Update on EU ultimatum to Serbia regarding Kosovo status

President Nikolic gave a statement at the press conference held after the meeting with President of Republic Srpska, Milorad Dodik, saying that government will announce  its stance on proposed solutions for Kosovo tomorrow and that it will be a stance supported both by the President and the majority of parliamentary parties. He also said that Serbian delegation did not have an actual offer at the talks in Brussels, that the existing principles need to be fixed and that Serbia can not give up on its constitution and implement Kosovo's laws and constitution.

Zivadin Jovanovic: Kosovo and Metohija - 13 years after the NATO aggression

History is only just beginning   

Zivadin Jovanovic

Thirteen years ago, our country and people were victims of NATO aggression. During the aggression more than 3,500 of our compatriots have lost their lives - the defenders of the country, soldiers, policemen, children, women and elderly.

How many compatriots have died from wounds and use of weapons containing depleted uranium, and how many are still dying, is not likely ever to be determined. Today we give our respect to them, and remember them with the deepest reverence and vow to never forget their sufferring and sacrifice.

Military aggression of 1999 was continued by other means until the present day. It is carried out by political, economic, financial, propagandistic and other pressures, by blackmail and manipulation.

Живадин Јовановић: Косово и Метохија – 13 година после агресије НАТО

Историја тек почиње

Живадин Јовановић

 Наша земља и народ били су пре 13 година жртве агресије НАТО пакта. Током агресије животе је изгубило више преко 3.500 наших сународника – бораца за одбрану земље, полицајаца, деце, жена и старих особа. Колико је сународника умрло од последица рањавања и употребе оружја с осиромашеним урнијумом, колико их и данас умире, тешко да ће се икада утврдити. И данас се њима клањамо са најдубљим пијететом и заветом да жртве и страдање никада нећемо заборавити.

Оружана агресија 1999. настављена је другим средствима све до данашњих дана.  Она се спроводи политичким, економским, финансијским, пропагандним и другим притисцима, уценама и манипулацијама.

They shot at us while we carried the wounded

- Such thing is unheard of elsewhere, to shoot at people carrying wounded man! We were carrying a man who was wounded in the leg towards the ambulance. I have never seen such an open fracture. His bone has raptured all the way through, and they were shooting at us. I never felt when the bullet hit me in the chin. All of a sudden I was in a semiconscious state- says for "Blic" 31-year-old Mladen Antonijevic, who was wounded at the administrative crossing Jarinje by the shots fired by KFOR soldiers.

Beside Antonijevic , in the trauma ward of the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica there are also Alexander Radunovic (35), Sasa Stanojevic Nebojsa Radojicic (38), Stevo Petronijević (44) and Milan Premović (44).


- I was shot first. Two bullets in the leg and one in the shoulder. However, most importantly, I am now well - Sasa Stanojevic said, adding that as soon as he recovers, he will again be at the barricades if nothing changes for the better.

The doctors have assessed as the most serious injuries those of Radunović Alexander. The bullet hit him in the left lung, and he was operated.

- I have two children, son and old daughter. I do not like to be on the barricades. None of us likes it. But I have to give my children a future in this our country - Radunovic speaks slowly as we see his face in spasm from pain.

And Nebojsa Radojicic has the same opinion.


- I have three sons, 6, 11 and 16 year-old. All three are athletes, I teach them such a life. I do not want my sons to be at the barricades, I need to provide them with the future - said Radojicic, who was wounded in the abdomen and right lower leg.

The bullet hit Radojicic while, as he says, he was in a shelter. It was him that Antonijevic was carrying to ambulance when he got shot in right side of his jaw.

All wounded Serbs say that as soon as they recover and leave the hospital once again they will be at the barricades to defend the survival of their people in Kosovo.

"Your wire, our barricades "

On the administrative crossing Jarinje yesterday morning was quiet. At the base of KFOR there were two carriers parked, and helicopters flew over from time to time from the Croatian unit . Wearing full war equipment ,German soldiers were observing some thirty gathered Serbs who were peacefully protesting about thirty meters from their position. The Serbs were standing on a three-meter high barricade and shouted: "Your wire, our barricades ." 

 This is a translation, You can find the original article here: http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Tema-Dana/279899/Pucali-su-na-nas-dok-----smo-nosili-ranjene

Russia opposed the Albanians in Serbia and Kosovo conflict

Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the next surge of tension in Kosovo , where the clashes continue for the second day between the population of Serbian enclaves and units of NATO forces in Kosovo.

  Alexander Lukashevich official representative of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement: ""Another outburst of tension in Kosovo confirmed the warning, that we in Russia expressed repeatedly, of the dangerous consequences of claims of Pristina (Kosovo unofficial government - prim.RBK) for control of the administrative line between the province and the rest of Serbia. Indulging the Kosovo Albanian side contributes to its aggressiveness , unwillingness to seek compromise solutions, for the legitimate interests of all ethnic groups living in Kosovo ", - said A. Lukashevich. 

"Let me remind You, 27 September 2011. Serbs living in Kosovo have opposed attempts of Pristina to establish control over a number of control checkpoints in the north. NATO troops, who represent the forces in Kosovo, tried to bring the situation under control. The result was a series of collisions during which there were injured from both sides. "

The Kosovo government has not established control at border crossings Brnjak and Jarinje in the northern areas of Kosovo. An attempt to do so in July 2011. did not succeed and has led to the mass protest of Serbs. The situation has stabilized after the intervention of KFOR, which currently holds control of the crossing September 7 this year Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced that in the second half of September 2011. at border crossings of Brnjak and Jarinje will be placed customs officers and border police forces. 

Source: SPB

You can read the rest of the article in Russian here:  http://spb.rbc.ru/topnews/29/09/2011/617954.shtml

Press Release of SNC of North Kosovo and Metohija

Serbian National Council of the North of Kosovo and Metohija

PRESS RELEASE


Unprovoked attack against unarmed Serbs at the administrative crossing Jarinje, is a fascist-like  act of American and German members of NATO. Together with EULEX, NATO has a role of the military service to Albanian separatists, as well as being an armed and strong support to the cause of persecuting the remaining Serbs and establishing a criminal state of Albanian terrorists, known American and NATO allies during the 1999 bombing and colaborators of ocupational forces in the WWII.

With fascist coloured homicidal lust, American and German soldiers fired live ammunition not only to participants in peaceful protest at the barricades, but the ambulances with wounded Serbs, as well as the medical staff who came to help the wounded.

NATO has committed crime against Serbs in Jarinje, and the reaction of Serbian state leadership, is to  call the unarmed participants of peaceful protest on the barricades, by order of the West, for "restraint", is rough, unsustainable and very harmful substitution of theses for the Serbs.

Following such unsustainable statement from the President of Serbia, following an armed attack of U.S. and German troops against Serbs in Jarinje, the German government immediately resorted to even more open and rougher substitution of theses and shamelessly announced that "the use of force against the soldiers of KFOR, by Serbian extremists, is not acceptable and that Belgrade must send a clear word to those who are responsible for the outbreak of violence." Belgrade did so, but those "clear words" were wrongly and 'upside-down'  addressed, so that the call for restraint was sent to Serbs, who were victims of violence, instead of American and German soldiers who fired live ammunition at participants in peaceful protest  seriously wounding seven Serbs .

Encouraged by President Tadic's statement, as well as the German government, reacted the European Union, which "condemned the violence against members of the international community in the north," so that the victims of armed violence by the  American and German soldiers were blithely appointed as bullies.

Demolition of barricades and armed attack on Serbs in Jarinje happened only a day after a statement by Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac that "international forces movement should be enabled troughout the whole province," and immediately after an armed attack against the Serbs, the EU said that  "the barricades are restricting freedom of movement and must be removed" . In any case, we see many similarities in the statements of Serbian officials and the West, where many stands of Belgrade serve as an alibi for anti-Serb actions in Kosovo and Metohija.

Kosovska Mitrovica,
28th 09th 2011th
PRESIDENT
SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL
North of Kosovo and Metohija

DR MILAN IVANOVIC

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN BELGRADE: ARE THERE NO SERBS HERE?

 

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN BELGRADE: ARE THERE NO SERBS HERE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO CARES ABOUT THE DESTINY OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE IN KOSOVO?

Do you think Kontuzin's speech would instigate some sense of shame in Serbian politicians?

Russian ambassador in Belgrade left the Security Forum, unsatisfied with the debate. Konuzin criticized the other participants, because nobody on the panel raised the issue of Kosovo’s customs officials headed for the checkpoints of Brnjak and Jarinje, which is about to be disscused on UN Security Council.

“I’m confused. NATO, KFOR and EULEX are planning to bring Kosovars customs officers at the crossings in Northern Kosovo, and thus violate their mandate, Resolution 1244 and UN Security Council decision from 2008, and yet the audience did not even raise one question about it. Are there any Serbs in this room, do you care about the destiny of your compatriots?”, asked the Konuzin.

Reminding the audience, that in a few hours, the UN Security Council will take up this issue, Konuzin said that Russia, together with the head of the Serbian diplomacy, will be there, defending the interests of Serbia.

“NATO and EU will be against your national interests, but I have an impression that you do not care,” said the Russian ambassador.

Konuzin commented on the criticisms made during the debate, in which it was pointed out that Russia works only on the basis of interest.

“Tell me which interests Russian volunteers had when they came to fight with you?” asked Konuzin.

“Russia has interests. And who doesn’t? We invest in your country, although some Serbs want to put your country under control. We have interests, but our interests overlap with yours,” said a Russian ambassador.

Ambassador’s speech was interupted by the panel’s moderator Ivan Vejovda, and after a brief discussion the Russian ambassador turned to the audience and asked if he could continue to talk.

After the audience refused it, he demonstratively left the hall.

Link for the text in serbian language: http://serbian.ruvr.ru/2011/09/15/56229686.html

Well I feel ashamed...Why do Serbs always wait for Russia to 'save' or 'defend' them, when our own government does no such thing?