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rights reserved. No part of
this website and no picture can be used without permission.
..........This
website and its associated webpages were prepared by by William
R. Slomanson,
Visiting Professor, Pristina University (Kosovo) & Professor
of Law, Thomas Jefferson (San Diego). ......................................
Intro: Omen
& Presenter's Op-eds: Making an independent Kosovo a reality (2008) &.The effort to rebuild Kosovo is failing (2004)
Historical
Chronology:
1389 Battle of Kosovo / 1455-1912 (Ottoman) / 1878 Treaty Berlin
(boundaries)
.........1919 Versailles Treaty (boundaries again) /
1929 "Yugoslavia"
/ 1941 German invasion / 1945 Tito's
Federation
.........1985
Albanian parallel systems
& Serbian
response) / Brief Yugoslavia History (BBC)
& Learned Treatise (Wikipedia)
.........1991
Uprising National shrine & Nationalism
NATO 1999 Bombing:
.........US:Campbell
v. Clinton, 203 F.3d 19 (Court Appeals, Wash., D.C., Feb.
18, 2000) [War Powers Act].
.........Int'l
legal views: Not UN reso--humanitarian
intervention / Local
& international analyses--Jurist Web
..... ...Actual bombing: City "smart
bombing" / Rural bridges-click here./
Tank tunnels-click here./
Minefields-click here
..... ............................Reaction to US bombing country: Pristina
/ "Memorial".Gilan
.........Airport: Clark-Jackson confrontation re Russians
.........ICTY: . NATO's Uranium-tipped
munitions
UNSC
Reso. 1244
Kosovo's Constitution
(1999) & Implementing Framework (2001)
.........."10-10-120"
-> 10
Serbian, 10 U.N.-selected (other minorities), 100 local population
(Albanian)
.........Freedom of Expression: Neo-colonialism?.& Artistic
Expression (FUND)
Mar. 17, 2004: Two steps
back
November
2005: Contact Group
(France, Germany, Italy, Russia, UK & US)
....................................Guiding Principles for a settlement of the Status
of Kosovo
March 2007: UNOSEK (United Nations Special Envoy for Kosovo
Atasari)
....................................Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement
Feb.
17, 2008: Declaration Independence & E.U. on Kosovo (Feb. 18, 2008) & Kosovo Constitution (June 15, 2008)
March 6, 2008: Golden Opportunity
Economics: Size / Population / Unemployment / EU & Donor Economics / Import-export
ratio
Infrastructure:
Problems / Solutions
Pollution: Issues
KSU: Program / Facilities / Class
/ More "Class" /
Commemoration
/ ATA Staff / Mixed Class 2006
People: Favorite pair Culture: click here Religion: click here Dress: click here.
Geopolitics: 51st State v.
Independence v. Autnonomy (> Tito than UN)
Fun Pix: click here
Provincial Capitol: at night
.Last rev:
10/05/08
Maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps
