Sonja Biserko

Serb and Russian propaganda, which still support the idea for the partition of Kosovo, are the main culprits why Kosovo Serbs still today remain facing Belgrade and not Prishtina, declared yesterday the Head of the Serb Helsinki Committee, Sonja Biserko, during the presentation of the seven month report "The forgotten world of Serb enclaves."

The report states that for Serbs in Kosovo freedom of movement is no longer a problem, but unemployment, healthcare, and other problems which also preoccupy other Kosovars are.

Based on the research several months long done by the Helsinki Committee, along with the Committee for Human Rights of Serbia, was concluded that a clear long-term strategy coupled with stable projects are needed from the Government of Kosovo to assure that Serbs don't leave Kosovo.

Sonja Biserko, the head of Serbia’s Helsinki Committee, during the presentation in Prishtina said that "Kosovo Serbs are skeptic of the country’s institutions, and Belgrade’s propaganda."

Biserko at the same time blamed Russia, which according to her is continuing to support the plan for the partition of Kosovo, which pushes the Serb community in Kosovo not to face towards Prishtina, but Belgrade.

"During this period, Russia for its personal reasons and to strengthen its position in the international arena holds Kosovo as a card in the confrontation with the European Union and America.

For this reason it is important that Serbs, but also Albanians become aware of this fact, that the exploitation of the Kosovo issue by Russia is against Kosovo interests, but those of Serbia as well," said Biserko.

The report concludes that although there are not interethnic incidents, there are no attempts either for any initiative to facilitate communication between the two communities.

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Jim Boles said:

	... Would adopting Russian policy mean that T72's would roll through Serbia to support Kosova as an independent state? Seemd to work in South Ossetia? Or am I not quite getting ti?
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October 05, 2008
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Nexhat Domi said:

	... A friendly message to the Serbs. You must participate in Kosovo's institutions, otherwise you lose the rights you have today. Serbs as a minority in Kosovo today has the full right to be the minority! Serbs who are less than 20% of the population in Kosova but still, the Serbian language in equal terms with Albanian! We need to move on , not adapt rusian policy
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September 24, 2008
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Sebaneau said:

	... There are more normal Serbs than normal Russians.
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September 24, 2008
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