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05 November 2002
CONTENTS
· Steiner
will ask Solana to remove Kosovo from constitutional preamble
(Zëri)
· EU: Kosovo status
cannot be prejudged by Belgrade and Podgorica (Koha)
· EU: Nothing can
change Resolution 1244 (Zëri)
· Assembly prepares
resolution to declare null and void constitutional preamble
(Zëri)
· Serbian Deputy
PM Covic satisfied with Constitutional Charter (Zëri)
· Dinosha: Belgrade
and Podgorica are creating a state without a future (Koha)
· Steiner asks
for public debate on decentralization (Zëri)
· Undetermined
status impedes Kosovo from international loans (Koha Ditore)
· Former KLA members
are being released as innocent every day (Epoka e Re)
Steiner to ask Solana to remove
Kosovo from S+M constitutional preamble (Zëri)
Quoting sources within UNMIK, Zëri reports that during his one-day
visit to Brussels, SRSG Michael Steiner will have dinner on Tuesday with
EU senior official Javier Solana. One of the main issues will reportedly
be the preamble of the Constitutional Charter of the Union of Serbia and
Montenegro which defines Serbia as a state with two autonomous provinces
of Vojvodina and Kosovo.
Zëri also claims that Steiner and UNMIK are concerned with the preamble which is in full opposition to UNSC Resolution 1244 and with the current reality in Kosovo.
Zëri also suggests that Steiner is expected to ask from Solana and other senior officials of the European Union to come out with clear and firm statements against this problematic formulation.
On the other hand, western diplomatic sources in Pristina have reportedly told Zëri that the preamble of the Constitutional Charter has no legal effect over Kosovo and that its final status remains an open issue in accordance with Resolution 1244.
EU: Kosovo status cannot be prejudged
by Belgrade and Podgorica (Koha)
Koha Ditore reports that sources both within the cabinet of EU senior
representative Javier Solana and the European Commission claim that 'regardless
of whatever is said in the Serb-Montenegrin Constitution, Kosovo will
be governed by UNSC Resolution 1244 and its status cannot be prejudged,
but it will be determined after the conditions are fulfilled'.
EU: Nothing can change Resolution
1244 (Zëri)
On the issue of the preamble of the Constitutional Charter, Zëri
quotes Christina Gallack, spokeswoman to EU senior official Javier Solana,
"The text of the preamble doesn't exist, since there is still no
constitutional charter. I cannot say whether or not the preamble of the
constitutional charter of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro is in full
opposition to Resolution 1244 because it still doesn't exist". Gallack
also said that nothing could change Resolution 1244, including the constitution
of Serbia and Montenegro.
Assembly drafts resolution to
declare constitutional preamble null & void (Zëri)
Zëri reports that the inclusion of Kosovo in the Constitutional Charter
of Serbia and Montenegro has provoked harsh reactions from the elected
institutions in Kosovo and by Thursday the Kosovo Assembly is expected
to draft a resolution which would declare null and void the part of the
preamble that refers to Kosovo. Zëri also reports that on the other
hand, the UN Mission in Kosovo hasn't come up with a clear stance on this
issue.
Zëri reports that Muhamet Hamiti, spokesperson to President Ibrahim Rugova, asks from the international community to undertake measures against the destabilizing and manipulating step of Belgrade.
At the same time, Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci said that never again, neither in the region nor outside, would anyone be able to make decisions on behalf of Albanians and without Albanians.
Asked about the issue, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj was quoted as saying, "This document is a serious political manipulation that could destabilize the region.
Serbian Deputy PM Covic satisfied
with Constitutional Charter (Zëri)
Zëri reports that the leader of the Coordination Center for Kosovo,
Nebojsa Covic, said he was pleased with the fact that the constitutional
commission for preparing the highest legal act of the Union between Serbia
and Montenegro has included Kosovo and Vojvodina as parts of Serbia. "This
in full accordance with UNSC Resolution 1244, because when it comes to
Kosovo, this is our reality and our future," said Covic.
He also added that 'he understands the nervousness of some politicians and has told them to spiritually relax when it comes to integrations in multiethnic societies'.
Dinosha: Belgrade and Podgorica
are creating a state without a future (Koha)
"We are not those who want to teach Montenegro how to co-exist with
Serbia. However, if there is going to be a referendum on the state status
of Montenegro, then the majority of Albanians in Montenegro would vote
for the independence of Montenegro," said Ferhat Dinosha, Albanian
member at the Montenegrin Parliament. Dinosha recently resigned from the
Montenegrin Parliamentary Constitutional Commission after it endorsed
the preamble of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, in
which Kosovo is mentioned as part of Serbia, Koha Ditore reports.
Steiner asks for public debate
on decentralization (Zëri)
Zëri carries an interview that Kosovo chief administrator SRSG Michael
Steiner gave to BBC. According to Zëri, Steiner said that the debate
on decentralization should be all-inclusive. "I don't know how soon
will this happen; however, I think that the debate should be all-inclusive
and not a debate where we will have only some leaders," said Steiner.
"The UN mission in Kosovo is a successful mission."
Undetermined status impedes Kosovo
from international loans (Koha Ditore)
Koha Ditore reports that on the eve of the donors meeting in Brussels,
senior officials of the World Bank and the European Commission said there
was a legal obstacle in enabling Kosovo to use international loans, and
have also doubted the possibility that Kosovo can guarantee it will pay
back the loans. "These are difficult circumstances for work. We don't
have any other solution except to continue work in these circumstances,"
said an EU representative who added that the EU fully supports the strategy
of Kosovo chief administrator Michael Steiner 'Standards before status'.
Former KLA members are being released
as innocent every day (Epoka e Re)
Under a headline 'UNMIK slaves - how was the innocent Verdi Krasniqi held
in prison for 23 months?', Epoka e Re claims that former KLA members are
being released as innocent on a daily basis. According to the report,
Verdi Krasniqi was arrested on murder charges but was later released as
innocent. Krasniqi told Epoka e Re that he plans to sue UNMIK.
RTK News Headlines
Council of Europe, UNMIK and Kosovo Assembly React Against Inclusion
of Kosovo Within Serbia & Montenegro Constitutional Preamble
Report focuses on the reactions of the main local and international administrative
institutions in Kosovo regarding the inclusion of Kosovo within the constitutional
preamble of the Union Between Serbia and Montenegro, as an integral part
of Serbia.
Report emphasizes statements by EU officials that such a move from Belgrade is unacceptable and that Kosovo's status cannot be anticipated.
Soundbites: Nexhat Daci, Kosovo Assembly chairman on the futility of engaging in such actions such as including Kosovo within territorial integrity of Serbia, without asking the majority Albanian population. According to Daci, the history will no longer record cases of deciding on behalf of the Albanians, without asking the Albanians.
Soundbites: Daci, on the fact "that the KPC is already trained for various disasters", and that "hopefully, the UNMIK administration will react to this matter which abuses the Resolution 1244 and Kosovo institutions..."
Report emphasizes the positive reactions by Kosovo Serb politicians, namely Rada Trajkovic from Povratak Coalition who was quoted as saying that "including Kosovo within Serbia & Montenegro Constitution is the right thing to do"...
Report continues with a phone-statement by Ferhat Dinosha, Albanian politician from Montenegro who recently resigned from the parliamentary group engaged in drafting the constitutional preamble, due to his disagreement with the future Kosovo status.
Soundbites: Dinosha, on the fact that "this is a direct attack on the SC Resolution 1244, and the legally elected Kosovo representatives..."
All Major Kosovo Political Parties Ready for Co-Governance in Local Level
Report does a wrap-up of elections results in Kosovo, focusing on the
statements by all major political entities in the country for engaging
in "functional co-governing" of municipalities.
Soundbites were taken from Lulzim Zeneli (LDK), Fatmir Limaj (PDK), and Bujar Dugolli (AAK).
UN HR Commission Cutiliero Visits Kosovo, Meets SRSG Steiner, Daci
Report is a warp-up of the visit to Kosovo y UNHCHR Jose Cutilliero and
the meetings he had with SRSG Steiner PDSRSG Brayshaw and Kosovo Assembly
chairman Nexhat Daci.
Soundbites: Cutilliero, "encouraged by the meetings" he had, particularly with Daci, whom he met before.
Soundbites: Daci, on his efforts to explain UN representative "the achievements of new Kosovo institutions and the attempts to live up to the expectations of the international community".
Report concludes with Cutilliero's meetings agenda during his staying in Kosovo, including institutions of judiciary and human rights.
Kosovo Press Headlines
Koha Ditore
Front page
· Kosovo's undefined status an obstacle to get international loans
· Head of the gang is Luli
· Dinosha: Belgrade and Podgorica are forming a state without a
future
· PD refuses any coalitions, Vatan is open to all
· EU: Kosovo status cannot be prejudged neither by Belgrade or
Podgorica
Other headlines
· This is not serious and a provocation (2)
· Straw in Prishtina to discuss social reforms and multiethnicity
(3)
· Cutilleiro satisfied with the work of Kosovo Assembly (3)
· Petrit Bushati - Albanian Ambassador to Belgrade (3)
· Parliamentary investigation against SHISH have ended (4)
· Xhevat Ademi released from detention (4)
· BDI and LSDM started to remove the old governmental officials
(4)
· Kumanovo: Two police checkpoints attacked (4)
· Very strict rules and very little immunity (5)
· KPC ready for emergency cases (5)
· Greek police kills one Albanian (5)
· Every KEK employee has at least one sickness (6)
· Reduction 4 off and 2 on (6)
· Transit through Kosovo only 1% (6)
· Prizren: LDK and PDK with mature statements (7)
· PSHDK caught between two fires (7)
· PDK in Kaçanik has offered a coalition to AAK (7)
· KPS controls safety zone in southern Mitrovica (8)
· Has KEK disconnected Mitrovica Municipal Assembly (8)
· PDAK in Lipjan shares the same fate as PDK and LDK (8)
· Klinë: Parties keep secret possible talks on coalition (9)
· More suspicion that Serbs cooperated with Saddam Hussein (10)
Zëri
Front page
· Steiner will ask Solana to remove Kosovo from preamble of Serb-Montenegro
Constitutional Charter
· Assembly is preparing a resolution that will annul constitution
preamble
· Shala: Wrong address
· EU: Nothing can charge Resolution 1244
· Cutilliero meets with Kosovar leaders
· 15 municipalities with one party governments, the others with
coalition
· Xhevat Ademi released from detention
· Insurance Company Dukagjini paid 500,000 euros for Kullë
bus accident
Other headlines
· World Bank and CoE: This time needs and strategy; funds, another
time (2)
· Steiner will dine with Solana in Brussels (2)
· Kosovo's future cannot be decided by Serb-Montenegro Constitution
(2)
· Out of 920 deputies, 262 are women (2)
· Yugoslavia was not accepted in Council of Europe (3)
· Covic satisfied with Constitutional Charter (3)
· Steiner calls for public debate on decentralization (4)
· KPC started field exercise Eagle 5 (4)
· Rugova, Thaçi and Haradinaj met with members of EU monitors
(4)
· Nagip Arifi calls international community to lessen number of
police (6)
· There are no problems with census, it might end before the deadline
(6)
· More than 100 million lost because the electricity disappears
in the net (7)
· More than 70,000 wait to pass driving test (7)
· Back to old reductions 4 off and 2 on (7)
· Highest interests rates in Europe (8)
· Transit tax through Montenegro lowered from 3 to 1 % (8)
· PD doesn't want a coalition with anyone (8)
· Why Kosovo's independence doesn't isn't a dangerous precedent
(9)
· Needy families receive aid from Red Cross (9)
· Pejë between a blockade and co-governing (10)
· Two Albanians threatened by firearms (10)
· Kaçanik: Two biggest political parties await AAK's answer
(11)
· Deçan: AAK and PDK have insured the majority of votes
(11)
· Vushtrri: PDK accepts election results and congratulates LDK
(11)
· Mothers call for moral and institutional support (12)
Bota Sot
Front page
· No one can decide in the name of Albanians or without their presence
· International community should react against destabilizing steps
by Belgrade
· IMF believes that donations for Kosovo will surpass 500 million
euros
· Kosovo seeks a final solution
· Bota Sot is the biggest and most trusted Albanian paper
· Cutillero met with Steiner and Gen. Mini
· Limaj, or the kid from Malishevë who didn't achieve Prishtina
mayor
· Worries of political parties for the wrongful counting by the
OSCE
· SPEK: Because of bad management not a single employee can be
removed
Other headlines
· Rugova met with EU monitoring representatives (3)
· British Foreign Minister Jack Straw to visit tomorrow(3)
· World Agencies: Rugova's party won the elections (3)
· Some unknown persons tried to kill us (3)
· What is the amount to be discussed at Brussels Donor's Conference
(3)
· Kumanovo: Citizens refute that police was attacked (4)
· Several questions that demand one answer (5)
· Out of 920 deputies, 262 are women (5)
· Bujanovac: Serb police continues to raid Albanian houses (5)
· When hate turns to political crime… (7)
· Who will co-govern with whom in Dragash Municipality (8)
· KPS receives more competencies in Mitrovica (9)
· Kosovo Constitutional Framework recognized by international community
(9)
· Transit tax between Kosovo and Montenegro lessened (9)
· Xhevat Ademi PDK General Secretary released from detention (11)
· Skopje: Illegal weapons raise crime, how are they going to be
collected (11)
Kosova Sot
Front page
· Kosovo institutions ask UNMIK to react, UNMIK waits for Steiner's
return
· Why can't Rugova, Thaçi and Haradinaj meet without Steiner's
mediation?
· What will Rexhepi and Steiner talk about at donors' conference?
· Battle for seats at municipal assemblies
· Death from AIDS virus
· Teachers still didn't receive the promised two euros per day
· Kosovo's unsolved status, a big challenge
Other headlines
· Kosovo enters the power system of Eastern Europe (2)
· No one can decide on behalf of Albanians and without Albanians
(3)
· A formulation that intends to destabilize the region (3)
· Reconfirmation of Milosevician policy approach towards Kosovo
(3)
· Cutilliero: Reduction of crime (4)
· Rugova: Now we have more time for economical development (4)
· Kutilliero informed about Kosovo Assembly's work (4)
· Daci meets chief of Turkish office in Kosovo (4)
· Thaçi and Haradinaj value work of EU mission in Kosovo
(4)
· A delegation of American KFOR visits primary school in Mitrovica
(4)
· Alabania's experience in geology appreciated (4)
· What difficulties do Albanians in Bujanovac face? (6)
· Campaign against "pro Milosevician candidate" at American
Congress (6)
· Eagle 5 training includes all KPC troops (6)
· What is 30 euro fee for students (8)
· Why is not the order for banning games of chance respected? (8)
· Albanian government salutes donors conference for Kosovo (10)
· The special commission for SHISH activities ends investigation
(10)
· CoE will have an informative office in Albania (10)
· Macedononia: PDG General Secretary Ademi released (10)
· Meta presents new ambassadors in Greece, Great Britain and Yugoslavia
(10)
· Skopje: Protocol for cooperation with UNMIK approved (10)
Epoka e Re
Front page
· UNMIK slaves
· Kosovo in danger, Kosovo institutions are sleeping
· Somebody is deceiving families of the missing in Kosovo
Other headlines
· Constitutional Commission says that Kosovo in part of Serbia
(2)
· Should one criticize RTK or the entities for not criticizing
RTK? (3)
· Azem Krifsha, suspect for kidnapping Victoria Beckham, in court
(3)
· Limaj: Strong politician who doesn't calculate for his personal
interests (4)
· EU and WB: Aid for Kosovo to reduce (4)
· Macedonia: Xhevat Ademi released (4)
· Investments depend from the report on the means invested in Kosovo
(5)
· Islami: Why does the same mentality as in 1998 continue? (5)
· Elected candidates (6,7)
· Entity leader thank CoE for monitoring elections (8)
· The biggist KPC training (8)
· LDK: Co-governance is not applicable in prosperous democratic
countries (8)
· Two years in jail, release on the stile "excuse me"
(9)
· War memory (10)
24 Orë
Front page
· This manipulation provokes Kosovar aspirations
· Doctor who heeled wounds during the war
· EU engagement valued
· Serbia still plays broken flute
· Avdyli: Happiness of LDK and Bota Sot for Ukë Bytyçi's
killing
· War invalid tells about suffering during the war
Other headlines
· Kosovo's position doesn't change from approval of Serbia-Montenegro
constitution (2)
· Cutilliero impressed with the achievements in Kosovo (2)
· Macedonia: Ademi 13 hours handcuffed, facing the wall (2)
· A delegation Of Alabania's mines visits Kosovo (2)
· UN Resolution violated (4)
· KPC training Eagle 5 (6)
· Small entities will be salvation, coalitions necessary (6)
· Illegal connections, incomplete billing and Serb enclaves damage
power situation in Kosovo (6)
· OSCE satisfied with women participation (6)
· KPS: Criminals behind bars (6)
· Insurance company Dukagjini has paid 500,000 euro (7)
· Every delay for Kosovo's privatization will have consequences
(7)
· No time limit for Merovci's suspension (9)
· First policemen class on collecting crime evidence (10)
· KPS takes over control at "Safety zone" in southern
Mitrovica (10)
· Government and UNMIK present Kosovo's priorities to donors (10)
· Increases efficacy on solving penal cases (11)
· A KPS threatened in Vuçitërn (11)
RTK News Headlines
19:30 edition
Council of Europe, UNMIK and Kosovo Assembly React Against Inclusion of Kosovo Within Serbia & Montenegro Constitutional Preamble
Report focuses on the reactions of the main local and international administrative institutions in Kosovo regarding the inclusion of Kosovo within the constitutional preamble of the Union Between Serbia and Monenegro, as an integral part of Serbia.
Report emphasizes statements by EU officials that such a move from Belgrade is unacceptable and that Kosovo's status cannot be anticipated.
Soundbites: Nexhat Daci, Kosovo Assembly chairman on the futility of engaging in such ations such as including Kosovo within territorial integrity of Serbia, without asking the majority Albanian population. According to Daci, the history will no longer record cases of deciding on behalf of the Albanians, without asking the Albanians.
Soundbites: Daci, on the fact "that the KPC is already trained for various disasters", and that "hopefully, the UNMIK administration will react to this matter which abuses the Resolution 1244 and Kosovo institutions..."
Report emphasizes the positive reactions by Kosovo Serb politicians, namely Rada Trajkovic from Povratak Coalition who was quoted as saying that "including Kosovo within Serbia & Montenegro Constitution is the right thing to do"...
Report continues with a phone-statement by ferhat Dinosha, Albanian politician from Montenegro who recently resigned from the parliamentary group engaged in drafting the constitutional preamble, due to his disagreement with the future Kosovo status.
Soundbites: Dinosha, on the fact that "this is a direct attack on the SC Resolution 1244, and the legally elected Kosovo representatives..."
All Major Kosovo Political Parties Ready for Co-Governance in Local Level
Report does a wrap-up of elections results in Kosovo, focusing on the statements by all major political entities in the country for engaging in "functional co-governing" of municipalities.
Soundbites were taken from Lulzim Zeneli (LDK), Fatmir Limaj (PDK), and Bujar Dugolli (AAK).
UN HR Commission Cutiliero Visits Kosovo, Meets SRSG Steiner, Daci
Report is a warp-up of the visit to Kosovo y UNHCHR Jose Cutiliero and the meetings he had with SRSG Steiner PDSRSG Brayshow and Kosovo Assembly chairman Nexhat Daci.
Soundbites: Cutiliero, "encouraged by the meetings" he had, particularly with Daci, whom he met before.
Soundbites: Daci, on his efforts to explain UN representative "the achievments of new Kosovo institutions and the attempts to live up to the expectations of the international community".
Report concludes with Cutiliero's meetings agenda during his staying in Kosovo, including institutions of judiciary and human rights.
Belgrade Media Highlights
· Donor's conference without Serbs (Politika)
· Why did LS and SDP support Dinosha (Vecernje Novosti)
· Covic on dissatisfaction of Albanian leaders (Blic/Beta)
· Oliver Ivanovic on the donor's conference (Nacional)
· CCK to hand over mortal remains of Velimir Radojkovic to his
family (Politika/Beta)
· A Serb boy wounded in Bosnjacka Mahala (Glas/Tanjug)
· Explosion in Vitina (Vecernje Novosti/Beta)
Donor's conference without Serbs (Politika)
The Head of the CCK Nebojsa Covic has stated that this body's delegation
will not travel to Brussels for the donor's conference, as it had been
planned, because "this is not a donor's conference but a donor's
meeting." Stating the reasons over which the CCK delegation will
not attend the conference, Covic said "that the presentation of the
delegation of Yugoslavia and Serbia was not clearly envisaged on the agenda,
as if someone was afraid of putting us on the agenda." He pointed
out that the CCK did not receive an invitation for attending the donor's
meeting and that it was "unusual for someone to condition a delegation
having in it Yugoslav citizens Oliver Ivanovic, Gojko Savic and Rada Trajkovic.
Why did LS and SDP support Dinosha (Vecernje Novosti)
"The support I have given to Ferhat Dinosha had been motivated with
only one reason: because the adopted draft text of the preamble, where
it says that Serbia is a state with two autonomous provinces, is not in
accordance with the Belgrade Agreement. The task of the commission was
not to define the status of Kosovo but only the relations between Montenegro
and Serbia," said Dejan Vucinic of the Liberal Union (LS), member
of the Montenegrin delegation. Borislav Banovic of the Social-Democratic
Party (SDP) has also given support to the Montenegrin Albanian representative:
"The agreement of 14 March clearly shows that two member-states,
Serbia and Montenegro, are joining a commonwealth, and not provinces or
regions. It is Serbia's internal affair how it will set up and whether
it will include autonomous provinces."
Covic on dissatisfaction of Albanian leaders (Blic/Beta)
Head of the CCK Nebojsa Covic expressed his content with the Constitutional
Commission decision to put in the Constitutional Charter preamble that
"Kosovo and Metohija and Vojvodina are Serbia. That is completely
in line with the UNSCR 1244, that is our reality and our future,"
said Covic. "I
understand nervousness of certain politicians, but I would recommend them,
in the spirit of integrations and multi-ethnicity in this region, to be
relaxed," said Covic.
Oliver Ivanovic on the donor's conference (Nacional)
Member of the Kosovo Assembly Presidency Oliver Ivanovic told Nacional
that the Serb community easily accepted the postponing of the donor's
conference in April because they had been promised a large gathering in
November that would enable a large inflow of money for repatriation, and
a precise plan where the money would be invested. "As the agenda
testifies, donation for repatriation is of third-degree importance. The
CCK cannot accept such categorization and status received at the meeting
by the most vital issue of all Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija," said
Oliver Ivanovic.
CCK to hand over mortal remains of Velimir Radojkovic
to his family (Politika/Beta)
The CCK's team of experts will hand over the mortal remains of Velimir
Radojkovic from the village of Trnjane nearby Aleksinac, to his family.
Radojkovic was kidnapped from the Pristina-Skopje motorway in 1999 upon
the international forces arrival to Kosovo. A group of UNMIK's MPU found
his mortal remains in the Muslim graveyard in Kacanik. The CCK will also
hand over the mortal remains of Aleksandar Simovic, whose body was unearthed
by UNMIK MPU experts as well.
A Serb boy wounded in Bosnjacka Mahala (Glas/Tanjug)
A Serb boy Dragan Todorovic, 14 years old, who had been wounded last night
in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, was operated in the Mitrovica
Healthcare Center. His condition is stable and his life is no longer endangered.
The boy was wounded around 9.30 pm last night in Bosnjacka Mahala in the
northern part of Mitrovica, by an Albanian who ran away from the scene.
The boy was wounded above his knee, by a 9mm gun. The wounded boy had
been found by a pedestrian who stopped his bleeding and transferred him
to the intensive care unit of the Mitrovica Healthcare Center, where he
was operated later on.
Explosion in Vitina (Vecernje Novosti/Beta)
A strong explosion occurred in front of the house of Aleksandar Jacovic
in Vitina, not damaging the house a great deal, but immensely disturbing
the remaining Serb population in this town, the Raska-Prizren Eparchy
announced. The Jacovic family is presently residing in the old parish
house after Albanian extremists burned down their house.