Kosovo man arrested for marrying 11-year old

no, dear Mirsad, it is Albanians who desperately try to clean up their image by blaming Serbia for the "anti-albanian propaganda".
If Josef Fritzl happened to be Albanian, you guys would try to accuse the Serbs lobbying and anti-albanian propaganda.

And no, you won't get Presevo or anything else. Only thing that can happen from now on is that you loose something, but we'll see how much will that be.

Mirsad, an 11-year-old child being sold and smuggled abroad for purposes of paedophilia would be newsworthy wherever it happened, especially ince in this case she's a Serbian citizen. What's not to report? It's a pity that during your time in the UK you haven't managed to grasp that human trafficking and child molestation are rightly frowned upon in civilised societies. God help Kosovo if your views are in any way typical.

Guys these comments, especially comments from my Serb friends really make me laugh…
- it is the HIGH moment for Serbia to define its borders and to define the rules to whom it gives its citizenship (italy) – We are not anymore Serbian citizens good boy/girl…!
- Only thing that can happen from now on is that you loose something, but we'll see how much will that be (veki) – Do you really think that this is such an easy task??
- Don't blame B92 for reporting news that CNN isn't aloud to report about how a lot of your people really are (Nikola) – Can you tell me please which media is independent in these days??? This comment made me silly
- You speak of thousands missing and yet don't mention anything about the missing Serbians (also in the UN report) (Kate) – what about the crimes that you did before UN was existing? What about the crimes that you did during Cold War? Do I have to mention 99’s war (if we call it WAR)??

an Albanian buying a child for "marriage". so what?
I mean, you all write as if that was something new to you!

that is something not very unusual in the rural clan-based society of Albanians.

so, this is not the end of the world, just another sad proof of underdevelopment.

Why does b92 post such articles? Why do you continue to endeavour to elude the general public and personify kosovans as such people? Such as the case with the complete lie about the organ trafficking, serbs onwards tend to think all kosovans are organ traffickers!

It's the smallest things that you anticipate and attack on; to make it seem OK what you did in the last century (officially last three decades).

Face it, no one wants to be with you, none of the former yugoslav republics. Soon we will have presevo and bujanovac. And then you will go on television and preach us on international law bla bla.. no one cares..

Even your 'brothers' (montenegro and macedonia) are going to turn their backs on you.

I wrote about this yesterday in one comment here, I was thoroughly shocked when the Italian ancorman at RAI telegiornale at 8pm announced how "the Albanian had bought a 12-year old Serbian girl for 17.000 euros from her family", and she got pregnant from him, and then the allarmed doctors called the police. The man told in the police that "it was a normal habit in the family to buy a wife", and only later - obviously after telephone protests in Italy - the RAI changed the news that it was an Albaninan who bought an Albanian girl from Kosovo who holds Serbian passport. I said yesterday, and repeat here again, that it is the HIGH moment for Serbia to define its borders and to define the rules to whom it gives its citizenship. Thank you again.

One thing has nothing to do with the other.
Kosovo deserved and got independence. This guy deserved and got arrest and hopefully jail time.
B92 is a great source of info and did well to include this story in the news. It represents a social phenomenon and it sheds light on how the women rights do falter seriously in Kosovo.
Now that they got independence it is about time for the Kosovars to improve their society starting from the rights of those who are less protected and respected: women, gays, minorities both national and religious.
This will need time, just like it took time in the West. It makes no sense to blame B92 about it.
I am an Albanian too and I hate seeing this news on the top of many others, but let me tell you something. Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica and the rest of the Italian media all had it on cover pages and main news edition.
You don't try to hide your reality from the media. That was what Milosevic did. Instead you work to change it and make sure the change is real and permanent.

Ahmet - what propaganda? It's a straightforward news report which doesn't even say the ethnicity of the 'man' or the victim.

Incredible that mass propaganda has been used by the Kosovo Albanians via their various lobbyists and 'on side' mainstream news outlets and foreign govts for years! And you think that THIS is propaganda??

Mirsad - By 'Kosovars' and the context that you use, I take it you mean Kosovo Albanians. You speak of thousands missing and yet don't mention anything about the missing Serbians (also in the UN report).

The Kosovo population is 90% Albanian, so it is a pretty safe bet that these people (the man and the girl) were Albanian. It isn't necessarily the case, but it's likely. I'm sure that details will emerge and it will make the crime no less horrendous either way.

I am amazed that you seem to be insinuating that B92 has a pro-Serb bias! They are a Serbian media channel for goodness sake so their areas or interest are bound to be more Serbian orientated but that doesn't mean biased.

Can you tell me of any Albanian or Kosovan media outlet which would invite anywhere near the same level of balance, open debate or criticism the other way round?

A UN translator was shot for telling someone the time in Serbian in 'peace time' Pristina. Yet there have been Albanians living in Belgrade even during the 1999 Nato attack.

This article is absurde becasue the whole truth has not been printed. The suspect from Kosova with albanian name is a Roma(GYPSY), so is the victim the poor girl from Serbia. Romas/gypsies have albanian and serbian names, and other names of different countries depending where are they have been living.Stop the dirty propagnada guys, is not going to change anything as far as kosova's Independence.
(Ahmet Isufi, 6 July 2008 08:53)

This not about independence this is about a human being who was sold for 17,000 Euro. Why or should say Ahmet why try to put a political spin on this story if you are so sure about this crime then you should have placed a link OPPS you did not have link to place so you are going off you own intelligence. My friend don't blame it on a Roma or a Gypsy last names have nothing to do with it. Currently Kosovo is considered to be like the old west, lawless and if you have money you can do as you please. If there is no order then you will never have a legit goverment when the PM can fire someone because he spoke up. Well there you have a Circus Sans the big top.

Mirsad UK: "Face it, no one wants to be with you, none of the former yugoslav republics. Soon we will have presevo and bujanovac. And then you will go on television and preach us on international law bla bla.. no one cares.."

You forgot the mad laughter, hand rubbing and shrill peals of "and then we will rule the world..."!! Or did you?!

This is a news story. What does it matter if this 'man' is Serbian, Croatian, Roma or Albanian? He is more likely to be uneducated and from a certain type of background if he thinks there's nothing wrong with buying a child, raping and impregnating her.

I hope that the girl's parents have also been charged and I'm glad that mother and child are being cared for. I hope that their future is easier than their past.

It's actually you who are turning this into some sort of attack against one ethnicity. We should all agree that the story is newsworthy and that it highlights a major problem in Europe of human trafficking.

I suppose the reports of Kosovo being used as a hub for these activities is also just some sort of 'personal attack'.

Let's not forget that this girl is quite likely to be Albanian herself. She deserves her case to be highlighted, more than he deserves it to be hushed up rather than offend others of his nationality.

It's incredibly hilarious how far these Albanians from Kosovo will go to distance themselves from one of their countrymen. "This is dirty propaganda! He had to have been a gypsy!" Face it, "Kosovars", the more light that gets shined into your dark places, the more the world will see how much an independent Kosovo was a mistake.

Sunny - 14 is the Italian standard...now that you know how to read, it's time to work on understanding what you read.

hahahaha barley 40 countries out of 190+ recognized Kosovo and you think you think you are going to get Presovo?? Kosovo its self is going to be and already is a economic black hole in Europe and you want what now???

Don't blame B92 for reporting news that CNN isn't aloud to report about how a lot of your people really are.

mft - It makes absolutely no difference. The man is a rapist and the girl is a victim twice over: sold like an object by her parents and then raped and having to go through a pregnancy at 11 years old.

The point is that Mirsad was criticising B92 for carrying the story because s/he saw it as a personal attack against Albanians.

As I said, whatever the ethnicity, the girl deserves to have her case highlighted and so does the man. Although judging from reports, the fact that he thinks this is normal in his world is extremely worrying.

Mirsad, first B92 does not make the news but merely reports the news so don't shoot the messenger.

Second, if Albanians did not live by such outdated laws there would be no news to report so tell your fellow Albanians to clean up their act as it is them who are ruining your squeaky clean image.

And last, but not least, this guys was probably just doing what the good book says to do as Mohamed's wife was less than 10 years old too herself. I'm sure he thought that if it's good enough for the prophet, it's good enough for him. There are and will be many more instances like this, so brace yourself.

I agree with pretty much everything Kate said. His ethnicity has nothing to do with it. Lets hope there are not many others like him out there.

I am very happy to see B92 posting thistype of news.

It gives a blunt opportunity to teh people to show their xnefophobia.

It is MUCH MORE MOARLY IMPORTANT the FACT that the k-Serbs do not allow the WATER pipeline to pass throght their properties for thier neoghjbours Albanian than a isolated case of mad man whose ethnicity is not proven- althogh is of secodnary importnace after all.

Kate, Dave and Veki:

What you failed to understand in my comment is not the source of information that I put into question, but the proverbial stance that this media has on Kosovo as strongly biased. There are above 4 thousand missing kosovars (UN Report) since the 1999 ethnic cleansing and slaughter of innocent people of kosovo: FACT. There is never a mention of this on the B92 website. But when there are ALLEGATIONS which is influenced by the highest degree of chauvism and propaganda, such as the case with organ trafficking, guess who's the first to publish it?

Dear friends,Im sick of you guys trying to make similaritys betwen a single guy who broke the law ,and whole albanian people.You can not compare a symple felon with a nation .You guys should check your own local newspaper and see how many bad "apples" are in your backyard.Or you guys already know.
Peace to all of us

It's incredibly hilarious how far these Albanians from Kosovo will go to distance themselves from one of their countrymen. "This is dirty propaganda! He had to have been a gypsy!" Face it, "Kosovars", the more light that gets shined into your dark places, the more the world will see how much an independent Kosovo was a mistake.
(Goran, 6 July 2008 13:03)

Some of your friends wrote that the man was Albanian and the spontaneous react was that he’s not Albanian, he is Gypsy!! Your fault!! Is this a very important case to rule out Kosova’s independency?

Let's be clear on this, the man and the girl are both non albanians. The fact that he is from Kosovo does not automatically mean that he is albanian.

I'm assuming there's a point to your comment other than sending out what appears to be a flailing rant at the world.

I expect most Albanians have children whilst they are barely out of thier teens how else do you explain the growth in population. They have the highest birthrate in Europe. What is worrying is that many women in Kosovo don't have the opportunity to choose a different way of life.

massimo,

I persume that KLA terrorists who raped elderly women in Kosovo, then made them serve coffee were also Roma.

Incest, rape and human trafficking are very common in Albanian populated areas (as per official figures).
It is therefore sign of desperation and frankly unfairness to pin this behaviours on Roma.

Besides, man was probably not Roma. There are barly any Roma left in Kosovo, and Albanians made sure of that.

This article is absurde becasue the whole truth has not been printed. The suspect from Kosova with albanian name is a Roma(GYPSY), so is the victim the poor girl from Serbia. Romas/gypsies have albanian and serbian names, and other names of different countries depending where are they have been living.Stop the dirty propagnada guys, is not going to change anything as far as kosova's Independence.

Gentlemen, keep cool.

Such situations are present all over Balkans/Eastern Europe. And it has nothing to do with ethnicity, it is just underdevelopment and a sort of overrated traditionalism.

We had such cases last year, in Romania, among Gypsy people, two families who tried to marry a 12 years-old boy with a 10 years-old girl... an old Gypsy custom.
Everything ended-up on Euronews, and Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, Member of European Parliament, was so upset that Romanian authorities were ready to arrest all the participants at the wedding [under the accusation of complicity in abusing children's rights]! Finally, only the parents were fined and social workers were tasked to supervise the situation and report periodically to state authority.

Recently, a guy, Romanian, no Gypsy, has abused his 11 years old niece, and she became pregnant. The girl aborted in England, on Saturday (the pregnancy was too advanced, and abortion was not permitted under current Romanian laws).

Two stories, two ethnicities, one bottom line:
such cases are resulting from, (inter alia) lack of education, enforcing traditions which are already contradicting current laws, lack of attention from authorities, ignorance, abusive behavior, stupidity, mental disturbed people...

Nothing in this list may be considered as specific for a certain ethnicity, religion, language or skin color.
Honestly, I can see why Italian TV channels are bringing up this news story (Italy is in a sort of anti-Roma frenzy these days, they plan to take the fingerprints of each and every Gypsy! grotesque!). But for us, in Balkans, this is just another story about how stupid human beings really are, all over the world.
So, let's not spend more time on this, OK?

Best from Bucharest,

ben,

Long live satire! You said -

''this is pure RACISM so b92 you shoudl censoure this type of postings.

who the hell is BKK to tale me tyhat I Albanian am like that???? ''

Replace B92 with America and BKK with Serbs and the rest is pretty much self explanitary.

The post is in no way 'racist' nor anything of the sort, but a mare truth. Roma persecutions by Albanians during Kosovo war are very well documented.

Also, you have some nerve calling my post racist when not so long ago Albanian camp, including yourself managed to lump a whole continent of Africa into a single group of savages. Ironically numerous countries belonging to the continent are way ahead of Albania, one country being the first world country.

Last, but not least, I do not assume your gender, I would appreciate you do not assume mine, since you assume wrong.

Dear All,
I just started to read your comments and I was surprised!!! All my ballkan fellows are the same, there is no difference about anything, does not matter if you are albanian, serb or other ballkan country. All you like to show that our people is better than other, but sorry my dear it is not true, all ballkanians have the same problems, all have more or less the same culture. Month ago I did a jurney from Madrid all the way down to France, north Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and arrived to Kosovo... all the way down was so obvious how much we need to improve in Ballkan countries in everything. Above of this case I just want to mention that does not matter to which comunity such a case happen, is a very bad case and should be fighted, does not matter if it is albanian, serb, whatever, GYPSY, it is needed to improve and to make not to happen again.
Do not hate, because leads to nothing!

so the albanians have an old custom and are yet to be anglosized, look in your back yard roms r still getting married at 12 and do not judge so soon my fellow serbs look back in any culture and it was the norm!!!

and 14 by serbian standards is ok!!!!, man grow up like all cultures do maybe the americans were right to push for visa to travel and see the world and realize it does not all grow the same and you guys today if you could also let go of the past and give peace a chance we could all be friends and realize how alike we really are.
peace

The Kosovo man arrested is a Roma.
Am I wrong if I remember that Roma and Serbian pillaged and ravaged K-Albanian houses side by side in 1999?

Besides, man was probably not Roma. There are barly any Roma left in Kosovo, and Albanians made sure of that.
(BKK, 7 July 2008 13:28)

this is pure RACISM so b92 you shoudl censoure this type of postings.

who the hell is BKK to tale me tyhat I Albanian am like that????

besides he contradicts himselv: tha man must have been Albanian he says and there are not left any Gypsis in Kosova thanks to teh Albanains he says and forgest that the fact has happend in Italy.

Sunny - 14 is the Italian standard...now that you know how to read, it's time to work on understanding what you read.
(James VII, 6 July 2008 19:33)
i understand what i read, im just not sure you do. everybody on this site is critisizing the man from kosovo for marrying an 11yo even tho in italy 14 is the age of consent which is still too young by western standards for someone over 18 but no body said anything which must mean 14 is just as acceptable in serbia as in italy but not england, USA, australia

Why does b92 post such articles? Why do you continue to endeavour to elude the general public and personify kosovans as such people? Such as the case with the complete lie about the organ trafficking, serbs onwards tend to think all kosovans are organ traffickers!

It's the smallest things that you anticipate and attack on; to make it seem OK what you did in the last century (officially last three decades).

Face it, no one wants to be with you, none of the former yugoslav republics. Soon we will have presevo and bujanovac. And then you will go on television and preach us on international law bla bla.. no one cares..

Even your 'brothers' (montenegro and macedonia) are going to turn their backs on you.

Guys these comments, especially comments from my Serb friends really make me laugh…
- it is the HIGH moment for Serbia to define its borders and to define the rules to whom it gives its citizenship (italy) – We are not anymore Serbian citizens good boy/girl…!
- Only thing that can happen from now on is that you loose something, but we'll see how much will that be (veki) – Do you really think that this is such an easy task??
- Don't blame B92 for reporting news that CNN isn't aloud to report about how a lot of your people really are (Nikola) – Can you tell me please which media is independent in these days??? This comment made me silly
- You speak of thousands missing and yet don't mention anything about the missing Serbians (also in the UN report) (Kate) – what about the crimes that you did before UN was existing? What about the crimes that you did during Cold War? Do I have to mention 99’s war (if we call it WAR)??

It's incredibly hilarious how far these Albanians from Kosovo will go to distance themselves from one of their countrymen. "This is dirty propaganda! He had to have been a gypsy!" Face it, "Kosovars", the more light that gets shined into your dark places, the more the world will see how much an independent Kosovo was a mistake.
(Goran, 6 July 2008 13:03)

Some of your friends wrote that the man was Albanian and the spontaneous react was that he’s not Albanian, he is Gypsy!! Your fault!! Is this a very important case to rule out Kosova’s independency?

Dear friends,Im sick of you guys trying to make similaritys betwen a single guy who broke the law ,and whole albanian people.You can not compare a symple felon with a nation .You guys should check your own local newspaper and see how many bad "apples" are in your backyard.Or you guys already know.
Peace to all of us

and 14 by serbian standards is ok!!!!, man grow up like all cultures do maybe the americans were right to push for visa to travel and see the world and realize it does not all grow the same and you guys today if you could also let go of the past and give peace a chance we could all be friends and realize how alike we really are.
peace

Let's be clear on this, the man and the girl are both non albanians. The fact that he is from Kosovo does not automatically mean that he is albanian.

Kate, Dave and Veki:

What you failed to understand in my comment is not the source of information that I put into question, but the proverbial stance that this media has on Kosovo as strongly biased. There are above 4 thousand missing kosovars (UN Report) since the 1999 ethnic cleansing and slaughter of innocent people of kosovo: FACT. There is never a mention of this on the B92 website. But when there are ALLEGATIONS which is influenced by the highest degree of chauvism and propaganda, such as the case with organ trafficking, guess who's the first to publish it?

This article is absurde becasue the whole truth has not been printed. The suspect from Kosova with albanian name is a Roma(GYPSY), so is the victim the poor girl from Serbia. Romas/gypsies have albanian and serbian names, and other names of different countries depending where are they have been living.Stop the dirty propagnada guys, is not going to change anything as far as kosova's Independence.

no, dear Mirsad, it is Albanians who desperately try to clean up their image by blaming Serbia for the "anti-albanian propaganda".
If Josef Fritzl happened to be Albanian, you guys would try to accuse the Serbs lobbying and anti-albanian propaganda.

And no, you won't get Presevo or anything else. Only thing that can happen from now on is that you loose something, but we'll see how much will that be.

It's incredibly hilarious how far these Albanians from Kosovo will go to distance themselves from one of their countrymen. "This is dirty propaganda! He had to have been a gypsy!" Face it, "Kosovars", the more light that gets shined into your dark places, the more the world will see how much an independent Kosovo was a mistake.

Mirsad UK: "Face it, no one wants to be with you, none of the former yugoslav republics. Soon we will have presevo and bujanovac. And then you will go on television and preach us on international law bla bla.. no one cares.."

You forgot the mad laughter, hand rubbing and shrill peals of "and then we will rule the world..."!! Or did you?!

This is a news story. What does it matter if this 'man' is Serbian, Croatian, Roma or Albanian? He is more likely to be uneducated and from a certain type of background if he thinks there's nothing wrong with buying a child, raping and impregnating her.

I hope that the girl's parents have also been charged and I'm glad that mother and child are being cared for. I hope that their future is easier than their past.

It's actually you who are turning this into some sort of attack against one ethnicity. We should all agree that the story is newsworthy and that it highlights a major problem in Europe of human trafficking.

I suppose the reports of Kosovo being used as a hub for these activities is also just some sort of 'personal attack'.

Let's not forget that this girl is quite likely to be Albanian herself. She deserves her case to be highlighted, more than he deserves it to be hushed up rather than offend others of his nationality.

Ahmet - what propaganda? It's a straightforward news report which doesn't even say the ethnicity of the 'man' or the victim.

Incredible that mass propaganda has been used by the Kosovo Albanians via their various lobbyists and 'on side' mainstream news outlets and foreign govts for years! And you think that THIS is propaganda??

an Albanian buying a child for "marriage". so what?
I mean, you all write as if that was something new to you!

that is something not very unusual in the rural clan-based society of Albanians.

so, this is not the end of the world, just another sad proof of underdevelopment.

I am very happy to see B92 posting thistype of news.

It gives a blunt opportunity to teh people to show their xnefophobia.

It is MUCH MORE MOARLY IMPORTANT the FACT that the k-Serbs do not allow the WATER pipeline to pass throght their properties for thier neoghjbours Albanian than a isolated case of mad man whose ethnicity is not proven- althogh is of secodnary importnace after all.

massimo,

I persume that KLA terrorists who raped elderly women in Kosovo, then made them serve coffee were also Roma.

Incest, rape and human trafficking are very common in Albanian populated areas (as per official figures).
It is therefore sign of desperation and frankly unfairness to pin this behaviours on Roma.

Besides, man was probably not Roma. There are barly any Roma left in Kosovo, and Albanians made sure of that.

One thing has nothing to do with the other.
Kosovo deserved and got independence. This guy deserved and got arrest and hopefully jail time.
B92 is a great source of info and did well to include this story in the news. It represents a social phenomenon and it sheds light on how the women rights do falter seriously in Kosovo.
Now that they got independence it is about time for the Kosovars to improve their society starting from the rights of those who are less protected and respected: women, gays, minorities both national and religious.
This will need time, just like it took time in the West. It makes no sense to blame B92 about it.
I am an Albanian too and I hate seeing this news on the top of many others, but let me tell you something. Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica and the rest of the Italian media all had it on cover pages and main news edition.
You don't try to hide your reality from the media. That was what Milosevic did. Instead you work to change it and make sure the change is real and permanent.

The Kosovo man arrested is a Roma.
Am I wrong if I remember that Roma and Serbian pillaged and ravaged K-Albanian houses side by side in 1999?

Besides, man was probably not Roma. There are barly any Roma left in Kosovo, and Albanians made sure of that.
(BKK, 7 July 2008 13:28)

this is pure RACISM so b92 you shoudl censoure this type of postings.

who the hell is BKK to tale me tyhat I Albanian am like that????

besides he contradicts himselv: tha man must have been Albanian he says and there are not left any Gypsis in Kosova thanks to teh Albanains he says and forgest that the fact has happend in Italy.

hahahaha barley 40 countries out of 190+ recognized Kosovo and you think you think you are going to get Presovo?? Kosovo its self is going to be and already is a economic black hole in Europe and you want what now???

Don't blame B92 for reporting news that CNN isn't aloud to report about how a lot of your people really are.

I wrote about this yesterday in one comment here, I was thoroughly shocked when the Italian ancorman at RAI telegiornale at 8pm announced how "the Albanian had bought a 12-year old Serbian girl for 17.000 euros from her family", and she got pregnant from him, and then the allarmed doctors called the police. The man told in the police that "it was a normal habit in the family to buy a wife", and only later - obviously after telephone protests in Italy - the RAI changed the news that it was an Albaninan who bought an Albanian girl from Kosovo who holds Serbian passport. I said yesterday, and repeat here again, that it is the HIGH moment for Serbia to define its borders and to define the rules to whom it gives its citizenship. Thank you again.

Mirsad - By 'Kosovars' and the context that you use, I take it you mean Kosovo Albanians. You speak of thousands missing and yet don't mention anything about the missing Serbians (also in the UN report).

The Kosovo population is 90% Albanian, so it is a pretty safe bet that these people (the man and the girl) were Albanian. It isn't necessarily the case, but it's likely. I'm sure that details will emerge and it will make the crime no less horrendous either way.

I am amazed that you seem to be insinuating that B92 has a pro-Serb bias! They are a Serbian media channel for goodness sake so their areas or interest are bound to be more Serbian orientated but that doesn't mean biased.

Can you tell me of any Albanian or Kosovan media outlet which would invite anywhere near the same level of balance, open debate or criticism the other way round?

A UN translator was shot for telling someone the time in Serbian in 'peace time' Pristina. Yet there have been Albanians living in Belgrade even during the 1999 Nato attack.

Mirsad, first B92 does not make the news but merely reports the news so don't shoot the messenger.

Second, if Albanians did not live by such outdated laws there would be no news to report so tell your fellow Albanians to clean up their act as it is them who are ruining your squeaky clean image.

And last, but not least, this guys was probably just doing what the good book says to do as Mohamed's wife was less than 10 years old too herself. I'm sure he thought that if it's good enough for the prophet, it's good enough for him. There are and will be many more instances like this, so brace yourself.

so the albanians have an old custom and are yet to be anglosized, look in your back yard roms r still getting married at 12 and do not judge so soon my fellow serbs look back in any culture and it was the norm!!!

This article is absurde becasue the whole truth has not been printed. The suspect from Kosova with albanian name is a Roma(GYPSY), so is the victim the poor girl from Serbia. Romas/gypsies have albanian and serbian names, and other names of different countries depending where are they have been living.Stop the dirty propagnada guys, is not going to change anything as far as kosova's Independence.
(Ahmet Isufi, 6 July 2008 08:53)

This not about independence this is about a human being who was sold for 17,000 Euro. Why or should say Ahmet why try to put a political spin on this story if you are so sure about this crime then you should have placed a link OPPS you did not have link to place so you are going off you own intelligence. My friend don't blame it on a Roma or a Gypsy last names have nothing to do with it. Currently Kosovo is considered to be like the old west, lawless and if you have money you can do as you please. If there is no order then you will never have a legit goverment when the PM can fire someone because he spoke up. Well there you have a Circus Sans the big top.

Sunny - 14 is the Italian standard...now that you know how to read, it's time to work on understanding what you read.

I expect most Albanians have children whilst they are barely out of thier teens how else do you explain the growth in population. They have the highest birthrate in Europe. What is worrying is that many women in Kosovo don't have the opportunity to choose a different way of life.

I'm assuming there's a point to your comment other than sending out what appears to be a flailing rant at the world.

Mirsad, an 11-year-old child being sold and smuggled abroad for purposes of paedophilia would be newsworthy wherever it happened, especially ince in this case she's a Serbian citizen. What's not to report? It's a pity that during your time in the UK you haven't managed to grasp that human trafficking and child molestation are rightly frowned upon in civilised societies. God help Kosovo if your views are in any way typical.

mft - It makes absolutely no difference. The man is a rapist and the girl is a victim twice over: sold like an object by her parents and then raped and having to go through a pregnancy at 11 years old.

The point is that Mirsad was criticising B92 for carrying the story because s/he saw it as a personal attack against Albanians.

As I said, whatever the ethnicity, the girl deserves to have her case highlighted and so does the man. Although judging from reports, the fact that he thinks this is normal in his world is extremely worrying.

I agree with pretty much everything Kate said. His ethnicity has nothing to do with it. Lets hope there are not many others like him out there.

Sunny - 14 is the Italian standard...now that you know how to read, it's time to work on understanding what you read.
(James VII, 6 July 2008 19:33)
i understand what i read, im just not sure you do. everybody on this site is critisizing the man from kosovo for marrying an 11yo even tho in italy 14 is the age of consent which is still too young by western standards for someone over 18 but no body said anything which must mean 14 is just as acceptable in serbia as in italy but not england, USA, australia

Gentlemen, keep cool.

Such situations are present all over Balkans/Eastern Europe. And it has nothing to do with ethnicity, it is just underdevelopment and a sort of overrated traditionalism.

We had such cases last year, in Romania, among Gypsy people, two families who tried to marry a 12 years-old boy with a 10 years-old girl... an old Gypsy custom.
Everything ended-up on Euronews, and Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, Member of European Parliament, was so upset that Romanian authorities were ready to arrest all the participants at the wedding [under the accusation of complicity in abusing children's rights]! Finally, only the parents were fined and social workers were tasked to supervise the situation and report periodically to state authority.

Recently, a guy, Romanian, no Gypsy, has abused his 11 years old niece, and she became pregnant. The girl aborted in England, on Saturday (the pregnancy was too advanced, and abortion was not permitted under current Romanian laws).

Two stories, two ethnicities, one bottom line:
such cases are resulting from, (inter alia) lack of education, enforcing traditions which are already contradicting current laws, lack of attention from authorities, ignorance, abusive behavior, stupidity, mental disturbed people...

Nothing in this list may be considered as specific for a certain ethnicity, religion, language or skin color.
Honestly, I can see why Italian TV channels are bringing up this news story (Italy is in a sort of anti-Roma frenzy these days, they plan to take the fingerprints of each and every Gypsy! grotesque!). But for us, in Balkans, this is just another story about how stupid human beings really are, all over the world.
So, let's not spend more time on this, OK?

Best from Bucharest,

Dear All,
I just started to read your comments and I was surprised!!! All my ballkan fellows are the same, there is no difference about anything, does not matter if you are albanian, serb or other ballkan country. All you like to show that our people is better than other, but sorry my dear it is not true, all ballkanians have the same problems, all have more or less the same culture. Month ago I did a jurney from Madrid all the way down to France, north Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and arrived to Kosovo... all the way down was so obvious how much we need to improve in Ballkan countries in everything. Above of this case I just want to mention that does not matter to which comunity such a case happen, is a very bad case and should be fighted, does not matter if it is albanian, serb, whatever, GYPSY, it is needed to improve and to make not to happen again.
Do not hate, because leads to nothing!

ben,

Long live satire! You said -

''this is pure RACISM so b92 you shoudl censoure this type of postings.

who the hell is BKK to tale me tyhat I Albanian am like that???? ''

Replace B92 with America and BKK with Serbs and the rest is pretty much self explanitary.

The post is in no way 'racist' nor anything of the sort, but a mare truth. Roma persecutions by Albanians during Kosovo war are very well documented.

Also, you have some nerve calling my post racist when not so long ago Albanian camp, including yourself managed to lump a whole continent of Africa into a single group of savages. Ironically numerous countries belonging to the continent are way ahead of Albania, one country being the first world country.

Last, but not least, I do not assume your gender, I would appreciate you do not assume mine, since you assume wrong.