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Serb protesters storm Kosovo court, UN intervenesMarch 15th, 2008 - 1:24 am ICT by admin (Lead) DPA Pristina, March 14 (DPA) The chief of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Joachim Ruecker, Friday ordered the police to “restore law and order” after hundreds of Serb protesters stormed a court building in the hotspot town Mitrovica as the head of NATO visited the former Serbian province. Some 300 protesters broke through an international police cordon in the northern, Serb-dominated section of the divided Mitrovica and broke into the UN municipal court building, Kosovo police said. “Those who turned to violence crossed one of UNMIK’s red lines. This is completely unacceptable. I have instructed UNMIK police to restore law and order,” Ruecker said after meeting Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu. Thaci and Sejdiu had called on the UN, which has governed Kosovo since NATO drove Serbian security forces out in 1999, to assert its authority in Mitrovica, where Serbs have been protesting daily since Pristina declared independence from Serbia a month ago. EU President Slovenia also condemned the attack on the court in Mitrovica. The EU has sent a law-enforcing mission of nearly 2,000 experts to Kosovo to help it along its first independent steps. “We strongly condemn the attack on UNMIK personnel and the seizure of the court in north Mitrovica,” Ljubljana’s Ambassador Vojko Volk said in a statement. Serbs are a majority in northern Mitrovica and make up about a fifth of the population north of the town, while Albanians make up the overwhelming majority in the rest of Kosovo. Raised tensions persist in northern Kosovo where Serbia has established parallel structures of authority. Belgrade has nodded approvingly even at the violent protests of last month. Nobody was injured in Friday’s incident, but after forcing the police to retreat, the crowd remained in the building, took down the UN flag and put up a Serbian flag, police spokesman Besim Hoti said. The standoff continued into the afternoon. Serbian media reported that only Kosovo Serbs working in the judiciary remained in the court building, but that a crowd gathered outside to support them. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrived on his first visit to Kosovo since the Feb 17 declaration of independence. “We received assurances for the continued presence of NATO and its readiness to maintain stability and security in Kosovo,” Sejdiu said after meeting De Hoop Scheffer. NATO, which maintains some 17,000 troops in Kosovo, as well as the international UN police and Kosovo police, have kept a low profile amid protests and riots over the past month. DPA - Russia calls on EU, NATO over military actions in Kosovo north - Aug 10, 2011 - Kosovo secession legal, rules International Court of Justice - Jul 23, 2010 - Kosovo President Sejdiu resigns after violating constitution - Sep 28, 2010 - Bill Clinton honoured by grateful Kosovo - Nov 02, 2009 - Kosovo passes new constitution amid uncertainty over its future - Jun 16, 2008 - UN police in Kosovo raid court occupied by Serbs, 53 arrested - Mar 17, 2008 - UN police officer dies after riot in Kosovo - Mar 18, 2008 - 'New Kosovo government undermining UN authority' - Jul 26, 2008 - EU welcomes establishment of new government in Kosovo - Feb 24, 2011 - Ethnic Serbs seize court in Kosovo - Mar 14, 2008 - Serbia finds 250 Albanians in mass grave - May 10, 2010 - UN calls for calm over Kosovo - Feb 18, 2008 - Exhumation of alleged mass grave begins in Kosovo - Sep 02, 2010 - Russia warns against training Syrian rebels in Kosovo - May 15, 2012 - Serbia arrests 10 for 1999 Kosovo killings - Dec 27, 2008 Tags: albanians, hashim thaci, international police, joachim ruecker, municipal court, northern kosovo, northern mitrovica, parallel structures, police cordon, police spokesman, president fatmir sejdiu, pristina, protesters storm, serbian flag, serbian province, serbian security forces, serbs, un mission in kosovo, unmik, violent protests
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Albanski predsjednik Alfred Moisiu posjetit će Kosovo 22. i 23. travnja, na poziv civilnog upravitelja UNa na Kosovu Harrija Holkerija a Kosovo će uskoro posjetiti i glavni tajnik NATOa Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Moisiu će razgovarati s najvišim predstavnicima kosovskih i međunarodnih institucija. To je prvi službeni posjet jednoga albanskog predsjednika Kosovu poslije više od 40 godina. U četvrtak, na Kosovo stiže i glavni tajnik NATO-a Jaap de Hoop Scheffer , zajedno s izaslanstvom veleposlanika zemalja članica NATO-a. Oni će se tijekom jednodnevnog posjeta upoznati s najnovijom situacijom na Kosovu, nakon ožujskih nemira. To će biti drugi posjet Scheffera Kosovu tijekom proteklih mjesec dana. (Hina) xbb ybs