compatriots and,
very likely, to himself, that the billboards advertising "Winston"
cigarettes and the plethora of U.S. flags are a sure indicator of economic
progress and democratization of Kosovo, extremists continue their
activities, not even sparing the Serbian children of Gorazdevac who were
unable to go to the Montenegrin seaside like tens of thousands of Kosovo
Albanians but sought refreshment from the summer heat in the small river
next to their village.
During his visit
to the Pristina airport of Slatina, on Pristina streets and at the
University, Bill Clinton today met only Albanians, heard only the Albanian
language and saw only the monoethnic society that represents the strongest
evidence of the (lack of) justification for his policy toward the Balkans.
At Pristina University Clinton accepted an honorary doctorate without
asking himself why no Serbian students or professors were present. Perhaps
the former president would not have even cared if he had known they were
not there. For him, like for so many other Western politicians, all
residents of Kosovo and Metohija are one amorphous mass of half-civilized
"Kosovars" whose misfortune served just in time as a means of realizing
far broader strategic interests and goals of the most powerful countries
in the world.
At the end Mr.
Clinton did not forget to make a few statements calling for ethnic
reconciliation. But he explained the acts of violence committed against
Serbs and non-Albanian minorities after the war exclusively as acts of
revange "which deserve understanding but not justification", as he
explained during his previous visit to Kosovo in November 1999. Speaking
of "vengeance which belongs only to God" to people among which a large
majority turns a blind eye towards massacres of innocent Serb children
(Gorazdevac, Aug 03) or entire families (Obilic, June 03) can very easily
be understood as an attempt to interpret systematic campaing of ethnic
terror as a natural consequence of frustration - "OK, dear "Kosovars" you
had enough, let the rest into the hands of the Almighty". But the Lord is
teaching us that any crime, especially against the innocent, is a crime
against God himself and that any attempt to rationalize a crime becomes a
crime itself.
The
reception Bill Clinton got today in Pristina is certainly one he would not have
gotten anywhere else. Whenever he has visited Europe, he has been met by
masses of demonstrators protesting his retrograde policies which have
inflicted damage to the U.S. and Europe alike. The fact that a politician
of considerable political and moral disrepute has been greeted by such
ovations in Kosovo, overrun during the last four years of
international "peace" by lawlessness and crimes against the weak and
defenseless, perhaps is only becoming for Clinton at the end of his
political career.
Editorial
by
Fr. Sava (Janjic)
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REUTERS:
KOSOVO STILL LACKING DEMOCRACY, SAYS NEW GOVERNOR
"The
pain in Kosovo has not disappeared... It is still very much the same as it
was four years ago but other big international conflicts and challenges
have taken the interest of the media...and also the governments."
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Reuters
September 18, 2003
ROME -- Thursday -- The new UN governor for Kosovo said on Thursday
Kosovo's Albanian majority had some way to go before it achieved the
democratic standards that diplomats believe are a precondition to possible
independence. Harri Holkeri, a former Finnish prime minister, told Reuters
that the economic and crime situation in the disputed province were still
alarming, more than four years after NATO's bombing campaign drove Serb
troops from the territory.
"The pain in Kosovo has not disappeared," Holkeri, who took up his post
last month, said during a brief visit to Rome.
"It is still very much the same as it was four years ago but other big
international conflicts and challenges have taken the interest of the
media...and also the governments."
Holkeri said both the United Nations and some NATO states wanted to
downsize their operations in Kosovo in the medium-term but he refused to
be drawn on whether the UN protectorate would eventually become an
independent state.
"The final decision concerning the status of Kosovo can only be made by
the (United Nations') Security Council, not by local institutions," he
said. "I will not speculate on this."
Kosovo wants independence from Belgrade, but the international community
has so far supported only substantial autonomy, fearing further
fragmentation of the Balkans after the ethnic wars that destroyed the old
Yugoslavia.
Holkeri said Kosovo's two million ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent
of the province's population, had to resolve their internal problems
before focusing on their future position.
"People are increasingly accepting the fact that the standards they are
building for the society must happen before something can be done to
finalise their situation," he said.
Three major issues
Holkeri's predecessor Michael Steiner laid down eight benchmarks to judge
the progress of the Kosovo Albanians. Of these, the new UN governor said
only three big issues really mattered - the rule of law, ethnic relations
and the economy.
He decried the spread of organised crime in the region and said the
economy was in a "bad" way, with an unemployment rate of 57 percent and
locals unwilling to invest in their province.
"Kosovars must show confidence in their economy and invest their own money
in it...then I'm sure we'll find ways and means to get international
investors to show keen interest," he said.
In one positive development, Holkeri said that the first talks between
Belgrade and Kosovo's Albanian leadership since the NATO bombing campaign
should open before the end of October.
Representatives of the six major powers in the so-called Contact Group -
the United States, France, Russia, Britain, Germany and Italy - are due to
meet in New York on September 23 to discuss preparations for the talks.
"If everything goes as I hope we can call the opening of the dialogue,
let's say in a couple of weeks," said Holkeri, who met Italian Foreign
Minister Franco Frattini and also the UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
Ruud Lubbers, during his visit.
"If I get the backing, I will move, very, very rapidly."
Diplomats expect that the meeting will open in Brussels, Vienna or Rome
before shifting to Belgrade and Pristina.
The agenda will focus on four main areas - energy, transport and telecoms,
cooperation in returning Serb refugees and cooperation on missing persons
- but not the final status.
Holkeri said he would not act as a mediator in the talks but said he saw
himself as "some kind of a mid-wife".
"I try to move forward in a very pragmatic way. There are plenty of things
that are almost impossible to do, but there are tasks that can be done and
I try to do what's do-able," he said.
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NYT:
CLINTON, ON A VISIT TO KOSOVO, WARNS AGAINST "GETTING EVEN"
"My
Bible says that vengeance belongs to God." He added that reconciliation
was "the only way you can achieve a secure, stable and prosperous Kosovo."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/20/international/europe/20CLIN.html
THE NEW YORK TIMES
September 20, 2003
By NICHOLAS WOOD
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Sept. 19 - Former President Bill Clinton was welcomed
with acclaim here today, more than four years after NATO troops first
entered this province, effectively ending two years of conflict and
placing it under a United Nations mandate.
The visit was arranged so Mr. Clinton could receive an honorary degree and
visit American soldiers serving with the United Nations peace-keeping
force.
Hundreds of people lined the roadside and waved flags in greeting the
former president on the four-and-a-half-mile journey from the airport to
the center of the city.
Few other politicians could expect the same reception. Mr. Clinton, who
last visited in 1999, is seen by the province's ethnic Albanian majority
as being responsible for ending Yugoslav rule in the province, and taking
it effectively a step closer to independence. The city's largest boulevard
is named in his honor.
While four years of United Nations rule have brought comparative peace to
the region, ethnic violence remains a problem. The last three months have
seen an increase in attacks on the Serbian minority.
Mr. Clinton used his visit to warn Albanians that those seeking revenge
for atrocities committed by Serbian and Yugoslav forces during the late
1990's could hinder the prospects for independence. "Do you want to get
even?" he asked an invited audience at Pristina University, "I hope not.
My Bible says that vengeance belongs to God." He added that reconciliation
was "the only way you can achieve a secure, stable and prosperous Kosovo."
Kosovo's sovereignty has been in limbo since the end of the war. Security
Council Resolution 1244, which established the United Nations
administration, states that the province is still part of Yugoslavia. Its
final status was to be tackled once the United Nations had established
substantial self-autonomy.
Ethnic Albanian leaders and members of the Serbian government are
preparing for preliminary talks on the province's future later this month.
Serbian leaders oppose any kind of move toward an independent state.
Mr. Clinton also used the occasion to add to the debate on American troop
commitments in the Balkans saying, "I think we belong here until our job
is finished."
His remarks follow the statement from the chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff, General Richard B. Myers, that the Pentagon was reconsidering its
troop deployments around the world, including the Balkans, because of the
increased demands on American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Saturday, Mr. Clinton travels to Bosnia where he will attend a memorial
service for 7,000 Bosnian Muslims massacred by Serbian forces in
Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
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AFP:
MACEDONIA BRACES FOR INCREASE IN ETHNIC ALBANIAN SEPARATISM
The ANA
guerrillas say they want to establish, through war if necessary, a state
grouping all ethnic Albanians living in the region: in Albania, Kosovo,
Macedonia, southern Serbia and Montenegro.
TOP
Macedonia braces for increase in ethnic Albanian separatism Friday,
19-Sep-2003 4:10AM Jean-Eudes Barbier
SKOPJE, Sept 19 (AFP) - The authorities in Macedonia are expecting an
increase in ethnic Albanian separatists' activities, particularly from the
Albanian National Army (ANA), an underground militant group which wants to
unify the ethnic community throughout the Balkans.
A recent increase in violence, claimed by the ANA, could be linked to
expected negotiations between Serbia and ethnic Albanian leaders in the
UN-administrated Kosovo, a senior Macedonian official said.
"We will assist the start of this process that would lead to a definition
of Kosovo's status, something everyone in the Balkans is interested in,"
the official, who did not want to be named, told AFP in Skopje.
But "for the Albanians in the region, a final countdown, but backward one,
will begin," the official insisted.
The ANA guerrillas say they want to establish, through war if necessary, a
state grouping all ethnic Albanians living in the region: in Albania,
Kosovo, Macedonia, southern Serbia and Montenegro.
Macedonian officials, faced with the recent wave of attacks, fear futher
violence.
The clandestine group is "well-implanted in the region," with its "armed"
cells in the field, mainly in Kosovo and with a "liaison officer" in
Albania, the official said.
"Some of the fighters operate in uniform," he said.
The radical militants first appeared in 2000, grouping some former members
of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a guerrilla movement fighting troops
under the command of ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic during tehe
1998-99 Kosovo war.
Following the end of the NATO air war against Belgrade in June 1999,
international officials administrating the southern Serbian province
ordered a dissolution of the KLA, but some of its most militant fighters
reportedly joined the ANA.
In 2001, ANA fighters were said to join ethnic Albanian rebels of the
Macedonia-based guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (NLA),
clashing with Skopje security forces during over seven months of conflict
which almost led this former Yugoslav republic into civil war.
The conflict ended with the Western-brokered peace accord between the main
Macedonian and ethnic Albanian parties in August 2001, but ANA separatists
denounced the agreement and reaffirmed their resolve to "liberate" the
Albanians from "Serb and Macedonian colonialists."
The ANA was classified as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations
administration of Kosovo after it claimed responsibility for the sabotage
of a railway bridge in the north of the province in April.
Most Albanian political leaders in the region have distanced themselves
from the shadowy group, composed of disparate fractions, often linked with
organized crime, and without wide support within its ethnic community.
Many Albanians however fear a "reactivation" of the rebel groups in
Macedonia, warning of a "lack of will" from the Skopje government to
"substantially" improve their living conditions.
They warn that the extremist movements could escalate their campaigns even
in Kosovo if the international community complies with Belgrade's refusal
to recognize ethnic Albanian calls for independence.
And the ANA guerrillas have remained firm in their calls to unite all
ethnic Albanians living in the Balkans.
"The formation of an ethnic Albanian state is the only solution to ensure
stability in the Balkans and we will intensify our efforts to achieve this
goal," the ANA said in a recent statement.
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INTIMIDATING MESSAGES SPREAD AGAINST UNMIK STAFF
According to the police information, the return of the corpses of two AKSH
members is requested in the messages; on the contrary, attack campaign
will begin against crucial UNMIK officials.
TOP
BOTA SOT,
Albanian language daily
Pristina, September 19, 2003
Police sources
confirmed that they have received the past couple of days intimidating
messages addressed against the UNMIK staff in several cases in Pristina
region.
The police have found those messages posted in five UNMIK police vehicles.
According to the police information, the return of the corpses of two
AKSH* members is requested in the messages; on the contrary, attack
campaign will begin against crucial UNMIK officials.
The police did not give further details regarding this case, except that
the case is under investigation.
*AKSH - ANA - Albanian
National Army - a shaddowy militant group of ethnic Albanian extremists
who struggle for territorial unification of all, what they call, Albanian
inhabited lands in the Balkans. ANA was officially proclaimed a terrorist
organization in spring 2003 by UNMIK chief Micheal Steiner after a
terrorist attack on a railway bridge in North Kosovo.
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GENERAL
MINI: KOSOVO'S STABILITY IS CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY OF THE REGION
The so-called organization AKSH has only criminal purposes and not
positive projects for a better Kosovo for the Albanians. They have their
criminal force, and they have nothing to offer, but they only follow their
interests. They aim to destabilize the region and bring back the war. They
strive to reach their criminal goals, and they do not care for the people
or the country. We are fighting against this, and with the good
understanding of Kosovo people, we will triumph.
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BOTA SOT,
Albanian language daily
Pristina, September 19, 2003
Bota Sot:
Based on the details and information you posses, could the so-called
"Albanian National Army" (AKSH) provoke a new war in the western Balkans?
General Fabio Mini: The so-called organization AKSH has only
criminal purposes and not positive projects for a better Kosovo for the
Albanians. They have their criminal force, and they have nothing to offer,
but they only follow their interests. They aim to destabilize the region
and bring back the war. They strive to reach their criminal goals, and
they do not care for the people or the country. We are fighting against
this, and with the good understanding of Kosovo people, we will triumph.
Bota Sot: It was said that KFOR and UNMIK police were invited to
investigate the potential involvement or relation of KPC (Kosovo
Protection Corps) ranking members with AKSH. Is this true and did you
undertake such investigation?
General Fabio Mini: KFOR did not undertake such interventions. We
have presented our evaluation and proposal to the UN SRSG. We will propose
concrete steps for the development of KPC and for its structural changes.
Our current suggestions for suspension are only administrative actions
with a purpose of expelling people that obstruct the troops’ development,
and which believe that the troops are their private business. Department
of Justice and Police will deal with the ones that would be identified and
suspected of leading criminal activities, or the ones that are related to
terrorism.
Bota Sot: Do you think Kosovo is still a strategic zone for NATO?
General Fabio Mini: NATO strategy is a strategy of extension and
security, expansion of cooperation, and participation. In this direction,
Kosovo is crucial for the security of the Balkans, and it is a crucial
region for the security. Kosovo cannot be seen isolated and its stability
is essential for the stability of the region. But, this does not mean that
NATO, Europe, or the global community could be held hostage by the ones
that want Kosovo as a strategic tool for destabilization.
Bota Sot: Currently, the border issue between Kosovo and Serbia is
very delicate. Do you believe this issue presents difficulty for KFOR and
your mandate?
General Fabio Mini: There is no reason. The border issue should be
solved through the proper legal framework. KFOR is here in the name of the
international community and it will reinforce the decisions of the
international community. My only concern is the intolerance and the
manipulation of this matter, which has taken place inside and outside
Kosovo and which is obstructing the freedom of movement of the citizens.
And, this is a challenge for the stability.
Bota Sot: Kosovo's final status has remained an open issue. Do you
think that the West is in a lack of political response for the future of
Kosovo?
General Fabio Mini: It is not a matter of political response, but
rather of creating conditions for certain response. Kosovo's final status,
regardless what would it be, should not considered as final in order to be
successful. A solution should be seen in the context of "future status" of
the region within Europe. The international community gave a right to the
political response. It would be seen if the conditions for regional
stability, cooperation and economic integration are present. It should be
clear what remains to be done and in which dimensions the current
leadership is working to get to this solution.
Bota Sot: The arms amnesty was announced in Kosovo this month. Do
you believe that that the time to say ‘no’ to arms has arrived in Kosovo
now?
General Fabio Mini: Arms amnesty is a chance to construct the
confidence and to save the people from the arm possession culture. More
than ever the time has arrived now. The international community is
observing from close the improvements in this field. The arms are not
indispensable and in this society we want a development in Kosovo, and the
arms are unneeded, but they present a challenge for the acceptance of new
Kosovo by the international community.
Bota Sot: Prior to your departure from here, do you want to arrest
a certain person that could be suspected of being involved in war crimes
in Kosovo. Did you receive such request by The Hague Tribunal?
General Fabio Mini: I cannot comment on this. However, you should
be certain that KFOR would cooperate tightly with The Hague for executing
the warrant-arrests or receiving orders. Unfortunately, the subject for
war crimes should still be fulfilled by the investigations in all
ethnicities that were involved in the crimes against the humanity.
Bota Sot: According to you, which are the future perspectives for
peace and security in Kosovo?
General Fabio Mini: Only through the internal integration,
tolerance, and cooperation. The effort for common real solutions will
begin to happen only if the actions triumph over the words, if the
confidence wins over the propaganda, and also through the cooperation in
regional level.
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KOSOVO AND METOHIJA NEWS
Friday 19 September 2003
22:00 The trial against Serb National Council of Northern Kosovo president
Dr. Milan Ivanovic and SNC member Nebojsa Jovic is to begin on Monday at
the District Court in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, confirmed Jovic's
attorney, Ljubomir Pantovic, today. Ivanovic and Jovic are charged with
committing serious violence and aggravated assault and battery in the
incident between UNMIK police and citizens that occurred at the main
bridge over the Ibar River on April 8, 2002. In addition to the joint
indictment, Jovic is also charged with attacking a police officer.
21:40 The return of Kosovo Serbs to Podujevo has been stopped due to
announcements by local Albanians that they will destroy the houses
intended for returnees, stated the president of the Vidovdan Association
of Serb Refugees from Kosovo, Caslav Bojovic.
21:20 Former US president Bill Clinton arrived for a one day visit to
Kosovo today, where he will receive an honorary doctorate from Pristina
University and visit US soldiers in the US military base Bondsteel near
Urosevac.
21:00 Kosovo parliament speaker Nexhad Daci stated that those people who
accept Kosovo as their homeland can return and that every citizen of
Kosovo must be on his own property.
20:40 The head of the British office in Pristina Mark Dickinson stated
that the return of displaced persons is the most important issue in Kosovo
and that all refugees must return and be provided with a certain level of
security acceptable to them.
20:20 A change in the status of the province of Kosovo would have negative
consequences for Bosnia and Herzegovina because it would open up the issue
of the status of the Croatian and Serbian peoples in Bosnia, stated Bosnia
and Herzegovina foreign minister Mladen Ivanic said.
20:00 Serbian premier Zoran Zivkovic stated that the Kosovo Albanians do
not want dialogue on the status of the Province because such negotiations
would topple their dream of independence.
19:40 Serbian deputy premier Nebojsa Covic called on all participants of
the future dialogue on Kosovo- to stop thinking about the final status of
the Province and turn toward practical issues.
13:00 Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini and UNMIK head Harri
Holkeri signed a memorandum in Rome regarding Italy's 3.5 million euro
contribution to the UNMIK program for the return of Serb refugees to the
Province, advised the Italian Foreign Minsitry yesterday.
12:40 Today Serb Return Coalition (Povratak) MP in the Kosovo parliament
Randjel Nojkic accused parliamentary speaker Nexhat Daci of continued
discrimination against Serb MPs, denying them the right to present their
views at parliamentary sessions.
12:20 MPs of the three biggest Albanian parties in the Kosovo- parliament
assessed yesterday that dialogue with Belgrade is not a priority for
Kosovo, whereas economic development and reduction of social tensions are
priorities.
12:00 The dialogue on Kosovo is expected to begin during the period from
the first week of October to the first week of November, without
insistance on discussing the final status of the Province, and Vienna or
Brussels have been mentioned as possible venues, either option being
acceptable to the Belgrade government, stated Coordinating Center for
Kosovo and Metohija head Nebojsa Covic.
11:40 Serbian premier Zoran Zivkovic stated that Serbian deputy premier
and Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija head Nebojsa Covic will
head the team for talks on Kosovo and Metohija since he had been dealing
with the problems of the Province for two and a half years.
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