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Albanian PM accuses Serbia of "Albanophobia"

Source: Tanjug

Albanian PM Sali Berisha has accused Serbia of "Albanophobia" over the removal of a memorial for what he said were "the heroes from the Preševo valley".

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  1. The process of forming 5 nations or more from one ethnic group will be never over... think about you proud nationalist neighbours.. we lived in our lands for thousand of years ...think about what we share.. never can be peace if it is based in injustice racisem hate or religion intolerance ...Albania can more unify that seperate Balkan... your teachers of your ethnic conscience lied to you.. about who you are and from where came you from..and what language tradition your grandfathers had...So understandable why Albanophobia ..and why our neighborhood should tolerate natural Albania..
    (dodona, 4 February 2013 13:03)

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  2. Mike C.
    You're stack in the past. I feel sorry for you and your hateful rhetoric.

    Spyro
    Don't you have enough problem in your country to deal with?
    (Brandon, 22 January 2013 20:11)

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  3. There is a funny trend in reporting lately. The sources seem to be increasingly twitter, facebook and similar sites. King Berisha said bla bla bla on facebook, Jeremic said blo blo blo on twitter, Croatia and Slovenia were arguing on twitter, Macedonia like this controversial status about Alexander the Great, etc etc etc. These kind of reporting generates traffic of course but I am not sure how reliable politics on facebook is. Talk about "tabloidization threatening real news": [link]

    Regarding our King Berisha, he discovered facebook and iPad lately as a countermove on the opposition leader who prefers twitter and our Majesty loves them. Elections are close and even though his Highness will manipulate results and vote counting like there is no tomorrow, he is still scared and comes up with this type of things. I just hope there is no civil war in Albania this summer, it is the only way our King will step down from power.
    (Reader, 22 January 2013 19:59)

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  4. Dear Mr.Berisha. The best protection for Albanians in this part would be when the highest seriousness and responsibility that you upload the sovereighn to work with dedication to unify natural Albania.


    Thank you.
    (drini., 22 January 2013 18:23)

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  5. "Bravo B92! First your English twisted the Berisha comments off the mark and second no non-serb comments in here. "

    Well, I'm not a Serb (unless you count the genes of my grandmother). But I must admit my negative comment was indeed based on the English translation. Can you give us a precise word by word translation that's more accurate?
    (Fikret, 22 January 2013 16:56)

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  6. under the name of NATO, has been deleted from the list of Census, the Orthodox and the Greeks, who form the majority in the south of the country known as Northern Epirus.

    -- Buddy, gather enough Greeks in Albania to fill a 30 000 seat stadium and you have my full support for secession. You simply do not have the numbers. You think you do because you have been foolishly giving pensions to Albanian elderly to declare themselves Greek. They've been taking your money and not even voting for your guys. PBDNj is a distant 6-7 party, yet you claim there so many Greeks. Greeks that do not vote for their own party. What kind of Greeks are these?
    I know, I have friends like this. Real ethnic Greeks who have nothing but the worst to say about Greece. They were treated in Greece worse than Albanians. Apparently you did not trust them enough. Get your numbers first then I will be your biggest supporter.

    Orthodox=/= Greek. I know cuz half of my family are orthodox. None of them Greek. As a matter of fact they are more anti Greek than Catholics and Muslim. You know the kind of Orthodox Albanian that used to be poisoned and killed by Athens 100 years ago. Fan Noli types. Google him. The founder of our Orthodox Church was your worst nightmare.
    (J, 22 January 2013 14:00)

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  7. My opinion on the matter is to have talks for the albanians remove the statue, instead it was removed by force by the government just intensifying the situation farther. No one wants to live in a world where you hate your neighbors,
    (Thomas L. [University of Colorado, Director in Foreign Affairs], 22 January 2013 03:03)
    ===…==

    Yep, I can believe that you are who you say you are.
    Will you guys quit making fools of yourselves?
    (Peggy, 22 January 2013 13:24)

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  8. imagine one Albanian, which in 100 years of "independence" does not develop democratic elections in what columns, held this democracy?This state that seeks to unite of the territory, under the name of NATO, has been deleted from the list of Census, the Orthodox and the Greeks, who form the majority in the south of the country known as Northern Epirus.The daughter of Prime Minister Berisha, was recorded quickly, large surface properties, especially in the Ionian Riviera in Himara and Lukovo, while Greece was silent, had not stirred, in its foreign policy problems.Surprising fact, though Moscow does not fact, recognition of the Protocol of Corfu, in 1914, which granted a territory of 6 thousand square miles, since that time, broad autonomy for the Greeks, but there are tendencies,paralyze the USA policy towards Albania, one country, which has linked forever interests of Washington?
    (spyro, 22 January 2013 12:24)

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  9. Brandon

    Yeah and that's why Albania is so close in joining the Eu. Albania is trash!
    (MikeC, 22 January 2013 12:03)

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  10. To - I Quote -

    @Arn.Sweden

    Little albanian before you declare war to superior countries, start by going to school and learn how to type.

    Comment - Well My School was as volontair with members of the Bosnianserbian General staff.

    Further -

    On behalf of civilised nations in the neighbourhood, I would like to tall you that we are all very scared of you and your funny army.

    Comment - You should Bee and You will Bee !.

    Further -

    When you start a war always consider the possibility of losing. So some of us may take back what is rightfully ours, simply currently inhabited by albanians.
    (Scepticism, 22 January 2013 00:54)

    Comment - When the War starts in the Mideast the Whole Earth will bee Rocked - a new West East Conflict will emerge in Central Europe - Serbia will be divided against Herself - Then Hungary will come for Vojvodina which the Serbian Military has to act against - Austria and Croatia will come for Bosniaherzegovina and Montenegro -

    Then You will see what the Tiny Albanian Army out of Albania will be capable of - there will be no Serbians left in Kosovo exept the dead ones.

    By !.

    Arn.Sweden.
    (Arn.Sweden., 22 January 2013 11:40)

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  11. (Thomas L. [University of Colorado, Director in Foreign Affairs]
    For your information they already have discussed it, but the Albanians have miss calculated the situation and thought the US would come to the rescue. The best the US could do was “we believe there should have been more consultations”.
    How about I pay for a statue of Osama bin laden and put it in one of your capitals. How tolerant would you Americans be? Would you discuss this before tearing it down?
    (sj, 22 January 2013 11:13)

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  12. I love it when Albanian leaders, just like this guy make statements and appeals to the Albanian people urging them not to react to what they see as provocations (even though he has the issue in reverse).

    Meanwhile before they have even opened their mouth to make such empty statements, the Albanian tribesman have already gone and desecrated cemeteries or burned churches down.

    Who is this guy trying to fool? Everyone knows he doesn't even mean what he is saying. Everyone knows that clans and mafia bred people do not follow normal civilized morals and ethics.

    What are you losers doing in Serbia anyway? The Serbs who live in Albania aren't even allowed to speak in Serbian and have to change their names to ridiculous Islamic ones. You guys come here and don't speak Serbian and only hold your own devil flag in the air.

    The only law you guys know is about squatting and possession being 9/10ths of the law. That's why you try to get rid of the evidence of Serbs' properties and their historic cultural monuments.

    Every time I question how you guys can be proud of this and so far from the truth, the answer quickly comes to mind... your brains have not evolved to the same forward point as ours.
    (trizo, 22 January 2013 08:05)

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  13. So if Serbia is full of phobiacs then what do you call the phobia the albanians have when they murder our police officers and children, burn our centuries old churches, desecrate our cemeteries - destroying tomb stones, scattering remains and leaving landmines, attack our elderly and disabled, harvest our organs (... need I go on?) ???
    (Goran., 22 January 2013 07:57)

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  14. "Internet Usage Statistics Albania:
    1,300,000 Internet users as of June/10, 43.5 % of the population, according to the ITU."

    There you have it Mike, you've answered your own question whether they have internet in Albania, and they're roughly on the same level as Serbia. So much for your make believe superiority.
    (Common Sense, 22 January 2013 04:02)

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  15. Interesting article, the situation seems to be escalating in the region. I believe both sides would rather have peace but the interference of media and government just add fuel to the already burning fire. With time the fire would have burned out on its own and peace would have been made in the region. The government and media need to focus on the positive side of the spectrum instead of highlighting the negative aspects. My opinion on the matter is to have talks for the albanians remove the statue, instead it was removed by force by the government just intensifying the situation farther. No one wants to live in a world where you hate your neighbors,
    (Thomas L. [University of Colorado, Director in Foreign Affairs], 22 January 2013 03:03)

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  16. Mike C.
    As Dec 31, 2011 1,441,928 users for 48% per ITU penetration rate.You noticed the trend. Only matter of time before it surpasses Serbia. The Albanian economy is growing fast and that is being reflected everywhere. I had not visited the country in a few years, and was stuned by the change . It made me so proud.
    [link]
    (Brandon, 22 January 2013 01:41)

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  17. @Arn.Sweden

    Little albanian before you declare war to superior countries, start by going to school and learn how to type.

    On behalf of civilised nations in the neighbourhood, I would like to tall you that we are all very scared of you and your funny army.

    When you start a war always consider the possibility of losing. So some of us may take back what is rightfully ours, simply currently inhabited by albanians.
    (Scepticism, 22 January 2013 00:54)

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  18. Not only is this fool fueling the flames but he is also meddling in another country's internal affairs.

    Terror against Albanians??? Just for removing a memorial dedicated to the very people who killed Serbs? On Serbian soil?
    He must be Thaci's best customer.
    (Peggy, 22 January 2013 00:50)

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  19. the thing that strikes me the most about this article is do they really have internet in Albania?"
    MikeC

    "It has more than Serbia."
    Eto

    Is it now?

    Internet Usage Statistics Serbia:
    4,107,000 Internet users as of June, 2010, 55.9% of the population, according to the ITU.
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    Internet Usage Statistics Albania:
    1,300,000 Internet users as of June/10, 43.5 % of the population, according to the ITU.
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    (MikeC, 21 January 2013 23:39)

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  20. Bravo B92! First your English twisted the Berisha comments off the mark and second no non-serb comments in here. There is a black hand stirring the hornets' nest and its not the Albanian or Serb people, believe me! Most people here are entirely ignorant about Albania and vice versa. The truth is that culturally, economically and politically they are of the same level and kind.

    What Berisha said and has been saying for a very long time is that the Albanians will unite in the EU and so will the Serbs, Croats etc. and all of you together with the rest of civilized Europe. He is talking about erasing borders not changing them. Thats Dacic and co. Berisha has refused exchanges of territories. If its was up to Dacic, Kosovo would have united along with the Presevo Valley with Albania while northern Kosovo with Serbia.

    Regardless of all this, you guys need to take a chill pill and relax because there is a plan and none of you - or I for that matter, have any say in it. I would also like to suggest you guys to visit Albania, where people are very friendly, as in Serbia and where no one cares wether you'r a Serb, Croat or a Mongol.

    The two centuries world experiment with nation-satates is over! Any talk of borders is anachronistic. Adopt and concur, otherwise that black hand i was talking about is gonna squeeze its fist and ... the end.
    (Diplomaticus, 21 January 2013 22:51)

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  21. "the thing that strikes me the most about this article is do they really have internet in Albania?"
    (MikeC, 21 January 2013 17:43)

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    It has more than Serbia.
    (Eto, 21 January 2013 21:51)

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  22. A balkan politicians trick, whenever the economy is in the toilet, and you don't have any answers, and you want to keep your job say something nasty about the neighboring republic and talk about empires. It will wake all the drunks enough to cheer before they go back to sleep and you can get on with the business of collecting a pay check.
    (marKo, 21 January 2013 21:39)

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  23. Oh yeah, right: There will be parliamentary elections in Albania this summer. Obviously this man is playing the nationalist card instead of acting diplomatically. How sick!
    (Fikret, 21 January 2013 20:50)

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  24. same ugly serbia! nothing has changed...
    (KOSOVA, 21 January 2013 20:47)

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  25. Don't worry about this guy. Elections are a couple of months away and like Dacic and Nikolic he finds it necessary to appear a hardcore patriot. Of course we are aware that isn't the case. His position is slipping away from his hands so he barks nonsense once in a while. You have Dacicu, we have this idiot. Things tend to even out. He's a smart mofo, but only for his pockets. He couldn't give a about Albanians in Presheva unless he figured out a way to make money out of them.
    (J, 21 January 2013 20:02)

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  26. According to Berisha, who posted his message on Facebook, the removal of the structure was also "proof that a unification of Albanian people was of crucial importance not only for its future, but also, in order to free its neighbors from the uncertainty of Albanophobia."

    Right, Mr. Berisha! Let all Albanian people unify in one country. It already exists, and it's called Albania! Then, all the neighbors (Macedonia, Greece, Serbia) will be free from the uncertainty of 'Albanophonia'
    (Questioner, 21 January 2013 19:57)

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  27. Serbia is fighting for pieces that have to be sorted out. Forget about EU membership that's not happening until Serbia gives up every piece that has been occupied by Serbia. Presheva, Medvgj, Bujnoc. On the other side vojvodina. Not to mention parts of Bosnia. Clearly we can see who the trouble maker is around here. Serbia is the one who's provoking everyone else.

    Serb supporter, you're a Serbian yourself lol, stop pretending to be American. Can you at least spell and try to avoid spelling errors when claiming to be American?
    (Albanian, 21 January 2013 19:38)

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  28. Call for all Albanian people in all Albanian lands to unite. Than claim region is Albanophobic... Well, isn't that an interesting chain of events?
    (M, 21 January 2013 19:28)

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  29. And can you really blame them or anyone else in the region for that matter Bershia? The Albanians are overly confident and emboldened. They presume too much these days to the point of delusion. Careful, if you don't humble yourselves, some will do for you.
    (Albanophobic apparently, 21 January 2013 18:55)

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  30. Terror group "issued call to destroy Serb church"

    This is why Serbs don't like albos, sal. And if you keep up the "greater albania" dung, your beloved alboland will never get into the eu. It's funny - all the stories about talks to get Serbia into the eu and not one word about albania or kosovo getting into the eu. When the west tore Yugoslavia apart, there was not one shot fired in albania and albania is farther from the eu than Serbia. That is the definition of losers.
    (JohnBoy, 21 January 2013 18:45)

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  31. Looking for and Prepering for Troubble !

    I Quote -

    According to Berisha, who posted his message on Facebook, the removal of the structure was also "proof that a unification of Albanian people was of crucial importance not only for its future, but also, in order to free its neighbors from the uncertainty of Albanophobia."

    Comment - " Unification of Albanian People was of crucial importance " !

    Albania will come for Kosovo as well as for other Albanians living in Serbia and Montenegro as well as in Greece.

    Bevere for what Albania is planing and prepering for.

    Arn.Sweden.
    (Arn.Sweden., 21 January 2013 18:25)

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  32. The Albanian prime minister sent his full support to the citizens and political leaders in Preševo, appealing on them "not to respond to provocations and to keep their cool faced with the police terror perpetrated by Belgrade".

    Funny guy. He should have appealed on them not to start with obvious provocations some months ago, and all this would have been avoided. And well, regarding 'police terror' he's kind of an expert.
    (Comm. Parrisson, 21 January 2013 18:17)

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  33. What happened to your terrorist fighting force???? No match for any of the Serb units. Long live Serbia!!!!
    (Serbian Prince, 21 January 2013 18:06)

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  34. why should that monument be there they are terrorists that fought againt the country.its like putting bin laddens monument in NY at the twin towers how would the people feel there.if the 50,000 albanians in preshovo valley dont like living in serbia sell your homes and move to albania,its thats simple.
    (serb supporter from the US, 21 January 2013 18:03)

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  35. There are so many thing I would want to say about Berishas warmongering by the thing that strikes me the most about this article is do they really have internet in Albania?

    "According to Berisha, who posted his message on Facebook"
    (MikeC, 21 January 2013 17:43)

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  36. Little Hoxha is so damn funny :)
    (Balkan Anthropologist, 21 January 2013 17:35)

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