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FoNet
May 5, 2009
EULEX fire tear gas at Serb protesters
CAGLAVICA - EULEX police have yet again used tear gas to break up Serb protests in the northern Kosovska Mitrovica suburb of Brdani.
The Serbs, who began their protest at just before 11:00 CET, broke through a Kosovo Police Service cordon, and headed for the so-called yellow demarcation line that divides the local Serb and Albanian communities, at which point EULEX members fired tear gas at the onrushing protesters.
Nobody was injured in the incident, and the protest, the eleventh in as many days, ended at about midday. A new protest is planned for tomorrow.
EULEX officials are acting in support of the Kosovo police and in coordination with KFOR, in order to uphold public order and prevent any escalation of the violence in the northern Kosovska Mitrovica suburb, EULEX spokesman Christoph Lamfalussy said following yesterday's incidents.
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Sinisa Lazic, a Serb representative from Brdani, was injured during protests yesterday, which were broken up by EULEX police. ============
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http://en.rian.ru/world/20090504/121429639.html
Russian Information Agency Novosti
May 4, 2009
Serb rally in Kosovska-Mitrovica dispersed, 1 injured
SARAJEVO - A rally of Serbs protesting for a second week in Kosovska-Mitrovica against the return of Albanians to Serb areas has been dispersed with tear gas, the chief spokesman for EULEX said Monday.
Christophe Lamfalussy added that one protester may have been injured.
The Serbs are protesting against the return of ethnic Albanians to homes in predominantly Serb areas of the city, which the European Union's EULEX security mission started to push ahead with last week.
Tensions flared on April 27 when EU police, backed by the NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR, fired tear gas at Serbian demonstrators attempting to enter an ethnic-Albanian area of Kosovska-Mitrovica. Tear gas was also used on Thursday as NATO forces and EU police tried to control around 50 people demonstrating in the divided city.
Kosovo's minority Serb population, which is dominant in the north of the territory, began to protest last week in Brdjani, a district of Kosovska-Mitrovica where the EU mission is trying to rebuild houses belonging to Albanians that were razed during the 1999 war.
The Serbs demand a ban on the return of ethnic Albanians until the same opportunity is provided to Serbs in the southern, Albanian-majority part of Mitrovica, which is split into mainly Albanian and Serb sections by the Ibar River.
"Several years ago the Serbs and Albanians agreed to draw a 'yellow line' dividing the Albanian Sukhoi district and the Serbian Brdjani district," a police official in Kosovo told RIA Novosti earlier. "They agreed to do nothing without agreeing with each other, but the Albanians didn't follow the agreement and started rebuilding their homes, ignoring the agreement."
According to the official, the Serbs insist the agreement is honored and oppose the Albanians crossing the yellow line.
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in February 2008, but has only been recognized by 56 of the 192 UN member states.
FoNet
May 5, 2009
EULEX fire tear gas at Serb protesters
CAGLAVICA - EULEX police have yet again used tear gas to break up Serb protests in the northern Kosovska Mitrovica suburb of Brdani.
The Serbs, who began their protest at just before 11:00 CET, broke through a Kosovo Police Service cordon, and headed for the so-called yellow demarcation line that divides the local Serb and Albanian communities, at which point EULEX members fired tear gas at the onrushing protesters.
Nobody was injured in the incident, and the protest, the eleventh in as many days, ended at about midday. A new protest is planned for tomorrow.
EULEX officials are acting in support of the Kosovo police and in coordination with KFOR, in order to uphold public order and prevent any escalation of the violence in the northern Kosovska Mitrovica suburb, EULEX spokesman Christoph Lamfalussy said following yesterday's incidents.
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Sinisa Lazic, a Serb representative from Brdani, was injured during protests yesterday, which were broken up by EULEX police. ============
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http://en.rian.ru/world/20090504/121429639.html
Russian Information Agency Novosti
May 4, 2009
Serb rally in Kosovska-Mitrovica dispersed, 1 injured
SARAJEVO - A rally of Serbs protesting for a second week in Kosovska-Mitrovica against the return of Albanians to Serb areas has been dispersed with tear gas, the chief spokesman for EULEX said Monday.
Christophe Lamfalussy added that one protester may have been injured.
The Serbs are protesting against the return of ethnic Albanians to homes in predominantly Serb areas of the city, which the European Union's EULEX security mission started to push ahead with last week.
Tensions flared on April 27 when EU police, backed by the NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR, fired tear gas at Serbian demonstrators attempting to enter an ethnic-Albanian area of Kosovska-Mitrovica. Tear gas was also used on Thursday as NATO forces and EU police tried to control around 50 people demonstrating in the divided city.
Kosovo's minority Serb population, which is dominant in the north of the territory, began to protest last week in Brdjani, a district of Kosovska-Mitrovica where the EU mission is trying to rebuild houses belonging to Albanians that were razed during the 1999 war.
The Serbs demand a ban on the return of ethnic Albanians until the same opportunity is provided to Serbs in the southern, Albanian-majority part of Mitrovica, which is split into mainly Albanian and Serb sections by the Ibar River.
"Several years ago the Serbs and Albanians agreed to draw a 'yellow line' dividing the Albanian Sukhoi district and the Serbian Brdjani district," a police official in Kosovo told RIA Novosti earlier. "They agreed to do nothing without agreeing with each other, but the Albanians didn't follow the agreement and started rebuilding their homes, ignoring the agreement."
According to the official, the Serbs insist the agreement is honored and oppose the Albanians crossing the yellow line.
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in February 2008, but has only been recognized by 56 of the 192 UN member states.
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