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Alban on "United Nations authority: after Kosovo "

Alban — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:29:15 +0000

Good. I'm glad Kosovo is going to force United Nation to reform.

First thing to do
1. Abolish the veto system. Where few countries make decisions about the world. Remove Russia from UNSC. There are other more important global players today.

Kcomment on "United Nations authority: after Kosovo "

Kcomment — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:19:49 +0000

“There is a real danger, however, that such moves have come too late. …”

I really AGREE with this statement but the reference time and the way how it is treated are really wrong. Mr. Lindsay doesn’t treat the problem in its complexity and furthermore doesn’t treat all western efforts to prevent such imposed solution.

The preventive UN politics, excited by western members to avoid genocide and humanitarian collapse in disrupting Yugoslavia had started years ago. Unfortunately, key members of the Security Council, backing Serbian politics of genocide, underground or openly, sabotaged efforts for a peaceful solution. The truth is that Yugoslavian wars never had a strong and effective response from UN.

The Declaration of Independence from Serbia wasn’t result of a prompt decision. As well it is not as a result of the disruption of FRY. It has a long story of genocide and aims for freedom where the closest reference date connected directly with actual situation is The London Conference of Great Powers in 1912 where forcibly from the territory of Albania where left out more than half of it.

The repair of the situation should take into account the JUSTICE. A law which doesn’t serve to the justice will be problematic, and this is valid for UN too. Serbia and it’s supporting countries had many possibilities to fix it’s problems on the matter but rather asking for a peaceful solution it chose to abandon this efforts.
Finally the Kosovo case is a closed issue. This is a good start for UN to adopt new laws which will not take into account the interest of great powers and their supporters. The UN Rule of Law should serve to the Justice and not to the interest of any Power just because it is a power. Developed democracies started a Justice process which should converted in Law. This solution will avoid the genocide will attack again and will support the peaceful solution of many problems around the globe.

It is merely wrong to held western democratic society responsible for ineffectiveness of UN. There is no solution escaping from facing issues and Bosnian case is a good example.

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Not logged in on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Not logged in — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:26:46 +0000

Kosovo and Metohija is provance in Serbia, and that's it. Yes Albanians (siptari) declared independence, so now they are European problem, in Yugoslavia they where Titos problem...Why? Small territoty to many people ...no jobs no nothing everybodu just hanging around and thinking...."Hm...what shit shall we do today" Serb or Siptars...they are all the same.

The only fact for Serbs is that Serbs have built all the monasteries from 11th century. Kosovo and Metohija where the part of the first Serbian state in middle ages.

Today problem for Europe is that Kosovo and Metohija, will became first islamic state in europe cos all the Albanians there are muslims over 90%.
So my opinion is that this state or provance can have future only in biger system such was Yugoslavia or now Europe.

Not logged in on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Not logged in — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:07:45 +0000

i think it is a good article in its complicity , despite some small things the albanian can not agree ! but i think it may serve as a jump to a greater and more sophisticated article.....best regards!!!

Faton Dullovi on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Faton Dullovi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:46 +0000

Edli: you still don’t understand why Albanians in Kosovo don’t like it when other ethnic groups call them (Siptari ) and the article dint fully go in to details about this problem and the reason to that is during the Serb occupation of Kosovo the serbs would referee to Kosovo Albanians as Siptars while they refereed to Albanians in Albania as (Albanci) and me and you both know that one of the biggest struggle Albanians had to deal throw the course of history was protecting there coulter, identity and history as the Albanian people, Serbs called kosovars Albanians ( siptars) in the way of trying to separated them from Albanians form Albania so they can say they don’t belong in Kosovo or even Europe they have no history or identity so they must be gypsies from turkey... there is more to it but am just to tired to type anymore....

Jeton on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Jeton — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:50:43 +0000

Illyrian used to live and work many centuries A.D. from Slovenia today up to Greece. They had their own language, tradition, habits, culture, heroes, etc. Albanians are their direct predecesors splitted forcibly in these five states: Albania, MOntenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and lately Republic of Kosova. Slavs (i.e. today serbs) came from Carpathian mountains durint the VII century after Christ and begun occupying new territories. Even Russia today dreams to have ann access in Adriatic Sea, same dream for serbs. Since then, serbs were occupators, the last Millosevic who started 5 wars and fortunately lost all of them shamely. Shamely arrested and died in the Criminal Court. Albanians had to fight fot their freedom and luckily enough won. Therefore, Kosova is a sovereign state not a provice of serbia or whoever, not anymore my dear poor serbs. Wake up, don't dream with open eyes. Kosovar POlice Service has and will stop any serb from serbia that do not adhere to Kosova's Laws. That's it.

XPBOJE on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

XPBOJE — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:30:28 +0000

and have sign in alphabet for it

Kosovar on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Kosovar — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:59:31 +0000

Republic of Kosovo is an independent state.

laptopreview1 on "The Kosovo war: between two eras "

laptopreview1 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:02:06 +0000

I remember the beginning of this war and didnt think much of it. Quite frankly I didnt even know it was still going on. I always just thought they were fueding and what not. It is wierd to know this war has been silently going on in the background for the past 10 years.

Jill Starr on "Radovan Karadzic: the politics of an arrest"

Jill Starr — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:18:00 +0000

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Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic:
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Joshua Alzona on "Kosovo: one year on"

Joshua Alzona — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:02:20 +0000

I believe you are looking at this through a very biased lens here. Your first point is quite irresponsible since Belgrade had always stated their position as regards to Kosovo, even before Kosovo declared independence. The interests of the Serbs in Kosovo may indeed be impeded by the blockades but the interests of Serbs in Kosovo has always been to remain part of Serbia. Your specious reasoning of "never...succeed in turning back the clock" is duplicitous when you speak of an independent Kosovo which broke off from a state called Serbia which was a republic in the broken Yugoslavia. It seems like geography can be redrawn and the failure of Kosovo (which will be imminent) can only mean a further negotiation with Belgrade in an attempt to gain better relations. Kosovo would and will always rely on aid from NATO, the EU and the West and it will barely resemble a stable economy. It's going to be a pumped up state filled by donations and there will be very little progress. Little statelets like these, especially one that gained independence in haste of its former sovereign power, is faced with doom. The only reason why this has gone on for so long is because this was the US and NATO's pet project.

Point two relates more to power politicking rather than "irresponsibility". Russia has strategic interests of its own; Kosovo is not part of that and backing Belgrade to counter the US influence makes perfect sense, and not "irresponsibility".

Point three misses the obvious point of precedence: how could these states recognise the independence of a former autonomous province like Kosovo, which had no flag, no anthem and no language, (everything is in Albanian) and then refuse to recognise their own separatists movements that is pushing and sputtering within their own borders.

This comment seems more like the "irresponsibility" here.

quintin hoare on "Kosovo: one year on"

quintin hoare — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:36:07 +0000

Although recognitions have indeed come more slowly than Kosova's leaders and people had hoped, and this fact does indeed cause difficulties for the newly independent state, the main reasons for the latter's problems are: 1. Belgrade's blind intransigence, which is as damaging to its own interests and those of Kosova Serbs as it is to Kosova itself (and which will never, of course, succeed in turning back the clock); 2. Moscow's opportunistic and irresponsible backing for Serbian intransigence: this is the main stumbling block to Kosova's entry into international bodies and to ending what the author refers to as the 'alphabet soup'; 3. the equally irresponsible failure of Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain to act in the interests both of the EU of which they are members and of Kosova and its population.

quintin hoare on "Kosovo and Serbia, one year after: a quiet compromise? "

quintin hoare — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:20:33 +0000

'It would probably be too much to expect the Serbian government to announce plans for recognition, just as it would be too much to expect the Kosovo government to announce plans for closer ties to Serbia.'
False parallelism! Belgrade has not merely repeatedly declared that it will 'never' recognise Kosova, it has even enshrined this stance in its constitution. Kosova's leaders, meanwhile, have repeatedly declared their readiness for closer ties to Serbia.

mirel on "The International Court of Justice: Serbia, Bosnia, and genocide"

mirel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:59:41 +0000

you are right. of course all serbs say that bosnian muslims were killing serbs but i thing that has been proven and the whole world has seen who has done the killing during the war.
"Behind Enemy Lines" movie proves it even more.

Mila Duncovic on "Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity "

Mila Duncovic — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:28:03 +0000

Kosovo is province in Serbia.