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Rilindja Demokratike

E PREMTE 14 MAJ 1999

The Albanian language after the homeland

By Jaber STANI Albanian Kosovo arrived at its historic moment. At the beginning of the 1990s, the hope of the Kosovo Albanians for a clear self-determination and republican status was extinguished by the Tirana government (which had emerged from the first pluralist elections) through statements by its officials about not changing borders in the Balkans, while such a decision by the Tirana Parliament, which would have legitimized and encouraged the movement for statehood for the Kosovo Albanians, was not taken. Diplomatic relations were established with Belgrade, while the Albanians of Kosovo, excluded from their lands[?], were rushed to survive under Serbian bondage. Today it is becoming clear that the outbreak of the crisis was not accidental. It took a decade to understand that Milosheviç's regime strategy was ethnic cleansing and emptying Kosovo of Albanians. In this context, the positions of the Albanian political class in Tirana, including its silences, take on special historical weight. If there is a moral and political responsibility, it is linked to the lack of a national vision in the face of Kosovo's tragedy. This responsibility cannot be erased by belated patriotic rhetoric. Today, when the biblical exodus of the Kosovars has shaken the entire Albanian conscience, the question arises: what was done in time to prevent this catastrophe? Albanian remains behind the homeland when politics does not move at the same pace as the nation.
Jaber Stani Milosheviçit Kosovë Tiranë Ballkani Beograd

Berisha: a unified national government in Kosovo

Tirana's pro-Serb lobbies cannot defend the interests of the freedom fighters The Kosovo "President" publicly stated that he does not agree with the party, but the party seeks no direct gain. PAGE 3
Berisha Kosovë Tiranë

Alarms, abusive agricultural products with immigrants

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