Feith: EULEX begins work on June 15

"He said that after June 15, the jurisdiction and authority of the Kosovo institutions will be increased with the help of international observers, with the goal of implementing the plan created by former international envoy Martti Ahtisaari for the internationally-supervised independence of Kosovo."

And can he please enlighten us all about how he will get Serbian authorities to do this in our southern province???? He seems to forgot that Kosovo still is Serbia and that the Ahtisaari plan was not adopted and will therefore not be applied to Kosovo. At least not to the parts where serbs are not etnicly cleansed.

If the albanians wants EU to rule them fine, but dont mess with the North and the enclaves, we still have functioning society there, and EU will not change that.

The Serbian offer of more than autonomy but less than independence seems to be self-fulfulling.

We all know that Kosovo will never achieve full independence and also that an offer of greater autonomy is on the table. It is just a matter of time before they come back to the negotiating table and finalise the Serbian offer.

What other choice do they have? Faith only speaks for the Albanians and this policy will allow Belgrade to strengthen ties with loyal citizens in the Serbian province.

So what does that mean? Well, less than independence but more than autonomy as far as I'm concerned!

This is wilful disobedience on the part of the EU. Remember, bad behaviour in childhood can lead to a life of crime - the EU must be resisted on this.

Serbia has more legal right in Kosovo than the EU - the precedent is set and Serbia must increase its influence.

The UDI Constitution is illegal and can be ignored - it has no weight.

They have no legal mandate and they know it! This is now comical!!!

Beyond that it is now evident more then ever that they hve no concern and never will have any control for non-Albanians in erbia's province. All the INLEX (lawless) mission is is a dictate for the ethnic Albanians seeing as they are the only ones Mr heif can talk/dictae down to!

UNMK is and remains given that 1244 has not been replaced in which case what exactly does Mr theif mean about implementing Ahtisaari when he cant in itwas a plan to replace not slip under UNMIK !!!

Oh what a tangled web we weave....

Despite all of the propaganda you serbs get everyday from your chauvist politicians, homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo, and there is great effort for serbians and kosovans to live together and integrate into society.

So please stop with this propaganda no one cares if you say EULEX is illegal because it is going to happen anyway!
(Mirsad UK, 13 May 2008 16:06)

Mirsad, I do not know the last time you were in Kosovo but I can ASSURE you that homes are NOT being built everyday for minorities....Maybe when you say minorities you mean the Kosovan Albanian minorities in Kosovo i Metohija province of Serbia? That would be more realistic. I have seen many houses being built recently in Albanian areas, mostly funded from ill gotten gain. As for the Serbian population integrating with the Albanians, you make me laugh. There are the exceptions granted but on the whole it is very difficult when your village is surrounded by razor wire and KFOR for your own protection.

As for EULEX the EU are in a very difficult position here as they know they cannot (once again) go against a UNSC Mandate without serious repercussions.

Depending which coalition forms in Serbia depends on recognitions and the International Courts overturning the illegal UDI.

So enjoy whilst you can.

princip an ZK UK:

How can you say kosovo will never achieve full independence?! Enough with your tentative language, kosovo is independent even though all of you western habitants 'at-the-same-time' anti-western-ideoogy serbs doubted it initially. Now you say we will never reach full independence? There is no such thing, check your vocabulary.

Someone quite rightly pointed out that much less than half of the serb minority in the south of mitrovica did not vote in the elections therefore did not favour a serbian administration. FACT.

Despite all of the propaganda you serbs get everyday from your chauvist politicians, homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo, and there is great effort for serbians and kosovans to live together and integrate into society.

So please stop with this propaganda no one cares if you say EULEX is illegal because it is going to happen anyway!

Mirsad UK wrote:
homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo

Yup they are built everyday , so that they can burn them again , deja vu is an awsome feeling :) i really hope youll re-build every church and every monastery that youve burn it also. The K-Albanian logic , first we will burn every serbian house , church or monastery , we will force them to leave kosovo , and then we gonna say: "hey we are democratic country , we respect minorities cultural rights,too bad we killed them all(minorities) and burned everything else to the ground.Now we dont have any minorities too play with :("

"Serbia has more legal right in Kosovo than the EU"

No, Bob. As long as 1244 is valid, the ONLY legal force there is UNMIK. So both EULEX and the local elections held by Belgrade are illegal.

... less than independence but more than autonomy ... (ZK UK, 13 May 2008 11:31)

this solution is nothing than an empty rhetoric phrase, but not a realistic offer. for the majority of citizens living in Kosovo it means: the Serbian offer is less than effective self-determination but more political heteronomy.

more than the half of K-Serbs prove last weekend, that they are not giving their vote for a political mandate in Belgrade.

Adrian

I stand by my comment - Serbia has rights in Kosovo under 1244, the EU has none. The UDI is illegal and does not legitimise the EULEX. The forces are actually NATO who are there under the UN. Serbia has a right to have soldiers to defend its sites.

The main point however is often missed - 1244 stops when countries impose or accept a political settlement. There is an element of 'cake and eat it' on the part of the EU in that they want to restrict Serbia using the rules but break the rules themselves. They have looked incredibly incompetant and have failed diplomatically in that they could have had a good agreement with democratic Serbia that would have benefitted everyone.

Serbia can involve itself in Kosovo. Serbia has a right to enforce the autonomy signed for in 1244 if other countries fail, while still having the defence of 1244 because it is not breaking it. Personally, I think that Serbia should state its legal position to strengthen its position in NKosovo immediately and call the west's bluff. If it won't do that there is little point in continuing to resist the change.

"more than the half of K-Serbs prove last weekend, that they are not giving their vote for a political mandate in Belgrade.
(rolerkoster, 13 May 2008 13:52)"

rolerkoster,

why don't you compare the number of K-Serbs who voted on May 11th (despite all the obstacles put in place by Ruecker) with the numbers who voted in Kosovo's own elections earlier?

"Someone quite rightly pointed out that much less than half of the serb minority in the south of mitrovica did not vote in the elections therefore did not favour a serbian administration. FACT."

(Mirsad UK, 13 May 2008 16:06)

it's because they had to cross the bridge to go to n. mitrovica, and we all know how safe that is.

I’ll let you with the comment from BBC’s Mark Mardell:

“Few Serbian politicians will tell the awkward truth that whether it is sad, wrong, or against international law, Kosovo is not going to revert to Serbian ownership any time soon.”

They have no legal mandate and they know it! This is now comical!!!

Beyond that it is now evident more then ever that they hve no concern and never will have any control for non-Albanians in erbia's province. All the INLEX (lawless) mission is is a dictate for the ethnic Albanians seeing as they are the only ones Mr heif can talk/dictae down to!

UNMK is and remains given that 1244 has not been replaced in which case what exactly does Mr theif mean about implementing Ahtisaari when he cant in itwas a plan to replace not slip under UNMIK !!!

Oh what a tangled web we weave....

"He said that after June 15, the jurisdiction and authority of the Kosovo institutions will be increased with the help of international observers, with the goal of implementing the plan created by former international envoy Martti Ahtisaari for the internationally-supervised independence of Kosovo."

And can he please enlighten us all about how he will get Serbian authorities to do this in our southern province???? He seems to forgot that Kosovo still is Serbia and that the Ahtisaari plan was not adopted and will therefore not be applied to Kosovo. At least not to the parts where serbs are not etnicly cleansed.

If the albanians wants EU to rule them fine, but dont mess with the North and the enclaves, we still have functioning society there, and EU will not change that.

The Serbian offer of more than autonomy but less than independence seems to be self-fulfulling.

We all know that Kosovo will never achieve full independence and also that an offer of greater autonomy is on the table. It is just a matter of time before they come back to the negotiating table and finalise the Serbian offer.

What other choice do they have? Faith only speaks for the Albanians and this policy will allow Belgrade to strengthen ties with loyal citizens in the Serbian province.

So what does that mean? Well, less than independence but more than autonomy as far as I'm concerned!

... less than independence but more than autonomy ... (ZK UK, 13 May 2008 11:31)

this solution is nothing than an empty rhetoric phrase, but not a realistic offer. for the majority of citizens living in Kosovo it means: the Serbian offer is less than effective self-determination but more political heteronomy.

more than the half of K-Serbs prove last weekend, that they are not giving their vote for a political mandate in Belgrade.

"Serbia has more legal right in Kosovo than the EU"

No, Bob. As long as 1244 is valid, the ONLY legal force there is UNMIK. So both EULEX and the local elections held by Belgrade are illegal.

princip an ZK UK:

How can you say kosovo will never achieve full independence?! Enough with your tentative language, kosovo is independent even though all of you western habitants 'at-the-same-time' anti-western-ideoogy serbs doubted it initially. Now you say we will never reach full independence? There is no such thing, check your vocabulary.

Someone quite rightly pointed out that much less than half of the serb minority in the south of mitrovica did not vote in the elections therefore did not favour a serbian administration. FACT.

Despite all of the propaganda you serbs get everyday from your chauvist politicians, homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo, and there is great effort for serbians and kosovans to live together and integrate into society.

So please stop with this propaganda no one cares if you say EULEX is illegal because it is going to happen anyway!

This is wilful disobedience on the part of the EU. Remember, bad behaviour in childhood can lead to a life of crime - the EU must be resisted on this.

Serbia has more legal right in Kosovo than the EU - the precedent is set and Serbia must increase its influence.

The UDI Constitution is illegal and can be ignored - it has no weight.

Despite all of the propaganda you serbs get everyday from your chauvist politicians, homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo, and there is great effort for serbians and kosovans to live together and integrate into society.

So please stop with this propaganda no one cares if you say EULEX is illegal because it is going to happen anyway!
(Mirsad UK, 13 May 2008 16:06)

Mirsad, I do not know the last time you were in Kosovo but I can ASSURE you that homes are NOT being built everyday for minorities....Maybe when you say minorities you mean the Kosovan Albanian minorities in Kosovo i Metohija province of Serbia? That would be more realistic. I have seen many houses being built recently in Albanian areas, mostly funded from ill gotten gain. As for the Serbian population integrating with the Albanians, you make me laugh. There are the exceptions granted but on the whole it is very difficult when your village is surrounded by razor wire and KFOR for your own protection.

As for EULEX the EU are in a very difficult position here as they know they cannot (once again) go against a UNSC Mandate without serious repercussions.

Depending which coalition forms in Serbia depends on recognitions and the International Courts overturning the illegal UDI.

So enjoy whilst you can.

Mirsad UK wrote:
homes are being built everyday for minorities in kosovo

Yup they are built everyday , so that they can burn them again , deja vu is an awsome feeling :) i really hope youll re-build every church and every monastery that youve burn it also. The K-Albanian logic , first we will burn every serbian house , church or monastery , we will force them to leave kosovo , and then we gonna say: "hey we are democratic country , we respect minorities cultural rights,too bad we killed them all(minorities) and burned everything else to the ground.Now we dont have any minorities too play with :("

"Someone quite rightly pointed out that much less than half of the serb minority in the south of mitrovica did not vote in the elections therefore did not favour a serbian administration. FACT."

(Mirsad UK, 13 May 2008 16:06)

it's because they had to cross the bridge to go to n. mitrovica, and we all know how safe that is.

Adrian

I stand by my comment - Serbia has rights in Kosovo under 1244, the EU has none. The UDI is illegal and does not legitimise the EULEX. The forces are actually NATO who are there under the UN. Serbia has a right to have soldiers to defend its sites.

The main point however is often missed - 1244 stops when countries impose or accept a political settlement. There is an element of 'cake and eat it' on the part of the EU in that they want to restrict Serbia using the rules but break the rules themselves. They have looked incredibly incompetant and have failed diplomatically in that they could have had a good agreement with democratic Serbia that would have benefitted everyone.

Serbia can involve itself in Kosovo. Serbia has a right to enforce the autonomy signed for in 1244 if other countries fail, while still having the defence of 1244 because it is not breaking it. Personally, I think that Serbia should state its legal position to strengthen its position in NKosovo immediately and call the west's bluff. If it won't do that there is little point in continuing to resist the change.

"more than the half of K-Serbs prove last weekend, that they are not giving their vote for a political mandate in Belgrade.
(rolerkoster, 13 May 2008 13:52)"

rolerkoster,

why don't you compare the number of K-Serbs who voted on May 11th (despite all the obstacles put in place by Ruecker) with the numbers who voted in Kosovo's own elections earlier?

I’ll let you with the comment from BBC’s Mark Mardell:

“Few Serbian politicians will tell the awkward truth that whether it is sad, wrong, or against international law, Kosovo is not going to revert to Serbian ownership any time soon.”