I'm surprised that the creep didn't get doused with Crazy Glue, as he did in another overseas visit.
Posted on 11/21/2005 4:49:12 AM PST by dj_animal_2000
American financier says Kosovo should be independent
Nov 19, 2005 9:54 AM
TIRANA, Albania-American billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Saturday said there was no alternative other than independence for Serbia's province of Kosovo, but it should also ensure the future and the status of its minorities.
Soros was on a three-day visit to Albania during which he was also awarded Tirana city hall's "Honored Citizen" medal for his contribution to improving Albania's education and infrastructure.
"It is really high time to settle the status of Kosovo. My personal opinion is there's no alternative but to give Kosovo independence. But there have to be conditions to ensure the future and the status of the minorities in Kosovo," Soros said at a news conference.
Kosovo, considered by the Serb minority to be the cradle of their statehood and religion, has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when NATO bombing halted a Serb crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians.
The province is entering a delicate phase with talks on its future political status, U.N.-sponsored negotiations on whether the province becomes independent or remains a self-governing part of Serbia.
The U.N. envoy to mediate talks on Kosovo's future, Finland's former President Martti Ahtisaari, was expected to visit Kosovo and Belgrade next week and move to Austria next month to start the talks.
"I think it would be difficult to find a better man for the purpose," Soros said of Ahtisaari.
Soros also was optimistic about Albania's future and its institutional development, though fighting organized crime and corruption were among its top priorities.
"There's always the danger of political interference in the judiciary and that needs to be resisted and needs to be very carefully watched," he said.
Since its opening in 1992, the Soros Open Society Foundation has spent some US$48 million (€41 million) on projects in Albania aimed at improving governance, reforming institutions, enhancing opportunities for youth and fostering a better environment for business development.
Separately, Soros has earmarked US$57 million (€49 million) for projects specifically for improving education in Albania.
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UNdoubtedly he'll say the same thing about Aztlan.
Mark's and Hoplite's "Fuehrer" is talking...
PING
shudder.
I wonder how much is finding its way to education and how much is finding the terrorist groups. Maybe someone should be following "Deep Throat's" advice - "Follow the money". We might find "Mr. Patriotic" is actually funneling money to defeat Bush in Iraq.
Particularly when he can buy properties from the Aztlan government that the US government will not sell.
That how he's trying to work it in Kosovo.
Thank you for your opinion, George. I guess since you're a billionaire, your opinion on these things counts more than anyone else.
Ol' SOROS still trying to buy a country someplace,sometime...
I'm surprised that the creep didn't get doused with Crazy Glue, as he did in another overseas visit.
ping
Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. Neat idea though, break up a country into smaller pieces, support various thugs during that process, then buy what you want from the subsequent corrupt rulers.
Wrong, he's Hungarian.
I'm sure the MainStreet Republicans will announce its support next week. Maybe threaten an Alito filibuster if we don't give them everything they want.
George wants another country as a plaything.
"Kosovo should be independent" and Soros should be quarantined there.
"Albania" is refered to Tirana, the capitol of Albania....
and not to -American....
TIRANA, Albania - American
How about...THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN.....and the damn Yankees can keep Soros...???
Thanks!
Soros’s ICG published in November 1999 a paper on the multi-billion-dollar Trepca mining complex in Kosovo, and on February 23, 2000 it placed article in the Toronto Star by ICG consultant Susan Blaustein. Both pieces demanded that the United Nations Mission In Kosovo (UNMIK) take over the Trepca mining complex from the Serbs as quickly as possible. The ICG called on UN administration in Kosovo, headed by Bernard Kouchner, to cut through legal disputes over the industry's ownership and take over management of Trepca itself. The justification, as if any were needed, is to assure the long-downtrodden “Kosovars” (ethnic Albanians) “of their future.” The brazen robbery of property worth billions of dollars and owned by a sovereign state is but a necessary measure to assure the oppressed Albanians’ human rights: “The return to work of even a few hundred Kosovar miners would represent, for all Kosovars, the reclaiming of their patrimony” and allow for “modernization that will require foreign investment capital.”The ICG openly urged UNMIK to speed up the takeover before any future Serbian elections so that a new government—presumably more to the West's liking—cannot be accused of "losing Trepca". All Serbian leaders, including opposition leaders, the ICG observes, will have to protest when Trepca is taken over, but the study points out that they could exploit the argument that the ‘loss’ was due to the pariah status of Milosevic himself, so that once again Serbia has lost assets due to his presence in office.
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic00/NewsST050500.html
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