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Serb heritage in Kosovo renamed

Apr 23, 2009

Over thousand years of Serbian heritage in Kosovo has been deliberately renamed as “Kosovan” by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee who is, says Serbia, being pressured by Western powers to falsify history in order to support the claim that Kosovo is not the integral part of Serbia and that it must be independent.

“This scandalous and outrageous attempt of mistaken cultural identity has never before happened within this organization and we will not allow it to happen now,” Serbia’s foreign minister Vuk Jeremic told the reporters in Paris.

Certain countries, led by Albania, are leading an initiative for the Committee in Seville, Spain, to be held from 22-30 June, to re-register Serbian heritage as non-Serb.

“These are the holy objects not of Kosovo, but of the Serbian Orthodox Church,” Jeremic said.

Jeremic called on the international community, in particular UNESCO, to prevent attempts at re-writing the cultural history of that province.

“The Republic of Serbia, in a recent exchange of letters, signaled to UNESCO our commitment to the use of funds collected during and subsequent to the donors’ conference to the tune of 5.5 million dollars. This reaffirms the traditional, good faith partnership between UNESCO and the Republic of Serbia in the area of cultural heritage, to the benefit of all,” said Jeremic.

Jeremic warned that using culture and falsifying it in order to force Serbia to accept the illegal declaration of independence made by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian extremists does not bring the region closer.

“I fervently believe that only when we come to look at diversity as a source of strength only when we embrace the view that individual cultures genuinely prosper and progress when they come into contact with other cultures can we say that the tide has inexorably turned in favor of peace and a common sense of destiny,” Jeremic said.

UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to rule on the illegality of Kosovo’s self-proclaimed independence proclaimed in 2008. Since 1999, Serbian heritage along with ethnic Serbs have been targeted for eradication by ethnic Albanian extremists in Kosovo.

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has asked the international community not to repeat the mistakes made in mediating in the resolving of the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija.

“Unilateral solutions should not be enforced during mediation, and no cause should be given to suspect a mediator of being biased or inclined in favor of one of the sides,” Churkin said.

Jeremic said he could not imagine a 21st century in which an act of secession is left to the free will of ethnic communities which maintain that their human rights are treated in an unsatisfactory manner by the state in which they live.

“That would be a very unstable world. That is why I believe the Court will decide in favor of the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign democratic state,” Jeremic said.

No matter what the ICJ decides, says Jeremic, Serbia will never recognize Kosovo.

April 23, 2009
SERBIANNA

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59 Responses to “Serb heritage in Kosovo renamed”

  1. Art

    Pieces are falling. And, yes one day, maybe not Jeremic but some other smart guy will recognize Kosovo. Trust me on this one. Or Kosovo is not in need of recognition from Serbia, why??that will make Serbia even harder to be excepted in the international community. You have to in on the top to play, not on the bottom.

    #10937
  2. gagi

    What a pathetic joke these shiptars are. They have no culture of their own and are trying to steal it from the pround Serbian nation.
    Shiptar culture is Nazi SS Skenderbeg divisions, highest birthrates in europe, backwards clan society, no human rights, no freedom of movement, attacking Serbian grandmothers, human trafficking, organ trafficking, getting islamicized by Turks, licking Turkish butts, licking German butts, licking American butts….a pathetic lot they are.
    ‘Kosovan’? Kosovo is Serbia, in case anyone did not know. And it always will be.

    #10943
  3. send Serbian army back to Kosovo and reclaim what’s rightfully Serbian.

    #10944
  4. Dragana

    And, yes one day, maybe not Jeremic but some other smart guy will recognize Kosovo. Trust me on this one. Or Kosovo is not in need of recognition from…….
    By Art

    That will happen when pigs fly, your dreams can go on and on…..Kosovo is part of Serbia an it will be part of Serbia always and for ever…..You will never received recognition from most of the civilized countries, for the rest I don’t care.
    Kosovo is Serbia.

    #10945
  5. BeliOraoSrbija

    This is a direct provocation of serbia by the west, they have no shame but when some muslim pirates take 1 amerikan they are up in arms about it.
    @ Art knowing the position of being on the bottom(sheeptard), i guess we can all consider that an expert opinion. Now the USA is pressuring them, this is like a rapist pressuring a victim to admit that they wanted to be raped.
    This is a shame just like everything else the USAustase has been doing in the last 50 years.

    Bole Grob Nego Rob
    KOSOVO METOHIJA JE SRBIJA

    #10949
  6. Maximos7

    Let’s see how much the US would like it when Mexicans outnumbers caucasions in Texas and unilaterally declare it as an independent state!

    #10951
  7. dony

    No Serb politician will give recognition to kosovo independence because they would be dead men walking,it,s as simple as that

    #10956
  8. Sean

    This is more an act of desperation than provocation. The West knows that they cannot win the ICJ case so they’re fighting tooth and nail to bestow some kind of legitimacy to a NATO colony that most of world does not recognise as a sovereign state. All that Pristina can hope for at this stage, is to receive recognition from one country per month but the ICJ will most likely issue its verdict in favour of Serbia (probably within 12 months) and whatever remains of the Kosovo recognition process will come to a grinding halt.

    #10957
  9. Russian Mongols

    Go back to russia mongols! You have no land here in the Balkans

    #10958
  10. Veljkovic

    Nobody can take our heritage from us!

    #10966
  11. dony

    It won,t be the first time they have reinvented history.

    #10968
  12. BeliOraoSrbija

    @ russian mongols
    Great you can spell sheeptard mongrol, go back to to your own country ALBANIA.
    Bole Grob Nego Rob
    KOSOVO METOHIJA JE SRBIJA

    #10970
  13. Propaganda continues….the whole illegal theft of Kosovo was built on a lie….why stop now? Albanian muslims have to steal someone else’s heritage….what would be theirs? How would you showcase defecation and destruction?

    #10976
  14. Bobi

    This is Shame! Kosovo resembles of what it means to be Serb it is our History. You cant blame the Serbs that our homes churches and land was stolen by Albanian nationalists who were also responsible in Operation Storm of ethnically cleansing 500,000 Serbs.

    #10978
  15. Bobi

    http://www.kosovo.net

    Kosovo is Serbia never give up brothers Never Ever , OTETO=PROKLETO!

    #10979
  16. Veljkovic

    Dony,
    just like they say they are Illyrians, what a joke.

    #10982
  17. Dragan

    The reality is that bit by bit there will be no Serbs in Kosovo. The ALbanians- what they haven’t stolen have bought(through various measures) Serbian houses and farms and are doing it even as I type. To all of you thinking that one day in 10, 15 or 50 years Serbia’s armed forces will return to Kosovo are deluded. There will be no Serbs in Kosovo by this time and the territory won’t be of interest because there will be even more ALbanians and no Serbs and the remaining monasteries will be destroyed.

    Solution: The hard way. Grassroot effort by the Serbian people (Not Tadic and Belgrade) to make their presence known in Kosovo. Especially for members of the diaspora (since they seem to be the most vocal in their “Kocobo je Cpbuja”) to go to Kosovo. Yes its dangerous, but if you are truly convinced that Kosovo is Serbian you can do wonders travelling on your US,UK,SA,Aust and NZ passport. I’m sure you’re asking what will that achieve. Firstly, it will harden you to the realities of what our people are going through and harden you as an individual., secondly at any given time there will be more Serbs circulating in the province and a sense of ‘cult’ will develop amongst the diaspora of those who have and haven’t visited, thirdly the moral support your visit can provide to the 135,000 brave souls that have remained would be immeasurable and forthly, even if you were to get liquidated it would be good PR as most of the western governments wll have to investigate why a U.S or UK citizen was killed in a state that they create and protect.

    AM i waffling? Certainly but my waffling has one moral point. The Arnaut diaspora are much more involved, poltically, economically and physically then the Serbian diaspora. They always have been and most likely always will be. From Christian warriors we have become keyboard warriors. Im logging off.

    #10987
  18. Veljkovic

    Although, to tell the truth Dragan, we took Kosovo away from albania, on 1913. Our Diaspora know that, that’s why they are not so involved like our, and they also know the crimes we’ve commited in kosovo, bosnia and elsewhere.
    I hope and I pray everyday, the albaians and bosnians and the croatians can apologise us sometimes.

    #10989
  19. dony

    Dragan.
    There will be no action taken to liberate Kosovo under the present bunch of collaborators in Belgrade the serbs have to get rid of those clowns and then take military acttion to liberate Kosovo.

    #10990
  20. Veljkovic, why are you using Serbian name when its obvious you are a shiptar? Are you ashamed of who you really are? well, perhaps you should be.

    #10992
  21. dony

    That albanian is using the name of the real serbian Veljkovic,but the clown is not fooling anyone.

    #10993
  22. Bobi

    what a clever albanian takes someone else name and writes a comment under it but they are albanian and best at Stealing not only do they steal LANDS such as KOSOVO they steal NAMES such as VELJKOVIC. Sorry albanian fools your propaganda doesn?t work here.

    #10996
  23. Veljkovic

    I’m back the real Veljkovic, what a joke.

    Serbianna please take this fool off. It’s a insulate, I own the name Veljkovic from birth.

    #10998
  24. Veljkovic

    Kosovo is Srbija, and you Albo’s try to steal everything, even ones name, but it doesn’t suit you.
    PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC

    #10999
  25. Peggy

    Switzerland, (A.K.A. Nazi supporter hiding under the cloak of neutrality). Yes, this is true.

    Is it true that in Kosovo there are national heroes who harvested organs from children and sold them for profit? Their names being Thaci, Haradinaj and Ceku?

    #11024
  26. Bobi

    Switzerland None of them was found innocent after the organ investigation finishes they will be behind bars. How can you support former members of the KLA ( baby killers) they killed little girls and women for organs. Switzerland it is time for them to apologize to the world.

    #11048
  27. Bobi

    National hero of Kosovo albanians is Adem Jashri a man who killed Serbian children led Europe in crimes and started the first Terror Group of Europe called the KLA which was also responsible for cleansing 500,000 Serbs in Operation Strom. That is albanian national hero a terrorist.

    #11049
  28. Bobi

    Kosovo albanian national hero is Adem Jashari a terrorist who started the first terror group in Europe called KLA( also known as baby killers)

    http://www.kosovo.net

    #11050
  29. ERNIE

    A shkavell as n#2 really you can’t find a worst pathetic as your politicians ,world is laughing in your politics and when it comes to religion heritage those churches as today are known as serbians used to be albanian and im talking century’s before slavs arrived in balkans and still you can find trace’s of old albanian orthodox signs so please you people come to ballkan i 7 century and how come you have a heritage when all the sebians are north of ballkans and i mean north of albanian land’ and only your churches in south DOES ALL THIS MAKE ANY SENSE!!!??? and that all this proves how serbians for century’s occupied albanian lands and did how they feel liked but thanks god that it will never REPATED ANYMORE

    #11051
  30. ERNIE

    “baby killers”hey bobi dont waist my time and to come out will number of how many children serbian kill and no one killed in Europe since NAZIS and that link you posting that is only a serbian propaganda so please come out will some links from outside of serbian propaganda let me read

    #11053
  31. ERNIE

    To belooraoserbia do you know what is a difference Cigani from Shkavell {serb) Nothing and you people hate tham because the reality is they are your decedents if EU doesnt know we albanians know

    #11054
  32. BeliOraoSrbija

    @ ERNIE
    You mom and sister called, from the KFOR barracks. They dont want to be sold anymore.
    @ cigani is more of a human being than you mongrols of the balkans, left over turk butt buddies is all you people are.
    Bole Grob Nego Rob

    P.S. ERNIE is a HOMO

    #11057
  33. Veljkovic

    Serbianna clean up this mess

    #11074
  34. Veljkovic

    Propaganda?
    You mean the truth, and once it comes out, better run like you did 1999

    #11078
  35. Bobi

    Ernie your a joke and nothing more how can you support a terror organization such as KLA baby killers?

    #11087
  36. Bobi

    albanians trying to steal history like they stole kosovo and organs from children. How sad can you people get?

    #11090
  37. Bobi

    Every part of history on Kosovo is Serbian that is our land that was stolen by albanian aggression.

    http://www.kosovo.net

    #11091
  38. Tironsi

    KOSOVO IS SERBIA

    #11092
  39. dony

    Serbiana my post not going through.

    #11096
  40. Veljkovic

    dony,
    you should use my name everybody is….
    this is ridiculous, that our comments arn’t coming through and the Albo’s and fakes are.
    Never the less, once animals always animals, can’t exept nothing better from organ trading criminals.

    #11104
  41. Veljkovic

    Tironsi, ask your sister

    #11106
  42. Peggy

    I had my name stolen on another site and now Veljkovic seems to have the same problem.
    Whoever is parading round as Veljkovic, It won’t work.
    C’mon Albanians, are you that stupid that you cannot debate properly so you have to pretend to be one of us in order to discredit us?
    You are pathetic little losers, that’s all.

    #11114
  43. Veljkovic

    Do the serbianna moderators have a weekend off?

    #11116
  44. dony

    My reply to Tirosni not getting through.

    #11117
  45. Tirosni

    find me at http://www.gayalbania.com

    me and my father have a live movie from albania with love.

    #11123
  46. Tirosni

    Kosovo is Serbia
    We albanians stole Serbian land and god will punish us, I am ashed to call myself albanian. :(

    #11124
  47. ILLIRYA

    To most of brain washed really get a life and stop saying this and that when it commes to albanians because albanians didn’t go and kill someone as serbians did all over in ex yugo albanians didn’t kill more of 250.000 bosnians 20.000 of croations and 15.000 albanians and ethnick cleaning of millions of people and huundred of maas graves full body’s of childrens.women’s,man and elderly as Serbians did and serbia has to hald counter for GENOCIDE and that day it will comme BECAUSE ANYTHING IS WROTE AND SEALED WITH HARD PROVES AND NO ONE CAN HIDE ALL THOSE KILLING COMMITED BY SERBIANS and for the end I loved when a read coment wrote by serbians because this make me believe they will never comme out from that box what they leader’s told and teach them NACIONALIZEM

    #11125
  48. Rami

    Illi. Go tell your stories to a child, nothing you said is accurate especially leaving out the fact that 500.000 Serbs were cleansed during Operation Strom. Kla started the war in Yugo and is responsible along with Kosovo albanians who hid them.

    #11133
  49. Veljkovic

    Serbia and the rest of the decent world will never recognize this criminal state, never.
    So keap on spreading lies and selling organs, drugs and burning churches the world is not blind.

    #11145
  50. Veljkovic

    ILLIRYA,
    yeah right just like you say that you are Illyrian, whata load of crap, even your own most educated people say you are not.

    Albanians do not desend from Illyrians and therefore we were first in Kosovo and it’s ours.

    http://www.geocities.com/aia_skenderbeg/albanian_sources.html

    #11146
  51. Illirya? You sound like a BBC or CNN “reporter”….what are you job-hunting???

    #11152
  52. Hmm. The Angles colonized England after leaving Denmark around the time the Serbs set up in the Balkans. No one’s saying, “Go back to Denmark, Anglo-Saxon.” The Serbs forged a rich medieaval society strong enough to hold off powerful empires on all sides — Holy Roman (German), Hungarian, Byzantine (Greek) and Ottoman (Turk). They held out and thrived longer than the Angles and (later the Anglo-Saxons) held out before being overcome by rowboats full of Vikings and later Normans. The Serbs had no island fortress and their enemies outnumbered them at least 40 to 1. So, I can see the need to cover up Serb achievement. Everyone respects achievement, and we feel bad when we destroy something we respect. As a Canadian of Macedonian extraction, I wish the Partisan Serb and the Cetnik Serb would simply embrace and then meet the continued onslought from parties bent on trimming back their achievement. The Albanians, on the other hand, have a right to live in Kosovo, but the crimes against Serbs and their heritage by a barbaric core have undermined that right. The crimes are hideous and well-documented and a failure to punish REWARDS THE WORST BEHAVIOUR, a bad example for the rest. As for the region, clearly Kosovo je Serbije. As for ILLYRIA — I think everyone from Turkey to the coast of Slovenia might have a spot of Illyrian blood in them, including all Greeks. But give it up as a call to arms. It’s moronic. It’s like saying, “Stand up Caucasoids!”, or “Look at that Shar Planinec, I mean Universal Sheep Dog”.

    #11327
  53. dony

    Balkanizer.
    Fantastic comment.

    #11330
  54. TheRightOne

    Kosovo is not Serbia!

    #11354
  55. Veljkovic

    Oh yes it is!

    #11361
  56. Living in Serbia often reminds me of when I was a recent arrival in Mexico City some years ago. I had moved to Mexico for a four year stint as a journalist, and later, served as an intelligence and strategic policy analyst.
    Each day that I would peruse the local press, I was aghast at the prevalence of corruption, ineptitude, incompetence, and smugness ? qualities that were so commonplace as to at times be paraded as sources of national pride. And as time went on, and I acquired deeper personal experience, I saw that these reports only hinted at what lie beneath. Regrettably, the same has come true of my almost three years living in Serbia.

    #11919

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