> 1) Body Of Invalid Serbian Woman Found In Burned Out
> Seminary
> 2) Sporadic Violence Continues In Kosovo: Elderly Serb
> Hospitalized After Beating, Serb House Burned Down
> 3) Russian Foreign Minister: Situation In Kosovo
> Extremely Tense
> 4) "Ethnic Cleansing Didn't Begin On March 17th":
> Serbia, Russia Blame UNMIK, Interim Institutions For
> Kosovo Violence
> 5) Belgrade: Russian Minister Says NATO Failed To
> Comply With Its Obligations In Kosovo
> 6) Commentary: UNMIK Chief, Go Home
> 7) Russian Defense Ministry Prepares Emergency Aid For
> 10,000 Kosovo Refugees
> 8) Russian Emergency Minister: KFOR Is The Problem,
> NATO's Double Standards, Tent Camps For Displaced
> Kosovo Serbs
> 9) 'Impoverished Serbia Can't Do It All': With UNMIK,
> KFOR Not Responding, Serbia Appreciates Russian Aid
> 10) Requiem For Kosovo Serb Victims Held In Macedonian
> Capital
> 11) UNESCO Urges World Community To Restore Peace In
> Kosovo
> 12) Albania Acquits 'Albanian National Army' Chief
> Implicated In Fomenting Ethnic Strife, Forging
> Passports, Subverting Macedonia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 1)
> http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?nav_id=27658&style=headlines
>
> Beta
> March 22, 2004
>
> Body found in basement of burned seminary
>
>
> PRIZREN -- Monday  The body of a thirty-year-old
> invalid Serb woman has been found in the basement of
> the burnt-out Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Prizren.
>
>
> Local journalists say that no one was aware that the
> woman was living in the basement.
>
> All Serbian Orthodox churches and other buildings in
> Prizren were set on fire during last weeks violence.
>
> They included two fourteenth century monasteries, one
> of which was under the protection of UNESCO.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 2)
>
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>
> FoNet
> March 22, 2004
>
>
> Sporadic violence continues
>
> VRANJE, KOSOVSKA VITINA - An elderly man has been
> admitted to hospital in Serbia after claiming to have
> been beaten by Albanians in Kosovo.
>
> Stanislav Stankovic told police he was beaten while
> tending his cattle near Gnjilane.
>
> In Kosovska Vitina, a group of Albanians are reported
> to have set fire to a house abandoned by Serb Misko
> Mirkovic.
>
> International peacekeepers have broken up a group of
> about twenty young Albanians who had gathered near
> abandoned Serb houses in the village.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 3)
> http://www.tanjug.co.yu/
>
> Tanjug
> March 22, 2004
>
> Lavrov says situation in Kosovo is extremely tense
>
>
> 10:22 MOSCOW , March 22 (Tanjug) - Russian Foreign
> Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the situation in
> Kosovo-Metohija is extremely tense.
> The crisis can be solved only through a comprehensive
> implementation of the plan for Kosovo, approved in UN
> Security Council Resolution 1244, Lavrov told the
> Channel One television.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 4)
> http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2004-03/22/333653.html
>
> Serbia Info
> March 22, 2004
>
> UNMIK, Kosovo interim institutions responsible for
> violence in the province
>
>
> -The Prime Minister said that many crimes have been
> committed in Kosovo-Metohija, including those that
> fall within the jurisdiction of the Hague tribunal.
>
>
>
> Belgrade, March 22, 2004 - Serbian Prime Minister
> Vojislav Kostunica and Russian Minister for Emergency
> Situations Sergei Shoigu agreed today that UNMIK and
> Kosovo interim institutions of self-government bear
> the responsibility for ethnic violence against Serbs
> in Kosovo-Metohija and destruction of cultural and
> historical monuments in the province.
>
> After the meeting with Shoigu, who is the special
> envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kostunica
> said that ethnic cleansing in Kosovo-Metohija did not
> begin on March 17 but much earlier. That can be
> confirmed by the fact that only a third of Serbs and
> other non-Albanians returned to the province after
> they had been expelled in the wake of the 1999
> conflict.
>
> The Prime Minister said that many crimes have been
> committed in Kosovo-Metohija, including those that
> fall within the jurisdiction of the Hague tribunal.
>
> Kostunica stressed that at the beginning of the 21st
> century, Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija are fighting for
> dear life and the right to have a home.
>
> Shoigu said that individuals in the international
> community now try to diminish the fact that ethnic
> cleansing took place in the province last week. He
> said that representatives of the international
> community in Kosovo have not been fulfilling their
> obligations stipulated by the United Nations Security
> Council Resolution 1244, which led to tragic events in
> the province.
>
> On March 23, Russian experts and representatives of
> the Serbian government will select locations for two
> shelters which will take up to 1,000 people expelled
> from Kosovo, Shoigu said. The shelters will have all
> necessary equipment and a field hospital with a
> capacity for providing medical assistance to 600
> persons per day.
>
> Shoigu added that he arrived with businessmen from
> Russia, who will visit the expelled and decide on the
> form of assistance that will be provided.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 5)
> http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=592828&PageNum=0
>
> Itar-Tass
> March 22, 2004
>
> KFOR fails to comply with its obligations in Kosovo
>
>
> -When U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 was being
> adopted, the world community hoped that security would
> be ensured for the whole population in Kosovo. But
> its evident that security is not ensured in Kosovo
> and KFOR, including NATO forces, failed to comply with
> their obligations, Shoigu said.
> -The Albanian extremists have burned down or destroyed
> 420 Serb houses and other facilities, 25 Serb churches
> and monasteries. The number of Orthodox Christian
> churches destroyed in Kosovo since 1999 has reached
> 139 even though many of the churches were under the
> UNESCO protection as monuments of world architecture.
>
>
>
> BELGRADE, March 22 (Itar-Tass) - KFOR failed to comply
> with its obligations to ensure security in Kosovo,
> Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
>
> Summing up the results of his talks with Serbian Prime
> Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Monday, Shoigu said,
> KFOR failed to comply its obligations to ensure
> security in Kosovo.
>
> When U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 was being
> adopted, the world community hoped that security would
> be ensured for the whole population in Kosovo. But
> its evident that security is not ensured in Kosovo
> and KFOR, including NATO forces, failed to comply with
> their obligations, Shoigu said.
>
> The Russian minister said the should adopt a clear,
> concrete and implementable programme to return Serbian
> refugees to the province of Kosovo. This programme
> should be separated from political settlement in the
> area, he added.
>
> A Russian delegation led by Shoigu arrived in Belgrade
> on Monday on the instruction of President-elect
> Vladimir Putin in order to provide aid to Kosovo. We
> know well in what hard conditions they live. People
> should return to their homes, Shoigu said.
>
> During his trip, Shoigu will hold talks with the
> leadership of Serbia-Montenegro on measures to provide
> equipment to tent camps, deliver medications and food,
> and open hospitals. In the evening Shoigu will meet
> head of Coordinating Centre for Kosovo Nebojsa Covic.
> On Tuesday, Shoigu will confer President of Serbia and
> Montenegro Svetozar Marovic and Foreign Minister Goran
> Svilanovic. The Russian minister will be received by
> Patriarch Pavle and visit several camps of Serbian
> refugees. In the afternoon Shoigu will leave for
> Podgorica for a meeting with Montenegrin leaders.
>
> The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that
> Moscow is ready for close cooperation with the
> Contact Group, the U.N. Security Council and the
> European Union in order to stop the tragedy in the
> Balkans as soon as possible. The Security Council
> should insist on the implementation of its resolution.
> Its necessary to call the things by their proper
> names, the statement says.
>
> The Russian ministry expects its partners in Western
> capitals to rivet attention to the fair solution of
> the Kosovo problem, which is important for the whole
> Europe, by avoiding double standards in their
> assessment of the situation in different regions.
>
> Albanians have attacked U.N. police, KFOR soldiers and
> Serbs, making 3,700 Serbs flee seven villages and the
> cities of Pristina, Obilic, Prizren and Lipljan since
> last Wednesday.
>
> The Albanian extremists have burned down or destroyed
> 420 Serb houses and other facilities, 25 Serb churches
> and monasteries. The number of Orthodox Christian
> churches destroyed in Kosovo since 1999 has reached
> 139 even though many of the churches were under the
> UNESCO protection as monuments of world architecture.
>
> According to the U.N. Interim Administration, the
> Serb-Albanian clashes have killed 24 people and
> injured 851, 22 of them very badly.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 6)
> http://www.blic.co.yu/danas/broj/E-Index.htm
>
> Blic
> March 22, 2004
>
> 'Blic' comment by journalist Aleksandar Zivotic
> Holkeri go away!
>
>
> UNMIK's Chief Harri Holkeri told American national
> radio, NPR, that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija
> had been considerably improved, that words 'ethnic
> cleansing' were too strong and that 'few Serbian
> Orthodox churches had been burnt'.
>
> Mr. Holkeri, since the arrival of NATO forces in
> Kosovo there have been 6842 attacks by Albanian
> terrorists in which 1218 people were killed, 1374
> injured and 1150 abducted, mainly people of Serbian
> nationality.
>
> Mr. Holkeri, in the village of Gorazdevac, Serbian
> children had been killed from ambush on the same day
> when you undertook the mandate of UNMIK's Chief. Seven
> months have passed since and nobody has been arrested
> yet. Should Serbs have taken that as an excuse to set
> Albanian houses on fire?
>
> Mr. Holkeri in the latest savage violence by Albanian
> terrorists, 30 Serbian churches and monasteries were
> burnt. There is not a language in the world that would
> replace that number, with word 'several'. The
> destroyed monasteries are under UNESCO protection, or
> perhaps you do not know that?
>
> Mr. Holkeri, during the last couple of days the ethnic
> map of Kosovo has been changed again. Over 3500 Serbs
> were forced to leave their homes. You speak so much
> about 'standards before status'. Are these the
> standards that you have in mind? How cynical your
> sentence 'Albanians moved and Serbs did not want to
> retreat' sounds!
>
> Mr. Holkeri, during your mandate there has occurred
> the worst attack on Serbs since the arrival of NATO
> forces. Do you ask yourself about your responsibility
> in that and do you think you can hide behind your
> statements that are so insulting for one state and one
> national community? Do you really believe that you
> still have the credibility with people crying for
> their dead and sleeping under the open sky? Do you
> feel as accomplice?
>
> Mr. Holekri, go away!
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 7)
>
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>
> Russian Information Agency (Novosti)
> March 22, 2004
>
> RUSSIA'S DEFENCE MINISTRY PREPARED HUMANITARIAN AID
> FOR 10,000 KOSOVO REFUGEES
>
>
> MOSCOW, March 22, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's
> Defence Ministry is prepared to provide humanitarian
> aid for 10,000 refugees from Kosovo, said Defence
> Minister Sergei Ivanov.
>
> The ministry has prepared tents, blankets and bed
> clothes, Mr Ivanov said at the Cabinet's meeting with
> the president on Monday.
>
> Mr Ivanov said Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei
> Shoigu had flown for Belgrade. "As soon as he reaches
> an agreement on humanitarian aid supplies, we will
> send the aid to Serbia and Montenegro," said Mr
> Ivanov.
>
> President Vladimir Putin recalled that he had
> instructed Mr Shoigu to fly for Serbia and Montenegro.
> The president also tasked the Defence Ministry with
> allocating funds for aid to Kosovo refugees.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 8)
>
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>
> Russian Information Agency (Novosti)
> March 22, 2004
>
> RUSSIA TO PITCH KOSOVO REFUGEE CAMPS
>
>
> -"Take Pristina, for one. It had a population of
> 350,000 before 1999, 80,000 ethnic non-Albanians among
> them. Now, there are 500,000 in Pristina - but the
> number of non-Albanians has approached zero, so we can
> say the ethnic Albanian population was alone
> increasing. Serbia and Montenegro have fulfilled their
> promises. The KFOR is the only failure. Why is not
> anyone offering to host refugees now as was the case
> in 1999, when it was ethnic Albanians fleeing?" the
> Russian minister pointed out.
>
>
>
> MOSCOW, MARCH 22, RIA NOVOSTI - Personnel of Russia's
> Ministry for Emergency and Calamity Relief start
> pitching two camps for Serb refugees who have fled
> Kosovo ethnic purges, minister Sergei Shoigu announced
> in Belgrade after negotiations with Serbia's Prime
> Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
>
> Each camp, to shelter a thousand, will provide all
> necessities-dwellings, kitchens, food, and water
> purifying installations. An attached mobile hospital
> can receive up to 600 patients a day. Ministry experts
> will start looking for suitable sites tomorrow.
> Humanitarian cargo planes are leaving Moscow tomorrow,
> too-or the day after, at the latest, says Mr. Shoigu.
>
> Several men prominent in Russia's Big Biz are in
> Belgrade on a delegation accompanying the minister, he
> says. Tomorrow, they are to decide just what to give
> refugees-food, housing or medicines, or all that at
> once.
>
> Delegates of the United Russia parliamentary majority
> group are also in Belgrade now, added Mr. Shoigu.
>
> He insistently called for an explicit programme of
> technicalities concerning refugee return to Kosovo.
> "The problem is purely technical, and so must be
> walled off from political settlement. People must get
> back home." As the minister stressed, the matter
> concerns not only refugees of a few days ago but those
> who fled as long ago as 1999. Sergei Shoigu
> substantiated his point with figures: "Take Pristina,
> for one. It had a population of 350,000 before 1999,
> 80,000 ethnic non-Albanians among them. Now, there are
> 500,000 in Pristina - but the number of non-Albanians
> has approached zero, so we can say the ethnic Albanian
> population was alone increasing." As recent years'
> developments in Kosovo prove, international
> peacekeepers cannot cope. They cannot guarantee ethnic
> Serbs' safety upon homecoming. "Serbia and Montenegro
> have fulfilled their promises. The KFOR is the only
> failure. Why is not anyone offering to host refugees
> now as was the case in 1999, when it was ethnic
> Albanians fleeing?" the Russian minister pointed out.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 9)
>
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>
>
> Russian Information Agency (Novosti)
> March 22, 2004
>
> SERBIA APPRECIATES RUSSIA'S RELIEF AID
>
>
> MOSCOW, MARCH 22 (RIA NOVOSTI) - Serbia & Montenegro
> greatly appreciates Russia's offer to provide
> humanitarian aid in the aftermath of last week's
> outburst of violence in Kosovo and the consequent
> outflow of ethnic Serbs from that province, Jelica
> Kurjak, a counselor at the Serbian Embassy, said in an
> interview on the Ekho Moskvy radio Monday.
>
> The diplomat reminded her audience that Serbia &
> Montenegro is an impoverished country which just
> cannot afford to support so many refugees without
> outside help. At the moment, it desperately needs
> foodstuffs, medicines, and other staples, she said.
> She also reported that refugees coming into Serbia
> were offered accommodation in guesthouses and schools.
>
>
> Speaking of settlement prospects, Ms. Kurjak
> emphasized that diplomacy was the way to solve the
> conflict.
>
> President Vladimir Putin has sent Emergencies Minister
> Sergei Shoigu to Serbia, for talks on issues relating
> to the provision of humanitarian aid for Kosovo
> refugees. Russia has pledged aid in amounts that would
> fill the basic needs of as many as 10,000 displaced
> persons.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 10)
>
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20makedonija%20parastot%20koso.htm
>
> Macedonian Information Agency
> March 22, 2004
>
>
> REQUIEM FOR KOSOVO VICTIMS HELD IN SKOPJE CHURCH "ST.
> ARHANGEL MIHAIL"
>
> Skopje, March 21 (MIA) - Requiem for Kosovo victims
> was held Sunday in church "St. Arhangel Mihail" in
> Skopje.
>
> Before the beginning of the requiem, Pontiff of
> Macedonian Orthodox Church Stefan extended his
> condolences to Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro to
> Macedonia, Biserka Matik-Spasoevik for the sufferings
> of the expelled Serbian population in Kosovo.
>
> The United Serbian Community in Macedonia and the
> Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia organized the
> requiem. In cooperation with the Embassy of Serbia and
> Montenegro in Skopje, they also organized actions for
> gathering humanitarian assistance for expelled Serbs
> in Kosovo.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 11)
> http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=592486&PageNum=0
>
> Itar-Tass (Russia)
> March 22, 2004
>
> UNESCO urges world forces to restore peace in Balkans
>
>
> MOSCOW, March 22 (Itar-Tass) - UNESCO urges world
> political and public circles to take energetic
> measures to restore peace in the Balkans.
>
> President of the World Armenian Congress Ara Abramyan
> said on Monday UNESCO will do its best to restore
> peace and tolerance in the Balkans.
>
> UNESCO is deeply concerned about the escalation of
> violence in Kosovo and inter-ethnic hostility, in
> particular the destruction of religious and historical
> monuments under UNESCO special protection, Abramyan
> said.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 12)
> http://www.makfax.com.mk/news1-a.asp?br=63950
>
> MakFax (Macedonia)
> March 22, 2004
>
> Albania: Adyli found not guilty of inciting ethnic
> hatred
>
>
> The Kicevo resident Gafur Adyli, member of the
> so-called Albanian National Army (ANA), has been found
> not guilty of inciting ethnic hatred, according to the
> ruling of the Tirana-based Court of Appeal. Adyli was
> found guilty of forging travel documents.
>
> The Court of Appeal addressed the Adylis case
> following the ruling of the Tirana District Court that
> has sentenced the defendant to 10-month imprisonment
> for inciting inter-ethnic hatred and forging of
> passports.
>
> The Court of Appeal has announced that there was a
> lack of evidence indicating that Adyli has encouraged
> ethnic hatred in Albanian villages near the border
> with Macedonia.
>
> Gafur Adyli and his close associate Tayip Mustafa,
> both residents of Kicevo, were arrested by Albanian
> police while attempting to cross the border with
> Macedonia near the Macedonian town of Debar. They are
> claimed to be members of the so-called ANA, designated
> as terrorist organization