According to NKR sources, which wish to remain anonymous, the six-point plan for northern Kosovo is being considered in the terms of Alto Adige, the northern Italian autonomous region in the border with Austria and with German speaking population.

This plan is secret and will be introduced at a later date after the six-point plan is accepted.

The six-point plan proposed by the UN and Belgrade means large financial and policing autonomy for northern Kosovo, although the word autonomy and the Alto-Adige model are being used for the first time tonight. It is not clear what that means for the 60% of Kosovo Serbs dispersed outside the would-be autonomous region, decentralization for the rest of Kosovo and the Orthodox churches and monasteries none of which would be located there. Some 20,000 Albanians have also been displaced from northern Mitrovica and prevented by extremist Serbs and UN authorities in Mitrovica to return "for security reason". The Alto-Adige model does not have a similar comparison.

This plan would violate the Republic of Kosovo Constitution and it remains to be seen how the national and international factors in Kosovo will get the Republic of Kosovo Parliament, which has already said it will kill any such attempt, to approve this plan. Kosovo has already passed laws this week where it foresees a unified customs and police forces. Kosovo and international authorities might be facing massive demonstrations and inter-ethnic violence if such plan is forced through parliament.

The assassinated Serb PM Zoran Dindic and certain elements of the Serb ultanationalistic circles favored the division of northern Kosovo in exchange for the recognition of independence.

It is not clear though whether Kosovo negotiators have gotten anything in exchange for this position, if at all.

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Sebaneau said:

	... Exchanges of territories can only be made between sovereign countries which recognize one another as such.
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November 16, 2008
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Wim Roffel said:

	... Alto Adige contains 290,000 Germans and 110,000 Italians, many of whom migrated to the region before the autonomy status when the Italian government in an Italization effort encouraged the migration from Italians to the region. They live now peacefully together
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November 14, 2008
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Ricola said:

	... Yes, let's divide and reunite. Serbia takes norther part, Kosova takes Presheva valley. North part joins Serbia, Kosova joins Albania. NO EULEX, NO UN, NO BS. I'm fine with that.
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November 13, 2008
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tony said:

	... There has been enough dividing of Albanian lands and Albanian people. I had enough, WE had enough, let us BE, let us LIVE
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November 13, 2008
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