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Thursday, 18.08.2011.

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Priština "lobbies" against Serbia's EU accession

Kosovo Albanians are lobbying against Serbia's European integration as it fears that Kosovo will remain a failed state, Serbian government officials said.

Izvor: Blic

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Dennis

pre 12 godina

One of my father's friends is a kalbo that was deported back to Kosovo. Instead of trying to stay with his family he said he hated America and packed up his construction business and wife and American born children and moved back to Kosovo. He is unemployed, his wife and kids are crying to come back and he admits he made a mistake.

icj1

pre 12 godina

Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?
(Hank the Tank, 18 August 2011 17:33)

Well, that's very easy to understand. For Kosovo, the UDI was better than the deal of "more than autonomy and less than independence" that Serbia offered and whose meaning would have been defined or changed by Serbia's parliament. So obviously Kosovo went with the UDI.

With the UDI, it's not a UN member, but that would have been the case anyway even if it had choosen the deal. At least with the UDI it is recognized by 80 countries (vs 0 with the deal) and Serbia has no control at all in Kosovo (vs some control with the deal).

Serbia too must be happy with Kosovo's UDI because it prevented Kosovo from joining Albania and also got rid of a black hole as many here consider Kosovo to be.

Hank the Tank

pre 12 godina

Serbia won't join the EU until it recognizes the theft of its territory and Kosovo will never become a state until Serbia recognizes it. This means that both people in Serbia and Kosovo are loosers. Thank America for that. Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?

EU Dude

pre 12 godina

Pristina should be allowed to join the EU. Their 'citizens' can come to brussels and join the romanian beggars in the metro and beg for money from the eurocrats in their front garden, by the Grande Place, on Place Luxembourg where the euros like to wine, dine and watch the sports etc.. They'll love it. Just think how much better Europe will be with them as members! The police in Brussels have to main worries apart from terrorism, first are the violent albanians, second are turkish nationalists.

Pls say it ain't so!!!

pre 12 godina

Predrag, take it easy bro, you're going to get a heart attack....come down. We need you in this forum; you are cracking us up.

So based on your comments and 'facts':

- You worked for the billing department at KEK (Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës), hance all the 'facts'.
- You worked for CIA, MI5, SAS, ISI, Mossad and I'm sure many other secret agancies.
- You must have worked as a jurnalist (in the front lines) and a 'Historian' (side gig), to gather such 'precise' inormations about what happened in Kosova dating back a full century.

Man, you're my idol!!! I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Grow up slim; wake up and smell the reality!!

You sound so desperate and naive that no one can fathom!!!



We care about you mate; we need good laughs....

Nemanja, Connecticut

pre 12 godina

Oh man. . .what a great way to start the day. . .more comedic/nonsensical comments from the Albanian posters.

"They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo." I had no idea that the EU advocated killing minorities, stealing their organs, destroying their churches. This EU sounds like a paradise! Sign me up.

"Progress and development" in Kosovo. Does that include the +60% unemployment rate? No wait. . .its all those gas stations being built with laundered drug money, right? Well at least you kosovars [sic] will never run out of fuel.

But the funniest one goes to some completely misguided fellow. . .

When commenting on the forced exodus of Serbs from Kosovo, he notes:
"The(y) were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy"

That is pure genius!

Loyal Albanian

pre 12 godina

Kosova doesn't have to lobby against Serbia. Serbia does a fine job on their own lobbying against their own interest. Serbia does a fine job of shooting themselves in the foot over and over and over.

Iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag,
You are poisoned with the Milosevic nationalism of last century. all the world knows Srebrenica, Reqak, Prekaz, Suhareka.... U still will say, it is not true. How it comes that you want to integrate in EU and at the same time you blame EU for what they did in Kosovo in 90s. They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo.

ben

pre 12 godina

Now lets see closely the mediocricy here:

statement 1:

"The government officials told Blic that Priština had been given full support from EU's major powers to maximize its demands. "

Then conclusion statement 2:

“Priština's biggest fear is that it could remain a 'failed state,' that the level of their own integration in international institutions will remain as it is, and that Serbia, when it gets the candidacy and the date for negotiations, might even make progress and realize its aspirations towards the Kosovo north,” New Policy Center NGO Executive Director Vladimir Todorić told Blic."

Now for me from reading the statement 1 it is very hard to see how the dude reached the conclusion in statement 2.

If I have full backing of the big powers of EU I can sleep well for the next 100 years as minimum.

If I have support of the big powers of EU to block you how can i be considered failed and you successful??? when you don't reach your targets??

The explanation is very simple:

mock Kosova in every occasion: repeat to the "failed state", sell the concept that without serbia they are lost.. usual rubbish from Belgrade that we hear fro 60 years now.

Mendo

pre 12 godina

@ Pedrag

Where do you get those statistics my friend, that's funny I think you are jealous of the progress Kosovo made in only 3 years even though Serba is doing all it can to stop Kosovo progressing. I am surprised how much hate comes from Serbian commentators on daily basis and then thy expect we live together. Pedrag if you ask us K-Alb about Kosovo we are 1000 times better then we used to be in Yugoslavia under Serbian rule. We just love it even if the statistics you made up are true.

Ian, UK

pre 12 godina

Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:05)

That is not true!

I think you will find that the UK is the first on criminal growth. Have you not heard about what was happening across English cities last week?

---------------

On a serious note, what we have here is Serbian politicians once again putting words into other people's mouths. Making up things to suit their own political agenda.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????
Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.

PEACE.
(Kosova citizen, 18 August 2011 11:35) "


I have been to both Kosovo and albania
And i have to say, Kosovo has become a real HOLE!

The north is the most prosperous part of Kosovo, yet the incompetent criminals in Pristina call them lawless? Irony??

Tell me, "Kosovo citizen", do you have a “JOB”
And by job i mean legitimate job?
Have you seen the Serbian Churches destroyed and desicrated?
Have you seen elderly and defenceless Serbian civilians attacked and murdered?


Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

I guess your version of “PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT” consists of poverty, murder and occupation.

boomshakalaka

pre 12 godina

Great effort at Serbianising reality buddy ;)


"Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?"

Nope, we do not know that. Serb police were sent to rule with an iron fist.



"Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?"

The were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy



"Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis."

True, some Serbs are pathetic when they kill unarmed whole familys indiscriminately and complain of being victims.

"Of course you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.
(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:15)"

keep thinking about your own opinions.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?
(iks, 18 August 2011 11:36)"

IKS
Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?
Did you know that albanians have terrorised the Serbian population in Kosovo of nearly a century?
Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?
Did you know that over 150 churches have been destroyed?
Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis.

Ofcourse you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.

IKS

pre 12 godina

It is not a wish of somebody. It is a criteria for integration in the EU. Cooperating and playing constructive role with neighbors. Serbia is not filling that.

iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?

Diana

pre 12 godina

If Pristina thinks Kosovo is failing, for once they are right. How dare they blame Serbia when Pristina have billions given to them and Serbia was bombed, had sanctions etc etc just goes to show who are the more intelligent in the region and it's not kosovo. Thaci was asking Bulgaria to feed them yesterday, he proclaims they are a new born country but forgets that new borns are completely dependent on others for food, care, talking for them, cleaning their backsides etc. I do however hope that Serbia never joins the EU, they deserve better, the EU is failing.

Kosova citizen

pre 12 godina

you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????

Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.


PEACE.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

To call Kosovo a failed state would be a compliment!
Kosovo is a black hole, a narco state run by gangsters and terrorists.

Kosovo has over 60% unemployment.
It also has 44% of the population living in poverty and 14% in extreme poverty.
A virtually nonexistent education system - only 1.4% of males have finished secondary school. (And it shows)

Kosovo has the highest infant mortality rate in Europe.
It also has a very high maternal mortality rate. (So much for your increasing population)

Let’s not even mention its brutal treatment towards all ethnic minorities, attacking and killing helpless elderly people on a daily basis. Ethnically cleansing hundreds of thousands of people. The desecration of churches & graves. The destruction and theft of private property.

Its only success is in trafficking narcotics and body organs.
Oh, and let’s not forget, scrap metal :-)

This “Kosova” sounds like pure heaven. How can i become a citizen? :-)

Agimi

pre 12 godina

I don't care but Tadic is trying to setup blame for the incoming failure. His 'strategy' with Cyprus--the failed pseudo state--failed. No EU for Kosovo = No EU progress for Serbia. Meanwhile Serbia is losing $500 Million a year and soon it will lose it for good since others are filling it.

And they have to recognize "Kosovo customs" (a province with customs???) and law and order is being restored int he North. Perfect. Maybe have Dick Marty write another report about something else??

EU Dude

pre 12 godina

Pristina should be allowed to join the EU. Their 'citizens' can come to brussels and join the romanian beggars in the metro and beg for money from the eurocrats in their front garden, by the Grande Place, on Place Luxembourg where the euros like to wine, dine and watch the sports etc.. They'll love it. Just think how much better Europe will be with them as members! The police in Brussels have to main worries apart from terrorism, first are the violent albanians, second are turkish nationalists.

Loyal Albanian

pre 12 godina

Kosova doesn't have to lobby against Serbia. Serbia does a fine job on their own lobbying against their own interest. Serbia does a fine job of shooting themselves in the foot over and over and over.

Nemanja, Connecticut

pre 12 godina

Oh man. . .what a great way to start the day. . .more comedic/nonsensical comments from the Albanian posters.

"They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo." I had no idea that the EU advocated killing minorities, stealing their organs, destroying their churches. This EU sounds like a paradise! Sign me up.

"Progress and development" in Kosovo. Does that include the +60% unemployment rate? No wait. . .its all those gas stations being built with laundered drug money, right? Well at least you kosovars [sic] will never run out of fuel.

But the funniest one goes to some completely misguided fellow. . .

When commenting on the forced exodus of Serbs from Kosovo, he notes:
"The(y) were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy"

That is pure genius!

Hank the Tank

pre 12 godina

Serbia won't join the EU until it recognizes the theft of its territory and Kosovo will never become a state until Serbia recognizes it. This means that both people in Serbia and Kosovo are loosers. Thank America for that. Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?

Predrag

pre 12 godina

To call Kosovo a failed state would be a compliment!
Kosovo is a black hole, a narco state run by gangsters and terrorists.

Kosovo has over 60% unemployment.
It also has 44% of the population living in poverty and 14% in extreme poverty.
A virtually nonexistent education system - only 1.4% of males have finished secondary school. (And it shows)

Kosovo has the highest infant mortality rate in Europe.
It also has a very high maternal mortality rate. (So much for your increasing population)

Let’s not even mention its brutal treatment towards all ethnic minorities, attacking and killing helpless elderly people on a daily basis. Ethnically cleansing hundreds of thousands of people. The desecration of churches & graves. The destruction and theft of private property.

Its only success is in trafficking narcotics and body organs.
Oh, and let’s not forget, scrap metal :-)

This “Kosova” sounds like pure heaven. How can i become a citizen? :-)

Agimi

pre 12 godina

I don't care but Tadic is trying to setup blame for the incoming failure. His 'strategy' with Cyprus--the failed pseudo state--failed. No EU for Kosovo = No EU progress for Serbia. Meanwhile Serbia is losing $500 Million a year and soon it will lose it for good since others are filling it.

And they have to recognize "Kosovo customs" (a province with customs???) and law and order is being restored int he North. Perfect. Maybe have Dick Marty write another report about something else??

iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?

Kosova citizen

pre 12 godina

you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????

Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.


PEACE.

Mendo

pre 12 godina

@ Pedrag

Where do you get those statistics my friend, that's funny I think you are jealous of the progress Kosovo made in only 3 years even though Serba is doing all it can to stop Kosovo progressing. I am surprised how much hate comes from Serbian commentators on daily basis and then thy expect we live together. Pedrag if you ask us K-Alb about Kosovo we are 1000 times better then we used to be in Yugoslavia under Serbian rule. We just love it even if the statistics you made up are true.

Diana

pre 12 godina

If Pristina thinks Kosovo is failing, for once they are right. How dare they blame Serbia when Pristina have billions given to them and Serbia was bombed, had sanctions etc etc just goes to show who are the more intelligent in the region and it's not kosovo. Thaci was asking Bulgaria to feed them yesterday, he proclaims they are a new born country but forgets that new borns are completely dependent on others for food, care, talking for them, cleaning their backsides etc. I do however hope that Serbia never joins the EU, they deserve better, the EU is failing.

Iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag,
You are poisoned with the Milosevic nationalism of last century. all the world knows Srebrenica, Reqak, Prekaz, Suhareka.... U still will say, it is not true. How it comes that you want to integrate in EU and at the same time you blame EU for what they did in Kosovo in 90s. They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????
Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.

PEACE.
(Kosova citizen, 18 August 2011 11:35) "


I have been to both Kosovo and albania
And i have to say, Kosovo has become a real HOLE!

The north is the most prosperous part of Kosovo, yet the incompetent criminals in Pristina call them lawless? Irony??

Tell me, "Kosovo citizen", do you have a “JOB”
And by job i mean legitimate job?
Have you seen the Serbian Churches destroyed and desicrated?
Have you seen elderly and defenceless Serbian civilians attacked and murdered?


Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

I guess your version of “PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT” consists of poverty, murder and occupation.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?
(iks, 18 August 2011 11:36)"

IKS
Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?
Did you know that albanians have terrorised the Serbian population in Kosovo of nearly a century?
Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?
Did you know that over 150 churches have been destroyed?
Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis.

Ofcourse you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.

Pls say it ain't so!!!

pre 12 godina

Predrag, take it easy bro, you're going to get a heart attack....come down. We need you in this forum; you are cracking us up.

So based on your comments and 'facts':

- You worked for the billing department at KEK (Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës), hance all the 'facts'.
- You worked for CIA, MI5, SAS, ISI, Mossad and I'm sure many other secret agancies.
- You must have worked as a jurnalist (in the front lines) and a 'Historian' (side gig), to gather such 'precise' inormations about what happened in Kosova dating back a full century.

Man, you're my idol!!! I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Grow up slim; wake up and smell the reality!!

You sound so desperate and naive that no one can fathom!!!



We care about you mate; we need good laughs....

IKS

pre 12 godina

It is not a wish of somebody. It is a criteria for integration in the EU. Cooperating and playing constructive role with neighbors. Serbia is not filling that.

Ian, UK

pre 12 godina

Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:05)

That is not true!

I think you will find that the UK is the first on criminal growth. Have you not heard about what was happening across English cities last week?

---------------

On a serious note, what we have here is Serbian politicians once again putting words into other people's mouths. Making up things to suit their own political agenda.

boomshakalaka

pre 12 godina

Great effort at Serbianising reality buddy ;)


"Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?"

Nope, we do not know that. Serb police were sent to rule with an iron fist.



"Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?"

The were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy



"Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis."

True, some Serbs are pathetic when they kill unarmed whole familys indiscriminately and complain of being victims.

"Of course you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.
(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:15)"

keep thinking about your own opinions.

ben

pre 12 godina

Now lets see closely the mediocricy here:

statement 1:

"The government officials told Blic that Priština had been given full support from EU's major powers to maximize its demands. "

Then conclusion statement 2:

“Priština's biggest fear is that it could remain a 'failed state,' that the level of their own integration in international institutions will remain as it is, and that Serbia, when it gets the candidacy and the date for negotiations, might even make progress and realize its aspirations towards the Kosovo north,” New Policy Center NGO Executive Director Vladimir Todorić told Blic."

Now for me from reading the statement 1 it is very hard to see how the dude reached the conclusion in statement 2.

If I have full backing of the big powers of EU I can sleep well for the next 100 years as minimum.

If I have support of the big powers of EU to block you how can i be considered failed and you successful??? when you don't reach your targets??

The explanation is very simple:

mock Kosova in every occasion: repeat to the "failed state", sell the concept that without serbia they are lost.. usual rubbish from Belgrade that we hear fro 60 years now.

icj1

pre 12 godina

Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?
(Hank the Tank, 18 August 2011 17:33)

Well, that's very easy to understand. For Kosovo, the UDI was better than the deal of "more than autonomy and less than independence" that Serbia offered and whose meaning would have been defined or changed by Serbia's parliament. So obviously Kosovo went with the UDI.

With the UDI, it's not a UN member, but that would have been the case anyway even if it had choosen the deal. At least with the UDI it is recognized by 80 countries (vs 0 with the deal) and Serbia has no control at all in Kosovo (vs some control with the deal).

Serbia too must be happy with Kosovo's UDI because it prevented Kosovo from joining Albania and also got rid of a black hole as many here consider Kosovo to be.

Dennis

pre 12 godina

One of my father's friends is a kalbo that was deported back to Kosovo. Instead of trying to stay with his family he said he hated America and packed up his construction business and wife and American born children and moved back to Kosovo. He is unemployed, his wife and kids are crying to come back and he admits he made a mistake.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?
(iks, 18 August 2011 11:36)"

IKS
Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?
Did you know that albanians have terrorised the Serbian population in Kosovo of nearly a century?
Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?
Did you know that over 150 churches have been destroyed?
Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis.

Ofcourse you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.

Iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag,
You are poisoned with the Milosevic nationalism of last century. all the world knows Srebrenica, Reqak, Prekaz, Suhareka.... U still will say, it is not true. How it comes that you want to integrate in EU and at the same time you blame EU for what they did in Kosovo in 90s. They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo.

Kosova citizen

pre 12 godina

you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????

Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.


PEACE.

Hank the Tank

pre 12 godina

Serbia won't join the EU until it recognizes the theft of its territory and Kosovo will never become a state until Serbia recognizes it. This means that both people in Serbia and Kosovo are loosers. Thank America for that. Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?

Loyal Albanian

pre 12 godina

Kosova doesn't have to lobby against Serbia. Serbia does a fine job on their own lobbying against their own interest. Serbia does a fine job of shooting themselves in the foot over and over and over.

Pls say it ain't so!!!

pre 12 godina

Predrag, take it easy bro, you're going to get a heart attack....come down. We need you in this forum; you are cracking us up.

So based on your comments and 'facts':

- You worked for the billing department at KEK (Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës), hance all the 'facts'.
- You worked for CIA, MI5, SAS, ISI, Mossad and I'm sure many other secret agancies.
- You must have worked as a jurnalist (in the front lines) and a 'Historian' (side gig), to gather such 'precise' inormations about what happened in Kosova dating back a full century.

Man, you're my idol!!! I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Grow up slim; wake up and smell the reality!!

You sound so desperate and naive that no one can fathom!!!



We care about you mate; we need good laughs....

iks

pre 12 godina

Predrag, Serbia should be blamed for all what you mention though not all are true and not all are at the level you mention.
Serbia has exploited from Kosovo for ten years (90s) and destroyed all private and public property during the Kosovo war. Serbia has never paid anything for the damages caused to Kosovo. Serbia captured the share of property of Kosovo as a result of YU succession. Kosovo is paying only debts about it, do you know that?

IKS

pre 12 godina

It is not a wish of somebody. It is a criteria for integration in the EU. Cooperating and playing constructive role with neighbors. Serbia is not filling that.

Predrag

pre 12 godina

To call Kosovo a failed state would be a compliment!
Kosovo is a black hole, a narco state run by gangsters and terrorists.

Kosovo has over 60% unemployment.
It also has 44% of the population living in poverty and 14% in extreme poverty.
A virtually nonexistent education system - only 1.4% of males have finished secondary school. (And it shows)

Kosovo has the highest infant mortality rate in Europe.
It also has a very high maternal mortality rate. (So much for your increasing population)

Let’s not even mention its brutal treatment towards all ethnic minorities, attacking and killing helpless elderly people on a daily basis. Ethnically cleansing hundreds of thousands of people. The desecration of churches & graves. The destruction and theft of private property.

Its only success is in trafficking narcotics and body organs.
Oh, and let’s not forget, scrap metal :-)

This “Kosova” sounds like pure heaven. How can i become a citizen? :-)

ben

pre 12 godina

Now lets see closely the mediocricy here:

statement 1:

"The government officials told Blic that Priština had been given full support from EU's major powers to maximize its demands. "

Then conclusion statement 2:

“Priština's biggest fear is that it could remain a 'failed state,' that the level of their own integration in international institutions will remain as it is, and that Serbia, when it gets the candidacy and the date for negotiations, might even make progress and realize its aspirations towards the Kosovo north,” New Policy Center NGO Executive Director Vladimir Todorić told Blic."

Now for me from reading the statement 1 it is very hard to see how the dude reached the conclusion in statement 2.

If I have full backing of the big powers of EU I can sleep well for the next 100 years as minimum.

If I have support of the big powers of EU to block you how can i be considered failed and you successful??? when you don't reach your targets??

The explanation is very simple:

mock Kosova in every occasion: repeat to the "failed state", sell the concept that without serbia they are lost.. usual rubbish from Belgrade that we hear fro 60 years now.

Mendo

pre 12 godina

@ Pedrag

Where do you get those statistics my friend, that's funny I think you are jealous of the progress Kosovo made in only 3 years even though Serba is doing all it can to stop Kosovo progressing. I am surprised how much hate comes from Serbian commentators on daily basis and then thy expect we live together. Pedrag if you ask us K-Alb about Kosovo we are 1000 times better then we used to be in Yugoslavia under Serbian rule. We just love it even if the statistics you made up are true.

Diana

pre 12 godina

If Pristina thinks Kosovo is failing, for once they are right. How dare they blame Serbia when Pristina have billions given to them and Serbia was bombed, had sanctions etc etc just goes to show who are the more intelligent in the region and it's not kosovo. Thaci was asking Bulgaria to feed them yesterday, he proclaims they are a new born country but forgets that new borns are completely dependent on others for food, care, talking for them, cleaning their backsides etc. I do however hope that Serbia never joins the EU, they deserve better, the EU is failing.

Agimi

pre 12 godina

I don't care but Tadic is trying to setup blame for the incoming failure. His 'strategy' with Cyprus--the failed pseudo state--failed. No EU for Kosovo = No EU progress for Serbia. Meanwhile Serbia is losing $500 Million a year and soon it will lose it for good since others are filling it.

And they have to recognize "Kosovo customs" (a province with customs???) and law and order is being restored int he North. Perfect. Maybe have Dick Marty write another report about something else??

Predrag

pre 12 godina

"you, predrag, have you ever been to Kosovo recently?????
Sure not, because if yes, you would know what is PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that Albania is the 1st country on economic growth, and 2nd is KOSOVO.

PEACE.
(Kosova citizen, 18 August 2011 11:35) "


I have been to both Kosovo and albania
And i have to say, Kosovo has become a real HOLE!

The north is the most prosperous part of Kosovo, yet the incompetent criminals in Pristina call them lawless? Irony??

Tell me, "Kosovo citizen", do you have a “JOB”
And by job i mean legitimate job?
Have you seen the Serbian Churches destroyed and desicrated?
Have you seen elderly and defenceless Serbian civilians attacked and murdered?


Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

I guess your version of “PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT” consists of poverty, murder and occupation.

Ian, UK

pre 12 godina

Please take some time, and read some statistical data, and see that KOSOVO is the 1st country on CRIMINAL growth

(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:05)

That is not true!

I think you will find that the UK is the first on criminal growth. Have you not heard about what was happening across English cities last week?

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On a serious note, what we have here is Serbian politicians once again putting words into other people's mouths. Making up things to suit their own political agenda.

boomshakalaka

pre 12 godina

Great effort at Serbianising reality buddy ;)


"Did you know that in the 90s Albanians never paid a cent in energy bills?"

Nope, we do not know that. Serb police were sent to rule with an iron fist.



"Did you know that over 200,000 Serbs and non-albanians have been ethnically cleansed from their homes and homeland in Kosovo?"

The were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy



"Buses have been bombed, children and elderly people have been, and still are murdered on a daily basis."

True, some Serbs are pathetic when they kill unarmed whole familys indiscriminately and complain of being victims.

"Of course you do, and im sure you support this 100%
Shame on you.
(Predrag, 18 August 2011 12:15)"

keep thinking about your own opinions.

EU Dude

pre 12 godina

Pristina should be allowed to join the EU. Their 'citizens' can come to brussels and join the romanian beggars in the metro and beg for money from the eurocrats in their front garden, by the Grande Place, on Place Luxembourg where the euros like to wine, dine and watch the sports etc.. They'll love it. Just think how much better Europe will be with them as members! The police in Brussels have to main worries apart from terrorism, first are the violent albanians, second are turkish nationalists.

Nemanja, Connecticut

pre 12 godina

Oh man. . .what a great way to start the day. . .more comedic/nonsensical comments from the Albanian posters.

"They bombed Serbia to protect EU values in Kosovo." I had no idea that the EU advocated killing minorities, stealing their organs, destroying their churches. This EU sounds like a paradise! Sign me up.

"Progress and development" in Kosovo. Does that include the +60% unemployment rate? No wait. . .its all those gas stations being built with laundered drug money, right? Well at least you kosovars [sic] will never run out of fuel.

But the funniest one goes to some completely misguided fellow. . .

When commenting on the forced exodus of Serbs from Kosovo, he notes:
"The(y) were sent from one end of yugoslavia to the next one? Numbers do not lie buddy"

That is pure genius!

Dennis

pre 12 godina

One of my father's friends is a kalbo that was deported back to Kosovo. Instead of trying to stay with his family he said he hated America and packed up his construction business and wife and American born children and moved back to Kosovo. He is unemployed, his wife and kids are crying to come back and he admits he made a mistake.

icj1

pre 12 godina

Anay deal that is not agreed upon by both side will never last in the long run. Why is that so hard to understand?
(Hank the Tank, 18 August 2011 17:33)

Well, that's very easy to understand. For Kosovo, the UDI was better than the deal of "more than autonomy and less than independence" that Serbia offered and whose meaning would have been defined or changed by Serbia's parliament. So obviously Kosovo went with the UDI.

With the UDI, it's not a UN member, but that would have been the case anyway even if it had choosen the deal. At least with the UDI it is recognized by 80 countries (vs 0 with the deal) and Serbia has no control at all in Kosovo (vs some control with the deal).

Serbia too must be happy with Kosovo's UDI because it prevented Kosovo from joining Albania and also got rid of a black hole as many here consider Kosovo to be.