The KFOR commander Lt. Gen. Xavier de Marnhac has exposed his “optimistic” view of the future of Kosovo: no more multiethnic tensions in the province, for the simple reason that one of the causes for that will soon disappear. He said that “the problem of tense relations between Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority and Serb minority would eventually reach a “biological end” as the average age of the Serbs was much older”.
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The interview with Stefano Giantin, author of "A Minority Report", broadcasted on Rai3 on November 3rd, is now available online.
The video is in Italian. You can anyway read the translated transcript of the interview below the video.
You can also watch the full program on the Rai website.
- By Stefano Giantin
- Filed under: Uncategorized
- Tags: CARE, Documentary, Human Rights, IDPs, KFOR, Kosovo, minorities, OSCE, returnees, UN, UNMIK
Title: A Minority Report (Kosovo Minorities Eight Years After)
Written and directed by: Stefano Giantin
Production: Saputnik Film
Country: Italy
Year: 2007
Length: Approx. 52’
Georgy Kakuk: What to import to Kosovo? A couple of tons of brains, and change it…
Narration: Kosovo is a region roughly the size of Cyprus, located in the south of the Balkan peninsula. It has the population of around 2,2 million, 90% of those Albanians.
Saputnik Film is pleased to announce that we have completed our first work, the documentary film “A Minority Report: Kosovo Minorities, Eight Years After”
The demo of the Saputnik Film documentary "A Minority Report" is online.
- By Editor
- Filed under: Saputnik Film
- Tags: CARE, Documentary, Human Rights, IDPs, KFOR, Kosovo, minorities, OSCE, returnees, UN, UNMIK
Joachim Rücker, UNMIK. Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo since September 2006. The actual Head of UNMIK was previously Director of the EU Mission in Kosovo, responsible for economical development.
- By Editor
- Filed under: Saputnik Film
- Tags: Balkans, CARE, Documentary, Human Rights, IDPs, KFOR, Kosovo, minorities, OSCE, returnees, UN, UNMIK
Babljak
Rajko Denic, RETURNEE. Mr. Denic initiated and coordinated the return to his village. Bablak/Babljak is presented by UNMIK as a successful return project. Out of 43 families that returned to Bablak/Babljak, only five remained by 2007.
- By Editor
- Filed under: Balkans
- Tags: Balkans, CARE, Documentary, Human Rights, IDPs, KFOR, Kosovo, minorities, OSCE, returnees, UN, UNMIK
UN train in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje
Kosovo is a region of roughly 11.000 square kilometers located in the south of the Balkan Peninsula. It is inhabited by around 2.2 millions of people, 90 percent of them Albanians. Although technically part of Serbia, Belgrade has no de facto authority on the province since 1999.
In that year, NATO [...]
The film troupe of Saputnik is currently working in Kosovo. We will be in the province - administered since 1999 by UN - until the end of September, shooting the first Saputnik's human rights related documentary.
Tokom meseca avgusta i septembra, ekipa nezavisne produkcije Saputnik boravi na Kosovu i Metohiji, gde snima dokumentarni film o pokrajini, kojom, od juna 1999. godine, upravlja misija Ujedinjenih nacija. Za vreme prve kampanje snimanja, obisli smo najvece gradove Kosova i Metohije, Pristinu, Prizren, Gnjilane, Pec, Orahovac…, zatim i veliki broj srpskih sela i enklava, poput Gracanice, [...]
Tag: Kosovo