Extra Albanian, U.S., EU flags wanted in south

These Albanians do not have to live behind barbed wire to survive and have not had most of their homes and property usurped. For these Albanians to have the same "rights" and treatement of Kosovo Serbs would mean ethnically cleansing half of them and and moving Serbs into their homes. Then finally it would mean surrounding them by guards and barbed wire. On paper they could have the same rights as Kosovo Serbs.

Kosovo Serbs are 1,000 times more repressed and without practiced rights than these Albanians who have it well.

The Albanians living in Preseva, Bujanovc and Medvegja should have the same rights as the Kosova's Serbs will have as envisaged under President Ahtisari Package. There would be no problems in the Balkans after solving this very last paradox.

EA, on this issue I agree with you. I've been calling for strong - if not altogether separate - Serb institutions in Kosovo. But it would be hypocritical were the same policies in Kosovo not applied elsewhere.

In all actuality, an international conference on all of Southeastern Europe should have been held to discuss this. Ethnic problems are present in many places other than Kosovo, and while we're busy trying to figure out what to do there, other places are keenly watching and wondering "why not us too?" Both Albanians are Serbs are setting a dangerous precedent: Albanians for carving their own state around their ethnic demographics, and Serbs for creating political institutions around theirs.

In this regard, there should have been an region-wide agreement to deal with the "ethnic problem" in Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Montengegro altogether. Our attempt at trying to put out a fire in Kosovo may only have moved the sparks elsewhere. Who wants to be back at the negotiating table a year from now trying to deal with another flare up? Everything should have been taken care of at once.

Mike,

Now it is time for Serbia to brace REAL PEACE. Kosova's independent was unavoidable and we have talked long about the roots of the problem. It is a reality that the Albanians have no ambitions of "Greater Albania". I really think it is an old fashioned way of thinking as it is "Velica Serbia".

"Balkan without borders" would be the first step towards the European Union and respect of minority rights in respective countries. As you might be aware in Macedonia the ethnic Albanians have signed a peace agreement with the Slavo-Macedonians. To my understanding co-existance there is going well there and of course there are many issues to address. Similar standards can be applied for the Serbian minority in the independent Kosova and Albanian minority in Preseva, Bujanov and Medvegja. So we have to great experiences in front of us. Firstly Ohri agreement and Ahtisari Plan for a supervised independent Kosova.

The Albanians living in Preseva, Bujanovc and Medvegja should have the same rights as the Kosova's Serbs will have as envisaged under President Ahtisari Package. There would be no problems in the Balkans after solving this very last paradox.

Mike,

Now it is time for Serbia to brace REAL PEACE. Kosova's independent was unavoidable and we have talked long about the roots of the problem. It is a reality that the Albanians have no ambitions of "Greater Albania". I really think it is an old fashioned way of thinking as it is "Velica Serbia".

"Balkan without borders" would be the first step towards the European Union and respect of minority rights in respective countries. As you might be aware in Macedonia the ethnic Albanians have signed a peace agreement with the Slavo-Macedonians. To my understanding co-existance there is going well there and of course there are many issues to address. Similar standards can be applied for the Serbian minority in the independent Kosova and Albanian minority in Preseva, Bujanov and Medvegja. So we have to great experiences in front of us. Firstly Ohri agreement and Ahtisari Plan for a supervised independent Kosova.

EA, on this issue I agree with you. I've been calling for strong - if not altogether separate - Serb institutions in Kosovo. But it would be hypocritical were the same policies in Kosovo not applied elsewhere.

In all actuality, an international conference on all of Southeastern Europe should have been held to discuss this. Ethnic problems are present in many places other than Kosovo, and while we're busy trying to figure out what to do there, other places are keenly watching and wondering "why not us too?" Both Albanians are Serbs are setting a dangerous precedent: Albanians for carving their own state around their ethnic demographics, and Serbs for creating political institutions around theirs.

In this regard, there should have been an region-wide agreement to deal with the "ethnic problem" in Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Montengegro altogether. Our attempt at trying to put out a fire in Kosovo may only have moved the sparks elsewhere. Who wants to be back at the negotiating table a year from now trying to deal with another flare up? Everything should have been taken care of at once.

These Albanians do not have to live behind barbed wire to survive and have not had most of their homes and property usurped. For these Albanians to have the same "rights" and treatement of Kosovo Serbs would mean ethnically cleansing half of them and and moving Serbs into their homes. Then finally it would mean surrounding them by guards and barbed wire. On paper they could have the same rights as Kosovo Serbs.

Kosovo Serbs are 1,000 times more repressed and without practiced rights than these Albanians who have it well.