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Due to the recent-past, when I was caught in between Kosovo war, and crisis Kosova went through eversince I was born, I got involved in politics and reading about international relations.
I mainly contribute in articles related to Kosova and Albanian related articles. I also find technology related articles interesting.
Greetings
ilir
p.s. Message to revert warriors, stay_cool, you will change nothing by that kind of behaviour, instead learn about NPOV and learn to agree to disagree.
Useful links on Kosovo-related issues
CDRSEE Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in SEE
Civic Dialogue (CiD), a non-partisan, multi-ethnic initiative of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Serbia and Kosova, was launched in 2002 to abrogate the consequences of the violent conflicts in former Yugoslavia.
Mini-documentary (video on a website) on Skanderbeg, the greatest Albanian hero.
Even Russian officialsopenly admit that the formal recognition of independence of Kosova is closer than never before.
Smart politician Montenegro's PM, Djukanovic, on Kosovo issue (it is in Serbian only, sorry)
Useful links on technology and sciences
Digg.com a great resource on news about technology. (highly recommendable)
Network World a good resource for Networking related issues
InformIT one of the best resources of free articles on IT. (highly recommendable)
Physics A collection of videos recorded of an amazing MIT professor, lecturing physics.
Physics The same professor as above, lecturing on Electromagnetism.
News
Done with the thesis, delivered it. Now I can dedicate more time for my beloved Misplaced Pages. Hope someone did not miss me a lot, if yes, I will try to make it up for you.
My new blog I decided to restart my blogger. Don't remember the details of the old one, was too busy with other stuff.
Evidence on more attrocities committed toward the innocent civillian population. (Beware of the photographs section, do not watch them unless you have a strong stomach)
Albanian students were subject to discrimination, and were not allowed to study in the regular schools for more than 8 years. Attempts for peaceful protests were crushed by the Serbian police resulting in many imprisoned and severely beaten.
(more to come soon).
What ? You are delusional. THese are NOT reasons for independence. These ALLEGED atrocities, even if they happened, do not justify Kosovo's independence. Although totally unacceptable, of course, Milosevic's actions were the result of many Serbs in Kosovo being harrassed by Albanians , unendingly for many centuries.
Furthermore, albania has NEVER had a state in Kosovo. IT has always been part of Serbia. Just because a group of people have a majority, it doesn't entitle the country to be seperated from where it belongs. How many albanian mosks are there in Kosovo - none. How many christian monasteries _ thousands. No albanian relics. Albanians were simply a bunch of shepherds until the 1920s. THe serbs were gracious enough to let them use their land in kosovo.
As for discrimination of students -that's crap. As you well know
1) Yugoslavia was the 1st country in the WORLD to allow an ethnic minority to have independent schools and universities, run in Albanian language.
2) The reason why the students were disenfranchised was not due to discrimintation, but due to Albanians own reason; these being
a) Albanians in Kosovo had the highest birth rate in Europe, living in extended families of 30 -40 per household
b) ALbanians were largey uneducated and illeterate, making them unemployable
c) the rate of unemployement in Kosovo was highest in all Yugoslavia. Many Serbs left and got jobs elsewhere, while many ALbanian refugees (from Albania) kept migrating to Kosovo (because it was still a mile better than Albania). THis population pressure further increased unemployment
d) After the students graduated, many simply went straight into the large group of unemployed. When people are poor and unhappy, they naturally tend to start uprisings and conflicts. Many albanian student joined the terrorist group KLA, which was supported by Al Qaeda and other Muslim terrorists.
3) IT was albanian people that ethnically cleansed the Serbs. Ever since the 16th century when ALbanians converted to Islam and became more accepted to the Turks, the Turks cleansed Serbs, in which the Albanians were only too happy to contribute to. As the Serbs left, more and more albanians migrated to Kosovo.
4) Even in the 20th century, Albanians continued to terrorise and murder Serbian farmers.
5) I am not a Serb, but i visited Kosovo once in the 80s. I experienced that many of the Albanian inhabitants were harassing my family and i just because we were white and christian.
Countries/Cities visited outside Kosova (sorted by year)
Ilir pz is awarded the Seal of Skanderbeg for his tireless efforts to maintain NPOV on Misplaced Pages, particularly on the Kosovo article. Telex 18:36, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
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Montenegro - Ulqin
FYROM - Shkup
Albania - Tirana, Durrës, Kukës, Vlorë, Sarandë
Bulgaria - Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Sandanski, Stara Zagora, Lovech, Burgas
USA - New York City, Baltimore, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, San Diego, California
Norway - Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim, Bodø
Sweden - Göteborg
Denmark - København
Netherlands - Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Den Haag, Schiermonnikoog
France - Paris
Germany - München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Köln
