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Determined to Bring Out the Truth in Kosovo (Published 2011)

Scatterbrain 2011/12/01

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Sinking the flagship

Scatterbrain 2011/09/03

Visiting Belgrade on August 23rd, the chancellor said Germany still wants Serbia in the EU, but to become a candidate it should first “abolish parallel structures”—the term for Serbian institutions in Kosovo. This blew apart an artful piece of Serbian ambiguity.

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Balkan War Redux

Scatterbrain 2011/08/09

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The West’s Rube Goldberg Schemes in the Balkans Come Apart

Scatterbrain 2011/08/09

The broad outlines of such a settlement would mean allowing the Bosnian Serbs to secede and perhaps merge their Republika Srpska with Serbia, and allowing Belgrade to reestablish sovereignty over the predominantly Serb portion of Kosovo north of the Ibar River. In return, Serbia would need to recogn

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The gloom over the Balkans

Scatterbrain 2011/07/02

If the EU's door is indeed closing, the consensus seemed to be that the western Balkans would be left in a geopolitical no-man's land, with potentially dangerous repercussions. Several participants hinted darkly that new violence could erupt at any time and noted that the international community's t

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Report identifies Hashim Thaci as 'big fish' in organised crime

Scatterbrain 2011/01/25

The Nato documents, which are marked "Secret", indicate that the US and other western powers backing Kosovo's government have had extensive knowledge of its criminal connections for several years.

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Kosovo organ donor ring: the Israeli connection

It is fitting that the man described as the "fixer" in Kosovo's alleged organ ring was an Israeli of Turkish descent. Moshe Harel, a fugitive wanted by Interpol in connection with the case, is accused of matching potential donors recruited in Turkey with recipients, many if not all of whom had connections with Israel. The Israeli market for donor livers has been well-documented, and most internati

Scatterbrain 2010/12/19

The Israeli market for donor livers has been well-documented, and most international trafficking rings have involved wealthy Israeli patients on so-called "transplant tours". Organ donation in Israel is low due to concerns in the Orthodox community about the body after death.

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Endorsement for report alleging Kosovo PM links to organ trade racket

Scatterbrain 2010/12/18

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Kosovo and the myth of liberal intervention | Neil Clark | Comment is free | The Guardian

Far from being Tony Bl air's 'good' war, the assault on Yugoslavia was as wrong as the invasion of Iraq 'The United States of America and the Kosovo Liberation Army stand for the same human values and principles ... Fighting for the KLA is fighting for human rights and American values." So declared the neocon US senator (and current foe of WikiLeaks) Joseph Lieberman back in 1999 at the height of t

Scatterbrain 2010/12/17

The report is a damning indictment not only of the KLA but also of western policy. And it also gives lie to the fiction that Nato's war with Yugoslavia was, in Tony Blair's words, "a battle between good and evil; between civilisation and barbarity; between democracy and dictatorship".

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Kosovo 'crime ring': police to examine allegations against PM Hashim Thaçi

Kosovo's EU-sponsored police force said today it would examine allegations that the country's prime minister is the head of a "mafia-like" criminal network linked to organ trafficking. Hashim Thaçi's government denounced the findings of a Council of Europe investigation into organised crime in the country as "slanderous". The Guardian understands that if there is sufficient evidence against Thaçi

Scatterbrain 2010/12/16

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Kosovo PM is head of human organ and arms ring, Council of Europe reports

Kosovo's prime minister is the head of a "mafia-like" Albanian group responsible for smuggling weapons, drugs and human organs through eastern Europe, according to a Council of Europe inquiry report on organised crime. Hashim Thaçi is identified as the boss of a network that began operating criminal rackets in the runup to the 1998-99 Kosovo war, and has held powerful sway over the country's gover

Scatterbrain 2010/12/15

Her most shocking claim, which she said required further investigation, was that the KLA smuggled captive Serbs across the border into Albania, where their organs were harvested.

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Kosovo PM Thaçi claims election is in his grasp

Scatterbrain 2010/12/13

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Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci claims election victory

Hashim Thaci said the election was a vote for "good governance" Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in the country's first parliamentary vote since declaring unilateral independence from Serbia. He addressed supporters hours after an exit poll gave Mr Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) 31% of the vote.

Scatterbrain 2010/12/12

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Kosovo's president resigns after constitution court ruling

Scatterbrain 2010/09/29

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UN urges direct talks between Serbia and Kosovo

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic: "The republic of Serbia does not recognise the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo" The UN General Assem bly has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo. The resolution opens the way for direct talks between the two sides - the first since Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. It also drops ea

Scatterbrain 2010/09/10

The BBC's Mark Lowen in Belgrade says the adoption of the UN resolution means Serbia has in effect given up its diplomatic fight for Kosovo.Although Belgrade says it will never recognise Kosovo's independence, the first direct talks between the two sides are now likely to follow.

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Serbia drops UN challenge to Kosovo independence

Serbia bowed to intense European and US pressure today by dropping a challenge to Kosovo's independence at the United Nations, clearing the way for settlement talks between Belgrade and the Kosovo Albanian leadership. President Boris Tadic of Serbia announced the volte-face tonight, hours before the UN general assem bly had been due to debate a demand from Belgrade seeking to reverse, question or i

Scatterbrain 2010/09/09

The U-turn marked a success for Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, who had spent the past two days pressing Tadic to agree on a "last-chance" formula acceptable to the rest of Europe. He was told a refusal would leave Serbia at loggerheads with the EU, which it is keen to join. Washing

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To Kosovans, Blair is a true hero | Hashim Thaçi

Scatterbrain 2010/09/03

Frankly, Kosovars see the ruling as an opportunity to put the past behind us and move forward with all the countries of the Balkans, including Serbia, towards true Euro-Atlantic integration. My country looks forward to working with Serbia and discussing practical issues that would improve the lives

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Kosovo offers to bury differences with Serbia

Scatterbrain 2010/09/03

The prime minister of Kosovo, which seceded from Serbia and declared independence two years ago, has offered to make a fresh start in relations with Belgrade, which is coming under increasing European pressure to respond in kind.

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Headscarf ban sparks debate over Kosovo's identity

Florinda Zeka refused to remove her headscarf at school and has had to leave The home of Florinda Zeka in central Kosovo is an idyllic spot, surrounded by undulating hills. The silence of the countryside is broken only by the family chickens wandering idly through the garden. But for the last few months, life for this 17-year-old has been anything but peaceful. She was forced to leave school when

Scatterbrain 2010/08/25

The government decided to forbid the wearing of headscarves in public schools late last year, in accordance with the constitution that declares Kosovo - which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008 - a secular country.The scarf in Kosovo is not an element of our identity. It's a sign

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Namesakes welcome Tony Blair during Kosovo visit

Scatterbrain 2010/07/10

Mr Blair, paying only his second visit to Kosovan capital Pristina since 1999, was greeted by a crowd of several thousand people, some carrying British flags, and posters describing him as a "leader, friend and hero".He and his wife Cherie appeared on stage with nine children named after him in the

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