http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=93989&ch=0 Focus News Agency (Bulgaria) August 13, 2006 230 Attacks Against Serbs and Other Non-Albanians Committed in Kosovo Since October Belgrade - Since October last year 230 attacks against Serbs and other non-Albanians have been committed in Kosovo. This is what the Coordination Center for Kosovo announced cited by Serbian news agency TANJUG. 3 people have been killed and 25 have been wounded in the attacks. 21 of the attacks were committed with a firearm. In 32 of the cases the perpetrators used explosive devices and in other 32 cases they threw stones at people, houses and cars. Meanwhile, there were also 9 physical attacks, 113 thefts and 3 attacks against religious sites. ------------------------------------------------------ http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/13/serbia.kosovo.ap/ Associated Press August 13, 2006 Kosovo Serbians 'living in fear' BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's president said Sunday that Serbs in Kosovo live in fear, despite promises to protect their rights as a minority from the U.N. authorities and ethnic Albanian leaders in the troubled province. President Boris Tadic issued a statement to mark the third anniversary of an attack on Serb teenagers in Kosovo, when gunmen killed two and wounded four while they were swimming in a river in the western village of Gorazdevac. "Serbs live in constant fear for their lives and the lives of their families," Tadic said. "The international community must find the perpetrators of this crime and provide security for all." Kosovo is a province of Serbia, but it has been an international protectorate since 1999. Majority ethnic Albanians want independence from Serbia, but Belgrade opposes it. Kosovo's final status will be decided at ongoing U.N.-brokered talks. Tadic accused the international officials in Kosovo and the local authorities of "doing nothing to solve the murder of the children." The Serbs in Kosovo - about 100,000 of them who remained there after Serbia lost control over the province after the 1999 NATO air war - live in isolated enclaves, without freedom of movement and fearing attacks from extremist ethnic Albanians. Ethnic Albanian leaders recently have sought to dispel Serb fears and promise more rights, but have been unable to curb attacks from extremists who wish to drive the remaining Serbs from Kosovo.... Tadic urged the ethnic Albanian leaders to "do something against extremists and criminals in their ranks." He insisted that "words are not good enough." There was no immediate comment from Kosovo on Tadic's statement. The talks on Kosovo's final status started earlier this year. The rights and the position of the Serbs in Kosovo are a key issue at the negotiations. =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
