This topic is about the newly independent recognized country called Kosovo stay with the topic my friend

The end of the battle for Kosovo Written by UTV News Jul 22, 2010 at 03:37 PM Separatists, secessionists and splittists from Taiwan, Xinjiang and Somaliland to Sri Lanka, Georgia and the West Country will welcome today's precedent-setting legal opinion from the UN's international court of justice effectively upholding Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. With hindsight it seems clear the 1990 reunification of Germany ran contrary to modern history's tide, marking a sort of last stand for the old 19th-century model of the unitary nation state. Since the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union disintegrated two years later, things everywhere have been falling apart. Fractious minority movements seeking recognition, autonomous rights, or outright independence since the cold war's end loosened the global geostrategic straitjacket have become commonplace across Europe. Spain frets about its Basques and Catalans, the unifying impact of its World Cup success notwithstanding. Italy's Germans often give cause for concern. The United Kingdom may prospectively be obliged to change its name, should breakaway Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties have their way. Some speak passionately of independence for the ancient kingdom of Kernow, otherwise known as Cornwall. And if it's Kernow redux, then why not Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex, too? In Wiltshire they await a new Arthur. The accelerating trend towards the assertion of minority national, basically tribal rights, usually defined in terms of sovereign territory, delineated borders, ethnicity, language and history, appears global in nature. Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's foreign minister, who led opposition to Kosovo's UDI, suggested the fracturing of the nation state paradigm, like cracks in glass plate, could spread widely and do great damage. Speaking before Kosovo's formal 2008 break with Serbia, Jeremic looked beyond the Balkans to countries such as Sudan, a country that is likely to break in half this winter. In Africa, he said, "there are about 50 Kosovos waiting to happen". International acceptance of Kosovo's unilateral act "would be a very dangerous signal, a signal that there are no rules. Serbia wants to play by the rules. You just can't come along and say they don't matter any more." Boris Tadic, Serbia's president, revisited this argument this week. A ruling favouring Kosovo "would destabilise many regions of the world", he said. Now that Serbia's worst fears have been realised, it remains to be seen whether such dire predictions prove accurate. More prosaically, the world court's delayed advisory opinion hardly came as a surprise and must now be managed politically if new strife, most possibly in ethnically mixed northern Kosovo, is to be avoided. In the end the ruling was more a matter of hard-headed realpolitik than carefully appraised international law. The US, Kosovo's principal sponsor, was adamant all along the court's opinion would have little practical impact, a view echoed by Tony Blair, Kosovo's self-styled liberator, during a visit this week. Joe Biden, the US vice-president, also emphasised that independence was a done deal while affording Kosovan prime minister Hashim Thaci the Washington red carpet treatment on Wednesday. Independence was not primarily a matter of law, a White House spokesman said. "We do not believe that declarations of independence are legal acts whose legality is affirmed or denied by this international court. They are political facts that have to be established through political realities." The US has its own experience in this department. In 1776, American independence came at the muzzle of a musket, not in the form of a lawsuit against George III. Despite their protestations, and they will be long and angry, Serbia and its main backer, Russia, half expected this outcome. Their best course now may be to turn it to their maximum advantage rather than play a spoiler's game at the UN general assembly (which must endorse the ruling). One obvious approach is to accept the EU's proposed technical talks on creating a pragmatic modus vivendi between Belgrade and Pristina while seeking support, as a tacit quid pro quo, for a renewed effort to advance Serbia's EU membership bid. The US may think it's got ahead. But Russia could win both ways, not least in terms of its Georgia intervention. The court's failure to oppose Kosovo's secession "would automatically weaken the west's case against the recognition of [the independence of] Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Russia," said Petr Iskenderov of the Russian Academy of Science in International Affairs magazine. Moscow could also use the decision to push for an "overhaul" of the international community's approach to frozen disputes in the Balkan and Caspian regions that affect its interests, such as that between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, he said. Serbia now faces the prospect of increased international recognition of Kosovo, the country's prospective membership of the UN, and the permanent loss of a territory its regards as a defining part of its sovereignty and history. At the same time, the gates to Europe swing open. It is a bitter pill to swallow. It could trigger domestic political upheavals. But when the dust settles, common sense and self-interest may dictate acceptance of the outcome. Like the Battle of Kosovo Field in 1389 that was so critical to Serbia's identity, the modern day battle for Kosovo is lost. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media 2010

Dufaan your landlocked don’t even try. I don’t need any permission from any one to go to any part of Somalia. what’s there to do in Ethiopia and, why do I need permission from you to go to Ethiopia unless you’re an Ethiopian agent

wa ciilad farsamo boowe

puntland oo umuleysa , maxay umushay

So now a telecom company is the enemy of Somalia hilarious

Originally posted by Duufaan: you are pro-colonial. You do not beleive you can survive without outside support. Yesterday, you were british protected tribes and now receive benefits and protection by Malazawi and others. Right now Your very busy to get benefit by T card. Somaliland was colonised by the British Empire you was being protected by Brigadier R.H. Smitth the late British Empire Brigadier It’s you who can’t survive with out outside support with no port no access to sea It was not that long ago when your garaad was writing letters to Mark browden the un resident and humanitarian Coordinator he was addressing the humanitarian situation and crisis in the eastern sool region and buhoodle , your supreme leader clearly said his people cant survive without humanitarian help so who is begging for outside help One question what did melez zanawi do for Somaliland? Absolutely nothing

Loool does that include all territories of sool and sanaag lol

haatu stop this nonsense i am not this chief caaqil Guy, dadka lama masabido sxb

The Russians will welcome them with open arms

There is no such thing as pro colonial or anti-colonial in 2010 because there aren’t colonialist in Somaliland or Somalia , Somaliland is very independent you are anti-Independence anti nationalist even from a Somaliweyn point of view you draw fake letters on the Somali flag , that’s not nationalism the cayn province didn’t even exist in the former Somalia , there for your pro tribilist You have your own regional government Where?? so now your part of the pirate state when ever it suits you

Duufaan the only thing that will be discussed on the negotiation table is how the ssc faction will be disarmed , that is if it comes to Negotiations which i doubt very much

A khadar Dadka shacabka argagax ku riida wa argagixso shacabka bariga somaliland idinka xabbad la so dhex galay oo mar ba xabbad yar meesha ka riida markana dhuunta , wa argagax sxb

in 1960 Somaliland Said laa yaa garaad And 50 years later again we say Laa yaa garaad

What you on about sxb? I remember our Minister of foreign affairs Mudane Dhoolyare said clearly these terrorist will not be tolerated

Kosovo’s independence is legal, UN court rules Decision in favour of Kosovo’s independence could have far-reaching implications for other separatist movements HAGUE (Somalilandpress) — Kosovo‘s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in February 2008 did not violate international law, the international court of justice (ICJ) said today in a groundbreaking ruling that could have far-reaching implications for separatist movements around the world, as well as for Belgrade’s stalled EU membership talks. The long-awaited ruling – which the court took up after a complaint to the UN from Serbia – is now likely to lead to more countries recognising Kosovo’s independence and move Pristina closer to entry into the UN. At present, Kosovo’s statehood is backed by 69 countries but it requires more than 100 before it can join the UN. Announcing the decision, the court of justice president, Hisashi Owada, said international law contains no “prohibition on declarations of independence”. Although both Belgrade and Pristina had said they were confident of a ruling in their favour, speculation began to emerge a few hours before today’s announcement in the Hague that the decision – which is not legally binding – had gone Kosovo’s way. Prior to the judgment, the US vice-president, Joe Biden, had made it clear that the US would not contemplate a retreat from Kosovo’s newly independent status. Key considerations that the UN’s top court examined – arising out of dozens of submissions by UN member states as well as by Kosovo’s own leadership – have focused on issues of sovereignty, the slim volume of precedent in international law, and how formerly large states such as the USSR broke up along administrative borders. Serbia has continued to demand Kosovo be returned, arguing it has been the cradle of their civilisation and national identity since 1389, when a Christian army led by Serbian prince Lazar lost an epic battle to invading Ottoman forces. The ruling is expected to have profound ramifications on the wider international stage, bolstering demands for recognition by territories as diverse as Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria. The ICJ’s ruling is not, however, expected to have an immediate impact on the situation on the ground in Kosovo, where a small area with a Serb majority has itself split away around the north of the town of Mitrovica, which has about 100,000 residents. That deadlock has sometimes erupted into violence, despite intense international efforts, with Serbs and Kosovans running their own areas. Kosovo sparked sharp debate worldwide when it seceded from Serbia in 2008, following the bloody 1998-99 war and almost a decade of international administration. The 1998-99 war, triggered by a brutal crackdown by Serb forces against Kosovo’s separatist ethnic Albanians, left about 10,000 ethnic Albanians dead before ending after a 78-day Nato bombing campaign. Hundreds of Serbs were also killed in retaliatory attacks. Today’s ruling will reinforce Kosovo’s resistance to any kind of renegotiation – particularly over the status of the Serb majority areas in the north. Kosovo’s foreign minister, Skender Hyseni, said before the ruling that reopening negotiations was “inconceivable”. Speaking yesterday, the Serbian foreign minister, Vuk Jeremic, had warned that even in the event of a ruling against it, Belgrade would not be ready to give up its claim on Kosovo. “Serbia will not change its position regarding Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence and necessity of a compromise,” he said. “Our fight for such a solution will probably be long and difficult, but we will not give up.” Jeremic, who was in The Hague for the ruling, had said earlier that he expected the decision to vindicate Serbia, which would lead to new negotiations on both sides. A US state department legal adviser, Harold Koh, said: “Serbia seeks an opinion by this court that would turn back time … [and] undermine the progress and stability that Kosovo’s declaration has brought to the region.”Leading the other side of the argument is Serbia’s traditional ally Russia, which has fought against its own separatist movement in Chechnya. Moscow has demanded Kosovo’s independence be annulled, and last year was joined in its opposition by Spain and China, each also facing major secessionist movements. Photo: Albanians ride past a banner that reads “Free Kosovo” in Tirana (Hektor Pustina/AP). By Peter Beaumont Source: The Guardian | Thursday, 22 July 2010

Interesting but I don’t think Somaliland should negotiate with Terrorist

A khadar my realplayer is not working don’t you have it on paper odayasha warsaxafadeedkoda?

Reer eastern sool are not under represented they are the one who did not took part of the parliamentary elections .That was the only way they could bring forward Mps in the Somaliland parliament to be represented in our house of representatives Now in the next parliamentary election they should cast their vote so that they can be represented in our parliament. No one is holding them back. I don’t know what other representation they are looking for

Guddoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada oo ka warbixiyay kulan uu la yeeshay Wefti Faransiis ah July 22nd, 2010 Comments Off Hargeysa (Somaliland.Org)- Shirguddoonka golaha Wakiillada Somaliland, ayaa shalay kulan la yeeshay wefti Faransiis ah oo maalmihii u dambeeyay socdaal ku joogay Hargeysa. Guddoomiyaha golaha Wakiillada Somaliland Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdilaahi oo hadal ka jeediyay fadhigii shalay ee golahaas, waxa uu faahfaahin ka bixiyay kulanka uu la yeeshay Safiirkii hore ee dalka Faransiiska u fadhiyay dalka Jabuuti. Waxa uu sheegay in kulankoodu ahaa mid gaar ah, isla markaana ay kaga wadahadleen arrimo door ah oo ay ka mid yihiin sii xoojinta xidhiidhka labada, Baarlamaanada Somaliland iyo Faransiiska iyo qodobo kale. Guddoomiyuhu waxa uu sheegay in weftiga Faransiisku amaaneen doorashadii Madaxtinimo ee dalka ka dhacday iyo qaabkii nabadgelyada ahayd ee ay ugu qabsoontay. “Waxa aanu manta (shalau) kulan la yeelanay safiirkii hore ee dalka Faransiiska u fadhiyay magaalada Djabouti iyo waftigii uu hogaaminayay oo doonayay in ay maanta dalka dib uga laabtaan, waxaanan ka wada hadalnay sii xoojinta xidhiidhka labada dal iyo waliba baarlamaanada dalalka Somaliland iyo Faransiiska,” ayuu yidhi Cabdiraxmaan-Cirro. Guddoomiyuhu waxa uu sheegay in safiirkaa hore uu xogogaal u ahaa waxay Somaliland qabsatay, safiirkuna uu tilmaamay in Danjiraha lagu bedelay uu yahay in xogogaalnimadaa kala mid ah. Somaliland.Org

Keyse abdi yusuf after all he was the mayor of widhwidh under puntland

And I really thought the pirate state wanted to remain with in Somalia ,they have the biggest mouth and scream somalinimo when it suits them. But as usual the pirate boys show their true colours , and the irony is they call us Somalidiid We the independent republic of Somaliland who have zero intentions in koonfurian politics. We would never evict innocent koonfurian civilians who are only seeking shelter and a peaceful place to live till their country becomes stable again.

Hales how did you celebrate your independence day again I believe it was with bullets