Tag: OSCE

10 Nov

Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question - NYTimes.com

Photo by Vano Shlamov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question - NYTimes.com: “Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.” Instead, the accounts [...]
22 Oct

Statement of the Kosovo Roma Diaspora

The Mahalla, photo by Andrew Testa for The New York Time Statement of the Kosovo Roma Diaspora on the occasion of the „International Roundtable on Roma, Ashakli and Egyptians of Kosovo: Challenges and Prospects of Sustainable Integration” « Romano Them: “(…) this conference, which is taking place today at the headquarters of the OSCE in Vienna, [...]
24 Sep

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL WEEK - Belgrade

A short version of "A Minority Report", the Saputnik Film first documentary, will be will be screened on March 24, 2007 in the premises of British Council in Serbia at the Documentary Film Festival of the first Belgrade International Legal Week (BILW). Focus of this Festival will be human rights films.The Belgrade International Legal Week is [...]
11 May

A Minority Report: The Script

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.
01 Mar

A Minority Report: the interviews

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.
28 Feb

A Minority Report: the interviews /2

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.
01 Feb

A Minority Report: the background

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 [...]