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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 10:07:23 GMT -5
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 9:47:35 GMT -5
hahaha walked into the kitchen last week and took this pic of my deda's beer for the week Now theres hardly any left, there was no party or special occasion he just had it mostly to himself haha VB, gotta be one of the worst beers going around. My pick of the bunch Stella Any German beer and Swiss if you can get your hands on it Cascade Karlovacka ( if you can find it ) Spirits Vodka, Russian or Norwegian Wild Turkey Jack Daniels Dimple Chivas Regal ( if I have to slum it).
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 9:34:17 GMT -5
This is proof without a doubt that the Pristina government does not have control over Kosovo, so its only independence in name only, not in reality, as we all knew already.
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 9:32:56 GMT -5
Official wants "emergency measures" in K. Mitrovica 6 May 2008 | 12:26 | Source: Tanjug PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo Ombudsman Hilmi Jashari wants UNMIK to take “emergency measures” to get the courts in Kosovska Mitrovica up and running again.
In a letter to UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker, Jashari says that the “situation created in the north represents a serious breach of human rights, because there is no access to the courts to deal with outstanding cases for a large number of Kosovska Mitrovica’s citizens and people from 49 neighboring villages.”
Former Serb justice employees are protesting daily in front of the gates of the District and Municipal Courts in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, demanding negotiations over their reinstatement, having been dismissed in 1999 with the arrival of UNMIK and KFOR.
The protests began on February 21 following Kosovo’s unilateral declaration independence. On March 14, the protesters entered and occupied the courthouse, before being forcibly evicted three days later, following an intervention by UNMIK police and KFOR troops.
UNMIK police arrested 53 people during the unrest on March 17.
Some 200 Serbs worked in the Kosovo Mitrovica courts until 1999 when the UN administration took over in the province.
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 9:19:00 GMT -5
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 1:52:04 GMT -5
Yes your right, all the republics had the right to independence. Its all there. d*mn man it aint that simple you cant just send a letter announce you want out and then wave goodbye....Duh The succesion violated article 5 of the constitution, article 5 regulated the state boarders. What it stated was that borders could not be changed without all the republics and autonomous provinces agreeing to the changes. This means that nobody could leave the federation unless everybody in the country was in agreement. The Socialist Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Macedonia) did not have the right to secede because the Socialist Yugoslav republics did not belong to the individual Yugoslav peoples. For example, Bosnia was defined by its constitution as an equal state of Serbs, Croats and Muslims and Croatia was a state of Croats and Serbs. Why do you bother vinyak. If the content of this discussion doesn't have an element of the Ustasa in it, then Cikola falls into a state of garbage and nonsense. If he had read the constitution, he would never had posted what he did. He enjoys posting from a state of ignorance and hopes to debate from that hopless stand point. In short, don't bother.
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 1:48:07 GMT -5
The Europeans are becoming tired of being smashed about the head by the US. They always knew that the unilateral decleration was going to make things messy without fixing the problem. The fact that now some countries are voicing their frustration, shows a slowley but surely changing of attitudes to the situation. Increasingly, the US will find itself isolated on this issue for not being able to see it to its conclusion.
The Europeans need the Serbs more than Kosovo and Albania combined as the trade routes are all through Serbia. Albania is the end of only one line.
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 0:27:32 GMT -5
"Yeah baby, more bounce to the ounce." Hey Fends, when you had that avatar going people here at work used to stop by and drool when they were watching them bounce up and down lmao LOL ;D
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Post by Fender on May 6, 2008 0:19:24 GMT -5
because it violated the Jugoslav constition.Could you provide some evidence to support your claims. According to the '74 constitution each republic had the right to independence if they so wished. This was exercised in the 1990's once communism fell in Eastern Europe. read the constitution, its all there.
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Post by Fender on May 5, 2008 0:48:33 GMT -5
Nice boobs.....hey, it still doesn't beat Fends avatar ;D Yeah baby, more bounce to the ounce. ;D
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Post by Fender on May 3, 2008 7:22:27 GMT -5
There is talk now that the prosecution will make new evidence available to the public on Friday. They are expecting a new re trail. Whats Ramush going to do now that Ruecker is on the way out and hasn't had time to corrupt the new guy. I believe that this has been co-ordinated with the UN to ensure that Ruecker has no influence indirectly on the new impending trial. Interesting times indeed.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 9:20:09 GMT -5
Looks like Serbia's policy of blocking Kosovo from all important International Organisations is starting to bite and bite hard.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 9:18:40 GMT -5
Macedonian President: Kosovo Remains Threat To Balkan Stability
OHRID, Macedonia (AP)--Newly independent Kosovo poses a threat to Balkan stability, the president of neighboring Macedonia told a regional summit at this lakeside resort Friday.
"There are still risks which must not be underestimated," Branko Crvenkosvki said in a speech to leaders from central and southeast Europe.
"In this context, I would particularly mention the issue of Kosovo, the complexity of which is illustrated by the fact that even the European Union could not reach a common position on this issue."
Officials from the 18 central and southeast European member countries of the Central European Initiative group began the two-day summit in Ohrid on issues such as Balkan stability and some member states' efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the E.U.
The Initiative was formed in 1989 to strengthen ties between the region and the E.U.
But even though Kosovo will be a key issue on the agenda, the former Serbian province wasn't invited to the meeting. Kosovo's leaders criticized that and insisted an independent Kosovo is a reality that must be recognized.
However, Crvenkovski said such an invitation would have required a consensus from all 18 members of the Central European Initiative, and that wasn't possible since member Serbia has refused to recognize Kosovo's Feb. 17 declaration of independence.
The E.U. signed a pre-membership trade-and-aid pact with Serbia this week in an attempt to boost pro-Western parties before May 11 elections in Serbia.
Macedonia, with its own large and restive Albanian minority, wants to establish good relations with Kosovo, but hasn't yet recognized it because of a border dispute.
Albanian President Bamir Topi told the summit that Kosovo should receive a clear signal it will eventually become part of the E.U. and NATO expansion process.
"That would guarantee that the political emancipation of the Western Balkans has entered an irreversible path," he said.
A draft summit joint statement says E.U. and NATO integration shouldn't be considered completed without inclusion of all Western Balkan states.
"However, the region is still not irreversibly on the road to Europe," the draft document obtained by The Associated Press said.
The CEI members are Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. All were represented at the summit by heads of state, except Romania, Italy and Ukraine, which sent ambassadors.
Ten are E.U. members, three have E.U. candidate status and five haven't joined the bloc. Turkey, which is not a member of the Central European Initiative or the E.U., also attended the summit.
The last CEI meeting was held 2007 in Brno, in the Czech Republic.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires 05-02-080820ET Copyright (c) 2008 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 9:05:26 GMT -5
The crap that these lot come up with is just hilarious. Surprise, surprise, now is seems that Kosova is not independent because it doesn't have an army. That could be one reason, but the most glaring and obvious reason is because Kosovo cannot get EU/UN recognition, now or anytime in the future. Just because 40 nations most of them under duress recognised, doesn't mean that it has formal recognition.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 8:46:29 GMT -5
I had forgotten about Markovic but I don't recall anywhere in the books I've read that the JNA initially went with their nationalist leaders. After an extended period yes but not at the moment Jugoslavija began to fracture.
I'm uncertain as to how much Markovic had power over the Army?
Thats the first time I've heard that Markovic was that badly vilified by Jovic. I had immense respect for Markovic as he did a brilliant job at curbing inflation in 1989-1990. He was a true politician that cared about the people, not his own back pocket.
I had known that he tried to start up his own political party and I believe he was the best placed politician to allow Croatia a much smother transition from the break up.
Must find that book again.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 8:42:14 GMT -5
Eh, kak bi se sad neki 'pojedinci' izvlacili .. al nije ti uspjelo. I understood what you wrote but not the context of its meaning. What exactly are you trying to say?
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 8:21:02 GMT -5
i am glad you have my quote as your signature, however just because we never called ourselves illyrians doesnt mean we are not illyrians... and at least USA is taking independence seriously ahahahah How about you shuting the f**k up and walk into a wall or something? Illyrians is what we called ourselfs, what we named our empire. We, not anyone else. Or else it wouldnt make sense in ALBANIAN only. dumb f**k I thought the name of your empire was Albania and its first and only knig was Zog. Was there more royalty that we haven't heard about. If so, do tell in another thread.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 8:15:51 GMT -5
The Appeals Division is composed of judges primarily elected from List B, with established competence in relevant areas of international law, such as international humanitarian law and the law of human rights. The judges assigned to the Appeals Division are: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the ICC, and Judge Georghios M. Pikis Judge Navanethem Pillay Judge Sang-hyun Song Judge Erkki Kourula Appeals Chamber The Appeals Chamber is composed of all the judges assigned to the Appeals Division (Article 39(2)(b)(i) of the Rome Statute) The Prosecutor or the convicted person can appeal against the decisions of the Pre-Trial and of the Trial Chambers to the Appeals Chamber. A sentence may be appealed on the ground of procedural error, error of fact, error of law, or any other ground that affects the fairness or reliability of the proceedings or decision, such as disproportion between the crime and the sentence issued by the lower Chambers.The Appeals Chamber may decide to reverse or amend the decision, judgment, or sentence or order a new trial before a different Trial Chamber. The revision of the sentence can be requested if new evidence has been discovered that was not available at the time of the trial and is sufficiently important or decisive for the Appeals Chamber to revise or amend the sentence according to article 84 of the Rome Statute. Basically what I had said but in not so many words.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 4:31:30 GMT -5
Vinjak, as a Croat my family did also suffer from these people without going into too much detail here. My point is how on earth are we going to bring all of these people to justice? Methodically.
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Post by Fender on May 2, 2008 4:14:50 GMT -5
^^ an appeal is usually the course of action taken no matter the outcome. I wouldnt go interpreting this as some sort of serbian diplomatic win. Your statement proves you have no idea on what an appeal means. In a western based system, the trigger for an appeal is if there is new evidence to be introduced or if there was an error in law. The outcome is not predetermined.
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