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  Kosovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kosovo Polje (Kosovo Field) is just a small field which was the site of the Battle of Kosovo; when the communist government changed the name of the province to Kosovo in 1968, they also started pushing "Kosovo Polje" as the name of entire region.
Kosovo was also called "Republic of Kosova" by the shadow Kosovo Albanian government between a 1990 declaration of independence and the Kosovo War in 1999.
Kosovo's international status is anomalous in that although it is a province of the Republic of employees from all ethnic communities (Albanian, Serbian, Roma, Bosniac, etc), but dominated by veterans of the KLA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kosovo_and_Metohia   (1905 words)

  
 [Projekat Rastko] Milovan Radovanovic - Kosovo and Metohia - A Geographical and Ethnocultural Entity in the Republic of ...
Kosovo and Metohia - A Geographical and Ethnocultural Entity in the Republic of Serbia
Kosovo and Metohia is the integral part of the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the central region of the Old Serbia, the "Serbian Orleans", in the historical-geographical and cultural-civilisation sense.
The secession of Kosovo and Metohia and possibly western Macedonia means an end of the Republic of Macedonia and the reduction of the Republic of Serbia to, approximately the territory of the Principality, i.e.
www.rastko.org.yu /istorija/srbi-balkan/mradovanovic-kosovo.html   (8226 words)

  
 kosovo and metohia
Kosovo and Metohia (Serbian: Косово и Метохија;; Albanian: Kosova), often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia, which together with Montenegro constitutes Serbia and Montenegro.
Kosovo was economically important, as the modern Kosovar capital Pristina/Pristine was a major trading centre on routes leading to ports on the Adriatic Sea.
Metohia is the large valley at the west of the province; it could be seen as dark crescent on the left side of the map.
www.fact-library.com /kosovo_and_metohia.html   (3039 words)

  
 The Kosovo Chronicles, by Dusan Batakovic (Part 1b)
Kosovo and Metohia, land lying in the heart of the Balkans where viutal trade routes had crossed since ancient times, was settled by Slav tribes between the 7th and 10th centuries.
In the monasteries of Metohia and Kosovo, old theological and literary writings were transcribed and new ones penned, including the lives of local saints, from ordinary monks and priors to the archbishops and rulers of the house of Nemanjic.
In its proclamations to the people of Kosovo and Metohia, the CPY blamed the Serbian bourgeoisie for the mistreatment and persecution of the ethnic Albanian population, thus indirectly shifting the blame from the ruling structures of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to the entire Serbian nation.
www.snd-us.com /history/dusan/kc_part1b.htm   (15212 words)

  
 Serbian Government >> News >> Kosovo and Metohija >> Speech by Nebojsa Covic Deputy Prime Minister of Serbian ...
In Kosovo and Metohia, whatever the final solution might be, our desire is to have a strong and successful multiethnic society, like the one I have just described in Southern Serbia.
Kosovo and Metohia is the only part of former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia where people cannot move freely and where insecurity and fear of violence and death have been persistently and deliberately preserved.
Officials of Serbia and Yugoslavia, the state that Kosovo and Metohia is part of, have to provide information on their travel to the Province three days in advance.
www.arhiva.serbia.sr.gov.yu /news/2002-06/20/324818.html   (2124 words)

  
 The Kosovo Chronicles, by Dusan Batakovic (Part 1a)
Kosovo and Metohia, and entire Yugoslavia for that matter, depended on the rule of the communist leadership, which cunningly used the manipulation of ethnic differences to consolidate and maintain power.
The decision that Kosovo and Metohia be annexed to Serbia was made after the abolition of military rule on July 10,1945, perhaps under the influence of a large-scale ethnic Albanian resistance towards the new authorities.
Kosovo remained a primarily peasant environment where society was organized on the basis of tribal traditions, strongly influenced by the Islamic concept of society.
www.snd-us.com /history/dusan/kc_part1a.htm   (8306 words)

  
 [Projekat Rastko] Archaeology
The opinion of the earlier scholars was that Metohia was a region in the easternmost part of the Roman Dalmatia, and that Kosovo Polje was within the province of Moesia Superior.
There are numerous archaeological testimonies of the continuous presence of the Serbian population in Kosovo and Metohia since the Early Byzantine era, that is, since the VI cent..
As far as is known, from among all the Serbian areas, apart from those of Montenegro and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Metohia is the one with the greatest number of churches that have been in continuous use for over a thousand years.
www.rastko.org.yu /arheologija/djordje_jankovic.html   (1494 words)

  
 Centuries of Suffering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kosovo and Metohia is the ancient and original homeland of the Serbian people and the spiritual cradle of the Serbian Orthodox culture.
The expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohia region
Kosovo - Metohia: The Serbo - Albanian Conflict
www.kosovo.com /terror.html   (721 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / Kosovo and Metohia
Two members of the Kosovo Police and one other person were shot dead in the early hours of this morning near the town of Gnjilane, the UNMIK's police reported on Tuesday morning
The registration turnout of Kosovo Serbs for November 17 elections has somewhat improved, but there is no mass turnout among the Serb population; according to OSCE data, some 10,000 voters have registered in Kosovo, out of whom 1,150 in the northern part of the province
Kosovo Democratic Initiative leader Faik Jasari sharply condemned the ethnic Albanian terrorist gangs' attack on six members of the Hajra family
www.serbia-info.com /news/kosovo   (673 words)

  
 Balkan Repository Project - Kosovo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A comprehensive historical overview of the Kosovo problem.
A detailed analysis of the Serb-Albanian relations in Kosovo and Metohija during the last two centuries.
The author is focusing on Kosovo problem as not only a political but also a civilizational and cultural problem.
www.balkan-archive.org.yu /politics/kosovo   (350 words)

  
 Koordinacioni centar za KiM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the second day of her visit to Kosovo and Metohia, while visiting municipality Gračanica, the President of the CC in talking with citizens stated that, especially in the initiated process of decentralization the state will support the Serb community in Kosovo and Metohia trying to maintain Serb institutions wherever they are.
During the first day of her visit to Kosovo and Metohia, the President of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohia, Dr Sanda Rašković Ivić, spoke with Serbs in Gračanica.
The fundamental principal that we must unite around is Kosovo and Metohia, and not political parties", said Rašković Ivić in her interview to the TV station TV "Most" from Zvečan.
www.kc.gov.yu /C-engleski/index_en.html   (849 words)

  
 Zavicaj (Homeland) - Association of displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Association’s basic mission is to gather displaced persons from Kosovo and engage them in diverse activities, which would integrate them into the every day life of local communities as well as help them form a realistic picture of past, present and future events, so they can find their own way of living.
During the year 2002 ”Zavicaj” obtained for management (from “Zdravo da ste”) a project of psychosocial support for children of up to 14 years of age, which will be gathering and performing within the children workshops.
Workshop for Kosovo embroidery that encompassed 80 women making beautiful knitwear is also operational.
www.unijairl.org /english/enzav.htm   (1089 words)

  
 Crucified Kosovo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A new reissue of the video film "Crucified Kosovo" edited by the Diocese of Raska and Prizren was recently rendered with the blessing of Rt.
KFOR peace forces entered Kosovo and Metohia on June 13, 1999 with the aim to guarantee peace and safety to all the inhabitants of the province.
Just in the past eight months, although almost 40 000 men - the members of elite NATO troops and UN civil administration - were present, more than 85 Orthodox Serbian shrines, churches and monasteries were razed to the ground, damaged or desecrated.
www.spc.org.yu /Dogadjaji/Kosovo/film_e.html   (133 words)

  
 News -  14-4-2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We, the responsible, the religious heads from Kosovo and Metohia, express our deepest gratitude for the visit of our brothers, religious heads from Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Kosovo and Metohia from April 11 to 13, 2000, which followed our visit to Sarajevo paid from February 7 to 9.
Our expectation is that international community will provide the necessary support for the inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohia in achieving this aim.
We undertake the obligation to work jointly on the reconstruction of numerous destroyed and damaged religious structures in Kosovo and Metohia, and we appeal to our friends and partners in various international agencies to help us by rendering the necessary means, in order that we should realise this important task.
www.spc.org.yu /News/14-4-00_e1.html   (515 words)

  
 Crucified Kosovo: Destroyed and Desecrated Serbian Shrines
Destroyed and desecrated Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo and Metohia (June-October 1999)
Kosovo and Metohia's Cultural Heritage of Extreme Impotrance
Number of destroyed and desecrated Serbian shrines in different zones of responsibility of KFOR units deployed in Kosovo and Metohia (total 76)
www.rastko.org.yu /kosovo/crucified/default.htm   (431 words)

  
 UN Envoy Says Talks on Kosovo's Future Could Begin This Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The United Nations envoy to Kosovo says a timetable is in place that could lead to negotiations on the region's future later this year.
For almost six years now, the new reality of Kosovo Metohia has been that one ethnic community, the Serbian one, has been disappearing under the pressure and violent acts by the majority community," he said.
A top U.S. diplomat this week noted progress in Kosovo's attempt to meet the benchmarks on good governance, but said more must be done to protect the rights of minority Serbs.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-02-25-voa8.cfm   (542 words)

  
 Terror in Kosovo, the cradle of the Serbian Orthodox culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Terror in Kosovo, the cradle of the Serbian Orthodox culture
The Serbs did not usurp Kosovo and Metohia nor did they wrest this province from the Albanians in war.
The Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries of Kosovo and Metohia
home1.gte.net /pribich/kosovo/terror.htm   (777 words)

  
 [MOSTnews] Documentary film about Kosovo and Metohia at MIT.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A number of UN and NATO officials have confirmed that this has been an orchestrated terrorist action of ethnic cleansing aimed at expelling the Serb population from the province.
Ninoslav Randjelovic, an independent producer and author of documentary films from Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, has been a witness to the unfolding tragedy of Kosovo and Metohia since 1998, recording many of these events on film.
This material has been presented already at several academic institutions in the United States and Europe, including Columbia University in New York, Sorbone University in Paris, France, and at the "Youth of Europe" conference in Budapest, Hungary.
mailman.mit.edu /pipermail/mostnews/2004-April/000021.html   (288 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / Kosovo and Metohia Documents
Survey of terroristic attacks on journalists and translators carried out by Albanian separatists in autonomous region of Kosovo and Metohia between January 1st and October 31st 1998.
Principles of a political solution on Kosovo and Metohia adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia
Terrorism creates a serious threat to peace on Kosovo and Metohia.
www.serbia-info.com /news/kosovo/documents   (304 words)

  
 www.balkanpeace.org - CIB - KAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Articles on Kosovo before the rule of Milosevic
Kosovo Albanians stage first anti-KFOR demo, demand arms back
Security and justice, two key stumbling blocks for the UN in Kosovo
www.balkanpeace.org /cib/kam/index.shtml   (129 words)

  
 CNN In-Depth Specials - Focus on Kosovo - Related sites
Indeed, there is no shortage of sites, both official and personal, that detail the latest news, views and analysis related to the conflict.
Posts statements, analysis and interviews dealing with the crisis in Kosovo from the French ministry of diplomatic affairs
A Norwegian-based refugee council with a special section on Kosovo and Albania (in Norweigen and English)
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1998/10/kosovo/related.sites   (762 words)

  
 Kosovo - Serbian Orthodox Church and Post-war Suffering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kosovo - Serbian Orthodox Church and Post-war Suffering
Kosovo: Standards by the wayside,, Oct 10, 2005
Integral text of Kai Eide's Report on Kosovo,, Oct 09, 2005
www.kosovo.com   (147 words)

  
 appeal010820.htm - Appeal: RETURN AND EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL IN KOSOVO AND METOHIA! IN RECENT YEARS, THOUSANDS OF ...
In contrast, the UN authorities in Kosovo have made no effort to aid the release of Serbian political prisoners from Kosovo jails and have resolved almost none of the 1,300 cases of missing Kosovo Serbs and other non-Albanians, to date.
That the authorized Yugoslav and Serbian institutions be immediately involved in the exposure of all crimes perpetrated in Kosovo and that they be permitted the same access and investigating privileges as are granted to the international organizations and the UN authorities regarding the current mass-graves investigation in Serbia proper.
If the standards of respect for human rights in Kosovo are to be improved, then humanitarian organizations should be in the forefront in advocating that all human rights violations and offenders must be punished equally.
www.bndlg.de /%7Ewplarre/appeal010820.htm   (10656 words)

  
 Crucified Kosovo: Destroyed and Desecrated Serbian Shrines
The Voice of Kosovo and Metohia - Media and Publishing Center of Raska and Prizren Orthodox Eparchy
The cross which Kosovo was crucified on has been carved in Belgrade
© Copyright 1999-2000 Kosovo.Com / Voice of Kosovo and Metohia.
www.rastko.org.yu /kosovo/crucified   (431 words)

  
 Kosovo (& Metohia) / 'Kosova' / 'Dardania'
> Kosovo (& Metohia) / 'Kosova' / 'Dardania'
Kosovo Government Builds Homes To Close Post-war Refugee Cam
Kosovo Alb "Prime Minister" Threatens War if no In
pub18.ezboard.com /fbalkansfrm35?page=7   (483 words)

  
 David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Page 5
A Norwegian center assisting traumatized children and adults in Macedonia, Kosovo, Turkey, etc.
From Dept. of Homeland Security, this website encourages us to assemble a supply kit, a family plan, and to be informed.
BBC website includes timeline of key events affecting Kosovo, borders, etc., in a troubled region.
www.trauma-pages.com /pg5.htm   (5690 words)

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