Archive for October, 2009

A Bosnian Wahhabi cut off another man’s ear during a dispute at a grocery market in the city of Sarajevo. Fikret Sulejmanovic was attacked by two Bosnian Muslims who adhere to the extremist Islamic sect prevalent in Saudi Arabia but a growing one in the Bosnian Muslim part. One of the Wahhabis, whose name has not... »

A representative in Serbia’s Parliament was attacked, beaten then robbed around 11 pm in Belgrade. The representative from the Democratic  Party, Biljana Hasanovic-Korac, was attack by a criminal who hit her several times in the head with a metal object, then stole her purse. The  attacker was later arrested. Hasanovic-Korac is in a stable... »

Israel will not recognize Kosovo as an independent state, confirms Israeli Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai. During the meeting with the Serbian Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, Yishai reiterated Israel’s position that there will be no recognition of the unilateral declaration ethnic Albanian separatists made last year in Serbia’s Kosovo province. Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel will... »

Kosovo Albanian separatists have initiated a media propaganda campaign in the largest TV networks in the world in order to portray an image that they are not a violent society in which two thirds of Christians have been ethnically cleansed while the remaining one are under daily threats and attacks by violent ethnic Albanians... »

German Member of the European Parliament Doris Pack said that Serbia will never join EU unless the issue of Kosovo is “resolved”, an insinuation that Serbia must recognize its province as an independent state. Speaking at the Foundation Science and Politics in Berlin, Pack accused Serbia that its “relation” to Kosovo is bad and that... »

A Kosovo Albanian man kept his daughters chained for 22 years and is claiming that they were mentally ill and aggressive. The Kosovo Albanian man says that he kept them in chains so they would not run away. “They were both ill, and I kept them in chains to keep them from running away,” the man... »

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has canceled his scheduled speech to the Parliament of Serbia because some members of the parliament were planning to ask Gul questions about Turkey’s recognition of Serbia’s Kosovo province. “It is incorrect for the Serbian parliament to host the Turkish president who accepts and recognizes independent Kosovo, said New Serbia parliamentary... »

The head of Sweden’s prison service says former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic has been released after serving two-thirds of her 11-year sentence for persecution. Lars Nylen says Plavsic was set free Tuesday morning and taken to Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. He says the 79-year-old “was happy to be released.” The prison service would not confirm a... »

Europe’s top association of broadcasters Monday accused Kosovo’s government of exerting pressure on public radio and television network RTK in the run-up to elections next month. European Broadcasting Union chief Jean Reveillon warned Prime Minister Hacim Thaci the issue could jeopardize Kosovo’s ambitions for greater international recognition, according to a letter released by the EBU.   In... »

Serbia and Turkey say their ties are better than ever now as they both face hurdles to their goals of joining the European Union. Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Serbia’s President Boris Tadic said Monday in Belgrade that their two countries have developed a “strategic partnership.” Gul says Turkey wants to invest in Serbia’s infrastructure, such... »