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Albanian throws a bomb in Kosovo
Kosovo Albanian police say an explosive device thrown by an ethnic Albanian man in the western town of Djakovica has injured three people. Another device did not explode. Police say the attacker has been arrested. NATO peacekeepers disposed of the second device Thursday. The motive for the attack was unclear but police say the man... »
Kosovo illegitimate poll ends
Hashim Thaci claimed victory in polls organized in Serbia’s Kosovo province temporarily ruled by ethnic Albanian separatists. Thaci runs a so-called Democratic Party of Kosovo. Thaci and his rival Ramush Hardinaj traded violent exchanges before the voting. Western powers were relieved that violence between rival ethnic Albanians did not escalate. The separatist voting in the Serbia’s Kosovo... »
Newsnotes: Star’s stolen car found in Albania
Albanian police said that they have seized a car stolen from AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, in Tirana, capital city of Albania. Police found the Range Rover in the hands of an Albanian man. After further check they discovered the car which belonged to the Italian footballer, stolen in late 2006. The Albanian man told police... »
EU police investigated in Kosovo
EU police in Kosovo said Friday they are conducting an investigation to determine if staff members tried to illegally enter the main vote counting center ahead of this weekend’s local election. The European Union is not involved in organizing the state’s poll on Sunday, but the center has access to computers that contain sensitive data. Christophe... »
Kosovo inter-Albanian violence worries US
The U.S. Thursday voiced its “distress” over violence during campaigning for this weekend’s local elections in Kosovo organized for the separatist ethnic Albanian political groups. The so-called U.S. “embassy” in Pristina “notes with distress reports of violent incidents related to campaign activity” in the western town Decani, a statement said. Albanians that surround this Serbian enclave,... »
Inter-Albanian violence escalates in Kosovo
The convoy of the so-called prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, was attacked with stones by Albanians loyal to the leader called Ramush Haradinaj. The so-called Kosovo police, dominated by the separatists Muslim Albanians, confirm that “Hashim Thaci’s convoy was pelted with stones after a political rally in western Kosovo” says the Associated Press. Ramush Haradinaj... »
Names urge Serbs to vote in occupied Kosovo
Individuals that some Serbian media calls “intellectuals” are urging Serbs in Kosovo that have not yet been murdered or ethnically cleansed by the Albanian separatists to vote in elections organized by those who are murdering Serbs and ethnically cleansing them. “By voting in the elections, the Kosovo Serbs would demonstrate a sense of responsibility for... »
Kosovo Independence Irreversible, Montenegro PM
Serbia’s opposition to Kosovo’s independence is “irrational” since it cannot be reversed, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said in an interview published Wednesday. Montenegro, Serbia’s former partner in a loose federation, has long considered the independence of Kosovo as “certain,” he said. “We have no intentions to persuade Serbia that our stance is correct, but we... »
Situation “Favorable” For Kosovo Polls, NATO
The top North Atlantic Treaty Organization official in Kosovo said Monday the security situation was “favorable” ahead of the first independently organized elections in the breakaway Serbian province set for Nov. 15. “We have a very, very favorable security situation here,” German General Markus Bentler, commander of the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo known as... »
Israel refuses to recognize Kosovo
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... »
