Kosovo Serb

• Serb Demonstrators Attack U.N. Police: ; Nations Debate Whether to Recognize Kosovo

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo - Violent protests rocked Serb- dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians. The scenes evoked memories of the carnage unleashed by former Serb autocrat Slobodan Milosevic the last time Kosovo tried to break away from Serbia, which considers the territory its ancestral homeland.

• Charleston Gazette
• February 25, 2008

• Spotlight: Kosovo Independence - Serb Protests Draw Worry -- Riots May Be Backed by Rulers; Russia's Putin Warns West As Rice Urges End to Old Scores

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo - Violent protests rocked Serb- dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at United Nations police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians. The scenes evoked memories of the carnage unleashed by former Serb autocrat Slobodan Milosevic the last time Kosovo tried to break away from Serbia, which considers the territory its ancestral homeland.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• February 25, 2008

• Kosovo: The Balkans' Moment of Truth?

[...] in 1999, with the government in Belgrade refusing to halt its ethnic cleansing in Kosovo despite an intensifying series of warnings, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) then nineteen allies reached a unanimous decision to take collective action to remove Serbia's police and military forces from Kosovo. Serb paramilitary groups organized pogroms and marched Kosovo Albanian citizens to train depots to be forcibly deported to Macedonia; these images and their reminders of an earlier period of ethnic crime in Europe were chilling.

• DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 2, June 2008

• Briefly

Kosovo NATO fails to lift Serb roadblock

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• October 24, 2011

• Kosovo Ethnic Violence Spreads ; Albanians Burn Serb Homes, Churches

PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro - Ethnic Albanians torched Serb homes and churches Thursday as Kosovo convulsed in a second day of violence, its worst since the province's war ended in 1999. Serbian nationalists set mosques elsewhere on fire and threatened to retaliate with "slaughter and death." NATO sent reinforcements to quell tensions in the U.N.-run province and ease the threat of renewed conflict in the volatile Balkans.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 19, 2004

• Anti-Serb Programs in Kosovo

Greek Foreign Minister Panayiotis wrote in these pages March 25, "A return to the pre-1999 status quo is no longer a realistic option. Kosovo must remain multiethnic. With all due respect, Mr. Molyviatis is way off base. "Remain multiethnic"? Multiethnicity in Kosovo died when President Clinton supported Osama bin Laden's Kosovo Liberation Army, an army of which The Washington Times' own Jerry Seper wrote in May 1999, "Some members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which has financed its war effort through the sale of heroin, were trained in terrorist camps run by international fugitive Osama bin Laden."

• The Washington Times
• April 11, 2005

• Briefly

Kosovo Serb protesters clash with police

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• February 26, 2008

• Serb Government Falls Over Kosovo

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's government collapsed Saturday over an impasse between the nationalist prime minister and the pro-Western president on how Kosovo's independence affects the Balkan country's pursuit of EU membership. The government, which does not have united policies, cannot function," Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said as he announced the fall of his Cabinet. "That's the end of the government.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• March 10, 2008

• Serb Minority Boycotts General Elections in Kosovo ; Albanians Seek Independence

PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro - Kosovo's beleaguered Serb minority largely boycotted general elections Saturday, dealing a blow to international efforts to create multiethnic harmony in the province. The Albanian majority, however, eagerly cast ballots it hoped would bring the former Yugoslav territory closer to independence, but the lopsided turnout could further delay talks on Kosovo's future.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• October 25, 2004

• Angry Serbs Attack U.N. Police

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo -- Violent protests rocked Serb- dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians. The scenes evoked memories of the carnage unleashed by former Serb autocrat Slobodan Milosevic the last time Kosovo tried to break away from Serbia, which considers the territory its ancestral homeland.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• February 23, 2008