Fri, Mar 12 2010
Serbia's parliament building in Belgrade.
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Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis says that all the major issues in Greek foreign policy – the Macedonia name dispute, Cyprus and relations with Turkey – will reach major turning points in the next six months.
Representatives of Belgrade and Pristina tussle over UNMIK; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon reports situation in Kosovo is ‘relatively peaceful’.
Serbian foreign minister to call for an end to international pressure to recognise Kosovo as independent.
Belgrade believes that The Netherlands is ready to reconsider its opposition to implementing Serbia’s trade and aid deal.
In Belgrade, Italian foreign minister joins in joint statement with Romanian and Serbian counterparts calling for speeding up of Serbia’s European integration.
Resolution by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference satisfies Belgrade by not calling for further recognitions of Kosovo’s independence, while Pristina says that it will indeed pave the way for future recognitions.
'I am confident that at the end of the process it will be a new, modern and reformed Turkey whose accession to the EU will be to the benefit of both the EU and Turkey', Štefan Füle says.
The epicentre was triangulated at about 180 kilometres south of Athens, in the sea, southeast of the Peloponnese
The Turkish government condemned the Swedish parliament's resolution, saying it was flawed and groundless
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is claiming the post-conflict Western Balkans as a model for future policy actions, while within the EU and within the region itself, summits are planned to advance EU integration.
The third general strike is underway in Greece on March 11. Public services have shut down and air traffic controllers have sealed off national airspace.
I still think, Peggy, that it would be helpful if you had personally visited the region - whether Serbia, Cyprus, Macedonia, or wherever (maybe not Albania perhaps).
Otherwise it's awfully easy to sit down at a computer 10,000 miles away in OZ and pontificate about the world from afar.
I hope the U.S. government very soon revokes the internationally illegal act of 'observed independence' of this self proclaimed 'Republik'.
Who's next, Texas?
and again, one person is rude and everyone follows.... gees people, if someone decides to show their inability to have a civil debate, ignore them!
oh and, clicking that "Inappropriate comment" link WILL get inappropriate comments removed quicker :)
thanks
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please everyone visit cyprus and spend lots of money there.. more then once a year...great place and verrrryyyy smart people ...
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I do agree with your statement of ultranationalists and radicals being eliminated. So do the world a favour.
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Albanksi, why do you Albanians always say "if you haven't been to Kosovo you don't know what went on" or something similar.
A person doesn't have to be somewhere to know what happened.
Scott Taylor was there and he tells us a completely different story to what you guys want us to belive.
It's also funny how you managed not to address one single thing I stated but just went on to tell me that I don't know what I am talking about because I didn't live there or wasn't there during the war.
All those people I mentioned tell us a completely different story and they do know what they are talking about because they got all the facts. General MacKenzie is in a perfect position to know about the war there because he WAS there in command of the UN. John Pilger is an investigative journalist and he also makes it his business to know, so I belive them.
Next time please address what I say if you think you can dispute what I say. Just telling me that it is easy to judge from Australia is not good enough. Tell that to the propaganda machine working for you in this country. They are and were not there either but because they tell you what you want to hear you keep quite.
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Albanski, yes I find any war crime immoral but Racak mate, that was all staged. You guys lied and manipulated until you got what you wanted.
Sure, Serbs killed Albanians but Albanians also killed Serbs. It was war and in war everyone is a victim and everyone is the agressor. Wars are brutal.
Do you find it immoral killing all those Serbs and ethnically cleansing Kosovo of Serbs and other non Albanians? Do you find it immoral that organ harvesting and trafficking was done by your mob?
You have a lot to be ashamed of as well as Bosnian Muslims. They are not innocent either. Monsters like Oric and Celo did a lot of bad stuff but you will not find that immoral.
Don't preach to me about what is immoral because your KLA have done some nasty stuff.
The numbers of dead are exhaggerated and Racak is staged. Just ask people who are in the know. People like General Lewis Mackenzie, Scott Taylor, James Bissett, Gregory Clark, John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and many others. They all talk about propaganda and manipulation from Bosnian Muslims and Albanians. These are credible people who are not Serbs and you cannot point any fingers because there is a whole hand pointing right back at you.
So take your preachings about what is immoral and shove them someplace else because your people have a lot to be ashemed of just like Croats and Bosnian Muslims.
Serbs have done their share of wrong, I admit that but when are you going to admit wrong done in your name?
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Amen!!!! Bob.
Just cause Cyprus didnt reconize Kosovo doesnt mean its the end.
Cyprus makes no difference. Go Free Democratic Kosovo.
Democracy must spread.
down with nationalisam!
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Kosovo still can live without cyprus
Good on you Cyprus. You are one the few countries in Europe who still have decency and respect for the law.
Just because there is a lynch mob out there doesn't make them right. Most of the EU countries have become a lynch mob doing US's dirty work.
At least the rest of the world is remaining lawful and decent. 2/3 of the world has not recognized this illegal and immoral "Kosova" so there is still hope for the world. US is slowly losing their image as the only superpower and then we will start to see justice return.
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