From etrit at alb-net.com  Sun Apr  2 01:48:28 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Sun Apr  2 01:48:28 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Rugova more popular than Thaci?
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004020147230.13107-100000@alb-net.com>

According to a Gallup poll, Rugova would win the elections.  Read this:

Rugova Defies Convention to Stay Ahead In Kosovo

PRISTINA, Mar 31, 2000 -- (Reuters) A year ago, Ibrahim Rugova appeared
smiling shaking hands on television with Slobodan Milosevic even though
the people he represented were being terrorized by the Yugoslav
president's security forces.

Since that meeting with Milosevic, Rugova - leader of Kosovo's long
pre-eminent ethnic Albanian political party - has pursued various other
actions that would also be conventionally associated with political
suicide.

But Rugova's fortunes over the past 12 months fly in the face of Western
wisdom. The Sorbonne-educated academic still heads Kosovo's biggest
political party and it enjoys a huge lead over all its competitors.

Full story at:
http://www.centraleurope.com/news.php3?id=147749




From Zenelito at aol.com  Sun Apr  2 07:49:53 2000
From: Zenelito at aol.com (Zenelito at aol.com)
Date: Sun Apr  2 07:49:53 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Rugova more popular than Thaci?
Message-ID: <39.327fe6a.26188dd4@aol.com>

In einer eMail vom 00-04-02 7:49:37 PD MEZ, schreiben Sie:

<<  air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Apr 2000 01:49:37 -0500
 >>
Mefal Etrit po u dite qe Zotrinj Rugova ka pas,ka,dhe do te ket ma shum 
popullaritet,jo vetem ndaj Zotrinj Thaqit por tere Politikaneve Kosovar,dhe 
ky do te na qon deri ne Pavarsine e Kosoves.
Ju pershendet Zeneli



From samik at kohaditore.com  Sun Apr  2 10:00:31 2000
From: samik at kohaditore.com (samik)
Date: Sun Apr  2 10:00:31 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Rugova more popular than Thaci?
References: <39.327fe6a.26188dd4@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001501c65734$301e5d10$9900330a@KOHA>

Zoti Zenel, me keqardhje te informoj se Rugova nuk do te jete ai qe do te te
qoje ty e as mua ne pavaresine e Kosoves...
Samiu
p.s.
free your mind


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To: <prishtina-e at alb-net.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:49 PM
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> In einer eMail vom 00-04-02 7:49:37 PD MEZ, schreiben Sie:
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> <<  air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Apr 2000
01:49:37 -0500
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> Mefal Etrit po u dite qe Zotrinj Rugova ka pas,ka,dhe do te ket ma shum
> popullaritet,jo vetem ndaj Zotrinj Thaqit por tere Politikaneve
Kosovar,dhe
> ky do te na qon deri ne Pavarsine e Kosoves.
> Ju pershendet Zeneli
>
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From etrit at alb-net.com  Sun Apr  2 13:38:25 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Sun Apr  2 13:38:25 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Rugova more popular than Thaci?
In-Reply-To: <39.327fe6a.26188dd4@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004021336430.13107-100000@alb-net.com>

Please send your messages in Albanian to prishtina-l.  This list is only
used in English language.

Ju lutem dergoni mesazhet tuaja ne gjuhen shqipe ne listen
prishtina-l.  Kjo liste prishtina-e eshte vetem per gjuhen angleze.

Etriti.

On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 Zenelito at aol.com wrote:

>              --- Prishtina-E Discussion Forum ---
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> In einer eMail vom 00-04-02 7:49:37 PD MEZ, schreiben Sie:
> 
> <<  air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Apr 2000 01:49:37 -0500
>  >>
> Mefal Etrit po u dite qe Zotrinj Rugova ka pas,ka,dhe do te ket ma shum 
> popullaritet,jo vetem ndaj Zotrinj Thaqit por tere Politikaneve Kosovar,dhe 
> ky do te na qon deri ne Pavarsine e Kosoves.
> Ju pershendet Zeneli
> 
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From Zenelito at aol.com  Mon Apr  3 08:02:38 2000
From: Zenelito at aol.com (Zenelito at aol.com)
Date: Mon Apr  3 08:02:38 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Rugova more popular than Thaci?
Message-ID: <4b.2571c15.2619e23d@aol.com>

Zotrinj Samiu une besoj qe Zotrinj Rugova do te na qon deri ne Pavarsine e 
Kosoves,po kjo krejt varet nga Populli si do te punojm ne ,se Bota do te na 
qet ne prove a jemi te gatshem ta ndertojmdhe ta mbajm nje shtete Soveran.
Une besoj qe Popullit i ka ardhur deri ne Fyt torturat 
,korrupsionet,parregullsia etj..
Populli don te shkon perpara the ti bashkohet Evropes Perendimore.
Qka i perket minoriteteve ne Kosove besoj qe e ardhmjaq do ti rregullon ,po 
nje eshte e sigurt qe Perendimi nuk na perkrah ne qofte se nuk jemi Tolerant 
ndaj tjerave minoritete.Sa i perket Pakicave Serbe  ju e dini mire qe ata 
kane qene the kan qef te jene prape Sundues permbi Shqiptaret por  kj tash ka 
shkuar ,dhe besoj se kjo do te jete arsyja pse at ne te ardhmen do te 
shkojn.(mefalni kisha shkruar ma shume po nuk po kam koh)
Tung Zeneli



From dardan at prishtina.com  Sun Apr  9 13:45:40 2000
From: dardan at prishtina.com (Dardan Blaku)
Date: Sun Apr  9 13:45:40 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Serbian internet attacks
Message-ID: <200004091349.AA721556@prishtina.com>

The next sites that are currently under attack:


http://www.kosova.com
http://www.kohaditore.com

It looks like tomorrow in the morning these pages will have serbian content.

There is a loophole in the networksolutions.com way of authentication, and serbs are using it to get access to albanian domains and make them point to serbian sites.

An attack on www.prishtina.com has been avoided.

Basically, networksolutions.com has been very ignorant when we addressed these issues.



From rdelia at ukonline.co.uk  Sun Apr  9 16:02:15 2000
From: rdelia at ukonline.co.uk (rdelia)
Date: Sun Apr  9 16:02:15 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Serbian internet attacks
References: <200004091349.AA721556@prishtina.com>
Message-ID: <003a01bfa25e$906f44e0$d4c828c3@pbncomputer>

ne duhet t`i kunderpergjigjemi shkive.

we must revenge: do something similar to their pages.  There`s always a way
to do that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dardan Blaku <dardan at prishtina.com>
To: <albanian at listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu>
Cc: <prishtina-e at alb-net.com>; <prishtina-l at alb-net.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 6:49 PM
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Serbian internet attacks


>              --- Prishtina-E Discussion Forum ---
>         Archives: www.alb-net.com/pipermail/prishtina-e
>
> The next sites that are currently under attack:
>
>
> http://www.kosova.com
> http://www.kohaditore.com
>
> It looks like tomorrow in the morning these pages will have serbian
content.
>
> There is a loophole in the networksolutions.com way of authentication, and
serbs are using it to get access to albanian domains and make them point to
serbian sites.
>
> An attack on www.prishtina.com has been avoided.
>
> Basically, networksolutions.com has been very ignorant when we addressed
these issues.
>
> _______________________________________________________
> Prishtina-E discussion forum: Prishtina-E at alb-net.com
> http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/prishtina-e
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From dardan at prishtina.com  Mon Apr 10 22:24:36 2000
From: dardan at prishtina.com (Dardan Blaku)
Date: Mon Apr 10 22:24:36 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] FWD: WorldNews.com article: "Serb-Albanian Rift Highlighted"
Message-ID: <200004102228.AA112657064@prishtina.com>

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Uk Lushi <juniku at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue Apr 11 00:54:17 2000

This email was sent from http://worldnews.com/
WorldNews.com is your gateway to stories from the World's Best online news services.

Uk Lushi attached the following message for you:
> Artikull interesant. Nese pajtohesh dergoje ne prishtina listat!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Associated Press (Sat 8 Apr 2000)
Serb-Albanian Rift Highlighted

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A U.S.-sponsored conference between Kosovo 
Albanians and Serb opponents of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic 
has brought into sharp relief a major disagreement over a key Balkan 
issue: what happens to Kosovo when peacekeepers leave. 

Serb opposition figures insist the province must remain part of Serbia, 
Yugoslavia's main republic. Ethnic Albanians are demanding full 
independence, regardless of who is in power in Belgrade. 

The two-day conference, which ends today, is sponsored by the Project 
for Ethnic Relations, a private U.S. group based in Princeton, N.J. A 
member of the group, Allen Kassof, said the purpose was to discuss 
political changes in the Balkans and the "aspirations of Albanian 
population in the region, which affects their neighbors." 

On the issue of Kosovo, however, there was little sign of dialogue. 

Ibrahim Rugova, the elected president of an unrecognized Republic of 
Kosovo and the leading ethnic Albanian moderate, reflected the view of 
hard-liners, saying that an "independent Kosovo is the best solution." 

"The (Serbian) opposition has the same views as the regime in Belgrade" 
regarding Kosovo, Rugova said. "They think that nothing has happened 
but there is a new era for Kosovo now. And for the whole region." 

That angered Serb opposition figures, who accused the ethnic Albanians 
of simply repeating old positions rather than seeking to find common 
ground. 

"They say they are for a dialogue but in reality they stick to the 
concept of independent Kosovo, which the international community 
clearly ruled out," said Vladan Batic, leader of the Christian 
Democrats, an opposition party based in Belgrade. 

Batic said that the Serbian opposition, while opposed to Milosevic, 
cannot accept Kosovo's independence. He also urged Kosovo Albanians to 
stop the continuing attacks on the dwindling Serb community in the 
province. 

"If they keep talking about themselves as the only victims, no solution 
can be found for return of 200,000 Serb refugees who have fled Kosovo." 
Batic said. "The message from the international community is clear -- 
no independence for Kosovo." 

A Kosovo Serb community leader, Momcilo Trajkovic, said that nearly a 
year after taking over Kosovo, the United States and the Europeans 
"have a crisis in dealing with the crisis." 

"Kosovo Albanians present themselves as democratic, goodwill people but 
they stick to their nationalist, extreme goals of full independence," 
Trajkovic said. 

But Hashim Thaci, former political chief of the officially disbanded 
Kosovo Liberation Army, said that thanks to NATO and the United 
Nations, the province is already on a path to full independence -- 
regardless of whether Milosevic or his opponents hold power in 
Belgrade. 

"Kosovo has its territory, recognized internationally," Thaci said. 
"And we are strengthening our institutions" ahead of anticipated 
province-wide elections. 

Kosovo was excluded from the Republic of Albania when major European 
powers established the borders of the modern Albanian state in 1912. 
The way the border was drawn, however, left nearly half of the region's 
Albanian speakers outside the Albanian state. 

Batic said the creation of two Albanian states in the Balkans -- the 
Republic of Albania and Kosovo -- would represent "a major threat to 
stability in the region." 
Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or 
redistributed.




From iliriana at usa.net  Thu Apr 13 13:19:33 2000
From: iliriana at usa.net (Iliriana Mushkolaj)
Date: Thu Apr 13 13:19:33 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Jobs for highly qualified Kosovars
Message-ID: <20000413171927.19888.qmail@www0q.netaddress.usa.net>

ECONOMISTI ASSOCIATI
KOSOVA

 Within the framework of an internationally funded venture capital operation,
Economisti Associati is in the process of establishing a permanent office in
Prishtina. Applications from qualified individuals are invited for the
following positions:

 Local Investment Officer. In collaboration with expatriate long and short
term staff and with an increasing degree of autonomy, the Local Investment
Officer will be responsible for the identification, assessment, negotiation
and monitoring of investments in private and privatized Kosovar enterprises.
The successful candidate could be either a recently graduated,
Western-educated individual with excellent analytical capabilities and
linguistic skills, or a more seasoned professional who could compensate for
his/her rustier educational background with a deep knowledge and understanding
of the Kosovar business environment.

 Interpreter/Secretary. In addition to assisting the expatriate professional
staff in their interactions with local firms (interpretation and translation
of documents), the Interpreter/Secretary will be responsible for the smooth
running of a small office, with a wide variety of tasks (from basic accounting
to desktop publishing to supervision of auxiliary personnel). The successful
candidate will be a person with inclination for interpersonal relations,
excellent organizational skills, and a flavor for PR activities.

 Qualifications

?          Basic qualifications for both positions: Albanian mother tongue,
relevant university degree, excellent command of English, computer literacy,
some previous work experience.

?          Additional qualifications for the Local Investment Officer: work
experience with financial institutions, knowledge of company & contract law,
knowledge of Italian and/or German, work experience with international
organizations or projects.

?          Additional qualifications for the Interpreter/Secretary: work
experience with international organizations or projects, experience in the
organization of events (press conferences, fairs, etc.), knowledge of Italian
and/or German.

 After an initial probationary period, the successful candidates will be
offered a renewable, fixed term contract with good prospects of stable
employment. The salary will be in line with prevailing market rates for well
qualified personnel. While the above positions are primarily open to
individuals based in Prishtina, qualified candidates based in Gjakova,
Prizren, and Peja are also encouraged to submit their applications in view of
possible short term assignments.

 Applications should be sent by mail, fax, or e-mail at the following
address:

 Consuelo Manzi

Economisti Associati

Via Rialto 9 - 40124 Bologna, ITALIA

Phone + 39 051 6569606

Facsimile + 39 051 6486838

E-mail main at economistiassociati.com

All applications will be acknowledged.

 Economisti Associati is an equal opportunity employer. All applications
should contain an explicit authorization for the treatment and storage of
personal and professional details in line with Italian law requirements (Law
#675 on the Protection of Personal Information).

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From vlora_k at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 13 15:12:15 2000
From: vlora_k at yahoo.com (vlora krasniqi)
Date: Thu Apr 13 15:12:15 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] kerkese
Message-ID: <20000413191213.28497.qmail@web306.mail.yahoo.com>

tung te gjitheve
kush mundet te me ndihmoje te qregjistrohem nga kjo
liste. nuk kam kohe te lexoj shkrimet e juaja por as
qe kam ide se si te qregjistrohem.
ju falemnderit
vlora krasniqi 

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From gugja at hotmail.com  Fri Apr 14 13:03:08 2000
From: gugja at hotmail.com (ARIANIT MATOSHI)
Date: Fri Apr 14 13:03:08 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Tung Vlora!
Message-ID: <20000414170214.86158.qmail@hotmail.com>

    Pse don me u qregjistru nga kjo liste nuk te pelqen?
  Nuk ki nevoje me u qregjistru, mos i lexo mo shkrimet, si ta she qe
ka shkru dikush prej (Prishtina-e at alb-net.com) shlyje.
   Tung e kalofshe mire.
Arianiti.

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From besnik at alb-net.com  Mon Apr 17 12:41:57 2000
From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Mon Apr 17 12:41:57 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] FW: New Albanian-Spanish, Spanish-Albanian on-line dictionary
In-Reply-To: <001701bfa867$d059b0e0$7dbffea9@usuario>
Message-ID: <B520B64F.326%besnik@alb-net.com>


----------
From: "Alberto Fontaneda" <afontaneda at foreignword.com>
Organization: foreignword
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:24:00 +0200
To: <webmaster at albanian.com>
Subject: New Albanian-Spanish, Spanish-Albanian on-line dictionary

Dear Sirs,

A new Albanian-Spanish, Spanish-Albanian on-line dictionary can be found at:
http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/Albanian/default.htm
The dictionary contains a total of about 16,000 entries in both directions.

Regards
Alberto Fontaneda
afontaneda at foreignword.com




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From juniku at hotmail.com  Mon Apr 17 15:22:29 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Mon Apr 17 15:22:29 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] U.N. STAMPS FOR KOSOVA
Message-ID: <20000417192116.34676.qmail@hotmail.com>

U.N. STAMPS FOR KOSOVA

By Uk Lushi


On March 14, The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosova 
(UNMIK) issued a set of five postage stamps for local use in Kosova region 
administered by U.N. peacekeepers.

The five Peace in Kosova stamps are denominated in the German currency that 
is most widely in the U.N. zone. The trilingual stamps are inscribed 
"Peace," and "United Nations Interim Administration in Kosova," in English, 
Albanian and Serbian.

All five stamps were designed by the Albanian artist from Kosova Shyqri 
Nimani to represent aspects of the cultural and historical heritage of 
Kosova.

The 20-pfenning stamp shows a piece of 5th- or 6th- century mosaic 
portraying the poet Orpheus, found in Podujeve area, where it had been part 
of the flooring of an ancient house.

The 30-pfenning stamp shows the Dardanian idol, a figurine in the Museum of 
Kosova dated to 3,500 B.C., among oldest evidence of human settlement in 
Kosova.

The 50-pfenning stamp pictures a 4th- century B.C. silver coin from the 
Illyrian town of Damastion, in what is today's Kosova.

The 1- Deutsche Mark stamp shows a silver statue in Prizeren of Mother 
Theresa, Albanian-born nun whose charitable work all over the world won the 
Nobel Peace Prize.

The 2DM value stamp features a map of Kosova, a collage to represent "sites 
of destruction, reconstruction, industrial wealth, natural beauty and 
cultural heritage."

France's La Poste produced the stamps in sheets of 40. The perforated stamps 
measure 30 mm by 40 mm.

The stamps for Kosova are not a surprise to the UNPA (U.N. Postal 
Administration). As early as December 13 of last year, a U.N. speech on the 
accomplishments of the UNMIK noted, "Soon we'll have Kosova postage stamps 
and a functioning post system." In a January 26 U.N. press release in the 
Kosova capital of Prishtina, the head of UNMIK, Bernar Kouchner, observed 
"that Kosova postage stamps are printed and about to be shipped here from 
France."

UNMIK has opened 80 of 130 Kosova post offices with staff funded by the 
European Agency for Reconstruction. The Agency will donate 60 vehicles to 
the Kosova Postal Service this month.

International use of the stamps was approved by the Universal Postal Union. 
First-day covers were placed on sale in post offices at Prishtina, Ferizaj, 
Prizren, Gjakova, Peja, Mitrovica and Gjilan.

The stamps shown here were obtained from the International Peacekeeper's 
Mail home page of the U.N. and NATO Military Mail Study Group, located at: 
www.uni-mainz.de/~hornp000.

Outside Kosova, collectors are being told that they can order stamps and 
FDCs from UNPA in New York, Geneva or Vienna, or through their local stamp 
dealers.

According to a March 14 Reuters news report, the Serb- dominated rump state 
of Yugoslavia regards the stamps as infringing on its sovereignty and 
usurping its rights. Kosova is now a U.N. Protectorate. Its control was 
taken from so-called Serbian security forces last year after heavy fighting 
between the Kosova Liberation Army and the Serb forces, the expulsion of 
more than one million Albanian from their country and 78-days of NATO 
bombing.

To view the Kosova stamps at a U.N. site on the Internet, go to:
www.un.org/peace/kosovo/news/stamps.htm


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From juniku at hotmail.com  Sun Apr 23 17:50:09 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Sun Apr 23 17:50:09 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Brovina and Kurti- 2 Articles
Message-ID: <20000423204655.58575.qmail@hotmail.com>

UPI


>Foreign journalists visit jailed ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia
>
>Sunday, 23-Apr-2000 7:00AM
>By STEFAN RACIN
>
>BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, April 23 (UPI) -- Serbian Justice Minister
>Dragoljub Jankovic took foreign and domestic journalists Saturday on a
>tour of the prisons for men and women in Pozarevac, giving them a chance
>to talk to Kosovo Albanians jailed on charges of terrorism and
>conspiring to subvert the state.
>      The prisoners the journalists saw included Flora Brovina, a doctor,
>writer and leader of Albanian women and Albanian student leader Albin
>Kurti. The two prisoners were tried and imprisoned for 12 and 15 years
>respectively after being arrested in Pristina during NATO's bombing
>campaign against Yugoslavia last year.
>      Both told the journalists they were imprisoned unjustifiably.
>      Kurti, held in the notorious "Zabela" prison, brushed aside a
>question from the minister and ignored the Serbs in the party. But he
>said in English to the foreign correspondents: "I was sentenced for my
>political convictions and stance and for my political activities. I was
>sentenced only because I am Albanian."
>      Brovina, 50, who is ill with a serious heart complaint, agreed to
>talk to Jankovic and the other visitors in her prison cell. She had
>submitted a plea for pardon and her case comes up for review before the
>Serbian Supreme Court on May 16.
>      In answer to a question from the minister asking what she expected
>from the review, Brovina said: "I don't know what to expect. I expected
>justice at the trial," but a just trial would have led to her freedom,
>she said.
>      There has been increasing pressure on the Serbian authorities for
>her release from both the international community and human rights
>activists in Serbia, who consider her innocent of any wrongdoing. Her
>supporters have said that Brovina was fulfilling her duty by treating
>people wounded during fights in last year's war.
>      Many observers have said the minister's approach is a sign she
>would be soon set free.
>      Brovina said she had no complaints about her treatment in the
>prison and that she received mail and visits by her husband. "Everyone
>behaves well, we can read books and we get Serbian-language newspapers,"
>Brovina said.
>      The minister said the Pozarevac prison held five Albanian women and
>the "Zabela" jail 248 Albanian men. He said there a total of about 960
>Albanians in Serbian prisons.
>
>Story from UPI / STEFAN RACIN
>Copyright 2000 by United Press International (via ClariNet)
>_______________________________________________________________________


AFP


>Sunday, April 23 11:50 PM SGT
>
>Imprisoned ethnic Albanian leader vows fight for Kosovo will continue
>
>POZAREVAC, Yugoslavia, April 23 (AFP) -
>
>An ethnic Albanian student leader jailed on terrorist charges in
>Yugoslavia insisted this weekend that the struggle for an independent
>Kosovo would continue.
>      Albin Kurti, 25, was jailed last month for 15 years by a Serbian
>court which found him guilty of having been a member of the now
>disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which Belgrade regards as a
>terrorist group.
>      "Only an independent Kosovo could guarantee stability in the
>region. Only in an independent Kosovo, would Albanians feel free, safe
>and able to realise their rights," Kurti told reporters touring his
>prison Saturday.
>      Kurti was speaking to a group of foreign and local reporters,
>escorted by Serbian Justice minister Dragoljub Jankovic, who were
>visiting a prison in Pozarevac, the hometown of Yugoslav President
>Slobodan Milosevic.
>      Together with some 2,050 more ethnic Albanians jailed by the Serb
>police, Kurti was transferred from the province to Serbia proper with
>the withdrawal of Belgrade's forces from Kosovo last June.
>      Kosovo is now administered by the United Nations.
>      "Serbia does not control Kosovo anymore and that is good," Kurti
>said. He warned: "The way towards the independence has not been over
>yet."
>      Speaking in English, Kurti refsued to answer questions from Serb
>journalists or officials of the Serbian justice ministry.
>      During the trial, Kurti denounced Serbian state institutions,
>refused to accept a court-appointed lawyer and said he did not recognise
>"Milosevic's justice."
>      Speaking to reporters in a prison yard, dressed in a pale jeans and
>dark blue shirt, with his characteristic curly hair shaved off, Kurti
>insisted he would not appeal against his sentence.
>      "I do not recognise the state of Serbia and its system and laws,
>and as a result, I am not going to ask for any kind of mercy or appeal,"
>Kurti said.
>      He refused to talk about "facilities or conditions" in prison,
>insisting this would "miss the point." All the Albanians "are held in an
>unjust way ... just because they are Albanians," he insisted.
>      Kurti insisted he had been jailed because of his "political
>activity" and not terrorism. He said he was a "political prisoner," just
>as were another 248 Albanians jailed in Pozarevac.
>      Jankovic said 979 prisoners brought from Kosovo were still being
>held in Serbian prisons. All but 15 or 20 of them were ethnic Albanians,
>he said.
>      Asked about the violence against Serbs in Kosovo that has followed
>the air strikes, Kurti said all those who had committed war crimes
>should be tried no matter they were Serbs or Albanians.
>      "All those who were war criminals should go to an international
>court," he said.
>      His words were echoed by another prominant Kosovo Albanian
>prisoner, Flora Brovina, 52, sentenced by a Serb court to 12 years for
>"terrorist activities."
>      "Revenge leads nowhere ... I just wish the situation would calm
>down in Kosovo. People must drop revenge and reconcile with one another
>and everyone should go back to their homes, to their land," Brovina
>said.
>      Unlike Kurti, Brovina and her lawyers have lodged an appeal. She
>will appear on May 16 in front of Belgrade's Supreme Court.
>      "During the trial, I kept waiting for justice to be done to me, but
>justice being done would have meant that I didn't end up in prison," she
>said, speaking in Serbian rather than her Albanian mother tongue.
>      Brovina was accused of associating with and helping the KLA, but
>she denied the charges, saying her work was purely humanitarian.
>      "I am a doctor and a poet. I have committed no terrorist acts. I
>only care for sick children," she added.
>
>Copyright ? 2000 AFP.
>_______________________________________________________________________

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From etrit at alb-net.com  Mon Apr 24 12:33:24 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Mon Apr 24 12:33:24 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] NAR
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004241226460.602-100000@alb-net.com>

http://www.aaj.nu/riots/

Hi, I came across a techno band named New Albanian Riots.  I got curious
so I asked them how'd they come up with this name, and here is their
response:

Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:49:24 GMT
From: Frank Young <frankmyng at hotmail.com>
To: ebardhi at earthweb.com
Subject: New Albanian Riots

Hi...

The name was taken from a phrase in a newspaper headline. We liked the 
rhythm of the words. No political or social implications are
intended. It's just the beauty of phonics.

Best,
Frank Young
co-leader, New Albanian Riots





From etrit at alb-net.com  Mon Apr 24 23:22:06 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Mon Apr 24 23:22:06 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Sex Slavery Flourishes In Kosovo (W. Post)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004242321290.602-100000@alb-net.com>

Read the following:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1973-2000Apr23.html




From h-rengier at gmx.de  Tue Apr 25 14:45:47 2000
From: h-rengier at gmx.de (h-rengier at gmx.de)
Date: Tue Apr 25 14:45:47 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] add me to the English list
Message-ID: <6691.956665475@www17.gmx.net>

Dear Etrit Bardhi,

I hereby would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for
taking my suggestion into consideration regarding creating an English list which
as a matter of fact filled my heart with admiration.

I hope you will include me to your English list soon.

Regarding my person, I shall leave you my home page as a reference so that
you know who I am and what I am doing. 
http://www.geocities.com/hany_20/

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Your sincerely
Hany

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From dgashi at ic.sunysb.edu  Tue Apr 25 18:02:10 2000
From: dgashi at ic.sunysb.edu (Diar Gashi)
Date: Tue Apr 25 18:02:10 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] NAR
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004241226460.602-100000@alb-net.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004251801250.2949-100000@sparky.ic.sunysb.edu>

Hajt ishalla popullarizohen, nashta ja shohim hajrin.

On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Etrit Bardhi wrote:

>              --- Prishtina-E Discussion Forum ---
>         Archives: www.alb-net.com/pipermail/prishtina-e
> 
> http://www.aaj.nu/riots/
> 
> Hi, I came across a techno band named New Albanian Riots.  I got curious
> so I asked them how'd they come up with this name, and here is their
> response:
> 
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:49:24 GMT
> From: Frank Young <frankmyng at hotmail.com>
> To: ebardhi at earthweb.com
> Subject: New Albanian Riots
> 
> Hi...
> 
> The name was taken from a phrase in a newspaper headline. We liked the 
> rhythm of the words. No political or social implications are
> intended. It's just the beauty of phonics.
> 
> Best,
> Frank Young
> co-leader, New Albanian Riots
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> Prishtina-E discussion forum: Prishtina-E at alb-net.com
> http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/prishtina-e
> 




From etrit at alb-net.com  Tue Apr 25 20:10:28 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Tue Apr 25 20:10:28 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Forced Refugee Returns Cause Alarm in Kosovo
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004252008230.602-100000@alb-net.com>

This sounds so similar to what the Serbs did a year ago, giving the
occupants 30 minutes to pack their belongings and leave the country...

--

Forced Refugee Returns Cause Alarm in Kosovo

PRISTINA, Apr 25, 2000 -- (Reuters) Police arrived without warning late
one night at Zejnie and Behxhet Ahmeti's apartment in the picturesque
German city of Heidelberg, their home for the past seven years.

Read the full story at:
http://www.centraleurope.com/news.php3?id=154281




From LeftyLiss at aol.com  Tue Apr 25 22:45:43 2000
From: LeftyLiss at aol.com (LeftyLiss at aol.com)
Date: Tue Apr 25 22:45:43 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] (no subject)
Message-ID: <a1.4789a2a.2637b245@aol.com>

Thanks for the web site.  Our church sponsored a refugee family last summer.  
One family provided them with a place to live and four others (including 
mine) tended to their everyday needs such as school contacts, doctors, 
dentists, shopping, outings, recreation, visits, etc.  We got so close to 
them, especially the sixteen year old boy.  He spent lots of time at our 
house and we got him a part time job and took him to and from work, etc.  The 
father decided to return home and the family seemed to be ready, too - with 
mixed feelings, of course.  The boy wanted to stay here.  We came to love him 
as our own and he called us his American Ma Ma and Daddy.  Of course, it was 
awful when they left.  I cried for two solid days and still think about them 
constantly.  Although the four children spoke English fairly well, we only 
know a few Albanian words.  They cannot read or write English very well and I 
don't know how to communicate when we get their address.  All I know is that 
they will go to Pristina and then home which is in a small place (American 
word for "flat").  I would give anything to let them know we are always here 
and to know they are safe and happy.  Thanks.











From etrit at alb-net.com  Tue Apr 25 22:54:37 2000
From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi)
Date: Tue Apr 25 22:54:37 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <a1.4789a2a.2637b245@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004252253430.602-100000@alb-net.com>

Hi,

that is a very nice story.  Do you remember what was the name of the place
they were from?  Theer are internet centers in various cities in Kosova
now, so you might be able to get in touch with them.

Etrit.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 LeftyLiss at aol.com wrote:

>              --- Prishtina-E Discussion Forum ---
>         Archives: www.alb-net.com/pipermail/prishtina-e
> 
> Thanks for the web site.  Our church sponsored a refugee family last summer.  
> One family provided them with a place to live and four others (including 
> mine) tended to their everyday needs such as school contacts, doctors, 
> dentists, shopping, outings, recreation, visits, etc.  We got so close to 
> them, especially the sixteen year old boy.  He spent lots of time at our 
> house and we got him a part time job and took him to and from work, etc.  The 
> father decided to return home and the family seemed to be ready, too - with 
> mixed feelings, of course.  The boy wanted to stay here.  We came to love him 
> as our own and he called us his American Ma Ma and Daddy.  Of course, it was 
> awful when they left.  I cried for two solid days and still think about them 
> constantly.  Although the four children spoke English fairly well, we only 
> know a few Albanian words.  They cannot read or write English very well and I 
> don't know how to communicate when we get their address.  All I know is that 
> they will go to Pristina and then home which is in a small place (American 
> word for "flat").  I would give anything to let them know we are always here 
> and to know they are safe and happy.  Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> Prishtina-E discussion forum: Prishtina-E at alb-net.com
> http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/prishtina-e
> 




From dardan at prishtina.com  Wed Apr 26 20:41:27 2000
From: dardan at prishtina.com (Dardan Blaku)
Date: Wed Apr 26 20:41:27 2000
Subject: [Prishtina-E] More about Serbian patriotism and morale
Message-ID: <200004262045.AA483983422@prishtina.com>

'Serbs Raped Me 150 Times in 6 Weeks' 
UPI 
April 26, 2000 

THE HAGUE - A 35-year-old rape victim Tuesday told the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal she had been forced by Serb soldiers to have sex more than 150 times during 1.5 months of detention. 
"Witness No 95" went further than any other witness in corroborating the contention by prosecutors that rape was an explicit element of Serb military strategy during the Bosnian war. 

"I'm proud to be here. Let the world know what they did," she told the UN court at the Hague. 

She said Serb soldiers were authorised to have sex with prisoners "to have better morale on the battlefield". 

At least 20,000 women on all sides were raped during the Bosnian war, according to a 1993 European Community investigation. The most notorious systematic sexual assaults took place in the so-called "rape camps" in the eastern Bosnian city of Foca. 

In the spring of 1992, Serb fighters over-ran Foca and surrounding villages and rounded up Muslim women who had fled into forests as their homes were shelled and set ablaze. 

Witness No 95 was separated from her husband, taken with her 18-month-old daughter, three-year-old son and scores of other women, and detained at a high school and later a sports hall. 

She said she was removed from the detention areas each day and night and raped in classrooms and apartments before she was released in August 1992 and evacuated by the International Committee of the Red Cross. 

Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac and Zoran Vukovic are charged with rape, torture and enslavement as war crimes and crimes against humanity. All have pleaded innocent.