"Serbs and Albanians have common future"

Kosovo government at shock.

In a secret interview given to BBC, not yet published, Hashim Thaci said, for the sake of speedy integration into the EU, Kosovo may again temporary become part of Serbia. He said there is no need for a referendum on such issue. He also pointed out that a limited number of Serbian police may control Kosovo - Albanian border. This news is going shock the Kosovo media and population as soon as it gets published. In return Serbia will consider whether to remove or not his ineternational arrest warrant, that Thaci is confident that it will occur.

Opppsss it is 1st Aprilll..:)

"Serbs and Albanians have common future"

I agree with the title, although this future may not be coming very soon.

However, if both sides will agree on this common future and start make concessions, then this prophecy will become reality. There are plenty of examples in this regard: French and Germans, Germans and Britons, Romanians and Hungarians etc.
I wish both Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo all the best in the future, and the strength to make peace.

Victor Radulescu (Vaslui, Romania)

When asked to comment on Serbia's intention to restart the negotiations on Kosovo's status after the International Court of Justice decides on the legality of the unilateral proclamation independence, he said that Serbia's initiative "does not contribute to regional or EU integration and cooperation in the Balkans

Can you then kindly explain me why Serbia is not looking for cooperation when they say they would like to restart negociation ?

Cooperation for you means accepting you conditions and initiatives but no talks nor negociations ...

Again useless words ... there is none within actual Kosovo government worth consideration

Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists, true drug lords thare were offered a country by the americans ... this is pathetic

Mitrovica: "Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists, true drug lords thare were offered a country by the americans ... this is pathetic."

I totally agree with you. Well said.

Jesus, why can't these K Albanians understand that Serbs in north KiM do not recognize their illegal UDI, and want nothing to do with them? These weekly statements from Pristina is really getting old. We are independent, it's irreversible, we can spread democracy (funny), blah, blah, blah. Give it a rest, Pristina, or make a new CD.

The rest of Kosovo is a ghetto compared to the not-overpopulated north. As for the minorities in Kosovo, one would be doomed to want to be part of this Albanian terror because of the experience that the Gorani Bosniaks suffered - their autonomy got taken away, their municipality got eliminated, down in the far southern tip of Kosovo. This is the example of what multi-ethnic Kosovo is, an Albanian dominated tragedy, aimed at taking rights away from minorities.

To be honest,
I'm not missing any Serb here in Kosovo. The last 10Yrs with different corrupt albanian governments and int. corrupt Organizations have been far better than the years with repressing serb corrupt governments and Cetniks on the road. I would give Serbs in Kosovo the advise to sell their grounds and go somewhere to Vojvodina to have a better future. I'm so sorry for not having a yard in northern Mitrovica to sell it for good Money to the Serbs.

This has to be the greatest piece of hypocrisy ever doesnt it? Where was the common future before today, when Kosovo's Albanians were under official Serbian control?

It's pretty plain and easy to see from outside that these words from the so called Kosovo government are empty and mean nothing. What they really want is the whole of Kosovo and they dont care about the welfare of anyone else. This is just political spin.

Just read the racially toned comments of the usual suspects who provide their responses here.

It is two-faced opprtunistic lying - if it is righteous for Albanians to leave Serbia, then it simply must be right for Serbians to choose their government.

Let the people decide.

Serbs and Albanians have a common future in the state of Serbia. Indeed. That's why the world must never accept ILLEGAL Kosovo independence!

This statement came after they busted another cemetery..
Try little harder convincing us..

RE:

But do not confuse Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence.

What a completely erroneous and innaccurate statement, Rugova was more than willing to compromise for less than full independance. However, he was threatened by those terrorist clans just mentioned; Thaci, Haradnaja, UCK, KLA , Drug Overlords, call them what you will.

Need it be reminded that it was Slobodan Milosevic himself who put Rugova under protective custory and saved his life.

Kosovar serbs will have "common future" after they start paying taxes. This minority has not paid a single cent (excluding the ones working in Pristina).

It's time for change.

"They are neither a part of Serbia nor of Kosovo"

You are wrong mr Kuci - North IS still part of Serbia.

"The plan that the authorities in Priština have for northern Kosovo is a plan for democracy,"

In North IS democracy mr Kuci. North HAVE their own DEMOCRATIC ELECTED authorities.

Serbs and albanians have no future, what so ever, together. Albanians are too different. Albanians are selfisolated and mix only with their own. And after trying to steal holy Serbian land no Serbs would want to have anything to do with them. Heck, not even Europe wants anything to do with them. Proof of that is the fact that they have isolated both Albania and Kosovo from the outside world. No one allowed to leave and thousands of albanians being sent back. Territories controled by albanians will soon explode in chaos, greater poverty and criminal activity than we have ever witnessed before. Serbs be aware!

How bout Serbs in Serbia (which obviously includes Kosovo, b/c it is indeed a part of Serbia) and Albanians back in Albania. ;) Good day
(trudsaam, 2 April 2010 03:10)

You've already tried that, you've tried to expel 2 mil. Albanians from their own homes (plus you burned those very homes to the ashes, so nothing would remain as a sign that Albanians ever lived in Kosovo territory), but it didn't work out! So lets not complicate things further, and lets take into account the factual situation.

Why would Albanians go to Albania and flee their land, or why would they want to live under your rule (the autonomy deal)? If this land belonged to Serbia why it is not populated by Serbs (only 3%), and why it is populated by Albanians - 96 %? Why would Albanians accept autonomy, which they once "had" it, so later on you can revoke it as you please (already seen that)? Speaking of going somewhere, Serbs could easily go to their motherland Russia, where they came from, and I'm quite confident that your neighbors wouldn't mind it.

PRN,

Mind that Kosovo still is part of Serbia :)
Happy Easter to all!

Common future?

In Albanian Sumo wrestling, boxing, street fights, stoning the houses of elderly, desecrating the cemeteries and...great and versatile area of another destructive activities of Albanian daily involvements...maybe?

Well...rather...no thanks.

yes, there is a common future as two independent states, serbs living in Serbia, and K-Albs in Kosova.
(begu)
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How bout Serbs in Serbia (which obviously includes Kosovo, b/c it is indeed a part of Serbia) and Albanians back in Albania. ;) Good day

Zdravo komsija! Yes we have a future together.

yes, there is a common future as two independent states, serbs living in Serbia, and K-Albs in Kosova.

“Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists”

Whatever, but bear in mind that Thaci only heads a government coalition that includes Rugova’s party, and one thing that Rugova never compromised on – whatever various Serbs or Albanians might pin on him – was on complete independence for Kosova. No doubt he is seen as less fightful than Thaci etc to local Serbs because his was not a military struggle, but that military struggle that Thaci took part in in 1998-99 only came about due to the complete lack of response by Serbia and the West to the decade of peaceful struggle led by Rugova. The solution of war is always disastrous to human solidarity and ethnic relations, no matter what the aims of leading participants, and Milosevic chose that path. But do not confuse Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence. Similarly, it is not a coincidence that the Kosovar Albanian leader who had perhaps the hardest-line view on independence during the Ahtisaari negotiations was Veton Surroi.

“This statement came after they busted another cemetery.. Try little harder convincing us”

A pretty valid point IMO.

MikaelC
Learn some world history, not Serbian history. Thousands of years before Serbs proclaimed Kosovo as their holy land, Albanians used to live there. Albanian language is the oldest language in Europe...even older than the old greek , not the new one. If you know what I am talking about.
And as for your claim that no one wants anything to do with Albanians you are so wrong. We have way better relations with USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia....than Serbia has. You might have better relations with china...whopty do!! Who cares...:)

This has to be the greatest piece of hypocrisy ever doesnt it? Where was the common future before today, when Kosovo's Albanians were under official Serbian control?

(Colin, 1 April 2010 )

It was there until you decided to revoke our atonomy expel us from all the government jobs and turns us pariahs in our own land.

Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence

In fact I think he would have been ready to discuss some concrete solutions for the north and for the Serbian enclaves ...

Considering the rest of Kosovo I think none including the Serbian government in Belgrade wants to have 2 millions Albanians back into Serbia ...

I think that negociations may be possible with different political leaderships in Pristina ...

In Belgrade current political leaders and Mr. Tadic are quiet open and pragmatic

What a completely erroneous and innaccurate statement, Rugova was more than willing to compromise for less than full independance. However, he was threatened by those terrorist clans just mentioned; Thaci, Haradnaja, UCK, KLA , Drug Overlords, call them what you will.

Need it be reminded that it was Slobodan Milosevic himself who put Rugova under protective custory and saved his life.
(Jugoslavija, 1 April 2010 22:45)

Milosevic did not put Rugova in custody rather he forced him to travel to Belgrade and meet with him so he could save face and act as a peaceful guy, and at the same time discredit Rugova, so K-Alb would not support him any longer thus leaving no chance to peaceful solutions. Come on, we all know the true face of your beloved leader also known as the butcher of the Balkans.

Rugova was established as a leader of K-Alb based upon the notion of Independence. Rugova never asked anything less than that, the only difference was the way he asked it.

In any case Serbia ignored Rugova and did all it could to make him irrelevant. Serbia knew very well that a war was coming as K-Alb would never accept the Serbian oppression, and they will resist forcefully one day. That was a great chance for Serbia to cleanse Kosovo from K-Alb, a plan that did not go through very well and backfired.

The KLA was nothing else but a creation of Serbian politics and backward regime. Albanians first choice was Rugova and that lasted for 10 years. He was their first choice after the war too.

So I think that Alb were really an exception in the dark tradition of Balkan behaviour, as they were maybe the only people in ex-Yugo who instisted in peaceful ways and means for so long. I don't think Serbs of Krajina or Bosnia were as understanding and ever tried to reach their goals peacefully like Rugova and K-Alb did.

All hate aside you should respect what they did under Rugova. It's a great lesson for all of us, Serb and Albanians alike.

Jesus, why can't these K Albanians understand that Serbs in north KiM do not recognize their illegal UDI, and want nothing to do with them? These weekly statements from Pristina is really getting old. We are independent, it's irreversible, we can spread democracy (funny), blah, blah, blah. Give it a rest, Pristina, or make a new CD.

Serbs and Albanians have a common future in the state of Serbia. Indeed. That's why the world must never accept ILLEGAL Kosovo independence!

Kosovo government at shock.

In a secret interview given to BBC, not yet published, Hashim Thaci said, for the sake of speedy integration into the EU, Kosovo may again temporary become part of Serbia. He said there is no need for a referendum on such issue. He also pointed out that a limited number of Serbian police may control Kosovo - Albanian border. This news is going shock the Kosovo media and population as soon as it gets published. In return Serbia will consider whether to remove or not his ineternational arrest warrant, that Thaci is confident that it will occur.

Opppsss it is 1st Aprilll..:)

Mitrovica: "Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists, true drug lords thare were offered a country by the americans ... this is pathetic."

I totally agree with you. Well said.

When asked to comment on Serbia's intention to restart the negotiations on Kosovo's status after the International Court of Justice decides on the legality of the unilateral proclamation independence, he said that Serbia's initiative "does not contribute to regional or EU integration and cooperation in the Balkans

Can you then kindly explain me why Serbia is not looking for cooperation when they say they would like to restart negociation ?

Cooperation for you means accepting you conditions and initiatives but no talks nor negociations ...

Again useless words ... there is none within actual Kosovo government worth consideration

Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists, true drug lords thare were offered a country by the americans ... this is pathetic

This statement came after they busted another cemetery..
Try little harder convincing us..

The rest of Kosovo is a ghetto compared to the not-overpopulated north. As for the minorities in Kosovo, one would be doomed to want to be part of this Albanian terror because of the experience that the Gorani Bosniaks suffered - their autonomy got taken away, their municipality got eliminated, down in the far southern tip of Kosovo. This is the example of what multi-ethnic Kosovo is, an Albanian dominated tragedy, aimed at taking rights away from minorities.

To be honest,
I'm not missing any Serb here in Kosovo. The last 10Yrs with different corrupt albanian governments and int. corrupt Organizations have been far better than the years with repressing serb corrupt governments and Cetniks on the road. I would give Serbs in Kosovo the advise to sell their grounds and go somewhere to Vojvodina to have a better future. I'm so sorry for not having a yard in northern Mitrovica to sell it for good Money to the Serbs.

This has to be the greatest piece of hypocrisy ever doesnt it? Where was the common future before today, when Kosovo's Albanians were under official Serbian control?

It's pretty plain and easy to see from outside that these words from the so called Kosovo government are empty and mean nothing. What they really want is the whole of Kosovo and they dont care about the welfare of anyone else. This is just political spin.

Just read the racially toned comments of the usual suspects who provide their responses here.

It is two-faced opprtunistic lying - if it is righteous for Albanians to leave Serbia, then it simply must be right for Serbians to choose their government.

Let the people decide.

Serbs and albanians have no future, what so ever, together. Albanians are too different. Albanians are selfisolated and mix only with their own. And after trying to steal holy Serbian land no Serbs would want to have anything to do with them. Heck, not even Europe wants anything to do with them. Proof of that is the fact that they have isolated both Albania and Kosovo from the outside world. No one allowed to leave and thousands of albanians being sent back. Territories controled by albanians will soon explode in chaos, greater poverty and criminal activity than we have ever witnessed before. Serbs be aware!

yes, there is a common future as two independent states, serbs living in Serbia, and K-Albs in Kosova.

PRN,

Mind that Kosovo still is part of Serbia :)
Happy Easter to all!

Common future?

In Albanian Sumo wrestling, boxing, street fights, stoning the houses of elderly, desecrating the cemeteries and...great and versatile area of another destructive activities of Albanian daily involvements...maybe?

Well...rather...no thanks.

How bout Serbs in Serbia (which obviously includes Kosovo, b/c it is indeed a part of Serbia) and Albanians back in Albania. ;) Good day
(trudsaam, 2 April 2010 03:10)

You've already tried that, you've tried to expel 2 mil. Albanians from their own homes (plus you burned those very homes to the ashes, so nothing would remain as a sign that Albanians ever lived in Kosovo territory), but it didn't work out! So lets not complicate things further, and lets take into account the factual situation.

Why would Albanians go to Albania and flee their land, or why would they want to live under your rule (the autonomy deal)? If this land belonged to Serbia why it is not populated by Serbs (only 3%), and why it is populated by Albanians - 96 %? Why would Albanians accept autonomy, which they once "had" it, so later on you can revoke it as you please (already seen that)? Speaking of going somewhere, Serbs could easily go to their motherland Russia, where they came from, and I'm quite confident that your neighbors wouldn't mind it.

Kosovar serbs will have "common future" after they start paying taxes. This minority has not paid a single cent (excluding the ones working in Pristina).

It's time for change.

"They are neither a part of Serbia nor of Kosovo"

You are wrong mr Kuci - North IS still part of Serbia.

"The plan that the authorities in Priština have for northern Kosovo is a plan for democracy,"

In North IS democracy mr Kuci. North HAVE their own DEMOCRATIC ELECTED authorities.

RE:

But do not confuse Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence.

What a completely erroneous and innaccurate statement, Rugova was more than willing to compromise for less than full independance. However, he was threatened by those terrorist clans just mentioned; Thaci, Haradnaja, UCK, KLA , Drug Overlords, call them what you will.

Need it be reminded that it was Slobodan Milosevic himself who put Rugova under protective custory and saved his life.

"Serbs and Albanians have common future"

I agree with the title, although this future may not be coming very soon.

However, if both sides will agree on this common future and start make concessions, then this prophecy will become reality. There are plenty of examples in this regard: French and Germans, Germans and Britons, Romanians and Hungarians etc.
I wish both Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo all the best in the future, and the strength to make peace.

Victor Radulescu (Vaslui, Romania)

“Kosovo misses Ibrahim Rugova, a true democrat with a vision ... Thacis's or Haradinaj's clans are a bunch of former uneducated terrorists”

Whatever, but bear in mind that Thaci only heads a government coalition that includes Rugova’s party, and one thing that Rugova never compromised on – whatever various Serbs or Albanians might pin on him – was on complete independence for Kosova. No doubt he is seen as less fightful than Thaci etc to local Serbs because his was not a military struggle, but that military struggle that Thaci took part in in 1998-99 only came about due to the complete lack of response by Serbia and the West to the decade of peaceful struggle led by Rugova. The solution of war is always disastrous to human solidarity and ethnic relations, no matter what the aims of leading participants, and Milosevic chose that path. But do not confuse Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence. Similarly, it is not a coincidence that the Kosovar Albanian leader who had perhaps the hardest-line view on independence during the Ahtisaari negotiations was Veton Surroi.

“This statement came after they busted another cemetery.. Try little harder convincing us”

A pretty valid point IMO.

yes, there is a common future as two independent states, serbs living in Serbia, and K-Albs in Kosova.
(begu)
-
How bout Serbs in Serbia (which obviously includes Kosovo, b/c it is indeed a part of Serbia) and Albanians back in Albania. ;) Good day

Rugova’s peaceful struggle and his less frightful nature re minorities to any illusions that he would have compromised on independence

In fact I think he would have been ready to discuss some concrete solutions for the north and for the Serbian enclaves ...

Considering the rest of Kosovo I think none including the Serbian government in Belgrade wants to have 2 millions Albanians back into Serbia ...

I think that negociations may be possible with different political leaderships in Pristina ...

In Belgrade current political leaders and Mr. Tadic are quiet open and pragmatic

Zdravo komsija! Yes we have a future together.

MikaelC
Learn some world history, not Serbian history. Thousands of years before Serbs proclaimed Kosovo as their holy land, Albanians used to live there. Albanian language is the oldest language in Europe...even older than the old greek , not the new one. If you know what I am talking about.
And as for your claim that no one wants anything to do with Albanians you are so wrong. We have way better relations with USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia....than Serbia has. You might have better relations with china...whopty do!! Who cares...:)

What a completely erroneous and innaccurate statement, Rugova was more than willing to compromise for less than full independance. However, he was threatened by those terrorist clans just mentioned; Thaci, Haradnaja, UCK, KLA , Drug Overlords, call them what you will.

Need it be reminded that it was Slobodan Milosevic himself who put Rugova under protective custory and saved his life.
(Jugoslavija, 1 April 2010 22:45)

Milosevic did not put Rugova in custody rather he forced him to travel to Belgrade and meet with him so he could save face and act as a peaceful guy, and at the same time discredit Rugova, so K-Alb would not support him any longer thus leaving no chance to peaceful solutions. Come on, we all know the true face of your beloved leader also known as the butcher of the Balkans.

Rugova was established as a leader of K-Alb based upon the notion of Independence. Rugova never asked anything less than that, the only difference was the way he asked it.

In any case Serbia ignored Rugova and did all it could to make him irrelevant. Serbia knew very well that a war was coming as K-Alb would never accept the Serbian oppression, and they will resist forcefully one day. That was a great chance for Serbia to cleanse Kosovo from K-Alb, a plan that did not go through very well and backfired.

The KLA was nothing else but a creation of Serbian politics and backward regime. Albanians first choice was Rugova and that lasted for 10 years. He was their first choice after the war too.

So I think that Alb were really an exception in the dark tradition of Balkan behaviour, as they were maybe the only people in ex-Yugo who instisted in peaceful ways and means for so long. I don't think Serbs of Krajina or Bosnia were as understanding and ever tried to reach their goals peacefully like Rugova and K-Alb did.

All hate aside you should respect what they did under Rugova. It's a great lesson for all of us, Serb and Albanians alike.

This has to be the greatest piece of hypocrisy ever doesnt it? Where was the common future before today, when Kosovo's Albanians were under official Serbian control?

(Colin, 1 April 2010 )

It was there until you decided to revoke our atonomy expel us from all the government jobs and turns us pariahs in our own land.