Recent Uploads tagged kosovo, with geodata

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:29 -0700

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Republic of Serbian Krajina Motorcycle License Plate - Knin

nobody@flickr.com (Suko's License Plates) — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:34:21 -0700

KNN = Knin
The Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) (Republika Srpska Krajina) was a self-proclaimed Serb entity within Croatia. Established in 1991, it was not recognized internationally. It formally existed from 1991 to 1995, having been initiated a year earlier via smaller separatist regions. The name Krajina means "frontier". Its separatist government engaged in a war for ethnic Serb independence from the Republic of Croatia, within and out of Yugoslavia, once Croatian borders had been recognized by foreign states in August 1991 and February 1992.
Milan Babić, former President of Serbian Krajina, testified to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that Krajina was provided weapons by Slobodan Milošević's government in Serbia, and that Krajina was economically and financially dependent upon Serbia. Babic testified that Milošević held de facto control over both the Army of Serbian Krajina and the Yugoslav People's Army during its actions in Krajina via an alternate chain of command through the Serbian police.
The government of Krajina had de facto control over central parts of the territory while control of the outskirts changed with success and failures of the military activities. In 1992, the Serb Krajina government signed a demilitarisation agreement and removed all of the heavy artillery that were brought in by Yugoslav People's Army at the start of the conflict, in exchange the area became a United Nations Protected demilitarised zone. The territory was legally protected by the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and the Army of Serbian Krajina that frequently attacked neighbouring Bihać enclave (then in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with heavy artillery.
Its main portion was overrun by Croatian forces in 1995; a rump remained in eastern Slavonia under UNTAES administration until its peaceful reintegration into Croatia in 1998.

Camp rom Ali Ibra

nobody@flickr.com (Patou les coups) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:33:16 -0700

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Gjakova, Kosovo

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:09 -0700

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Bibliothek auf dem Universitätsgelände

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:37 -0700

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Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:20 -0700

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Disneyland lässt grüssen.

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:46 -0700

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altes Messe-/Kongresszentrum

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:55 -0700

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Die Schweizer Postautos fahren immer noch.

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:29 -0700

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Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:13:11 -0700

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Bill Clinton Denkmal

Impressionen aus Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (bettina&bernhard) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:13:04 -0700

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Wohnblöcke aus der Jugoslawienaera.

UNHCR News Story: Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities

nobody@flickr.com (UNHCR) — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:27:42 -0700

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Arsen's mother sits with his children in their house in Gracanica, Kosovo, showing the birth certificates that make it possible for them to access assistance and register for school.
UNHCR/Iurcev/ April 2013

Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities

PRISTINA, Kosovo, May 14 (UNHCR) – When Arsen Hamiti brought his family home from their war-time refuge in Germany, he discovered that his four daughters born in exile faced a formidable obstacle to a normal life: they lacked that simple but fundamental document, the birth certificate.

Arsen and his wife Sanela, who met in Germany, had received official declarations of birth from the Frankfurt hospital where their four little girls – seven, six, four and three years – were born. But arriving back in Gracanica, his original town in Kosovo, the 34-year-old Roma man discovered that was not enough.

In Kosovo, without proof of birth, it is very hard to establish a legal identity and it is therefore impossible to access any assistance, even enrolment in school. This issue in particular affects Kosovo's Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities – long-established groups in the Balkans claiming ancient origins outside the region.

UNHCR is trying to prevent this by incessantly advocating for removing any obstacle to obtaining a birth certificate.

The problem becomes evident with children repatriated under readmission agreements with various countries since a birth certificate is required to register births that occurred abroad. Children who were not born in Kosovo very often do not have acceptable documents and are not recognized before the law.

"When we arrived in Kosovo, we approached the municipality to apply for social assistance. But we were told that, without identity cards and birth certificates issued by Kosovo institutions, we were not eligible. The German documents were not enough," said Arsen, who had fled Kosovo in 1999 because of the war there.

As everywhere in the world, the procedure in Kosovo for getting personal documentation can be complicated and costly: UNHCR is working closely with the authorities and international agencies to address this problem.

Since 2006, UNHCR has assisted more than 14,000 people to receive documents through civil status registration and civil registration programmes implemented by Civil Rights Programme Kosovo. By providing free legal aid, the local NGO helps families overcome language, procedural or bureaucratic barriers.

In particular, the authorities charged a fee for late registrations, a serious obstacle for some families. But in March 2013, the authorities for a second consecutive year waived penalties and fees for civil status services for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. Arsen's family, who were assisted by UNHCR, could benefit.

"Luckily, UNHCR put us in contact with a very kind lawyer from Civil Rights Program Kosovo," said Arsen. "He helped us and we could obtain all needed documents for free [which Arsen has neatly archived in a folder] and we receive now a monthly social assistance."

UNHCR estimates that each year nearly 4,000 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians face the same problems as Arsen. The population consists mainly of voluntary returnee children from the region and readmitted children, all born in displacement and lacking evidence of birth meeting Kosovo regulations.

"A significant percentage of these communities is without either civil status registration or personal identity documentation," said UNHCR Chief of Mission Jo Hegenauer. "This is why we welcome the decision to exempt these communities from the payment of a fee: an enormous help which relieves these already vulnerable communities from an additional financial burden."

He said that offering free legal aid services and advocating to prevent statelessness and protect people at risk of statelessness remained part of UNHCR's daily commitment. In Kosovo, as everywhere, people like those in Arsen's family are entitled to have an identity and a nationality; it is a fundamental human right.

By Elisabetta Iurcev in Pristina, Kosovo

* Any reference to Kosovo is intended under UN Security Council resolution 1244/99

Prishtina, Kosovo

nobody@flickr.com (serainica) — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:11:31 -0700

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Prishtina, Kosovo

nobody@flickr.com (serainica) — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:11:31 -0700

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Untitled

nobody@flickr.com (mkuru) — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:52:56 -0700

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Young Gorani woman in traditional costumes

nobody@flickr.com (aljabak85) — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:09:49 -0700

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Young Gorani woman in traditional costumes
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Statue of Bill Clinton on Bill Clinton Boulevard, Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (1986PB) — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:58 -0700

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European Union Office in Kosovo

nobody@flickr.com (1986PB) — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:57 -0700

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building of the European Union Office in Kosovo / European Union Special Representative in Kosovo

National Library, Pristina

nobody@flickr.com (1986PB) — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:58 -0700

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Unleashed on a bewildered public in 1982, Pristina's extraordinary National Library was designed by the Croatian architect Andrija Mutnjakovic. The outside of the mammoth 16,500 square metre space-age building features a total of 99 white glass cupolas of different sizes and is entirely covered in a metal fishing net. Simultaneously gorgeous and absurd, the library was once home to a huge depository of Albanian literature, much of which, thanks to the enlightened leadership of Slobodan Milosovic, was turned into cardboard in the early 1990s. The equally beguiling interior which has some photos of old Pristina still contains over 5,000 fine examples of old and rare books and manuscripts, dating back to the 16th century. The library also holds many foreign titles, and membership is open to anyone. (Info: In Your Pocket Guide 2013)

The "Angry Kosovar"

nobody@flickr.com (1986PB) — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:57:22 -0700

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