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Kosovo unveils new passport

Friday, 14 March 2008

Kosovo unveils new passport

Kosovo has unveiled the design for the country's new passport, almost a month after it declared independence from Serbia. It comes as Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci met the head of the 1,800 strong police and justice mission that is to be deployed in Kosovo.

Prime Minister Thaci says it marks another significant step in Kosovo's nationhood.

He says all Kosovo citizens living domestically and abroad are entitled to Kosovo state documents.

Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci says Kosovo will cooperate with Serbia as two separate states, as two neighbouring countries.

“We will invest so we can have a good relationship and cooperation with Serbia, but we need always to separate the state of Serbia with its citizens”.

A telephone dialling code for Kosovo

But that's not all, Kosovo has also begun plans to acquire its own international telephone dialling code.

Currently a Serbian prefix is used to reach numbers in Kosovo.

Kosovars say that should end.

Alma Lama, a local journalist, says Kosovo is a country, it has declared independence and it should have elements of statehood, not only in the telecommunications but also in the banking and other fields.

But it's more than just an issue of identity. Revenue is lost when incoming phone calls use another nation's dialling code.

Telecommunications Manager Genc Lami says it costs Kosovo about 40 million euros in revenue a year for the usage of international dialling codes.

Some Kosovo Albanians are ready to pay more for mobile phone services, just to have a different prefix to Serbia's.

It comes as Prime Minister Thaci met the head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission.

The mission will comprise 1,800 police and judicial personnel.

The head of the force says it must engage minority Serbs in Kosovo's north and soothe their suspicion of the EU-led mission.

The Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, Yves De Kermabon, says his intention “is to work Kosovo-wide, and this mission EULEX is aimed to be deployed Kosovo-wide and to work for all the population in Kosovo including all the communities".

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Astrit said:

	... It is so sad to see Serbians stil arguing over Kosovo, Serbians must understand that Kosovo is no longer part of Serbia, and will never be. We know its painful but there is nothing we can do. Serbia lost Kosovo in 1999 when NATO bombed she shit out of Serbia, so get used to it. We are moving further baby, and Serbia is stuck with its leasders that are leading their country toward HELL:
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May 27, 2008
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shkelzen84 said:

	... i will go to my lovlyyyyy contry and i take passport i loveeee kosovaa
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April 07, 2008
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LLapi said:

	... Predrag jebemti ja tebe serrbiju i tvoj serrbsku pas ,pa neqete vi vise da nas kasirati po 300euero ze jedan pas
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April 02, 2008
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voca said:

	... I m soo happy now I can have my identity and passaport of my country. Happy indipendence Republic of Kosovo.
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March 28, 2008
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HAKERVIRUSI said:

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Predrag, you pumpkin had, i see you don't wan to understand, for toilet paper we have plenty of Serbian documents, we will use them first, jus in case if we aregoin to be short of toilet paper will ask belgrde to send some more.
Kosovo is following a right path. I'm sure after few years serrbia is going to ask albaniens for humanitarian aid.
Serbians are showing their culture, every body can see now that they were really out of control and not civilized (I mean wild). You bad ass get back to work and mind your own business, if you wan to survive and keep your self a life.

RESPECT to all KOSOVARS especially to the ons who scarified their life just to get read of Serbians once and forever thanks UQK USA NATO ......

from haker virusi