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On April 16, 1993, Croatian terrorists burned 116 Bosniaks in the village of Ahmici.
In the photo above: An eight-year-old boy. He was burned alive.
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Croats were just as bad as the Serbs.
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Legislating ‘apartheid’: Critics slam Bosnia’s election law plan
Critics say the high representative’s plans will give disproportionate influence to Croat and Serb nationalists.
I bet while Croats, Serbs are doing their best to rip Bosnia apart. I can’t tell what Bosnaks are doing to keep it together.
could give citizenship to turks looking to move further into Europe.
According to Serbian media reports, Serbs from the north of Kosovo set up barricades near Zveçani, thus blocking the main road from Rashka to Pristina. The 2nd Bosnian war now seems very close.
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It is stated that there is an armed conflict and sirens are sounded in the city of Novi Pazar on the Kosovo-Serbia border.
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Kosovo to require temporary IDs for Serbs from 1 August
As of Monday (1 August), Serbian citizens travelling to Kosovo will be required to replace their passport with a temporary ID for the duration of their visit in a reciprocal move announced by Prime Minister Abin Kurti.
Belgrade doesn’t recognise its former province Kosovo which declared independence in 2008 and has been asking its citizens to provide a temporary ID for their visit to Serbia.
The reciprocal decision, initially announced in June, will be enforced for all border crossings of Serbians into the country from 1 August.
Kosovo was a province of Serbia before a bloody war in 1998-1999 which saw the genocidal regime of Slobodan Milošević kill over 13,000 people and displace more than 1.4 million ethnic Albanians.
Under the new rules, Serbs travelling to Kosovo will receive a temporary ID, valid for 90 days, that can be used in government institutions.
The news sparked outrage in Serbia, with President Aleksandar Vucic claiming that Kurti was preparing an attack against Serbs in northern Kosovo, without providing any evidence.
Northern Kosovo is populated by ethnic Serbs which until 2013 refused to acknowledge and recognise the independence of Kosovo. An EU-brokered agreement officially put and end to an assembly and parallel structures in Northern Kosovo, but wasn’t fully implemented.
The introduction of temporary IDs is the second reciprocal measure that Kurti has imposed on Serbia since coming to power.
In September 2021, his government required cars with Serbian license plates to acquire Kosovo-issued licenses.
The license place issue stems from a bilateral agreement signed in 2011, whereby cars from each country were supposed to be able to continue using their license plates while on the other’s territory.
Serbia retaliated by sending troops to its border with Kosovo and galvanising protests among Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs.
While the two parties have signed a temporary agreement—with vehicles moving between the two countries being required to place stickers on their license plates to hide country names and flags—they have failed to reach a permanent solution.
The government in Pristina has also called on Serbs living in the north to replace their Serbia-issue licensed plates with Kosovo ones rather than continue using stickers.
Kosovo and Serbia have been engaged in EU-led dialogue for over a decade, aimed at normalising relations between the two. Unfortunately, there has been little in the way of progress, and most of the deals signed have not been implemented.
The EU sees the recognition of Kosovo by Serbia as a condition for the country’s EU accession. Nevertheless, Belgrade continues to insist that it will never recognise its former province which it calls Kosovo and Metohija.
Apart from Serbia, EU members Greece, Cyprus, Slovakia, Romania and Spain haven’t recognised Kosovo’s independence.
Kosovo to require temporary IDs for Serbs from 1 August
As of Monday (1 August), Serbian citizens travelling to Kosovo will be required to replace their passport with a temporary ID for the duration of their visit in a reciprocal move announced by Prime Minister Abin Kurti.
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it's Ukraine - Russia all over again
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According to Kosovo and Serbian sources, Kosovo military units were deployed on the bridge on the İbre river on the Kosovo-Serbia border.
It is alleged that soldiers from NATO's KFOR force and Italian Carabinieri units also came to the region.
It is reported that Kosovo Special Forces set up barricades and shot Serbs who opened fire on them.
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I suspect a provocation from Kvoso Serbians aided by Russia, that way US has other place to look at besides Ukraine.
Serbia itself can not attack a country thats a US protectorate.
Serbia itself can not attack a country thats a US protectorate.
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Serbia is in a difficult situation. They thought they were backed by a superpower which could rival NATO. It turned out that their backer is a complete joke. Serbia now finds itself surrounded by NATO and with no realistic external protector. They will at some point fold and accept Kosovo's Independence.
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Village is close to the Serbian border. Probably police operation against armed serbian gangs.
