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12 October 2002 Saturday Edition
CONTENTS
· Incident
in Pejë damages Kosovo (All dailies)
· Williamson:
Ivanovic case was treated professionally (Koha Ditore)
· Serbs refuse
UNMIK plan, threaten not to participate in elections (All dailies)
· Energy Committee
holds fifth meting (Zëri)
· SBASHK demands
written guarantees for 2003 (All dailies)
Kosovo Media Highlights
Incident in Pejë damages
Kosovo (All dailies)
All dallies carried statements of condemnation on the Pejë incident.
"What could this mob think it would achieve by attacking a group of elderly people who were simply coming to apply for their pensions? I will tell you what they achieved: serious damage to Kosovo's image in the eyes of the worlds," said UNMIK chief administrator Michael Steiner.
"We condemn yesterday's incident in Pejë where Kosovo security members were injured. KFOR soldiers, UNMIK Police and KPS protect every Kosovo citizen," said President Ibrahim Rugova.
"Violent acts only destabilize situation in Kosovo and worsen ethnic relations. Kosovo Government condemns all violent acts especially the ones threatening the well being of citizen," said Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi.
"Yesterday's incident in Pejë was bad. Elderly people of Serb nationals who came for their pension were attacked by hooligans who used violence and frightening methods to oppose the return to normality," said Head of the US Office Reno Harnish.
"I expect that the ones that caused the riots in Pejë will ask for forgiveness to everyone in Kosovo, because this act has caused damage to Kosovo," said PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw.
"Every stone thrown at minorities is a stone thrown at democracy," said COMKFOR Gen. Fabio Mini on the Pejë incident.
"Yesterday's incident in Pejë is unacceptable and is very damaging for the political process and security in Kosovo," said PDK Chairman Hashim Thaçi.
Williamson: Ivanovic case was
treated professionally (Koha Ditore)
"It is important to understand that justice system is functioning,
this is something that is not politically manipulated," said the
Head of the Justice Department Clint Williamson yesterday during a press
briefing on the Ivanovic case, repots Koha Ditore.
Williamson compared the violent demonstrations in Mitrovica and the ones in Deçan. "After the violent demonstrations in Deçan we detained 22 persons, we released 19 and only three were kept for further questioning in ties with organizing and leading the demonstrations. Investigation has started against the three and they were released," said Williamson. Regarding the Ivanovic case Williamson said, "He still faces a serious indictment, for which he can be sentenced up to 10 years. This is the beginning of the process and not the end. It is crucial that the people allow the judicial system to do the work and everything that is tied to this case will be based on the proof brought before the judge and not what the media have said or the speculations by the politicians. This case is being led by professional judges and persecutors and they should be allowed to do their jobs," said Williamson.
Serbs refuse UNMIK plan, threaten
not to participate in elections (All dailies)
Kosovo Serbs still haven't decided whether they will participate in October
local elections, report all dailies.
After talks in Belgrade between PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw and a representative of the Kosovo Coordinating Center, Slobodan Samardjic, the latter told the media that Kosovo Serbs and the government in Belgrade await for cooperation with UNMIK regarding decentralization of government in Kosovo. According to Samardjic this wasn't achieved at yesterday's meeting with Mr. Brayshaw. "The offered plan is insufficient for improving the life of Serbs in Kosovo," said he.
Meanwhile President of the Executive Council of the Serb National Council Momir Kasalovic told Serb media that Serbs in northern Kosovo will not participate in 26 October elections. Nevertheless a final decision will be made next week and added that the chances are very slim for Serbs to participate in elections.
Energy Committee holds fifth meting
(Zëri)
KEK Top Manager Joseph Rieder reported on the current status of reconstructions
at KEK. He stressed the rehabilitation problems at Kosovo A power plant.
The committee informed that debtors have received their warning and that
KEK will start with disconnecting power soon. "Whoever doesn't pay
their electricity bill will be disconnected," said KEK officials,
reports Zëri.
The committee discussed the essential need for "saving energy". It is said that UNMIK chief administrator Michael Steiner was disappointed when he saw the amount of electricity spent during the month of September. "Even though September was not very cold the spent electricity is much higher than normal for this month". UNMIK officials quoted Steiner as saying, "In Kosovo most of the electricity is spent by water heaters and heaters".
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SBASHK demands written guarantees
for 2003 (All dailies)
All dailies report that SBASHK has decided that teacher strike will continue,
schools will not start on Monday as some have told the media. "There
are many ways of finding a path from the current situation, we have to
find ways of cooperating," said SBASHK President Agim Hyseni. "Teachers
are not ready to start school on Monday until written guarantees for our
salaries and talks have to continue," added Hyseni.
Kosovo Press Headlines
Koha Ditore
Front page
· Fieschi: After four years Kosovars can organize elections
· Williamson: Ivanovic case was treated professionally
· Incident in Pejë damages Kosovo
· Surroi: A touchable advantage
· SBASHK demands written guarantees for 2003
· Jimmy Carter wins Nobel for Peace
Other headlines
· President Rugova condemns Pejë incident (2)
· Rexhepi: It is unacceptable what happened in Peje (2)
· Harnish calls to find the leaders (2)
· Steiner: A deplorable, disgraceful and disgusting attack (2)
· Serbs refuse UNMIK plan, threaten not to participate in elections
(2)
· Daci and Rexhepi agree that Government and Assembly cooperate
(3)
· Rufi Osmani: I cannot sit in Crvenkovski's cabinet (4)
· Trajkovski calls for dispersal of 'Lions' (4)
· EAR: This year 142 million euros, in 2003 only 42 million (5)
· A debate on the energy in Kosovo (5)
· DAKS calls teachers to end the strike (6)
· Teachers in Burim to continue with strike (6)
· Serb movement creates conditions for their return (6)
· Gjilanë: In two days 400 debtors discontented (7)
· Podujevo municipal workers to visit Czech Republic (7)
· Binqe: Ten more Serbs have returned (7)
· Gjakovë journalist: Peacekeepers are turning into friends
(7)
· Haradinaj: Only with AAK will Rogova villages be successful (8)
· LDK holds rally in Gjilanë (8)
· PDK holds rallies in Runik, Syriganë dhe Leçinë
(8)
· Serbs consider the possibility of not participating in elections
(8)
· IDREK: 70% of citizens polled unsatisfied with municipal leadership
(9)
· OSCE removes two LKÇK candidates from the list (9)
· Balli Kombëtar: Holds rally in Drenas (9)
· Harnish: Non participation in elections could be damaging (9)
· Pula: Democracy in Kosovo as a formal notion (10)
Zëri
Front page
· UNMIK: Police was mistaken, Ivanovic threw a rock not a hand
grenade
· Harsh reactions on Pejë incident, calls for tolerance
· Shala: Difficult to achieve, easy to lose
· Teacher strike continues, SBASHK not clear with government proposal
· Serbs still haven't decided about Kosovo elections
· EAR has allocated 42 million euro for 2003
Other headlines
· Daci and Rexhepi discuss possibilities for better cooperation
(2)
· Kosovo Government condemns Pejë incident (3)
· Harnish: An act against return and normalizing Kosovo (3)
· Fieschi: It is important that all communities participate in
elections (3)
· Energy Committee holds fifth meting (3)
· Talks continue between LSDM and BDI (4)
· Macedonia: EU monitors will look into registering (4)
· Macedonia refuses USA's call to disperse 'Lions' (4)
· Body taken from Prishtina morgue (4)
· KEK will be a cancer for Kosovo Budget (5)
· More than 80 Kosovar and foreign companies show their products
(5)
· KMDLNJ stance on The Hague Tribunal (5)
· Elderly do not want to live with the insane (7)
· Serb court mocks Albanian victims (8)
· Balli Kombëtar opens electoral campaign in Drenas (8)
· PD holds a rally in Vushtrri (9)
· AAK promise Rogova new roads (9)
· Bukoshi looks for votes in Drenicë (9)
· PDK in Podujevë: Not a list of wishes, but a program to
be fulfilled (9)
· Head of US office Harnish visits Prizren (9)
· LPK: We want a government without corruption (9)
· Therandë: Biggest parties to attract voters (10)
· Two LKÇK candidates removed from election lists (10)
· PDK General Secretary Jakup Krasniqi visits Mitrovica (11)
· Haliti: If you want an honest government, vote for PDK (11)
· Gjilanë: LDK offers the youth to govern with municipality
(11)
· PDK in Burim: These elections will be a turn for citizens (11)
Bota Sot
Front page
· Will 42 millions euros from EAR be sufficient for Kosovo?
· Why on 19 October political parties should not hold electoral
campaign
· KMDLNJ evaluates the trials at The Hague Tribunal
· Teachers will continue the strike
· Who is blocking UNMIK information regarding the arrested
· Geci: What happened on 19 October
· Harnish: US Government believes in the success of local elections
in Kosovo
Other headlines
· Steiner: Kosovo is moving toward economic development (2)
· Rugova condemns the Pejë incident (3)
· Why police checkpoint in Struga hasn't been removed (3)
· Two new border crossing between Kosovo and Albania (3)
· Guarda di Financia starts work in end of October (4)
· US office in Prishtina condemns the violence in Pejë (4)
· Colby: We will support Kosovo in election process (5)
· Gjilanë: LDK will lay down the foundations of Kosovo state
(6)
· Next year with less international police (7)
· KPS border police to start patrolling Kosovo-Serbia border in
December (8)
· AAK held rally in Rogova (8)
· Daci and Rexhepi meet to discuss ways of cooperating (9)
· LDK satisfied with electoral campaign in Viti (9)
· Kosovo Government condemns incident in Pejë (9)
· Daci meets with KFOR deputy commander Gen. Peruche (9)
Kosova Sot
Front page
· Has the government failed in solving the teacher strike
· How will KFOR troops be restructured?
· Is or isn't Kosovo Assembly losing popularity
· Will pensioners form a political party?
· Locals and internationals condemn Pejë incident
· SBASHK: Teacher strike will continue
· What are the criteria for selecting UNMIK police?
· How to fulfill demands for pay raise from a limited budget?
· Miss Kosovo 2002, Njomëza Rozhaja from Pejë
Other headlines
· Rugova condemns incident (4)
· Rexhepi: Violent acts destabilize the situation (4)
· Mini: Stones thrown on minorities are stones against democracy
(4)
· Thaçi: Incident in Pejë damages political process
(4)
· US Office condemns ethnic violence (4)
· Harnish visits Prizren (6)
· Podujevë municipal employees to visit Czech Republic (6)
· Daci meets with KFOR deputy commander Gen. Peruche (6)
· Will more than 50% of citizens vote? (8)
· PDK in Mitrovica: We are calling for a democratic campaign (8)
· LDK in Gjilanë: Let us change today for the good of tomorrow
(9)
· Bukoshi holds a rally in Skenderaj (9)
· PDK in Prizren: health is one of the priorities (9)
· Two LKÇK candidates removed form the list (9)
· Brayshaw: There is no agreement for Serb participation in elections
(10)
· AAK in Rogova calls for a stable and efficient government (10)
· LPK continues its campaign in Kaçanik (10)
· International Fair 'Agrokos 2002' opens in Prishtina (11)
· EU continues to be the biggest donor in Kosovo (11)
Epoka e Re
Front page
· Osmani: Even if Minister and PM resign teacher salaries wont
change
· SBASHK met with municipal union leaders
· IDERK: Prishtina disappointed with local administration
· EAR has all the right to be proud
· Harnish, Steiner, Thaçi, Rugova, Minis condemn violence
in Pejë
· Shahin: UNMIK is discriminating Turk minority
· LDK want to shut the mouths of those that do not think as they
do
· Daci and Rexhepi agree to meet more often
Other headlines
· Jimmy Carter wins Nobel for Peace (2)
· UNMIK-Belgrade without agreement for Serb participation in elections
(4)
· Water Yugoslav soldier sentenced for war crimes in Kosovo (4)
· Haselock is satisfied that Ivanovic surrendered (4)
· Trajkovic: Steiner is working for Kosovo's independence (4)
· Naser Osmani former KLA soldier released from prison (8)
· Krasniqi: Almost none of municipalities have fulfilled their
tasks (9)
· LDK end second phase in Viti (9)
· PDK: With our victory Besiana will look different (9)
· AAK met with economists and businessmen in Pejë (10)
· PDK criticizes Burim municipality (10)
· Haradinaj promises Has villages new infrastructure (10)
· Fieschi: Do no tallow others to decide for you (10)
24 Orë
Front page
· Harnish visits Prizren
· Alliance promises Rogova new image
· IDERK: Citizens totally dissatisfied with municipal leaders
· EU allocates 42 million euros for Kosovo
· AAK met with economists and businessmen in Pejë
· LPK reacts against Eqrem Kryeziu's statement
· The contrasts of life in the capital
Other headlines
· Kosovo Government condemns violence in Pejë (2)
· Steiner and Mini: Incident in Pejë damages Kosovo's image
(2)
· US office in Prishtina condemns violence in Pejë (2)
· Thaçi calls citizens to be tolerant (2)
· Two new border crossing between Kosovo and Albania (2)
· Bilbil and Ismet Ferizaj were kidnapped by their Serb neighbors
(3)
· Doctors voted yesterday (6)
· LDK doesn't want journalists in their rallies (6)
· PSHDK opens campaign in Deçan (6)
· PreK holds rally in Skenderaj (6)
· LDK ends second phase of campaigning in Viti (6)
· SBAHK: We want salaries and not charity (8)
Belgrade Media Highlights
· CCK - UNMIK: Without agreement (Danas/Beta)
· Haselock condemned attack in Pec (Danas/Beta)
· US condemns attack in Pec (Blic)
· Spanish soldier lightly injured in Pec (Politika/Tanjug)
· The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren condemned the attack in Pec
(Danas/Beta)
· SNC: Serbs probably not to attend elections (Politika/Beta)
· Oliver Ivanovic: UNMIK ignores attacks (Nacional)
· Douglas Loot: We are staying in Kosovo (Glas/Beta)
· Rexhepi: Independence must be achieved (Glas/Fonet)
· War crimes trial continues in Prokuplje (Vecernje Novosti)
· War crime sentence in Nis (Vecernje Novosti)
CCK - UNMIK: Without agreement (Danas/Beta)
At a meeting of the HRWG of the CCK and UNMIK representatives in Belgrade,
no agreement was reached on the issues of the decentralization of power
and local self-rule, nor on the joining of Serbs from northern Kosovo
in the Kosovo Police Service. What was sent by UNMIK is not enough to
make Serbs join the local authorities, said CCK vice-chairman Slobodan
Samardzic, adding that UNMIK was speaking about decentralization because
of the "local elections and not because they wanted to make life
easier for Kosovo Serbs." The Head of the CCK Nebojsa Covic did not
attend the meeting.
Haselock condemned attack in Pec (Danas/Beta)
UNMIK Spokesman Simon Haselock condemned the Albanian attack on Serbs
in Pec and assessed it was directed against everything that UNMIK was
trying to achieve and against the general trend of improving the situation
in Kosovo. "This is very disturbing and disgraceful", Haselock
told Beta. According to his words "the attack on a group of innocent
pensioners standing in line to receive their pensions is outrageous."
Several hundreds of Albanians attacked yesterday a bus transferring 45
Serbs from Osojane, Tucepi and Saljinovica who came to Pec to collect
their pensions. Albanians threw stones and tear gas at the bus.
US condemns attack in Pec (Blic)
The US office in Pristina condemned the Thursday incident in Pristina,
when ethnic Albanian extremists attacked a group of Serbs and UNMIK Police
escorting them. "The US Office in Pristina strongly condemns ethnic
violence such as this and hopes that the main perpetrators are quickly
found and arrested", a statement issued by the office says.
Spanish soldier lightly injured in Pec (Politika/Tanjug)
Anthony Adams, the Spokesman of KFOR Commander, General Fabio Mini, has
confirmed that one Spanish soldier was injured during the attack in Pec.
"Within its regular tasks, KFOR offered support to UNMIK Police and
one Spanish soldier was lightly injured in the incident," said Adams.
The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren condemned the
attack in Pec (Danas/Beta)
The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren and the SNC of Kosovo and Metohija most
harshly condemned the attack by more than 600 Albanians pelting stones
and Molotov cocktails at a bus, which was transferring elderly Serbs from
the village of Osojane to Pec to open accounts for receiving pensions.
"The last in a series of attacks on both the Serb citizens and the
international forces clearly indicates that after three years there is
still no security and freedom of movement for the Serb population living
in Kosovo. Only two months ago Albanians attacked Serbs and KFOR's soldiers
with firearms in the village of Gorazdevac, giving an alarming signal
to the international community that its policy regarding Albanian extremism
in the southern Serbian province should be urgently changed. It is absolutely
immoral to insist on Serb integration in the Kosovo institutions, while
ethnic discrimination and violence against Serbs dominate in the province,"
said the statement.
SNC: Serbs probably not to attend elections (Politika/Beta)
SNC representatives for northern Kosovo announced that they "most
probably would not attend the local elections" in Kosovo on 26 October.
SNC Executive Board Chairman Momir Kasalovic said the decision would be
brought next week, but that "for now, they were very far from turning
out for the elections." He said at a press conference that SNC representatives
called on SRSG Michael Steiner to present "the real situation"
in Kosovo to the international community and to convey the reasons for
which "Serbs probably will not take part in the 26 October elections."
Oliver Ivanovic: UNMIK ignores attacks (Nacional)
"It is not a coincidence that the attacks are occurring in the Pec
region because Serbs are returning to the surrounding villages. This is
the third case over the past several weeks and UNMIK's mildness in condemning
brutal attacks worries. I am afraid the attacks will continue until UNMIK
does not start fulfilling UNSCR 1244, fully, especially in the part that
refers to cooperation with the ICTY," Kosovo Assembly Presidency
member said Oliver Ivanovic.
Douglas Loot: We are staying in Kosovo (Glas/Beta)
US General Douglas Loot, KFOR Commander of the Multinational Brigade East,
refuted the possibility of US forces withdrawing from Kosovo. He told
Pristina agency Kosovalive that the forthcoming elections in Kosovo would
be crucial for Kosovo because they would determine the leadership that
would lead Kosovo through a decisive historical period.
Rexhepi: Independence must be achieved (Glas/Fonet)
Kosovo Premier Bajram Rexhepi told Pristina daily Epoka e Re that independence
of Kosovo "must be achieved". "Independence of Kosovo will
not be painful and it must be reached. I think that the final status of
Kosovo should be determined within the next two or three years,"
said Rexhepi.
War crimes trial continues in Prokuplje (Vecernje
Novosti)
In the continuation of trial held in Prokuplje against former reserve
officers of a special anti-terrorist unit of the Serbian Interior Ministry,
Sasa Cvjetan and Dejan Demirovic, for a crime in Kosovo in 1999, another
four witnesses - former members of the unit - were interrogated. They
denied the allegations of the indictment. The trial is to resume on November
11th. Cvjetan and Demirovic are charged with the killing of 19 Albanian
civilians on 28 March 1999. At the beginning of the trial, three days
before, Cvjetan denied the allegations of the indictment and so did the
first three witnesses - former members of the unit. Demirovic is on the
run and is being tried in absence.
War crime sentence in Nis (Vecernje Novosti)
Two officers and two soldiers of the Yugoslav Army have been convicted
before the Criminal Council of the Military Court in Nis, southern Serbia,
of a war crime against civilians in Kosovo in 1999. Yugoslav Army lieutenant-colonel
Zlatko Mancic, and captain Rade Radojevic have been sentenced to seven
and five years of imprisonment respectively, for having ordered the shooting
of two Albanian civilians, it was said during the pronouncement of the
verdict. Soldiers Danilo Tesic from Belgrade and Misel Seregij from Subotica
have been sentenced to four and three years of imprisonment respectively
for complicity in the criminal offence - for having killed the two civilians
in April 1999 on the order of Mancic and Radojevic.