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Nov 28, 2010
By Ioannis Michaletos Oliver Ivanovic is the Secretary for the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija in the Government of Serbia. He started dealing with politics in June 1999, when he was elected for president of Executive Board of Serbian National Council (SNV) of northern Kosovo.
In the interview below which the Secretary provided in mid 2010, the developments and challenges in Kosovo are discussed, the role of the international community and the threats towards regional stability.
Kosovo, in numerous occasions has been described as the “Black hole” of Europe, and it still remains a concern for its neighbours and the EU and NATO.
- Ioannis Michaletos: How can the present day situation, as far as the Serbian population is concerned, can be described?
- Oilver Ivanovic: The situation of the Serbian people in Kosovo is in some respects better than it used to be some years ago, meaning that the attacks against them have decreased. Nevertheless, there are some serious problems that cannot be resolved easily. For instance in Kosovo we have approximately 400,000 unemployed youngsters and rising social tensions, that surely reflects against the Serbs remaining in Kosovo.
Although the inter-ethnic conflicts have decreased, there is considerable anxiety concerning the right of free movement of Serbs and I would say fear for their own lives,, since none of the high-level persons involved in countless violent acts against them, has been brought to justice.
For example, in the first days of the NATO intrusion in Kosovo back in the summer of 1999, 913 Serbs were assassinated by Albanian paramilitaries. None paid for these crimes.
In 2001, in the town of Ponjevo, South of Pristina, a group of Serbs was murdered by bomb explosions. None was even accused for this act. In 2003 two Serbian children were killed, and despite the fact that this took place in front of numerous eye-witnesses, none was blamed. In the 17th of March 2004 a pogrom took place against the Serbs and in a single day 19 Serbs were assassinated and 34 churches was burned to the ground, along with hundreds of houses and shops.
All the above are just some of the manifestations of a situation that proves that crimes are not prosecuted and those criminals can walk free. That has as a result the exclusion of Serbian internally displaced people to be able to return back in their territory and clearly diminishes the posture of the local judicial authorities. In simple words the Serbs don’t trust these institutions because they cannot protect them
By Ioannis Michaletos Oliver Ivanovic is the Secretary for the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija in the Government of Serbia. He started dealing with politics in June 1999, when he was elected for president of Executive Board of Serbian National Council (SNV) of northern Kosovo.
In the interview below which the Secretary provided in mid 2010, the developments and challenges in Kosovo are discussed, the role of the international community and the threats towards regional stability.
Kosovo, in numerous occasions has been described as the “Black hole” of Europe, and it still remains a concern for its neighbours and the EU and NATO.
- Ioannis Michaletos: How can the present day situation, as far as the Serbian population is concerned, can be described?
- Oilver Ivanovic: The situation of the Serbian people in Kosovo is in some respects better than it used to be some years ago, meaning that the attacks against them have decreased. Nevertheless, there are some serious problems that cannot be resolved easily. For instance in Kosovo we have approximately 400,000 unemployed youngsters and rising social tensions, that surely reflects against the Serbs remaining in Kosovo.
Although the inter-ethnic conflicts have decreased, there is considerable anxiety concerning the right of free movement of Serbs and I would say fear for their own lives,, since none of the high-level persons involved in countless violent acts against them, has been brought to justice.
For example, in the first days of the NATO intrusion in Kosovo back in the summer of 1999, 913 Serbs were assassinated by Albanian paramilitaries. None paid for these crimes.
In 2001, in the town of Ponjevo, South of Pristina, a group of Serbs was murdered by bomb explosions. None was even accused for this act. In 2003 two Serbian children were killed, and despite the fact that this took place in front of numerous eye-witnesses, none was blamed. In the 17th of March 2004 a pogrom took place against the Serbs and in a single day 19 Serbs were assassinated and 34 churches was burned to the ground, along with hundreds of houses and shops.
All the above are just some of the manifestations of a situation that proves that crimes are not prosecuted and those criminals can walk free. That has as a result the exclusion of Serbian internally displaced people to be able to return back in their territory and clearly diminishes the posture of the local judicial authorities. In simple words the Serbs don’t trust these institutions because they cannot protect them
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