Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject: New Serbia/Kosovo border clashes
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Uploaded by RussiaToday on Jul 26, 2011
Kosovo has sent its special forces to the Serb-populated north - after a tit-for-tat trade ban caused tension to flare up. Police seized control over one border crossing, while the other two are being blocked by local Serbs. Kosovo's move has been widely-condemned by the UN and the EU, among others - and it's feared it will stoke ethnic anger. Kosovo proclaimed its independence in 2008 when it unilaterally split from Serbia. Some 600-thousand Serbs still live in the region, but refuse to recognize Kosovan sovereignty. Kosovo's independence has been a bone of contention between Serbia and the EU- which is pressing Belgrade to recognize Kosovo before it can become a member. Joining RT is political analyst Aleksandr Pavic - he's in the Serbian capital now.
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Controlled Instability: Kosovo police face-off at check point
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Uploaded by GlobalResearchTV on Jul 28, 2011
The EU and the U.S. have led international condemnation of Kosovo's decision to send special forces to seize crossings on its shared border with Serbia.
NATO-led peacekeepers have been deployed to help control the situation which is stoking ethnic tensions. Hundreds of people blocked main roads in response to Kosovar police seizing two disputed border crossings. One police officer was killed in overnight clashes.
Kosovo says it's trying to enforce a ban on Serbian imports in response to a similar boycott of Kosovar goods. Around 60-thousand Serbs live in the north and don't recognise Kosovo's independence which it unilaterally declared in 2008.
Kosovo's move has been widely condemned by the UN and the EU, among others, and it is feared it will stoke ethnic anger.
On Tuesday Maja Kocijancic, an EU representative, criticized the Kosovo authorities for not consulting international mediators before launching the offensive. She expressed the hope that peace and order in the region will soon be reinstated.
Balkans political expert Marko Gasic told RT that the real puppet-masters are further afield, and Pristina's Albanian leaders could not have done anything without authorization from the US.
"We know that the US has got a massive investment in Kosovo. It's got the biggest military base in the world in Camp Bondsteel smack-bang in the heart of Kosovo," he said. "And so everything that the Pristina cabal gets up to is authorized by Washington in the first place. So we know who can stop it. And it is time that the US administration stopped its extremist puppets in Pristina from even further expanding into Serbian union recognized territorial area."
Uploaded by RussiaToday on 30 Sep 2011
NATO troops in Northern Kosovo have bulldozed a barricade that was set up by Serbs near the border area. That's after all journalists were forced away, barbed wire brought in, along with a promise to shoot to kill anyone trying to cross it. RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky reports.
Also, RT talks to political analyst Aleksandar Pavic who's in Belgrade.
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A Serb Too Far: 'Kosovo our land, our home & our life'
Uploaded by RussiaToday on 1 Oct 2011
Violence has flared again in Northern Kosovo after NATO troops brutally dispersed a crowd of Serbian protesters at a makeshift roadblock. Witnesses claim the soldiers fired live ammunition at peaceful demonstrators, and have now established a forceful presence in the area. RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky is in the hotspot, and sent RT this report.
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