Die Bilanz von einer Dekade Westbalkan-Gipfel fällt bescheiden aus. Nun soll der EU-Beitritt beschleunigt und der regionale Handel stärker werden.#Westbalkan-Staaten #Lithium #Kosovo #Serbien #BosnienundHerzegowina #Albanien #Montenegro #EU-Osterweiterung #Nato #Europa #Politik #Schwerpunkt
Westbalkan-Gipfel in Berlin: Regionaler Freihandel statt EU-Beitritt
NATO bombed #Yugoslavia 25 years ago
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'They #poisoned our #land, #water, and #air': Serbs hold NATO responsible for depleted uranium pollution
"NATO must pay compensation,” Serbian lawyer Srdjan Aleksic told Sputnik. “By #bombing #Serbia and the Republic of Srpska with #depleted #uranium ( #DU) shells, despite knowing DU's long-term effects—such as its half-life of 4.5 billion years—the alliance poisoned our land, water, and air. Depleted uranium entered the #food chain."
The North Atlantic Alliance deployed DU weapons during the war in #Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in 1995, and then again during the aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999.
In September 1995, NATO forces had fired off 4.5 #tons of DU penetrators in the territory of BiH, according to the Commission of Inquiry into the Consequences of the Use of Depleted Uranium.
The Serbian Ministry of Defense said the Western military bloc dropped 15 tons of DU munitions on Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999.
Aleksic follows in the footsteps of his Italian counterpart, Angelo Tartaglia, who won more than 300 cases for Italian soldiers who served in the NATO KFOR mission in #Kosovo and later fell ill or died of cancer.
"Currently, 35 lawsuits against NATO have been filed in courts in Belgrade, Nis and other cities in Serbia,” Aleksic said. “50 biopsy results of Serbian military and police officers who served in Kosovo and were diagnosed with cancer have been sent to Italian laboratories."
Aleksic called on residents of the Republic of Srpska (part of BiH) suffering from cancer to establish a causal link between their condition and the bombing with depleted uranium shells.
"The biopsy results show the presence of heavy metals and depleted uranium, which is 100 percent proof that we are right," he stressed.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1833981382667968578
NATO bombed a capital of Europe for 78 days to break Serbia and create Kosovo with largest #military base in #Europe - Jeffrey Sachs to Tucker Carlson
- Wasnt it to save Muslims in Kosovo?
- No, it was very much to save military industrial complex to have nice locations in Europe
https://x.com/runews/status/1815011882232594595
It seems that the interest in #peace is secondary. Greed for power and resources is more important. Therefore, there will be #war as long as the warmongers face no real resistance and are strong enough to stir up trouble.
Leading US diplomats, led by the great stateman-scholar George Kennan, warned at the time that the NATO enlargement would lead to disaster: “The view, bluntly stated, is that expanding #NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era.” So, it has proved.
Here is not the place to revisit all of the foreign policy disasters that have resulted from US arrogance towards #Russia, but it suffices here to mention a brief and partial chronology of key events. In 1999, NATO bombed #Belgrade for 78 days with the goal of breaking #Serbia apart and giving rise to an independent #Kosovo, now home to a major NATO base in the #Balkans. In 2002, the US unilaterally withdrew from the #Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty over Russia’s strenuous objections. In 2003, the US and NATO allies repudiated the UN Security Council by going to war in #Iraq on false pretenses. In 2004, the US continued with NATO enlargement, this time to the Baltic States and countries in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Romania) and the Balkans. In 2008, over Russia’s urgent and strenuous objections, the US pledged to expand NATO to #Georgia and #Ukraine.
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#history #NATO #USA #US #europe #coldwar #Western #deepstate #warmongers #IMF #neocons #expansion #war against #soviet #economy #USSR #russian #Russia
It seems that the interest in #peace is secondary. Greed for power and resources is more important. Therefore, there will be #war as long as the warmongers face no real resistance and are strong enough to stir up trouble.
Leading US diplomats, led by the great stateman-scholar George Kennan, warned at the time that the NATO enlargement would lead to disaster: “The view, bluntly stated, is that expanding #NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era.” So, it has proved.
Here is not the place to revisit all of the foreign policy disasters that have resulted from US arrogance towards #Russia, but it suffices here to mention a brief and partial chronology of key events. In 1999, NATO bombed #Belgrade for 78 days with the goal of breaking #Serbia apart and giving rise to an independent #Kosovo, now home to a major NATO base in the #Balkans. In 2002, the US unilaterally withdrew from the #Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty over Russia’s strenuous objections. In 2003, the US and NATO allies repudiated the UN Security Council by going to war in #Iraq on false pretenses. In 2004, the US continued with NATO enlargement, this time to the Baltic States and countries in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Romania) and the Balkans. In 2008, over Russia’s urgent and strenuous objections, the US pledged to expand NATO to #Georgia and #Ukraine.
#Prehistoric " #Electrical #Transformer" Found In #Kosovo
#Mystery #History
Also: 2 million year old figurine found
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tinv9tr1DU
Pajtim Statovci und Stefan Moster werden ausgezeichnet. Der Roman „Meine Katze Jugoslawien“ erzählt eine Fluchtgeschichte aus dem Kosovo.#Literatur #Auszeichnung #Autofiktion #Helsinki #Kosovo #Buch #Kultur
Internationaler Literaturpreis verliehen: Der Trost der Würgeschlange
Ein Druchbruch beim Ringen um Reformen und damit verbundene Zusagen der EU zwischen den Westbalkan-Ländern und Brüssel bleibt weiter aus.#Albanien #BosnienundHerzegowina #Montenegro #Serbien #Nordmazedonien #Kosovo #EuropäischeUnion #ViktorOrbán #Ungarn #Ukraine #Bulgarien #Griechenland #Europa #Politik
Westbalkan-Gipfel der EU: Das Warten geht weiter
NATO’s chief urges allies to continue supporting Ukraine amid funding hold-ups in the US and Europe.#NATO #Russia-Ukrainewar #Belgium #Europe #Kosovo #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US&Canada
NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit
Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Europäischen Union führen viele Länder des Westbalkans schon seit Jahren. Voran geht dabei nur wenig.#Westbalkan-Staaten #EuropäischeUnion #Serbien #Kosovo #Bosnien-Herzegowina #Europa #Politik
EU und der Westbalkan: Länder im Dauerwartezustand
Verhandlungen von Kosovo und Serbien
Von Erich Rathfelder
Verhandlungen über eine gegenseitige Anerkennung Kosovos und Serbiens stecken fest. Premierminister Albin Kurti gibt dafür Serbien die Schuld.
#taz #tageszeitung #serbische #Minderheit #im #Kosovo #Kosovo #Serbien #Aleksandar #Vucic
Kosovos Verhandlungen mit Serbien über eine gegenseitigen Anerkennung sind erneut festgefahren. Kosovos Präsident sieht die Schuld vor allem in Belgrad.#serbischeMinderheitimKosovo #Kosovo #Serbien #AleksandarVucic #GNS #Europa #Politik #Feed
Verhandlungen von Kosovo und Serbien: Die Mühen des Albin Kurti
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#Russland #Ukraine
#Serbien #Kosovo
#Armenien #aserbaidjan
#israel #palestina
wir haben für so eine SCHEISSE kein Zeit.
wir haben nämlich eine #Klimakatastrophe , die uns alle betrifft.
Bundeswehr im Kosovo
Von Tanja Tricarico
Das Kontingent an Soldat:innen wird im April aufgestockt. Laut Verteidigungsminister Pistorius kann die Zahl der Kräfte jederzeit erhöht werden.
#taz #tageszeitung #Westbalkan-Staaten #Kosovo #Annalena #Baerbock #Bundeswehr #Boris #Pistorius #Außenministerium #serbische #Minderheit #im #Kosovo
Tensions between Pristina and Belgrade are running high after an armed group launched a deadly assault on police in Kosovo’s north. The attackers relied on v...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Borderpolice #Bosnia #Kosovo #Kosovoborderpolice #KosovoSerbiatensions #Police #Serbia #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #latestnews #newsheadlines
Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Border police on high alert following attack
An escalation into a conflict in the Western Balkans was averted but the likelihood of future flare-ups remains high.#Features #Europe #Kosovo #Serbia
Are Kosovo and Serbia on the brink of war?
Tensions between ethnic Serbs and Kosovar Albanians in the north of Kosovo remain high after a gun battle last month between armed Serb men and Kosovo’s poli...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlbinKurti #Banjska #KFOR #Kosovo #KosovoPrimeMinister #KosovoSerbiatensions #Kosovoattack #Kosovoethnicserbs #Kosovopolice #Kosovopoliticalcrisis #Kosovopolitics #Pritina #Serbianarmy #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #balkans #kosovolatestnews #northmitrovica #pristina #theKosovoForce
Heavy police presence in north Kosovo week after deadly shootout
The United States has urged the Serbian government to pull back its forces from the border with Kosovo.It follows a recent rise in unrest in northern Kosovo,...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlbinKurti #Banjska #KFOR #Kosovo #KosovoPrimeMinister #KosovoSerbiatensions #Kosovoattack #Kosovoethnicserbs #Kosovopolice #Kosovopoliticalcrisis #Kosovopolitics #NATO #Pritina #Serbianarmy #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralivenews #balkans #kosovolatestnews #northmitrovica #theKosovoForce
Kosovo-Serbia tension: NATO to deploy additional peacekeepers
Kosovo leader Albin Kurti alleges Serbian president aims to instigate a conflict with Kosovo; Vucic denies accusation.#Features #Conflict #Politics #Europe #Kosovo #Serbia
Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence
