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Articles - Albin Kurti
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The Republic’s Economy
19.01.2012The Republic of Kosova is a Parliamentary Republic and as such, the Parliament of the Republic of Kosova is its highest political, representative and legislative body in Kosova. In a decision for...
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The Western Balkans and the EU: The case of Kosova - Albin Kurti
09.11.2011Kosova is being told that its EU membership is at least one decade away. Just as we should be certain that we will one day be an EU member, we should also be certain that we will not become one...
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Dialogue in Brussles: EU between Kosova and Serbia - Albin Kurti
07.11.2011Next February, it will be four years since Kosova declared its independence. 84 countries have so far recognized Kosova’s independence, including 22 out of 27 EU members. However, since the path...
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Letter to Ambassador Fitou
26.10.2011Yesterday, nine activists of LëvizjaVETËVENDOSJE! exercised their right to protest against the government during a presentation by the Minister of Internal Affairs Bajram Rexhepi at...
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Objection against the panel
14.06.2010I am objecting to this panel of judges because by taking this case, each of you show approval of and complicity in the previous discriminatory, ethical and human rights violations in the case against...
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Objection against the panel
14.06.2010I am objecting to this panel of judges because by taking this case, each of you show approval of and complicity in the previous discriminatory, ethical and human rights violations in the case against...
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Explaining non-attendance
14.06.2010I did not show up for the first court session because I do not recognise EULEX, and because this case is politically motivated. That EULEX is an undemocratic power and that this is an unjust...
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Explaining non-attendance
14.06.2010I did not show up for the first court session because I do not recognise EULEX, and because this case is politically motivated. That EULEX is an undemocratic power and that this is an unjust...
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Just as an activist should be
26.04.2010In the 86th year of his life, if Baca Ali could open his eye, he read, and if he could move his hand, then he wrote. The last year of his life, was not at all unusual. He did what he’d always...
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Civil Society: Bringing down regional walls
06.11.2009Speech at the Regional Conference of the Schools of Political Studies A couple of weeks ago, at a conference like this, in this very hotel, the ambassador of an EU country, while mentioning some of...
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“On the side of resistance”
12.09.2009Historically, the Albanian question and especially Kosova has occurred in a framework constructed by a foreign regime, a domestic regime, the people and different movements within the system The...
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All Form and no Substance
17.02.2009The month of February is remembered in Kosova for two events from the past two years. On the 17th it will be one year since parliament declared Kosova independent. A big fiesta followed what had been...
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All Form and no Substance
17.02.2009The month of February is remembered in Kosova for two events from the past two years. On the 17th it will be one year since parliament declared Kosova independent. A big fiesta followed what had been...
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The Injustice of Stability
30.12.2008The optimism of Albanians in Kosova is traditionally high at the beginning of the year, for then to mark a significant drop towards the end. At the start of every year, expectations are high, but when...
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The Injustice of Stability
30.12.2008The optimism of Albanians in Kosova is traditionally high at the beginning of the year, for then to mark a significant drop towards the end. At the start of every year, expectations are high, but when...
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RTK just like Jakup
04.12.2008On the day before the November 19th demonstration in Prishtina, the protest organizers held a press conference. Many journalists from Kosova and outside attended. A similar press conference was held...
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RTK just like Jakup
04.12.2008On the day before the November 19th demonstration in Prishtina, the protest organizers held a press conference. Many journalists from Kosova and outside attended. A similar press conference was held...
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RTK just like Jakup
04.12.2008On the day before the November 19th demonstration in Prishtina, the protest organizers held a press conference. Many journalists from Kosova and outside attended. A similar press conference was held...
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Speech of Albin Kurti at the demonstration in front of UNMIK and EULEX on 2.12.2008
02.12.2008Dear Citizens of Kosova and participants in this demonstration, Today, we have turned winter into spring. . . Fatmir Sejdiu’s and Hashim Thaçi’s opposition to the 6 points is a...
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Speech of Albin Kurti at the demonstration in front of UNMIK and EULEX on 2.12.2008
02.12.2008Dear Citizens of Kosova and participants in this demonstration, Today, we have turned winter into spring. . . Fatmir Sejdiu’s and Hashim Thaçi’s opposition to the 6 points is a...
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Rebirth Politics
27.11.2008The four Albanian-majority “vilayets” (Shkodra, Kosova, Manastir and Janiana Vilayets) in the Ottoman Empire had a combined territory of 92,000 square kilometers. In 1913, at the Ambassadors...
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Rebirth Politics
27.11.2008The four Albanian-majority “vilayets” (Shkodra, Kosova, Manastir and Janiana Vilayets) in the Ottoman Empire had a combined territory of 92,000 square kilometers. In 1913, at the Ambassadors...
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Rebirth Politics
27.11.2008The four Albanian-majority “vilayets” (Shkodra, Kosova, Manastir and Janiana Vilayets) in the Ottoman Empire had a combined territory of 92,000 square kilometers. In 1913, at the Ambassadors...
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The Evolving Deception
20.11.2008How can you know what issues are the most important for Kosova? It is very easy. Read the newspapers and write down what they present as the most important topics. Then, watch the broadcast of the...
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The Evolving Deception
20.11.2008How can you know what issues are the most important for Kosova? It is very easy. Read the newspapers and write down what they present as the most important topics. Then, watch the broadcast of the...
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Speech at the demonstration of the 19th of November 2008
19.11.2008Citizens and participants in this demonstration, We are gathered here today, to say NO to the partition of Kosova. Kosova should be sovereign, the people and only the people should decide about...
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Speech at the demonstration of the 19th of November 2008
19.11.2008Citizens and participants in this demonstration, We are gathered here today, to say NO to the partition of Kosova. Kosova should be sovereign, the people and only the people should decide about...
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Old Signs
06.11.2008On March 23, 1989 the Kosova autonomy was annulled and the Kosova Assembly building was surrounded by tanks. Inside the building there were also votes by infiltrators who were not even delegates. Only...
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Old Signs
06.11.2008On March 23, 1989 the Kosova autonomy was annulled and the Kosova Assembly building was surrounded by tanks. Inside the building there were also votes by infiltrators who were not even delegates. Only...
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Asymmetry of Ban Ki-moon's Letters
15.09.2008UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent letters to Serbian President Boris Tadic and Kosova President Fatmir Sejdiu. This is the end, not the beginning, of the similarities between the two letters...
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Asymmetry of Ban Ki-moon's Letters
15.09.2008UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent letters to Serbian President Boris Tadic and Kosova President Fatmir Sejdiu. This is the end, not the beginning, of the similarities between the two letters...
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(A very costly) dependence on the recognitions of independence
15.09.2008Since the declaration of independence on 17 February, the main political topic discussed in the Kosovo institutions and media has been the recognition of the declared independence. The recognition has...
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(A very costly) dependence on the recognitions of independence
15.09.2008Since the declaration of independence on 17 February, the main political topic discussed in the Kosovo institutions and media has been the recognition of the declared independence. The recognition has...
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Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall
29.06.2008When UNMIK arrived in the summer of 1999 nobody thought it would stay 9 years. If people had known back then that UNMIK would stay for next 9 years they would not have welcomed it with flowers, but...
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Albin Kurti's speech at the KIJAC seminar “Transitional Justice in the Republic of Kosovo”
27.05.2008One is in a transition precisely by being certain that transition will end soon within a definite timeframe. In this sense we are not in a transition, since we are always in a transition....
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Albin Kurti's speech at the KIJAC seminar “Transitional Justice in the Republic of Kosovo”
27.05.2008One is in a transition precisely by being certain that transition will end soon within a definite timeframe. In this sense we are not in a transition, since we are always in a transition....
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"Freedom is won"
14.02.2008Speech given on the occasion of the commemoration of the first anniversary of the deaths of Mon Balaj and Arben Xheladini at the hands of UN police in the VETËVENDOSJE! demonstration, 10th...
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"Freedom is won"
14.02.2008Speech given on the occasion of the commemoration of the first anniversary of the deaths of Mon Balaj and Arben Xheladini at the hands of UN police in the VETËVENDOSJE! demonstration, 10th...
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IN DEPENDENCE - From stability of crisis to the crisis of stability
26.01.2008The international presence in Kosova is international domination based upon the paradigm of stability. It ensures that the situation remains stable. Over five billion euros have been poured into...
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IN DEPENDENCE - From stability of crisis to the crisis of stability
26.01.2008The international presence in Kosova is international domination based upon the paradigm of stability. It ensures that the situation remains stable. Over five billion euros have been poured into...
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Panel Objection (interrupted speech)
15.11.2007This panel of judges has no right to make any decisions regarding neither me nor anyone else. In addition to the reasons I outlined in my statement of September 19, I object to this panel because of...
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‘What is happening, where are we going, and what should we do?
17.08.2007Albin Kurti’s article: ‘What is happening, where are we going, and what should we do?’ (August 17th 2007) [English summary] 1 Introduction 1. The announcement of new negotiations,...
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