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31 July,
2003
ERP KIM Newsletter
31-07-03
SERBIAN ORTHODOX
CHURCH IN PRISTINA AGAIN TARGETED BY ATTACKERS
CONTENTS:
 CHURCH
OF ST NICHOLAS PARISH HOME IN PRISTINA TARGETED AGAIN
The parish home of the Serbian Orthodox
Church of St. Nicholas in Pristina was again stoned this evening, church
sources in Kosovo reported to Beta.
DRASTICALLY
DETERIORATED SECURITY SITUATION FOR SUVI DOL SERBS
After last week's
arrival of the Danish KFOR to the village of Suvi Dol near Kosovska
Mitrovica, the safety in region has drastically deteriorated. This can be
confirmed through an increased number of physical attacks on Serbs, threats,
and thefts, stated Rade Kragovic, a representative of the Serbs from this
village.
MAKFAX:
FBI CLAIMS ALBANIAN MAFIA IS AMONG MOST DANGEROUS MAFIA IN WORLD
Albanian Mafia is among
five most dangerous Mafiosi in the world involved in human trafficking,
says the latest report by the FBI.
AFP:
UN POLICE IN KOSOVO SEIZE HEROIN WORTH 800,000 EUROS
The search discovered some 18 kilograms
(about 40 pounds) of heroin, drug paraphernalia, two illegal weapons and
various other evidence. Two men in their mid-20s and a 29-year-old woman
were arrested and a search is ongoing for a fourth suspect. All of the
suspects are ethnic-Albanians.
Repeatedly targeted by Albanian Moslem hooligans
Serbian Orthodox Church in Pristina
SERBIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH PARISH HOME IN PRISTINA AGAIN TARGETED BY ATTACKERS
TOP
Beta News
Agency, ERP KIM
July 30, 2003
PRISTINA - The parish home of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas
in Pristina was again stoned this evening, church sources in Kosovo
reported to Beta.
"The doors of the parish home and the church were hit by many stones," the
sources told Beta, adding that this is yet another of a series of similar
attacks in the past month.
The evening attack resulted in damage to the doors of the church and
parish home . In previous attacks windows on both the church and the home
were broken.
The Kosovo police is on the scene and conducting an investigation.
The Kosovo Electrical Power Company had turned off the electricity to the
parish home and the church today, demanding that the parish priest pay a
bill of 1,800 euros.
Albanian grafitti reading "muli" or "attack" has been written on the walls
of the only functioning Serbian Orthodox church in Pristina for months.
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The church of
St. Nicholas was built in 1830 on the grounds of the old Serbian Monastery
of St. Nicholas, mentioned in the 16th century. This is also the only
functioning Serbian Orthodox church in Pristina. At the moment only one of
my priests, Fr. Miroslav Popadic, lives with his in the parish home and
regularly serves holy services for the remaining 200 Serbs in Pristina.
Fr. Miroslav is unable to walk safely even in his churchyard, let alone in
the streets of Pristina. He is living in a state of siege and he performs
his parish duties under constant risk.
At the end of
2002 KFOR protection was replaced by two police officers, one from the
UNMIK police and the other from KPS. During February the church was
guarded only by a single KPS officer. Since then the church has been left
without any protection at all. At the same time attacks on this church
multiplied with almost everyday verbal abuses and stoning which has caused
much damage to the church property.
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox church in
Pristina, built in 1830 on the site
of the medieval Serbian Orthodox Monastery of St. Nicholas
Related
texts:
COURYARD OF
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH IN PRISTINA SHOWERED WITH STONES AGAIN - PARISH HOME
WINDOWS BROKEN, July 4, 2003
/erpkim04july03.html#5
KOSOVO:
FURTHER ATTACKS ON ORTHODOX SITES, Forum 18, Oslo
/erpkim30june03b.html June 30, 03
SERBIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH IN PRISTINA STONED AGAIN BY ALBANIANS, June 27, 03
/erpkim27june03.html#1
KOSOVO: NO
PROTECTION IN CAPITAL FOR ATTACKED ORTHODOX CHURCH AND PRIEST, Forum
18, Oslo -
/erpkim15may03b.html May 15, 03
Despite repeated requests for
protection, including requests made personally two weeks ago to the KFOR
commander, adaquate protection for a Serbian Orthodox Church and its
priest in Kosovo's capital Pristina has not been provided since the
removal of KFOR guards at the end of 2002. Attacks have become frequent
and on 10 May many church windows were broken. Parish priest Fr Miroslav
Popadic told Forum 18 News Service that "I open the church gates only on
Sunday mornings and on major holidays for the faithful to come to liturgy,
otherwise, if someone comes to church without a call in advance I do not
open the gates. When I visit local villages, I make the sign of the cross,
sit in my car and drive fast at my own risk". KFOR's commander told Fr
Popadic he "cannot give any more troops for the protection of churches".
No arrests have been made since for the attacks on Orthodox churches since
1999 and KFOR has not replied to Forum 18 News Service's questions on this
latest attack, or to questions about the security of Orthodox churches and
monasteries.
SERBIAN
CHRISTIANS ATTACKED BY MOB, Assist News Service, May 22, 2003
http://www.orthodoxnews.netfirms.com/Serbian%20Christians%20Attacked.htm
FARGOTTEN
SERBS OF PRISTINA (pdf)
We feel as if not a single soul in
the world cares about our future," says the vicar of Pristina Parish of
the Serbian Orthodox Church, Father Miroslav Popadic. His view is shared
by the handful of remaining Serbs from one of Pristina_s streets
known as Crkvena Mala, where the Church of Sveti Nikola is located
http://www.osce.org/kosovo/documents/details/february/eng/details_eng_february_10.pdf
TOP
DRASTICALLY DETERIORATED
SECURITY SITUATION FOR SUVI DOL SERBS
Free
Serbia, Belgrade
Kosovska Mitrovica, July 30, 2003
TOP
After last week's arrival of the Danish KFOR to the village of Suvi Dol
near Kosovska Mitrovica, the safety in region has drastically
deteriorated. This can be confirmed through an increased number of physical
attacks on Serbs, threats, and thefts, stated Rade Kragovic, a
representative of the Serbs from this village. He warned that the Serbs
from this village are again forced to reconsider collectively leaving Suvi
Dol.
"There is no freedom of movement. We are living in great fear," stated
Kragovic and added that the Coordination center for Kosmet has to
immediately "do something", if it wants the Serbs from Suvi Dol to
survive.
TOP
MAKFAX: FBI CLAIMS ALBANIAN MAFIA IS AMONG MOST DANGEROUS MAFIA IN WORLD
Albanian
Mafia is among five most dangerous Mafiosi in the world involved in human
trafficking, says the latest report by the FBI.
TOP
MAKFAX
Tirana 7/30/03 1:01:19 PM
Albanian Mafia is among five most dangerous Mafiosi in the world involved
in human trafficking, says the latest report by the FBI.
Tirana's media quote the report presented by Charles DeMore, the Assistant
Director of Homeland Security Department within FBI, as saying that
Albanian Mafia is dangerous and powerful, and it threatens the global
stability with its activities and trafficking in human beings.
Among other five most dangerous mafia in the world are the Chinese mafia,
the Japanese Jacuzzi, the Russian, the Ukrainian and the Albanian criminal
networks.
FBI's report says some 700.000 to 2.000.000 are being trafficked, most of
them are forced to prostitution and other illegal activities.
The main trigger of illegal activities was the collapse of communism and
quite low living standards in the East-European countries and the
countries of the so-called Third World. /end/
TOP
UN
POLICE IN KOSOVO SEIZE HEROIN WORTH 800,000 EUROS - ALL SUSPECTS ARE
ETHNIC ALBANIANS
The search discovered
some 18 kilograms (about 40 pounds) of heroin, drug paraphernalia, two
illegal weapons and various other evidence. Two men in their mid-20s and a
29-year-old woman were arrested and a search is ongoing for a fourth
suspect. All of the suspects are ethnic-Albanians.
TOP
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
Pristina, Tuesday, 29-July-2003 7:20AM
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro, July 29 (AFP) - UN police in Kosovo seized 18
kilograms of heroin intended for sale in western Europe after a weekend
raid, a UN official said Tuesday.
The raid produced the largest-ever narcotics discovery in the Serbian
province, with the value of the drugs estimated at 800,000 euros (920,000
dollars), UN police spokesman Derek Chappell said at a press briefing.
"The search discovered some 18 kilograms (about 40 pounds) of heroin, drug
paraphernalia, two illegal weapons and various other evidence," he said.
Two men in their mid-20s and a 29-year-old woman were arrested and a
search is ongoing for a fourth suspect. All of the suspects are
ethnic-Albanians.
"Investigators believe Kosovo was a transit point for the heroin and the
drugs were intended for sale in western Europe," Chappell said.
Kosovo has been under UN administration since NATO bombed Yugoslavia to
force the withdrawal of Serb troops in early 1999.
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