29 April 2005-Week in review-By Andrea Saula

The Head of UNMIK, Soren Jessen-Petersen said last Monday that his organization is seeking a place for high level talks between Pristina and Belgrade.

Recently Serbia’s President Boris Tadic invited his counterpart in Pristina, Ibrahim Rugova, for direct talks on the political future of Kosovo. Rugova responded negatively to the invitation.

 

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28 April 2005- 20% Workers share-By Birol Urcan    

 

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27 April 2005-Jehona Gjurgiala – Interview-By Zoran Culafic

The dream of thousands of young Kosovo people is to graduate from a European University, hoping that this could be a way to improve their chances to get a better job in Kosovo or outside. Only a few of them get their dream. Jehona Gjurgiela is one of them.

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26 April 2005-Aspects of Return to Prizren-By Andrea Saula

On going returnee projects in Prizren Municipality aim to bring back 200 families to this Municipality but still return to the town its self doesn’t show any progress. Last week acting head of UNMIK”s Office for Communities and Return (ORC) Killian Kleinschimidt paid a visit to this Municipality in order to see how to make a progress with return.  

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25 April 2005-Youth Unemployment-By Arta Pllana                

Last year in October, the International Labor Organization with the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport conducted a research to identify the main determinants of youth employment and unemployment in Kosovo. 

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22 April 2005-Week in review-By Zoran Culafic

 

     ü     Ramush Haradinaj was temporarily released to attend the burial of his brother Enver.

     ü     The bones of at least 12 bodies, believed to be the remains of victims from the period of 1998-1999, have been found in a cave near the Klina village of Dush

      ü    A bomb blast last week in front of the offices of ORA in Pristina

      ü    Olli Rehn calls on President Rugova to meet President Tadic

 

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21 April 2005-Interview with Adem Demaci  By Zoran Culafic

Today’s guest in UNMIK ON AIR interview is well know figure in Kosovo and all the region. It is enough to say – the Balkans Mandela ... or Adem Demaci.

 

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20 April 2005-Can you live from art? - By Birol Urcan

The question that we will raise in this UNMIK ON AIR program is - can someone in Kosovo live only from art? More exactly, from visual art.

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19 April 2005-Roma world day-Blagoje Grujic

Since more than 30 years April 8 is celebrated as Roma World Day, and this year on April 8 started the so-called Decade of Roma in the Southwest Balkans. Romas are still living under very hard conditions and much more efforts is needed throughout the Europe to improve their position.

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18 April 2005-Fostering Interethnic Dialogue-By Andrea Saula

NGO “Project on Ethnic Relations” succeeded to gather heads and senior officials of Kosovo institutions, Kosovo political parties and leaders of the Kosovo Serb community. On Tuesday in Pristina sitting together Kosovo’s decision makers tried to determine where Kosovo’s stands when interethnic dialogue is in question.

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15 April 2005-Week in review-By Zoran Culafic

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14 April 2005-Interview with Enver Petrovci-By Zoran Culafic

Enver Petrovci, a prominent Yugoslav film and theater actor, graduated from the  Film and Theater Academy in Belgrade, and was living in Belgrade before the conflict in Kosovo. Today in Pristina, Petrovci remembers all his friends throughout former Yugoslavia and hopes to establish a Theater House in Pristina.

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13 April 2005-Car exsize reduced-By Birol Urcan

The tax-system-reforms for personal vehicle import to Kosovo began last month and according to the officials, the import of vehicles older than 8 years will be completely forbidden

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12 April 2005-One day in life of Mr.Rucker-By Arta Pllana

The European Union Pillar of UNMIK is working towards regenerating and modernizing the economic structures of Kosovo; their mission is to create a market based economy to give Kosovo the possibility of further integration among its neighbors and within Europe. The new Head of UNMIK’s European Union Pillar IV is Mr Joachim Rucker he is often referred to as” Mister” Economy of Kosovo.  

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11 April 2005-Kosovo Future Young Leaders-By Blagoje Grujic

 Serb NGO Future from Gracanica was founded in 2001 and has organized a number of training courses and seminars. The last project is entitled "Young Leaders" and is aimed to gather a few dozens of the Serbs from all the Kosovo regions with one objective: to form and educate new generation of community leaders

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08 April 2005-Week in Review-By Zoran Culafic & Andrea Saula

 

ü  Intensive diplomatic activities continues in Kosovo

ü Pope John Paul II died, President Rugova is attending the funeral

ü On Pristina political scene, sharp accusations between PDK and the              Government

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07 April 2005-Serbian ex-police General Finally in Den Haag-By Andrea Saula

Serbian ex-police general Sreten Lukic indicted in 2003 in connection with killings of Kosovo Albanian civilians in 1999 on Wednesday was supposed to plead to the charges filed against him in front of The Hague Tribunal but decided to postpone the process until May 4. The circumstances under which he went to Den Haag remain unclear.

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06 April 2005-Interview with SRSG-By Jelena Bjelica and Danielle Bremer 

In aninterview for the Belgrad daily DANAS the SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen reiterated that in Kosovo there have been many positive and encouraging developments since he took the post in Pristina, however, he adds there are some serious problems too.

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05 April  2005-Interview with Jelena Bjelica-By Zoran Culafic

Human trafficking and prostitution in Kosovo and the Balkans is still a significant problem that deserves serious efforts by the whole society to be solved. Belgrade based journalist Jelena Bjelica has been dealing with this issue for four years. Recently her second book on this topic, “On the footstep of freedom - Human trafficking in Europe”, was published in Belgrade.

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04 April 2005-SRSG Visit IDP's-By Andrea Saula

Last Wednesday head of UNMIK Soren Jessen Petersen visited these camps to listen to the problems and grievances of its residents and to encourage them to return.

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01 April  2005-Week in review-By Zoran Culafic & Andrea Saula

       UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen started last week intensive diplomatic activities in Belgrade and Pristina

    Serb authorities handed over mortal remains of 43 Kosovo Albanians found in mass graves

          RTK journalist beaten up in Vucitrn/Vushtri, media claim

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