Ditari i Luftes – Dielli

KOSOVA-DITARI I LUFTËS

August 20, 2016 by dgreca

Në foto: Ibrahim Rugova dhe Christopher Hill vizitë në Malishevë në kohë lufte/

KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ Rugova takon të dërguarin e SHBA/

PRISHTINË, 20 Gusht 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Para 18 viteve, në 20 gusht 1998,Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, takohej me përfaqësues amerianë e evropianë, derisa lufta vazhdonte…Para 20 viteve, në 19 gusht 1996, një diplomat i Shqipërisë ishte në Prishtinë…Këto i raportoja:

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-08-20.ata.html

[05] Heavy clashes in Drenica

PRISHTINE, 19 August /ATA correspondent B.Jashari reports: – New heavy clashes continued on Wednesday between forces of Kosova Liberation Army (KIA) and aggressive forces of Serbia in Llaushe, Acareve (Skenderaj), Cerovik and surrounding of Klina commune, during which the Serbian forces have suffered loses in military forces and equipment, sources of Council for the Defence of Human Rights in Likofc report.

With a lower intensity the fighting went on along the border line between Kosova and Albania, where heavy artillery of the Yugoslav army have shelled villages in the Deçani region.

Sources of Democratic League of Kosova (DLK) report that on Tuesday evening the Serbian military forces have shelled Banja village, where one Albanian was killed and three others were wounded, all members of one family. While on Wednesday in the villages Bubavec and Drenovc the Serbian forces torched houses of Albanians./fh/

[06] EU ready to help Kosova’s displaced population

PRISHTINE, August 19 (ATA)-The European Union (EU) Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner, Emma Bonino, in Prishtine on Wednesday expressed the EU readiness to provide humanitarian aid for Kosova’s displaced population as a result of the Serbian offensive.

“Preventive measures should be taken in Kosova to avoid a catastrophe, ” said Bonino at a meeting on Wednesday with the President of the Republic of Kosova, Ibrahim Rugova.Bonino is visiting Kosova at the head of a delegation which also includes the ambassador of Austria in Belgrade, Volfgang Petric.

Rugova said that the situation in Kosova continues to be very grave, due to the offensive of the Serb military and police forces and asked a powerful international humanitarian intervention in Kosova to help the civilian population and avoid a catastrophe. /b.j/mima/lm/

[22] U.S. envoy for Kosove Christopher Hill meets Rugova

PRISHTINE, August 20 (ata) – ATA correspondent B Jashari reports: The U.S. envoy for Kosove, Christopher Hill had a closed-door meeting in Prishtine on Thursday with the President of the Republic of Kosove, Ibrahim Rugova.

Attending the meeting also was the chairman of the Kosove Negotiating Group, Fehmi Agani. /mima/xh/

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[04] RECTOR STATOVCI MEETS WITH SECOND SECRETARY OF ALBANIA’S EMBASSY IN BELGRADE

PRISHTINE, AUGUST 19 9ATA) – By B Jashari: Rector of the University of Prishtine Prof Dr Ejup Statovci today met with the second secretary of the Embassy of Albania in Belgrade Artan Begolli, Information Service of the Prishtine University reports.

Statovci briefed the diplomat from Albania about enrollments for the new school year, the interest of the youths in studying and the preparations underway for the beginning of the new school year.

He thanked the Albanian government, the institutions and universities for the support provided to the Prishtine University. Statovci also voiced the will for a higher support and described as very important the signing of the agreement of cooperation between the University of Prishtine and those of Albania. pta/xh/Z/-Albanian Telegraphic Agency

LUFTA NË LAJME, Diplomati amerikan Jim O’Brian në Prishtinë

August 15, 2016 by dgreca

Në foto: Hapja e Zyrës Amerikane në Prishtinë, në 6 qershor 1996, u bë nga Nënsekretari Amerikan i Shtetit, Xhon Kornblum. Presidenti i Kosovës, Ibrahim Rugova, bashkë me familjen ka marrë pjesë në hapjen solemne të Zyrës Amerikane në Prishtinë, të parës nga gjithë bota, në një ditë historike.

KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ Diplomati amerikan Jim O’Brian në Prishtinë…/

-Raportime në 15 gusht 1998/

PRISHTINË, 15 Gusht 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Në Kosovë, para 18 viteve, në 15 gusht 1998, diplomati amerikan Jim O’Brian po takohej me Grupin negociator kosovar, në Zyrën e SHBA në Prishtinë… Bëhej thirrje të ndërhyjë faktori ndërkombëtar për të ndalë sulmet e forcave serbe, që po vrisnin e masakronin shqiptarët, po bomardonin dhe digjnin vendbanimet shqiptare, po bënin spastrim enik…Këtë e raportoja:

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-08-15.ata.html

[08] LDK urges urgent intervention to stop catastrophe in Kosova

PRISHTINE, Aug 15 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the Presidency of the Democratic League of Kosova called on international factors to urgently intervene to stop the attack in the Peja and Deçan, where Serb forces have also used the warplanes.

The appeal said that the consequences of this barbarous attack if not immediately interrupted could be catastrophic for the population of the area, where besides local populace there are a great number of refugees from other regions already ethnically cleansed.

The situation in Peja and Deçan areas, which are under attack is more than dramatic, the LDK presidency said. It called on the United States, European Union, NATO and the U.N. Security Council to undertake urgent action to oblige Serbia stop immediately the attacks and withdraw military and police forces from Kosova.

“It is time to exert a real pressure on Belgrade if it exists a real wish to resolve the Kosova issue,” the LDK appeal said. mp/das/ak/

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[09] Serb forces torch Suhareka villages

PRISHTINE, Aug 15 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that Serb forces set two Albanian villages on fire on Friday evening in the commune of Suhareke, Duhle and Bllaca, the Democratic League of Kosova division in Suhareka said.

These villages which were completely destroyed and ethnically cleansed, are engulfed by flames and fire. The Serb forces have raided all the houses. mp/das/ak/

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[11] Serb forces resume shelling in Lipjan, Shtimje

PRISHTINE, Aug 15 – ATA correspondent Behlu Jashari reported that Serb forces resumed shelling on Saturday at 14.30. p.m. from Zborc, commune of Shtimje, 30 km southwest of Prishtina.

The heavy artillery has shelled last night and early in the morning the villages of Kleçke, Shale and Krojmir of Lipjan commune and village of Pjetreshtice, commune of Shtimje.

Sources on the ground said that some Albanian civilians have been wounded and there are no reports on casualties.

The local population which had returned to its houses was forced to flee again due to new attacks of Serb forces and was now in open air in the mountains. fh/das/ak/

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[13] US senior adviser meets Kosova negotiation group

PRISHTINE, Aug 15 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the diplomat Jim O’Brian, senior adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, arrived in Kosova.

The U.S. diplomat, who is expected to attend the process of negotiations between Prishtina and Belgrade, met on Friday the negotiation group named by Kosova president Ibrahim Rugova at the U.S. office in Prishtina.

Following the announcement of the Kosova negotiation group, the U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill, who mediates talks between Prishtina and Belgrade, had said “the United States will remain an active partner in finding a solution to the Kosova issue” and in the days to come the Americans “will work tete-a-tete with the negotiation teams to go ahead.” shdha/ak/

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Ditari i Luftes, 9 Gusht 1996

August 9, 2016 by dgreca

KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ 9 gusht 1996: Rugova-Vetëm Pavarësi…/

PRISHTINË, 9 Gusht 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Çka tha Presidenti i Kosovës Ibrahim Rugova para 20 viteve, në 9 gusht 1996, në një konferencë shtypi në Prishtinë…

Para 17 viteve, në 9 gusht 1999, raportoja edhe për një tjetër varrezë masive të shqiptarëve të vrarë e masakruar nga forcat serbe gjatë luftës në Kosovë që kishte përfunduar para dy maujsh…

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1996/96-08-09.ata.html

[07] U.S. SHOULD LEAD THE KOSOVA QUESTION AND TALKS BETWEEN PRISHTINE AND BELGRADE – President Rugova

PRISHTINE, AUGUST 9 (ATA) – The stand of Kosova is that the U.S., in cooperation and in agreement with the European Union countries, should lead the Kosova question and intermediate in the Albanian-Serbian negotiations, said Mr Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosova, today in a news conference.

The statement was made after he commented some press reports that Belgrade is seeking a mediator in the talks with Prishtine.

“It is our policy and demand that the solution to the Kosova issue be reached through negotiations, this is the stand of the international community,” said Rugova asked about the readiness to start talks with Serbian President Milosevic.

“As in all the talks even in those between Belgrade and Prishtine each party has its own stands. We are defending and will continue to defend our stands, those of the referendum for an independent and neutral Kosova, those of the Kosova leadership and people,” said President Rugova. aca/xh/

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[15] Another mass grave discovered in Kosove

PRISHTINE, August 9 (ATA) – ATA correspondent, Behlul Jashari, reports that another mass grave is discovered in Kosove. The grave with 97 Albanian imprisons executed in the Dubrave prison, is found near Instog.

This mass grave is situated amid the village of Padalishte and Rakosh, along Mitrovice-Istog road, the Commission of Kosove Interim Government charged with investigation of war crimes, informed on Monday.

According to the testimonies the execution is made in prison cells.

In the meantime nothing is known on the fate of 5000 Albanians kidnapped and imprisoned by Serbs. /SH.Dha/A.A/

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DITARI I LUFTËS-6 Gush1998-DITË ZIJE

August 6, 2016 by dgreca

KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ 6 gusht 1998: Presidenti Rugova shpallte Ditë Zie…/

PRISHTINË, 6 Gusht 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Para 18 viteve, në 6 gusht 1998, Presidenti i Republikës Ibrahim Rugova shpallte 7 gushtin ditë zie në gjithë Kosovën për shumë shqiptarët e vrarë e të masaktuar e të groposur në varreza masive në Rahovec. Raportoja për këtë, si edhe për varreza tjera masive në Kosovë me shqiptarë të vrarë e të masakruar nga forcat okupatore e kriminale serbe, të cilat vazhdonin me sulme të reja në shumë rajone të vendit që kërkonte lirinë e pavarësinë dhe për këtë luftonte…

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-08-06.ata.html

[11] Attacks of Serb forces in Drenice and Rrafsh of Dukagjin.

PRISHTINE, August 6 (ata) – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reports: The attacks of Serb forces have continued today too in Drenice and Rrafsh of Kosove (Central Kosove.) After bombing last night, today Serb troops have entered a part of village Rezalle, while ruining and burning continued today too in the villages Likovc, Plluzhine, Izbice and some other villages of Drenice.

Forces of the Yugoslav Army were seen today morning also on the Rrafsh of Kosove, near village Pantine, between the cities Vushtri and Mitrovice, where bombing has started. Near Pantine is one of the ways used by war refugees from Drenice to pass through Qyqaveca towards Vushtri. In the commune of Vushtri over 25 000 Albanian refugees have arrived from the regions of Skenderaj, Malisheve and Kline, covered by the flames of war. /p.ta/xh/

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[21] President Rugova declares August 7 a day of mourning in Kosove

PRISHTINE, August 6 (ata) – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reports: August 7 is a day of mourning for Kosove. “The President of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova declared August 7, 1998 a day of mourning throughout the territory of Kosove for the victims killed, the massacres and mass graves in Rahovec caused by Serb military and police forces,” says a statement of the presidency. /la/das/xh/

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-08-07.ata.html

[03] Council for Human Rights in Kosove confirms mass graves existing in Kosove

PRISHTINE, August 6 (ata) – ATA correspondent B Jashari reports:

Unfortunately it is true that that mass graves exist in Kosove where Serb forces have put Albanian victims most of whom massacred children and women, sources of the Human Rights Council in Prishtine report.

Even before western press uncovered the fact that mass graves do exist in Rahovec, the Human Rights Council in Kosove has informed the opinion several times of such macabre acts by Serb forces.

In March this year, Serb forces placed in a common mass grave more than 50Albanians massacred and killed in Prekaz of Drenice. In July, at least 10 Albanians, massacred and killed, were put in mass graves in Prizren, but many eyewitnesses have declared that their number is much greater. Witnesses have also declared of mass graves in Rahovec, after the massacre in that town. Such mass graves also exist in the outskirts of Decan, while many unidentified killed Albanians in Gjakove, Peje, Prizren, Prishtine and some other cities in Kosove have been violently buried on order of Serb police.

According to the Human Rights Council in Prishtine, at least 430 Albanians are reportedly missing this year in Kosove. They are suspected to have been killed and secretly buried by Serb forces in an effort to cover the traces of crime. In Rahovec alone according to information of the Council, around 140 Albanians are missing while at least 60 others are supposed to have been massacred and killed. /la/das/xh/

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DITARI I LUFTES- 20 KORRIK 1998

July 29, 2016 by dgreca

KOSOVA-LUFTA NË LAJME/ Para 18 vitesh, në 29 korrik 1998: Diplomatë nga BE e SHBA takojnë Rugovën e UÇK-në/

-Pa lajme nga Malisheva, ku kishin hyrë forca të mëdha serbe, sulme të reja në Drenicë…/

-Para 17 viteve, të 29 korrik 1999, Sekretarja Amerikane e Shtetit, Madeleine Albright, erdhi në Kosovën e lirë/

PRISHTINË, 29 Korrik 2016-Gazeta DIELLI-Behlul JASHARI/ Nuk ka lajme nga Malisheva, ku kanë hyrë forca të mëdha serbe, derisa aviacioni luftarak serb fluturon ulët mbi Prishtinë e rajone tjera të Kosovës, raportoja para 18 vitesh, në 29 korrik 1998. Atë ditë kam raportuar edhe për përqëndrime forcash serbe te Skënderaj, me sulmet e reja të të cilave përballej Drenica, se Bashkimi Eropian kërkonte urgjentisht ndaljen e dhunës në Kosovë…Raportoja se një delagacion nga Bashkimi Evropian kishte mbërritur në Prishtinë për t’u takuar me Presidentin Ibrahim Rugova e përfaqësues tjerë të shqiptarëve, se diplomati nga Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës Christopher Hill është takuar me Ushtrinë Çlirimtare të Kosovës.

Sot po sjellim edhe lajme që kam raportuar para 17 viteve, të 29 korrikut 1999, kur Sekretarja Amerikane e Shtetit, Madeleine Albright, kishte mbërritur në Kosovën e lirë, pak kohë pas përfundimit të luftës. Dhjetëra mijëra shqiptarë u mblodhën në Prishtinë për ta përshëndetur me mirënjohejen e falënderimin e përjetëshëm…

http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/ata/1998/98-07-29.ata.html

[07] EU delegation arrives in Prishtine

PRISHTINE, July 29 (ATA)-A European Union (EU) delegation, composed of senior officials from Austria, Great Britain and Germany, arrived in Kosova today.

The EU “troika” is due to meet with the president of the Republic of Kosova, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, and hold other meetings with Albanian representatives. /bj/das/lm/

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[08] No news available from Malisheve

PRISHTINE, July 29 /ATA correspondent B. Jashari reports: There is no information available from Information centre and the Council for the Defence of Human Rights in Kosova about what is happening in Malisheve, where heavy Serb military, police and paramilitary forces entered last night.

Sources from the spot say that the population have fled Malisheve and many villages.

Public opinion in Kosova and the Prishtine press express the fear that massacres might take place there. Serbian post office last night cut off mobile telephone links in Prishtine and other centres of Kosova.

Yugoslav army military planes are hovering over Prishtine today, while fighting is going on in many parts of Kosova. The most dramatic situation prevails in Junik, the biggest village in the area bordering Albania, which has been under the siege and attack of Serb forces for several days now. /la/das/lm/

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[12] Yugoslav forces deployed around Skenderaj

PRISHTINE, July 29 (ATA) – Drenica is facing a new attack by large Serb military forces. Many tanks, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and heavy artillery weapons are moved in around Skenderaj and Llaushe village since midday.

The thumps of artillery rounds could be heard from Runiku surroundings engulfed by columns of black smoke. /bj/ak/

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[14] EU urges immediate halt to violence, start of dialogue in Kosova

PRISHTINE, July 29 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that a European Union (E.U) troika delegation headed by Albert Rohan, Secretary General at the Austrian Foreign Ministry urged in a meeting with President Ibrahim Rugova in Prishtina on Wednesday a prompt halt to violence in Kosova and start of Prishtine-Belgrade dialogue for a peaceful solution to the crisis there.

Rohan and Rugova said that the meeting was very important particularly in these difficult moments Kosova is facing and the latest Serb offensives in Malisheve, Junik and other parts.

Rugova asked for preventive measures by the European Union, United States and international community to prevent massacres and ethnic cleansing under way in Kosova.

“We are in unity with all the political groupings. We will include all political forces in a wide ranging coalition government to pave the way for dialogue,” Rugova said.

“Given the conditions Kosova is facing is very difficult to negotiate but, however we should negotiate,” Rugova said.

The delegation comprising political directors of the foreign ministries of Great Britain and Germany, held close door meetings with parliamentary deputies and the negotiating group of Kosova. It (delegation) was expected to meet with the U.S. diplomat on Kosova Christopher Hill. mima/ak/

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[15] US diplomat meets KLA fighters

PRISHTINA, July 29 – ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reported that the U.S. diplomat on Kosova Christopher Hill on Wednesday visited Drenica, the Kosova region engulfed by war.

Informal sources said that the U.S. diplomat, who was accompanied by representatives of political parties and associations in Kosova, held a close door meeting with the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) fighters and no statement was made after it. rxh/mima/ak/

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[11] Albright meets with Thaci and other Kosova Albanian politicians in Prishtine

PRISHTINE, July 29-ATA Correspondent Behlul Jashari reports: Tens of thousands of Albanians gathered in Prishtine today in front of the U.N. and KFORF headquarters to greet U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Albright met with the head of the Kosova interim government, Hashim Thaci, and his cabinet members, as well as with the LDK deputy chairmen.

Albright met earlier with academician Rexhep Qosja, head of the United Democratic Movement, and Hydajet Hyseni, one of the leaders of this party.

Albright arrived at Prishtine airport at 09:15 (local time) and at first met with the KFORF commander, British Lieutenant-General Mike Jackson, and the head of the United Nations administration running Kosova, Bernard Kouchner. /pas/lm/

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[20] We will build a free and democratic Kosova – Albright

PRISHTINE, July 29 (ata) – ATA correspondent in Kosova Behlul Jashari reports: “We will build a free and democratic Kosova,” with tolerance and cooperation among all factors in Kosova, the U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, told thousands of citizens gathered in Prishtine from all Kosova.

“Kosova will always be your house and never again will people with guns come in the night. Never again will houses and villages be burned and never again will there be massacres and mass graces,” she said.

She added that Milosevic will respond for his crimes, and voiced the hope that “there will be a birth of freedom based on tolerance, law and respect for human rights.”

In the afternoon, Albright will visit the U.S. sector where she will meet with U.S. officers in Gjilan. The U.S. Secretary of State is also expected to meet with Serb representatives in Kosova. /p.ta/xh/

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