“US recognition of severed Kosovo province was a serious mistake, leading to an escalation of tensions, instead of calming down the situation in the Balkans … consensus boils down to the fact that nobody knows where Kosovo is” (John Bolton) “The recognition of Kosovo was premature and conditioned by great pressure from the former American [...]

I was just watching a film“UN death camps in Kosovo April 2009” about protest which was hold by Roma children living in UN camps in North Mitrovica, Kosovo.  The protesters however were still living, so far 81 has already dead after ten years suffering in United Nations Camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), living in [...]

Police from the European Union law and justice mission in Kosovo (EULEX) have set up two customs control points in Serb dominated north Kosovo. Customs is again in place after one year when angry Serbs burnt down and pushed to nearby river the border posts in reaction to the Albanian majority’s declaration of independence from [...]

Some 5.000 to 10.000 Kosovo Albanians protested on Wednesday in Pristina against the UN plan on the reconfiguration of Unmik. Last week, the United Nations put forward an amended 6-point plan for the deployment of the EU’s EULEX mission. The United Nations’ six-point plan, negotiated between the UN Secretary General, Serbia and the European Union [...]

In Kosovo fifteen movements and different non-governmental organizations have announced a demonstration for Wednesday (19/11/2008) in Priština against the six-point Serbia-UN plan, which basic idea is to agree EULEX mission deployment to Kosovo. ” We invite all citizens of Kosovo to join us an in a demonstration and oppose in a peaceful way the six [...]

New Kosova Report –  a non-profit information portal about Kosovo/a  - got hold a secret facsimile from the former UNMIK chief Joachim Rücker sent to the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno on 15 October 2007.  The letter describes how the Serb government was increasingly building parallel structures/services while the province was meant [...]

Last Spring EU was building enthusiastically its Rule of Law Mission EULEX for Kosovo.  However even today EULEX has not started work, its wish is to do so before end of the year 2008.  Some hundreds EULEX mission members are already in Kosovo wondering what to do and where. Kosovo had made unilateral declaring of  [...]

Kosovon kansainväinen hallinta on kuluvana vuonna ajautunut täyteen kaaokseen. Albaanienemmistön julistettua itse alueensa itsenäiseksi oli ajatus siirtää kansainvälinen ohjaus YK:ta EU:lle. Yksimielisyyttä ei löytynyt ja niinpä ainoana turvallisuusneuvoston hyväksyttymänä ratkaisuna on päätöslauselman 1244 voimassaolo, jossa todetaan Kosovon olevan osa Serbiaa. Se itsenäisyydestä jonka Suomikin hätäili erehdyksessä tunnustamaan.
Tämän päivän HS kertoo ristiriidan nyt laajenneen Naton ja [...]

Viime viikon mielenkiintoisin aloite Kosovon kansainvälisen hallinnon järjestämiseksi oli Serbian YK:lle tekemä aloite alueen yhteishallinnosta. Asiaa valottaa juuri ilmestynyt blogitiivistelmä osoitteesta http://arirusila.wordpress.com.
“Albanian dominated Kosovo government is planning to start implement their quasi-independence 15th June, when UN should transfer administration to EULEX mission. Without new UN SG decision this is not realistic option so the [...]