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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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01PRISTINA1593THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...]
2001-09-11 07:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR
03PRISTINA177AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]
2003-02-06 17:18:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
06PRISTINA1001 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISORS DECEMBER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisors Mr. Richard Bartholomew, Mr. Keith Clark, Mr. Alan Robidoux, Ms. Darlene Berthod, Mr. Barry Gray and Mr. Richard Seaman to visit Pristina December 10 - December 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate i [...]
2006-11-22 08:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06PRISTINA1008 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KOSOVO DESK OFFICER CRAIG
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kosovo Desk Officer Craig Lang to visit Pristina November 26-November 30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations on issues relating to Kosovo status. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Tracey Thorn [...]
2006-11-24 13:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SI
06PRISTINA1015KOSOVO: SECOND MOBILE TENDER PROCESS COMPLICATED
[...] (C) Summary. Nenad Popovic, the Government of Serbia's (GOS) economic advisor to the Kosovo final status negotiations team and Serbian CCK representative, has requested that UNMIK stop the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) from dismantling equipment owned by Telecom Serbia [...]
2006-11-28 17:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECPS ECON PREL YI
06PRISTINA1016 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KOSOVO DESK OFFICER JOSHUA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina December 1-December 6, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to join EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo on a joint U.S./EU visit. Control Officer for this visit will be Deputy Political/Economic C [...]
2006-11-29 09:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SI
06PRISTINA1019 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EUR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO,
[...] US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo to visit Pristina December 2-December 5, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to join a joint U.S./EU visit. Control Officer for this visit will be Deputy Political/Economic Chief, David Whiddon, who can [...]
2006-11-29 16:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT PREL IT SR BE
06PRISTINA1048 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISOR MR. PETER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisor Mr. Peter Nicholl December 10 - December 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct an assessment mission on possible technical assistance in the areas of: central bank policy and bank supervision. Control Offic [...]
2006-12-06 11:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06PRISTINA1052KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERBS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROPOSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Croatian MP Dr. Milorad Pupovac is discretely working at the behest of Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku to organize an all-Kosovo Serb Congress to unify Kosovo Serbs and help them better represent themselves. Kosovo Serbs are skeptical about this endeavor, and key leaders are spl [...]
2006-12-09 12:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1053'TIS THE SEASON ... SERB CCK OBSTRUCTION FORCES
[...] (C) Summary: A newly appointed hard-line Serb CCK leader in Gjilane/Gnjilane reportedly exerted strong pressure on the parents of Serb children who were allowing their children to sing in a USOP holiday concert. The Serb children from the Gjilane area are members of Kosovo's only mixed-ethnic [...]
2006-12-09 12:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL PINR KDEM YI
06PRISTINA1054KOSOVO: ARMED MASKED MEN REAPPEAR IN WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Repeating a pattern we saw last year, armed masked men have sporadically reappeared on the roads of western Kosovo, illegally stopping people and conducting vehicle checkpoints. In 2005, these incidents began as supposed "political statements" but quickly turned into opportuniti [...]
2006-12-09 12:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM KJUS ASEC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1055KOSOVO: POST-STATUS ECONOMIC TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government and the international community have yet to develop serious contingency plans for the economic challenges confronting Kosovo immediately after the resolution of final status. The PISG has allocated only 6.5 million euros for post-s [...]
2006-12-09 13:25:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV YI
06PRISTINA1057KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...]
2006-12-11 10:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1058KOSOVO: KOSOVO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Kosovo is a disputed territory that has been governed by the United Nations (UN) since 1999. Current laws and regulations pertaining to financial crimes derive their authority from the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. If, as expected, there is a resolution of Kosovo's fina [...]
2006-12-11 10:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTFN EFIN ECON YI
06PRISTINA1059KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...]
2006-12-11 11:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1063KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU COLLEAGUES REASSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and her European colleagues reassured Kosovo Albanians on status process timing and told Kosovo Serbs that Ahtisaari,s proposal will take into account their concerns. In private meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Ceku, Kosovo Assembly president B [...]
2006-12-12 15:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1064KOSOVO: RAIL LINE CONNECTING SOUTHERN SERB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and local media reported an explosion on a railroad bridge near the town of Vushtrri on a line that serves Kosovo's Serb community. The explosion damaged tracks and temporarily disrupted rail service, but no injuries were reported. A train carrying [...]
2006-12-12 16:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM PTER UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1071KOSOVO: COM DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM used the inauguration of a USAID-funded school renovation project in Serb-majority north Mitrovica to underscore the U.S. commitment to the continued presence of a vibrant Serb community in Kosovo, with full legal rights and special protections for its cultural and religio [...]
2006-12-15 10:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV SOCI PREL UNMIK YI PHUM
06PRISTINA1072KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES
[...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]
2006-12-15 10:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA1074KOSOVO: TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (SBU) Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK does not keep a list of terrorist organizations. Terrorist designations must be done through Administrative Directives issued by the Special Representative of t [...]
2006-12-15 15:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1075KOSOVO: ACHIEVING CONSENSUS ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo will hold central and local elections next fall under a new post-status electoral system. Results of our initial canvassing of Kosovo's political parties, elections experts and public opinion polling reveal a general consensus on the need for open lists, retention of a gen [...]
2006-12-15 17:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1087KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONSOLIDATES HOLD OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of its raucous convention ten days earlier, the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) General Council met on December 19 and swiftly (and peacefully) elected its 25-member party presidency. The body is comprised of solid supporters of President Fatmir Sejdiu, in [...]
2006-12-19 17:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1088KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE
[...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...]
2006-12-20 09:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1091KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS: OMPF REQUESTS USG FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) has asked the USG to pay the salaries up to three forensic specialists to assist with ongoing exhumations, autopsies and identifications of war victims. OMPF is very concerned about the lack of local capacity to carry out [...]
2006-12-20 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK SOCI
06PRISTINA1095KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS BEGIN IN EARNEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a slow start, the five working groups on transition meeting since late November and bringing together representatives of UNMIK, the preparation team for the post-status International Civilian Office, U.S. representatives, and the Kosovo government have picked up their pace. [...]
2006-12-22 12:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1096KOSOVO: WORKING GROUP ON PUBLIC OUTREACH HOLDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOP called and hosted the organizing meeting of a new Working Group on Public Outreach, created under the ICO/UNMIK/U.S./PISG transitional framework now in place. (Note: Progress on overall transition efforts are reported septel.) Representatives from the Unity Team, govern [...]
2006-12-22 13:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1099KOSOVO: NEW MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION NOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Government's new missing persons commission met for the first time on December 13 to discuss its composition and competencies. While the establishment of the commission is a positive step on a political level, the government is currently unprepared to take on the h [...]
2006-12-22 17:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1100KOSOVO: PISG CLOSER TO COMPLETING REMAINING CG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are very close to finishing the five remaining priorities for Standards implementation tasked by the Contact Group (CG) in June 2006. Two more standards -- reconstruction of the Serb village of Svinjare in south Mitrovi [...]
2006-12-22 17:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1117KOSOVO ASHKALI LEADERS THREATEN TO WITHDRAW FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina District Court sentenced Kosovo MP and President of the Ashkali Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDAK) Sabit Rrahmani to five months in prison for fraud. Fellow PDAK party leaders do not deny the charges, but told us that Ashkali are being targeted for prosecution, an [...]
2006-12-28 13:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1118KOSOVO: UN SAYS KPC AND KPS WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PD/SRSG Schook told us on December 28 that the illegal construction within the Decani Monastery's Special Zoning Area (SZA) will be taken down in a joint KPS/KPC operation within the next 36 hours. Fr. Sava, a moderate Orthodox monk who resides at the monastery, had sought our h [...]
2006-12-28 14:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
06PRISTINA1121KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER
[...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]
2006-12-29 08:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06PRISTINA211AHTISAARI'S KOSOVO VISIT: PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The second visit to Kosovo of Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Talks, focused on creating an improved political situation for Kosovo's minority populations. He demanded progress on property rights, prosecution of crimes against Kosovo Serbs, and concre [...]
2006-03-10 09:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA212TEST MESSAGE - TESTING SIPDIS CAPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 09:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA
06PRISTINA216KOSOVO: AGIM CEKU APPROVED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER;
[...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly approved outgoing Kosovo Protection Corps commander General Agim Ceku as Kosovo's new Prime Minister and his slate of ministers with 65 votes in favor; 33 opposed and 5 abstentions. The vote followed along party lines with coalition members Democratic League of Kosovo [...]
2006-03-10 17:21:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA218KOSOVO: AGIM CEKU APPROVED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER;
[...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly approved outgoing Kosovo Protection Corps commander General Agim Ceku as Kosovo's new Prime Minister and his slate of ministers with 65 votes in favor; 33 opposed and 5 abstentions. The vote followed along party lines with coalition members Democratic League of Kosovo [...]
2006-03-10 17:21:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA219LAST CHANCE FOR UN TO FIX KOSOVO TELECOM MARKET
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK has long ruled out any reconsideration of its October 2004 annulment, on grounds of serious procedural irregularity, of the award of Kosovo's second mobile phone operating license to the Mobikos consortium. The outgoing government of Bajram Kosumi has defiantly insisted on [...]
2006-03-10 19:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECPS ETRD PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA229KOSOVO: CEKU OFF TO GOOD START IN HIS FIRST DAYS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his acceptance speech on March 10 and interviews over his first weekend as prime minister, former Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) commander General Agim Ceku stressed Kosovo's future as a multiethnic state, but affirmed there can be no solution for Kosovo other than independence [...]
2006-03-14 16:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA232SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 24 VISIT OF CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo has a new, stronger government, and is starting to get serious about the compromises needed to ensure that status negotiations result in the independence they so desire. The Kosovo Albanian negotiating team has made a well-received proposal on decentralization, but need [...]
2006-03-15 18:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA240KOSOVO'S NON-SERB MINORITIES LOOKING FOR MORE CLOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo's non-Serb minorities are trying to increase their role in the new Kosovo government and solidify their participation on Kosovo's delegation to status negotiations. Non-Serb minorities currently control the health ministry, fill a rotating seat in the Assembly Presidenc [...]
2006-03-16 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA242NEW KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER ROARS OUT OF THE GATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In two meetings this week, COM found new Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku already deeply immersed in policy and quickly getting up to speed on economic issues that demand rapid resolution. He has gained the attention of his cabinet by announcing that the tenures of all ministers will [...]
2006-03-17 13:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA245PRISTINA KOSOVO TIME CHANGE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
[...] Pristina Kosovo's time will advance by one hour on Sunday, 26 March 2006 at 0100 GMT, 0200 local time. 2. Pristina Kosovo's time will become GMT plus 2. GURIAN [...]
2006-03-17 15:26:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT KRIM
06PRISTINA256KOSOVO: RECOMMENDATION ON TREATMENT OF ROMA LEAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. International community stakeholders have decided that Roma victims of lead poisoning can be safely treated at Osterode, UNMIK's temporary relocation facility. Notwithstanding the insistence of Roma leaders that their constituents will accept relocation only to their old Mitrov [...]
2006-03-21 18:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA257 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROLF OLSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ECA Program Officer, Rolf Olson to visit Pristina March 26-29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to examine the current environment for minority returnees in Kosovo and to meet with UNHCR, NGO partners, UNMIK, and PISG officials [...]
2006-03-22 09:04:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MW MONTENEGRO PREF SR YI ZL
06PRISTINA259KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS TO TAKE ON GREATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 12-15 visit to Kosovo, Department representatives agreed to provide up to USD 110,000 in funding through the Slovene International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim's Assistance (ITF) for badly-needed replacement equipment for the Kosovo Protection Corp [...]
2006-03-22 16:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PREL EAID PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA265KOSOVO: PROGRESS NEEDED ON MISSING PERSONS CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina and Belgrade delegations at the March 9 meeting of the working group on missing persons agreed that progress on the identification and return of remains from the 1999 conflict is too slow. Kosovo's delegation demanded the immediate return of the 180 remaining bodi [...]
2006-03-24 10:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA270 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JEFFREY HOVENIER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Hovenier to visit Pristina March 28-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Deputy Special Envoy Rohan to consult with Pristina authorities in advance of the April 3 meeting on decentralization. Point of contact is [...]
2006-03-28 07:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA274KOSOVO: POLICE TRYING TO CURB INTERETHNIC VANDALISM
[...] (U) Since March 2004 no ethnic Serbs have returned to live in Zhiti/Zitinje, a village in multi-ethnic Viti/Vitina municipality in southeastern Kosovo. In September 2005 Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government completed the reconstruction of 33 houses in Zhiti/Zininje, 29 for eth [...]
2006-03-28 15:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA280KOSOVO: SLOW GOING ON TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the fourth meeting of the stakeholders, UNMIK is in no hurry to transfer competency to the Kosovo government for law enforcement and the European Union is even less anxious to assume UNMIK's oversight role. Since the meeting, the PISG has named ministers of internal [...]
2006-03-29 13:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA282RETURNS AND MISSING PERSONS FOREVER LINKED IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Many ethnic Albanians from parts of Kosovo that were subjected to violent ethnic cleansing during the war do not give much thought to the return of their ethnic Serb neighbors, and they doubt that any of the Serbs want to come back. For these Albanians any reconciliation with [...]
2006-03-29 14:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYICTY KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PREF PREL SI YI
06PRISTINA283 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary A. DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina April 6 - April 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend Contact Group meetings. Control officer will be Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, wh [...]
2006-03-30 08:48:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT PREL UK AU GR YI
06PRISTINA285KOSOVO PRESIDENT SEJDIU REACHES OUT TO MINORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Fatmir Sejdiu visited Dragas/Dragash and Orahovac/Rahovec municipalities and discussed (in Serbian) standards implementation, freedom of movement, inter-ethnic relations and economic development in public meetings with minorities. He plans to make more outreach trip [...]
2006-03-30 14:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA286 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...]
2006-03-31 07:51:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA290KOSOVO SERB PUBLIC SERVANTS FORCED TO CHOOSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 21, Belgrade-based chief of the Kosovo Coordination Center (CCK) Sanda Raskovic-Ivic told public sector Kosovo Serbs that Serbia will no longer pay salaries to employees who also receive salaries from Pristina. Many Kosovo Serbs believe that if they choose Pristina, [...]
2006-03-31 16:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA299KOSOVO STANDARDS DELIVERABLE: PROPERTY RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) have created the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) as a quasi-judicial forum for resolution of private real estate disputes. The KPA will replace the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD),the independent agency that [...]
2006-04-04 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA302NEW KOSOVO GOVERNMENT PUSHES STANDARDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku has produced a 91 item "to do" list for the next three months on standards implementation. UNMIK's Office of the Strategy Coordinator has drafted a complementary list of 25 standards-related action items and tasked the Provisional Institutio [...]
2006-04-05 17:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA308KOSOVO: STAKES HIGH AS LDK CHOOSES NEW LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The next president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (LDK) could reconfigure the government, the Assembly leadership, and a good part of the makeup of Kosovo's final status negotiating team. With the passing of Ibrahim Rugova, the LDK leadership has no organizational center and [...]
2006-04-07 17:19:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA310SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 14-15 VISIT OF SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Coming on the heels of the April 6-7 visit of the Contact Group and the April 3 Vienna meeting on decentralization, Ambassador Wisner's April 14-15 visit presents an opportunity to push Kosovo Albanian leaders to come to closure on some decentralization issues (municipal partnersh [...]
2006-04-10 10:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA322 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHERINE HELGERSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Katherine Helgerson to visit Pristina April 13-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide support to the Econ/Pol section. Point of contact is Econ/Pol Chief Kirk McBride, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3146; [...]
2006-04-14 12:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA323 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JEFFREY HOVENIER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Hovenier to visit Pristina April 18-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend UNOSEK team meetings in Pristina on decentralization and minority protection issues. Point of contact is Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, [...]
2006-04-14 12:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA333VISIT OF SENATOR VOINOVICH TO KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In meetings with Prime Minister Agim Ceku and President Fatmir Sejdiu during his March 24 visit to Kosovo, Senator George Voinovich urged the new leaders to reach out to Kosovo Serbs and to show them and leaders in Belgrade that Kosovo's government is serious about creating a K [...]
2006-04-19 15:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA335KOSOVO: A UNIFIED CONTACT GROUP PRESSES STANDARDS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Contact Group (CG) visited Kosovo April 6-7 to highlight CG unity and deliver a focused message about the importance of the standards and elements of an eventual future status settlement; by prior agreement, the CG did not address the status outcome itself. [...]
2006-04-20 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA336AMBASSADOR WISNER URGES KOSOVARS TO BEAR DOWN ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 14-16 visit to Kosovo, U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner congratulated the revamped Kosovo Albanian leadership team for its serious engagement in the Vienna final status process and for its outreach to the Kosovo Serb community. He urged the team to build [...]
2006-04-20 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA338UNMIK FACILITATES OUTREACH TO NORTH KOSOVO SERBS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19 UNMIK hosted the first meeting of the Mitrovica Focus Group to encourage engagement between northern Kosovo Serb leaders and the international community. The regional CCK representative, the mayors of the three northern Serb-majority municipalities and the UNMIK adv [...]
2006-04-21 13:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA339KOSOVO ROMA MOVE TO LEAD-SAFE RELOCATION FACILITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 290 Roma from two lead-contaminated refugee camps in north Mitrovica have moved to the Osterode temporary relocation facility. All involved agree that a convalescence center to treat Roma with lead poisoning will be built there. The World Health Organization (WHO) has d [...]
2006-04-21 14:46:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA352KOSOVO PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONTINUES MINORITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the first ever visit by a Kosovo President to Decani Monastery, President Fatmir Sejdiu toured the grounds and church on Orthodox Easter Sunday, and then discussed the protection of Kosovo's Serbian Orthodox heritage sites with Bishop Teodosije in Serbian. Other visitors in [...]
2006-04-26 13:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA356 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHARD KAUZLARICH AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard D. Kauzlarich and Beth E. Sanner to visit Pristina April 30-May 3, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide temporary support to the mission. Point of contact is Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, who can be reached at [...]
2006-04-27 08:48:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA HR AMGT ASEC YI
06PRISTINA363KOSOVO: CEKU LAYS OUT STANDARDS PROGRAM TO AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an address to the Kosovo Assembly, Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku laid out the government's progress on standards implementation. The opposition vociferously accused the government of non-fulfillment of standards and accused the government of endemic corruption. Still indi [...]
2006-04-28 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA364UNMIK LOOKING FOR ELUSIVE CONSENSUS ON MUNICIPAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SRSG and the OSCE head of office hosted an April 27 meeting of Kosovo political party representatives and interested international parties, including COM, to discuss whether Kosovo's municipal elections should take place in October 2006 as scheduled. Most political party p [...]
2006-04-28 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA365BERISHA LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT BALANCE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first several weeks as president of Kosovo's Assembly, Kole Berisha has made great progress in making it more fiscally and procedurally democratic and less autocratic. Berisha has taken public steps to distance himself from the questionable fiscal practices and domineeri [...]
2006-04-28 14:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA366CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) COM delivered reftel points to Contact Group (CG) heads of Pristina missions on April 28. COM's CG counterparts had been similarly instructed by their capitals. The group agreed to coordinate action with UNMIK as soon as possible following SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen's return to Kosovo [...]
2006-04-28 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA369KOSOVO: TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 77 (JI-4) DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On April 28 E/P Deputy Section Chief delivered reftel talking points and background information to Robert Jordan, the new head of UNMIK's Advisory Unit on Security in the Office of the SRSG and Deputy Head Jared Rigg. Jordan promised to check the name against the Banking and Payments Au [...]
2006-05-02 15:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER EFIN PREL CVIS KVPR KSEP YI
06PRISTINA381 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INR BALKAN ANALYST
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INR Balkan Analyst Robert Nash to visit Pristina May 18 to May 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with host government officials and representatives of political parties and other groups on domestic and regional issues. C [...]
2006-05-05 07:25:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PINR SR ASEC YI
06PRISTINA384KOSOVO SERB POLITICIANS VIE FOR POWER IN PRISTINA;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After several tumultuous months, the Serbian Democratic Party -- the only Kosovo Serb party actively participating in the Kosovo government -- held an extraordinary party assembly on April 29 and re-elected Slavisa Petkovic as party president over the protests of a strong mino [...]
2006-05-05 16:38:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KCRM PINR UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA391 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHERINE HELGERSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Katherine Helgerson to visit Pristina May 9-14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide support to the Econ/Pol section. Point of contact is Econ/Pol Deputy Chief David Whiddon, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. [...]
2006-05-09 16:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA392KOSOVO'S DRAFT LAW ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM STILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drafted by Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi's government in 2004, Kosovo's draft law on religious freedom remains a point of contention between the government and religious communities in Kosovo. Kosovo's Islamic Community opposes the internationally approved draft because it arg [...]
2006-05-09 16:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA397 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR NULAND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Nuland to visit Pristina May 11, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representatives to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Chief Dion Bivens, who can be reached [...]
2006-05-10 09:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT NATO OTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA410BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES: KOSOVO PAST AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) removed Nexhat Daci as Kosovo Assembly president on March 10, 2006, and replaced him with Kole Berisha. Both will visit the United States in the coming week. Their diametrically-opposed leadership styles engender continued criticism for Da [...]
2006-05-12 17:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PINR UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA419 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his SIPDIS assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina May 21 - May 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultati [...]
2006-05-16 08:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AU BU HU RO SE
06PRISTINA420 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JEFFREY HOVENIER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Hovenier to visit Pristina May 17-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend UNOSEK team meetings in Pristina on decentralization and minority protection issues. Point of contact is Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, w [...]
2006-05-16 11:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC SR YI
06PRISTINA421KOSOVO: UNMIK ISSUES GENERALLY FAVORABLE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK's latest formal assessment of Kosovo Government efforts to implement the Standards for Kosovo program, covering the period ending April 30, is generally favorable. The report lauds the quick initial engagement of Kosovo's new government on Standards which will provide a ba [...]
2006-05-16 17:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA425 FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH RETURNEES TO KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbs and others who have returned to Kosovo are more concerned about immediate economic prospects, security, and freedom of movement than the final status of Kosovo, though the future of the region is also a source of apprehension for some. Many Kosovo Serb returnees are midd [...]
2006-05-17 16:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF SR
06PRISTINA426KOSOVO: FINAL THREE PERCENT OF MARCH 2004
[...] (SBU) Most reconstruction of homes damaged in the March 2004 violence has long since been completed, albeit with some complaints about the quality of construction and frictions about the terms of reconstruction of outbuildings. Most of what has not been rebuilt is in the historic center of [...]
2006-05-18 15:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI PREF
06PRISTINA427KOSOVO: NON-SERB MINORITIES AMBIVALENT ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Kosovo's non-Serb minority leaders are glad to be involved in the status negotiations in Vienna and generally pleased with the work of the Communities Consultative Council, but are concerned about what they see as Belgrade's efforts to manipulate non-Serb minority issues for its own adv [...]
2006-05-18 15:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA437KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR MAY 21-23 VISIT OF SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit finds Kosovo Albanian final status negotiators struggling to cope with the new shuttle phase of talks on decentralization. They are quickly learning that they are not as well prepared for the give-and-take of bargaining as they were for developing broad [...]
2006-05-19 14:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL YI
06PRISTINA439KOSOVO: COM WARNS AAK AND PDK ON INTERFERENCE IN
[...] (C) Chief of Mission passed the messages contained in reftels separately to Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) president Ramush Haradinaj and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) president Hashim Thaci on May 18. Haradinaj said that he had not heard of the presence of any Kosovo Albanian pol [...]
2006-05-19 17:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA448RELATIONS BETWEEN DECANI MONASTERY AND LOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the month since SRSG Jessen-Petersen extended the controversial protection zone around Decani Monastery, relations between the Monastery and the local Kosovo Albanian community have improved. KFOR has removed the fixed checkpoint outside the monastery and replaced it with [...]
2006-05-24 15:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA449KOSOVO: CHANGES IN HARADINAJ'S POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ramush Haradinaj was handily re-elected president of the party he founded, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),during the party's May 20 convention. Other prominent AAK members lost votes as compared with their standing at the party's last convention in 2004, namely M [...]
2006-05-24 16:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA450SCENESETTER FOR MAY 26 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new Kosovo government, formed in March after the death of President Ibrahim Rugova in January, is focused on status negotiations, implementation of the "Standards for Kosovo" program, and the transfer of governing competencies as UNMIK winds down its presence in Kosovo. Alt [...]
2006-05-24 18:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA457AMBASSADOR WISNER TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 21-23 visit to Kosovo, Special Representative Frank Wisner starkly disabused Kosovo Albanian leaders of any notion that Kosovo independence can be considered a foregone conclusion. In plain-speaking meetings, Ambassador Wisner told the president, prime minister, and [...]
2006-05-26 15:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA461KOSOVO: ICTY DEFENSE TEAM VISIT TO MASSACRE SITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The unannounced visit of two Serbian ICTY defense lawyers to a rural village that was the site of a 1999 Serb-on-Albanian massacre caused an uproar among village residents, virtually all of whom are relatives of the victims. Kosovo Albanians blocked the main village road and s [...]
2006-05-30 06:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA472 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARTIN MORELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Martin Morell to visit Pristina June 12-16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to evaluate technical assistance projects in the telecom sector. Point of contact is Economics Officer Shante Moore, who can be reached at: office 381-38- [...]
2006-05-31 10:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA USTA YI SB MW MK BU
06PRISTINA473 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEPHEN SINNOTT AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to United States Attorney Stephen Sinnott and Assistant United States Attorney John Vauldreuil to visit Pristina June 2 -3 and June 8-9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with RLA Sarah Lum and to host trial advocacy skills work [...]
2006-05-31 14:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA480FUNDING FOR MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS IN KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the recent confrontation between police and families of the missing in Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa demonstrates, missing persons remains a volatile issue in Kosovo (Ref A). The USG has helped fund both UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the Kosovo oper [...]
2006-06-05 16:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA481KOSOVO: EU FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Union has developed a draft discussion paper for an International Civilian Mission in Kosovo (ICM) that would form the basis for implementation of the final status settlement. The plan calls for a much smaller footprint than UNMIK's current presence, and places heav [...]
2006-06-06 13:23:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA484KOSOVO SERB HARDLINERS CALL FOR SELF DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the OSCE, 500-700 people participated in a June 5 demonstration in Zvecan against recent acts of violence against Kosovo Serbs. Local leaders announced a resolution by the Zvecan municipal assembly to end contact with the Kosovo government until the crimes are s [...]
2006-06-06 16:38:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA491KOSOVO: PM CEKU ALREADY AT WORK ON CONTACT GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 8 meeting with Contact Group (CG) heads of mission in Pristina, Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku received the 13 points of priorities for standards implementation as something that will help the Kosovo government focus its current efforts, not as criticism of its e [...]
2006-06-08 16:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA493KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP REVEALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Assembly formally unveiled a new work plan on June 7 designed to improve procedural and budgetary transparency. International advisors, including USAID, have been very involved in the development of this plan and heads of diplomatic liaison offices, including COM, p [...]
2006-06-09 14:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA495RIFT WIDENS BETWEEN HARD-LINE AND MODERATE SERBIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ever since moderate Bishop Teodosije welcomed Kosovo President Sejdiu to Decani Monastery on Orthodox Easter, the rift between Teodosije and hard-line Bishop Artemije has widened. After the visit, Artemije blasted Teodosije in the media, and the hardline Serbian National Coun [...]
2006-06-09 17:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI KIRF KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA498UNMIK HEAD OF MISSION RESIGNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Soren Jessen-Petersen has resigned as Kosovo's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),effective June 30. Principal Deputy SRSG (PDSRSG) Steven Schook will become acting SRSG if a replacement is not in place by the e [...]
2006-06-12 17:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA506KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI HOPES TO BEGIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Talks Martti Ahtisaari told Contact Group (CG) liaison office heads on June 10 that he expects to brief the UNSC in early July and then hopes to host the first direct talks between senior Pristina and Belgrade officials the week of July 17. He [...]
2006-06-13 15:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA507KOSOVO: PROTOCOL ON RETURN WITH SERBIA SIGNED AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After almost two years of negotiations, the Provisional Institutions of Self Government in Kosovo (PISG),the Government of Serbia and UNMIK signed a Protocol on Voluntary and Sustainable Return on June 6, 2006. UNMIK pressed hard to get the protocol signed before SRSG Soren J [...]
2006-06-13 16:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA513KOSOVO: THACI OK WITH ELECTION DELAY IF HIS PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Hashim Thaci, the head of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),met on June 9 with heads of Contact Group diplomatic liaison offices in Pristina. He outlined his thoughts on what he called the failure of the current government to accomplish its domestic tasks, in part [...]
2006-06-15 15:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA518SECURITY HEIGHTENED IN NORTH AFTER SERB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Municipal assemblies in all three of Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities have passed resolutions calling for a cessation of existing minimal ties with the central government in Pristina. The resolutions express dissatisfaction with the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) a [...]
2006-06-16 17:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA519KOSOVO: KFOR RE-ESTABLISHES PERMANENT PRESENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13 the French contingent in charge of Multi-National Task Force-North (MNTF-N) reactivated a former Belgian KFOR camp in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavic. The camp will be manned by different national contingents on two-week rotations, beginning with the Fren [...]
2006-06-16 17:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA520KOSOVO: BAD POLL NUMBERS FOR THACI SIGNAL REQUEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A new public opinion poll of non-Serb Kosovars suggests plummeting popularity for opposition leaders Hashim Thaci and his Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). The poll, taken by a nominally apolitical local consulting company, was issued days before Thaci made a rare request for [...]
2006-06-16 17:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA525KOSOVO: UNMIK POSTPONES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Outgoing SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen announced June 17 his decision to postpone municipal elections scheduled for this autumn for a period not to exceed twelve months. Jessen-Petersen's decision provides that elections cannot be held earlier than three months or later than six [...]
2006-06-19 13:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA531KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERB MODERATES FLOAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb politicians, led by Oliver Ivanovic, are floating a decentralization plan calling for seven new Serb-majority municipalities and the enlargement of an eighth. Briefing Contact Group representatives on June 16, Ivanovic said his plan differs from the proposal [...]
2006-06-20 17:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA532SALI BERISHA TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS TO RECONCILE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an emotional June 15-17 visit to Kosovo, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha reiterated his support for Kosovo's independence, voiced his confidence in Kosovo's current leadership and asked Kosovo Albanians to reconcile with Serbs. He also attempted to mend fences with [...]
2006-06-20 17:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA534KOSOVO: VIOLENT DEATH OF ELDERLY SERB RAISES FEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An elderly Kosovo Serb returnee was found dead on June 20 from a gunshot wound to the head in western Kosovo's Klina municipality. Police tell us informally that the path of the bullet (entry through the front of the neck and exit through the top of the head) would ordinarily [...]
2006-06-21 18:37:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREF PREL PGOV PINR SCUL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA538KOSOVO'S NEW AUDITOR GENERAL OFF TO A GOOD START
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since arriving in February 2006, Kosovo Auditor General Linda Casella has produced six complete audits on Kosovo municipalities and other institutions. She was assaulted and severely beaten in downtown Pristina shortly [...]
2006-06-22 16:47:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON YI
06PRISTINA539KOSOVO'S NEXT UN ADMINISTRATOR: THACI WEIGHS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition party leader Hashim Thaci requested a meeting June 19 with COM to convey his concern that current UNMIK economic pillar head, Joachim Rucker, is rumored as a leading candidate to fill the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) position from which curren [...]
2006-06-22 17:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA545KOSOVO: PISG AND WORLD BANK AGREE ON A WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self- Government (PISG) and the international community, led by the World Bank, have reached agreement on a way forward for development of Kosovo's energy sector. The parties have resolv [...]
2006-06-23 09:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL YI
06PRISTINA547 KOSOVO SERBS: A SUCCESS STORY AND TWO PLEAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 11:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF SR
06PRISTINA549 KOSOVO MINORITIES: RURAL POVERTY AND A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many Serbs and other minority members who either returned to or stayed put in rural areas of Kosovo after the end of the conflict in June 1999 or the ethnic riots in March 2004 live marginally. Their immediate preoccupation is their livelihoods. Determination of Kosovo's final [...]
2006-06-23 14:53:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF SR YI
06PRISTINA554KOSOVO: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER ICTY VISIT;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several widows from the Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa massacre say they first assisted a visiting UN convoy on May 25, but then grew suspicious when the convoy showed interest in the local Serb graveyard and the homes of former Serb residents. One widow expressed no remorse over [...]
2006-06-27 16:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA561KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY AUDIT REVEALS FISCAL MALFEASANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An external audit of the Kosovo Assembly's budget under former Speaker Nexhat Daci has revealed serious fiscal irregularities. The audit states that Daci and his Assembly staff used Assembly finances for expensive armored vehicles, a convention/conference center in a suburb of P [...]
2006-06-29 15:24:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA564KOSTUNICA VISIT TO KOSOVO SPARKS ONLY ISOLATED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica visited Gracanica monastery in Kosovo on June 28 to commemorate Vidovdan. Despite receiving UNMIK permission to visit Kosovo only for personal, religious reasons, Kostunica used the opportunity to make a provocative speech in which he [...]
2006-06-29 16:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA567KOSOVO: PM CEKU UP-BEAT ON FULFILLMENT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku gave Contact Group representatives a largely positive interim report June 27 on progress on the 13 priorities for standards implementation delivered to Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Governance (PISG) on June 8 (reftel). While the report sho [...]
2006-06-30 17:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA574 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOSHUA BLACK
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina July 4 - 7, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany UN Deputy Special Envoy for Kosovo Status, Albert Rohan. Point of contact is Political Office Officer David Whiddon, who c [...]
2006-07-06 10:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SR
06PRISTINA575NORTH MITROVICA LEADERS CLARIFY MUNICIPAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two influential Kosovo Serbs from north Mitrovica clarified recent declarations issued by Kosovo's three northern Serb-majority municipalities and the Mitrovica advisory board ostensibly cutting off ties with the government in Pristina. UNMIK representatives say the declarati [...]
2006-07-07 13:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI PREF
06PRISTINA576KOSOVO: NEGOTIATION TEAM RECEPTIVE TO POST-UNMIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to an invitation from President Fatmir Sejdiu, COM and Torbjorn Sohlstrom, the head of the EU mission in Kosovo, briefed the Kosovo negotiating team July 5 on initial thinking on a post-status, post-UNMIK international civilian mission. They stressed that any future [...]
2006-07-07 16:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA579 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GONZALEZ, WALDRON AND KAHRS
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Biographic Officer Ana-Christina Gonzalez and Political Officers Brooke Waldron and Susan Kahrs to visit Pristina July 15-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to consult with and debrief USOP officials regarding key government and op [...]
2006-07-10 12:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR OTRA SR
06PRISTINA584SERBIA REPATRIATES FINAL SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an emotional handover on June 30, Serbia repatriated to Kosovo the final sets of human remains found in known mass grave sites in Serbia. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is now working to perform autopsies on the remains and return the few that were i [...]
2006-07-11 17:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA587TENSIONS BUILDING OVER NORTHERN KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As all concerned enter the Kosovo final status home stretch, the north of Kosovo is increasingly coming into focus as the area where preferred status outcomes potentially collide. UNMIK officials say they have credible reports that Kosovo Serbs in the north are attempting to rei [...]
2006-07-12 18:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA598NORTHERN KOSOVO SERB MAYORS NOT MASTERS OF THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The mayor of the Serb-majority northern Kosovo municipality of Zvecan insisted to USOP that his decision to cut ties with the Kosovo Government was a reasonable expression of frustration with the failure of the Kosovo police to solve crimes against Serbs. The mayors of the other [...]
2006-07-17 17:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA599KOSOVO: ACTING SRSG PUSHES BELGRADE/WHO ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although medication is on hand, medical personnel have been trained, and construction of a clinic has been completed, treatment of Mitrovica-area Roma acutely ill with lead poisoning has not begun. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been waiting for more than three month [...]
2006-07-17 18:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA600KOSOVO: PISG PROGRESS ON CG STANDARDS PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) continue to make progress on fulfilling the Contact Group's 13 priorities for standards implementation. Prime Minister Agim Ceku announced July 11 that two of the 13 had already been fulfilled and the PISG completed ano [...]
2006-07-17 18:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA608KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...]
2006-07-19 18:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA609KOSOVO: REVIEWS OF PM CEKU'S FIRST 100 DAYS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first 100 days of the government of Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku have been on balance very successful. Ceku has focused his personal attention on Standards-related portfolios -- outreach to minorities, minority-focused legislation, property rights, security -- given priority [...]
2006-07-19 18:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA611KOSOVO: DETAILS OF SLKM PROPOSAL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oliver Ivanovic views his Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM) plan for seven new Serb-majority municipalities and the enlargement of an eight existing municipality (Novo Brdo) as a bridge between the current proposals on new municipalities by the Serbian and Kosovo gove [...]
2006-07-20 16:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA612 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...]
2006-07-21 12:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA614MODERATE KOSOVO CHURCH LEADERS, UNOSEK AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Father Sava told PolOff that he personally supports UNOSEK proposals for the protection of cultural heritage. He said the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),however, cannot support the proposals publicly so long as the government in Belgrade continues to oppose them. Sava critic [...]
2006-07-21 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA617KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR JULY 26-28 VISIT OF SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit, following almost immediately on the so-called Elephants' Meeting between Serbian and Kosovar senior leaders, will present an opportunity to help shape the approach of Kosovo Albanian leaders to what they expect will be the culmination of the final status [...]
2006-07-24 17:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA630KOSOVO: PM CEKU VISITS THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 22 visit to majority ethnic Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo, Prime Minister Agim Ceku declared that northern Mitrovica "is and will always be a part of Kosovo." He also requested that KFOR and UNMIK "insulate this region politically and practically from Serb [...]
2006-07-28 15:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETTC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA631KOSOVO: PROTEST OVER VIENNA NEGOTIATIONS FIZZLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Only around 250-300 protesters showed up for a July 24 demonstration in Pristina called by Albin Kurti, the activist leader of the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),against participation by Kosovo government officials that same day in final status negotiations in Vienna with s [...]
2006-07-28 16:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA637KOSOVO: UNMIK BELIEVES UK HOLDS INFORMATION TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The UN in Kosovo believes that the British SIS has in its possession of 700-page report with information that could lead to the conviction of four suspects in the murder of Serb civilians in 2001. UNMIK,s Department of Justice has asked the UK Office to make the report availa [...]
2006-08-01 15:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA639COM URGES MODERATE KOSOVO SERB LEADERS TO ENGAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During introductory meetings with moderate Kosovo Serb leaders Oliver Ivanovic, Bishop Teodosije and Father Sava, COM echoed recent comments by Ambassador Wisner about the importance of active and direct engagement in status negotiations during the coming weeks. Ivanovic, Teod [...]
2006-08-02 16:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA640WISNER TO KOSOVARS: SIX WEEKS TO COME TO CLOSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on July 27 with President Fatmir Sejdiu and the entire Kosovo negotiating team, U.S. Special Representative for the Kosovo Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner stressed the need to stay unified and to use the next six weeks to bring Kosovar Albanian negotiati [...]
2006-08-02 16:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA645KOSOVO: CONTACT GROUP MESSAGE TO PRISTINA WELL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Keeping to the language worked out in Contact Group capitals, COM led other CG representatives (along with the heads of the local EU and European Commission missions) in a demarche on the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team") on the results of the July 24 high-level meeting [...]
2006-08-04 13:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA647MODERATE OLIVER IVANOVIC CLAIMS TO BE LAUNCHING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic has filed papers with the OSCE to establish a new political party and has requested funding for a new NGO designed to reduce the influence of Belgrade political parties on Kosovo Serbs. However, his new party is a local branch of a [...]
2006-08-04 15:23:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA648KOSOVO: CHIEF OF MISSION STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her initial calls on Kosovo's leaders, COM urged them to stay united and not let personal differences interfere with their seriousness of purpose in the Vienna status negotiations. President Fatmir Sejdiu vented his frustration at the antics of opposition leaders on the negot [...]
2006-08-04 16:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA653KOSOVO: SERB RELUCTANCE TO RETURN TO SVINJARE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The return of Serbs to the village of Svinjare is more complex than the rebuilding of houses destroyed and damaged by ethnic Albanians in the riots of March 2004. The rebuilding/repair effort is underway, though according to the UNMIK office that advises the Kosovo Protection [...]
2006-08-08 12:04:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA658 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEMIAN SMITH
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Demian Smith to visit Pristina August 14-17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for meetings with local officials. Control Officer is Political Officer Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3104; GSM 377 [...]
2006-08-09 17:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI
06PRISTINA659 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHERINE HELGERSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Katherine Helgerson to visit Pristina August 10-20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide support to the Econ/Pol section. Point of contact is Econ/Pol Deputy Chief David Whiddon, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 e [...]
2006-08-09 17:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA660 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell to visit Pristina August 13-16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to have introductory meetings with USOP, UNMIK, KFOR, and PISG officials. Control Officer is Political Officer Carrie Shirtz, who can be reached at: office [...]
2006-08-09 17:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA661KOSOVO: LDK ASSERTS PRIMARY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 6 letter sent by the LDK party presidency to Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku continues to make news over a week after its existence was leaked to the press. The key issues in the letter were the assertion by the LDK that the party -- and not Ceku -- would have authority o [...]
2006-08-10 09:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA663KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN BABIN MOST
[...] (SBU) On August 6, the priest in the ethnic-Serb majority village of Babin Most (Obiliq/Obilic municipality) reported that unknown perpetrators vandalized and robbed his church. He said that several icons were damaged or stolen, along with 800 euros in church funds. On August 6 the Acting Chi [...]
2006-08-11 09:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI PHUM KRIF
06PRISTINA664KOSOVO: COM TO UNITY TEAM MEMBERS: TIME'S UP
[...] (C) Summary: COM met individually with members of Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) August 9-11 to lay down a direct and unambiguous marker: the time is now to come to closure with UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari on the issues of decentralization and minority rights. COM underscored USG [...]
2006-08-11 15:51:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA674KOSOVO: PM CEKU UPBEAT ON COMPLETION OF CG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku told heads of mission from the Contact Group (CG),EU and EC liaison offices August 15 that the Kosovo government has completed five of the CG's 13 priorities for Standards implementation and is on track to finish the remaining eight by October. He asses [...]
2006-08-17 15:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA680 AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell to visit Pristina August 20-26, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to have introductory meetings with USOP, UNMIK, KFOR, and PISG officials. Control Officer is Political Officer Tracey Thornton, who can be reached at: offic [...]
2006-08-18 17:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC YI
06PRISTINA681 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANNA MORAWIEC MANFIELD
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Anna Morawiec Mansfield to visit Pristina August 20-23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings related to the Kosovo status negotiations. Control Officer is Political Officer Tracey Thornton, who can be reached at: off [...]
2006-08-18 17:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT AU YI
06PRISTINA689KOSOVO: COM URGES NORTHERN MAYORS TO STAY ENGAGED,
[...] (C) Summary: COM travelled to northern Kosovo August 18 to meet with the mayors of the three predominantly Serb municipalities and utilize press opportunities to convey the benefits of the decentralization process to Serb residents of the north. All three mayors were definitive in rejecting a [...]
2006-08-22 12:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA709KOSOVO: SWIFT RESPONSE BY UNMIK AND KFOR CALMS
[...] (C) Summary: Swift action by UNMIK, KFOR, and the Kosovo Police Service prevented an escalation of violence following an August 26 grenade attack on a well-known cafe frequented by hard-line Serbs in north Mitrovica. Nine people sustained injuries, though none life-threatening, in the attack [...]
2006-08-29 18:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM KJUS PY
06PRISTINA725KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM BRIEFS KOSOVO ASSEMBLY ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unity Team (UT) members briefed the Kosovo Assembly in an open, televised session on the ongoing final status negotiations. The presentation was generally well received by MPs, although some expressed opposition to negotiated independence. Late distribution of the UT's material [...]
2006-09-01 17:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA726KOSOVO: SERB LEADERS CLOSE THEIR EYES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders, particularly in the north, are abundantly aware that the likeliest outcome of the status process is independence. Nevertheless, they continue to deny that a status decision will apply to them. Some express hard-line views on secession and violence if indep [...]
2006-09-01 18:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA727KOSOVO: EU RULE OF LAW PLANNING PROGRESSING, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Casper Klynge, head of the EU Planning Team (EUPT),told us recently he is grappling with mixed messages from Brussels and EU capitals on his follow-on rule of law mission's size and scope. Brussels favors a limited footprint, while capitals increasingly argue for a more operatio [...]
2006-09-02 10:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID ETTC KCRM PREL YI UNMIK DPKO
06PRISTINA728KOSOVO: UNMIK KPC COORDINATOR OFFERS THOUGHTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Coordinator Major General Chris Steirn (UK) offered COM his thoughts on the future establishment of a Kosovo defense force in a meeting September 1. Not surprisingly, Steirn argued that a future Kosovo security force was needed, both to avoid [...]
2006-09-02 13:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA729KOSOVO: CONSTITUTION DRAFTING AND ELECTIONS TIMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Discussion has begun, both locally and in UNOSEK and Contact Group venues, on the important post-status issues of constitution drafting and timing of elections. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari expressed to COM and EU reps in Pristina his view that the constitution must be drafted with [...]
2006-09-02 14:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA734KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU NOMINATED FOR POSITION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a fast moving series of events over the Labor Day weekend, the influential presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's largest party, decided September 5 to nominate President Fatmir Sejdiu as its candidate for the position of party president. Sejdiu is [...]
2006-09-05 20:02:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA736KOSOVO: INCREASED VOLUME OF ALBANIAN ATTACKS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent appearance of the Kosovo negotiating team before the Kosovo Assembly and public criticism of key elements of the final status talks have resulted in protests against decentralization in the affected municipalities, as well as attacks by political "pundits" in the media [...]
2006-09-06 17:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA742 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HALLBERG, DUDLEY AND MEGES
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officers Kent B. Hallberg and Mark Dudley and Economic Officer Daniel Meges to visit Pristina September 10-13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to consult with USOP officials. Point of contact is Political Officer David W [...]
2006-09-08 09:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR OTRA SR
06PRISTINA748KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Unity Team still fractious and a growing tide of public criticism against the decentralization provisions of the UNOSEK plan, we are anticipating a rough political season in advance of the eventual status decision. What would normally have been a heated debate over the m [...]
2006-09-09 12:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA762 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...]
2006-09-12 14:53:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR
06PRISTINA763 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VINCENT CARVER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Vincent Carver to visit Pristina September 12 - September 14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the September 13 coordination meeting chaired by DAS DiCarlo. Point of contact will be Political Officer, David Whiddon, who can [...]
2006-09-12 14:53:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EUN
06PRISTINA764 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...]
2006-09-12 14:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR
06PRISTINA765KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is in an important transition period with a decision on final status looming and the EU poised to assume UNMIK's Rule of Law (RoL) mission. Ambassador Williamson's September 15-17 visit offers a good opportunity to review current prosecution efforts and to shape the EU's a [...]
2006-09-12 16:53:00Embassy PristinaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA766KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERB MUNICALITY OF STRPCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders of Strpce municipality complain that despite running "the only real multi-ethnic municipality in Kosovo," their efforts are severely hampered by dwindling resources from Pristina. While admitting that they also receive financial transfers from Belgrade, these [...]
2006-09-12 16:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA777 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHERINE HELGERSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Katherine Helgerson to visit Pristina September 17-24, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide support to the Econ/Pol section. Point of contact is Econ/Pol Deputy Chief David Whiddon, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-51 [...]
2006-09-15 16:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA778 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EXBS ASSESSMENT TEAM, SEPT
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EXBS Assessment Team, Paul Van Son, Jason McClellen and Jim Kelly to visit Pristina September 18 - September 22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to discuss possible areas of cooperation with the USOP and key UNMIK ministries. Point [...]
2006-09-15 16:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETT YI MIK
06PRISTINA779KOSOVO: STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION PROCEEDS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo government claims to have fulfilled nine of the Contact Group's 13 priorities for Standards implementation. Our estimate is lower, though overall implementation has moved forward. We can expect that progress on the remaining outstanding priorities will be slower as t [...]
2006-09-16 09:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA780KOSOVO: ORDINARY SERBS IN KOSOVO'S NORTH SAY THEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo,s Serbs face an existential question: stay on in post-status Kosovo or start over somewhere else. USOP officers traveled recently to Zvecan in northern Kosovo to try to gauge the views of ordinary Serbs. Most of our interlocutors predicted that Serbs would flee en masse i [...]
2006-09-16 09:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA781KOSOVO: TURKISH LANGUAGE LAW MOTION REJECTED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A motion to make Turkish an official language of Prizren municipality and change the population requirement for official languages from 6% to 5% was rejected September 14 in a 48-41 vote of the Kosovo Assembly. Though Assembly votes are anonymous, all signs indicate the majority [...]
2006-09-16 15:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA782KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS DIALOGUE: SLOW PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Families of the missing gathered in Pristina and Gracanica on August 30 to commemorate the International Day of Missing Persons, protest lack of progress in resolving cases and bring public attention to the almost 2,300 persons still missing from the Kosovo conflict. Although [...]
2006-09-18 12:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA788KOSOVO: WHY A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF STATUS MATTERS
[...] (C) Having read Embassy Belgrade's excellent cable (reftel) on the compelling reasons to stick to the planned timetable for resolution of Kosovo's status, we wanted to offer a few thoughts from the Pristina perspective on why a status decision this year remains critical to our objectives of s [...]
2006-09-19 06:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA795 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOSEPH PAONESSA AND ERIC
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Joseph Paonessa, Chief Inspector, U.S. Marshal Service, and Eric Seidel, Assistant District Attorney to visit Pristina September 22 through October 1, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to perform a one week witness protection assessm [...]
2006-09-21 07:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA802KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 26-28 VISIT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The successful September 20 Contact Group ministerial with Secretary Rice at the helm was viewed here as further indication that the U.S. government will press for a timetable that delivers a status determination by the end of 2006. This remains the sole and almost obsessive foc [...]
2006-09-22 11:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA803KOSOVO: SMALL NEW SERB PARTY DARES TO POSIT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The newly-formed Autonomous Liberal Party (SLS) seeks to represent Kosovo Serbs who want to stay and integrate into Kosovo institutions and society, regardless of the outcome of the status process. Party President Slobodan Petrovic told us the SLS is more concerned with the impa [...]
2006-09-22 14:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA804KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES TURKISH LANGUAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed an amendment to the Law on Languages making Turkish an official language in Prizren. After initially rejecting the measure on September 14 due to infighting within the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, the LDK got its house in order (at l [...]
2006-09-22 16:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA808KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU REP LEHNE BRIEF ON ICO,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 12-14, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and EU rep Stefan Lehne briefed Kosovo Albanian and Serb leaders on the International Civilian Office (ICO) that will be established to supervise implementation of the status settlement. DiCarlo and Lehne underscored that plann [...]
2006-09-26 08:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA811COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN ERATH, EUR/SCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Deputy Director for Kosovo John Erath to visit Pristina September 28-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with US Office Pristina staff and with local and international officials. Point of contact is Polit [...]
2006-09-26 14:31:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREL EUN AU SE NATO US
06PRISTINA813KOSOVO: AMB. WILLIAMSON URGES COOPERATION AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with both international and Kosovar actors in the justice and political sectors, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson stressed the need for continued Kosovar and international focus on addressing outstanding war crimes cases. In a two-day visit [...]
2006-09-27 09:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA822 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VINCENT CARVER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USEU Political Officer Vincent Carver to visit Pristina October 2-December 15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the international civilian office planning. Point of contact is Deputy Chief Political Officer David [...]
2006-09-29 14:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EUN
06PRISTINA833KOSOVO: A/S FRIED PRESSES KOSOVO LEADERS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 26-28, EUR A/S Fried met separately with PM Ceku, President Sejdiu and the Unity Team and assured them of the USG's seriousness in pursuing the status process to its logical end, but stressed that the Kosovar Albanian leadership must show itself worthy of in [...]
2006-10-02 18:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA836KOSOVO: DACI CAMP CAMPAIGNING HARD FOR LDK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci is waging an aggressive early campaign to become president of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). There are indications that Daci or his supporters may be using intimidation tactics to wrest control of the party at the grass roots lev [...]
2006-10-03 16:55:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA842KOSOVO: COM TELLS GJILAN OFFICIALS TO END THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM condemned recent violence and urged support for decentralization in a meeting with Gjilan municipal officials from four political parties. She also delivered a message to the fractious ruling LDK party in Gjilan to stop its unhelpful (and violent) infighting. The Albanian [...]
2006-10-04 18:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA843 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO THOMAS C KEENAN AND AARON B
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officers Thomas C. Keenan and Aaron B. Schoenewolf to visit Pristina October 2-7, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission officials. Point of contact is Pol/Econ Deputy Chief David Whiddon, who can [...]
2006-10-06 08:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA HR AMGT YI
06PRISTINA846KOSOVO: PM CEKU "LOOKING TOWARDS STATUS" WHILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku briefed Pristina liaison office heads October 5 on his plans over the next several months for managing Kosovo Albanians' expectations for, and Kosovo Serbs' fear of, final status. Ceku said that implementation of Standards for Kosovo, particularly [...]
2006-10-06 16:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA847KOSOVO: COM URGES CALM, CAUTION AMONG KOSOVAR
[...] (C) With rumors swirling of a delay in the status process and statements by EU High Representative Solana and UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari appearing to confirm these speculations, COM counseled calm among Kosovar Albanian leaders the week of October 2. Meeting with the Prime Minister, the parl [...]
2006-10-08 11:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA853FERIZAJ LEADERS AGREE TO REPAIR ROOF ON VANDALIZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 6 Ferizaj/Urosevac Municipal leaders promised visiting poloff and a U.S. sergeant involved in civil-military operations in the area that they would pay for the August theft of the copper roof of the St. Uros church. (The thief, who was apprehended shortly after the [...]
2006-10-10 14:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA854KOSOVO: UNMIK STILL WAIVERING ON THREE-MONTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the October 4 meeting of the Steering Group for Future International Arrangements, UNMIK presented a "work in progress non-paper" (forwarded to EUR/SCE) with timelines for transition and identifying an action office for many of the items. According to various UNMIK representa [...]
2006-10-10 16:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA856 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Office of South Central Europe Affairs Director Christopher Hoh to visit Pristina October 14 - October 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with post and host country officials. Point of contact will be Political O [...]
2006-10-11 14:56:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA MK AL SR
06PRISTINA858 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOROTHY MAYHEW, OCT 15-18,
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Office of Country Assistance Officer Dorothy Rogers Mayhew to visit Pristina October 15 - October 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide country assistance training and to attend the Justice Sector Assistance Review of FY07 [...]
2006-10-13 09:37:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AL SR
06PRISTINA861 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LINDA SAMUEL, OCT 14-18,
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Samuel, Deputy Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section Department of Justice, to visit Pristina October 14 - October 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to hold roundtable at Assembly on best practices in a [...]
2006-10-13 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AL SR
06PRISTINA862KOSOVO: SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP TEODOSIJE EXPRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met October 12 with Bishop Teodisije, the moderate Serb religious leader of Decani monastery, who feared that Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves in south were not prepared for final status. Teodosije asked that the international community do everything possible to encourage and en [...]
2006-10-13 17:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA863KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY BOARD MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an October 10 meeting of the five-member supervisory board of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),which includes USOP, KPA head Knut Rosandhaug confirmed that the rental property scheme by which illegal Albanian occupants pay rent to Serb owners had begun on October 2. Rosand [...]
2006-10-13 17:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA875 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER, MRS.
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, his wife, Mrs. Christine Marie Wisner, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina October 24 - October 26, 2006. The pu [...]
2006-10-20 12:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AU CR FI PREL SR
06PRISTINA881SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ensuring that the Serb community can remain and prosper in Kosovo is a key Mission goal and a vital test of Kosovo's commitment to multi-ethnic democracy. The Serb minority in Kosovo is not monolithic; those who live in the northern municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok and [...]
2006-10-21 12:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA882 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OPIC OFFICERS MARY BOOMGARD
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Mary Boomgard, Director of the Environmental Group and Mr. Joseph Wozniak, International Economist, Office of Investment Policy with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to visit Pristina November 6 - November 8, 2006. The [...]
2006-10-24 09:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OTRA OPIC XB XC XE
06PRISTINA905KOSOVO: REFERENDUM ON SERB CONSTITUTION PROCEEDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polling in the October 28-29 referendum on the new Serbian constitution proceeded peacefully throughout Kosovo. The Belgrade-based Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) reported after the polls closed that 90,036 voters in Kosovo (90.1 percent of the estimated 101,546 [...]
2006-10-30 11:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA906KOSOVO: LDK REFUSAL TO DEBATE ASSEMBLY AUDIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling LDK party's refusal on October 27 to discuss an audit report highly critical of former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci caused the opposition to walk out of the Assembly and boycott further participation until the issue was resolved. The problem started when LDK Assembly c [...]
2006-10-30 14:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA909KOSOVO: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH PRESSES KOSOVAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR/SCE Office Director Chris Hoh reassured anxious Kosovo Albanian leaders that the USG still supports resolution of Kosovo's final status by the end of the year, but asked them to help manage expectations within the population if Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari decides a [...]
2006-10-30 16:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA912 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL DREIER, NOVEMBER 23,
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative David Dreier, Chairman - House Rules Committee, Brad Smith, Professional Staff Member and LTC Paul Kennedy, Lead Military Planner, to visit Pristina November 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings wi [...]
2006-10-31 10:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MIK YI PK AF FI
06PRISTINA913 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GAIL ROBERTSON, NOVEMBER 1-8,
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INL Program Manager Gail S. Robertson to visit Pristina November 1-8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct interviews for contingent command staff and meet with U.S. and UNMIK officers. Control Officer for this visit will be [...]
2006-10-31 10:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA UN KCRM
06PRISTINA921KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER REAFFIRMS U.S. RESOLVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo October 24-26, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner delivered a three-part message to the top political leadership: maintain unity through and beyond final status; let the Kosovar people know now what lies ahead; and make certain the machinery of government is in [...]
2006-11-03 07:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]
2006-11-03 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA924KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERB PROPOSES ALL-SERB ASSEMBLY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Apart from his work as owner and director of TV Mir, former Kosovo Serb politician Nenad Radosavljevic has suggested several mechanisms that he says will ensure that Kosovo Serbs can effectively participate in post-status institutions. In a recent meeting with USOP, he proposed [...]
2006-11-03 14:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA930KOSOVO: LDK INTERNAL BATTLE PORTENDS CONTINUING
[...] (C) Summary: The internal LDK struggle for power between two factions continues, with the process of party elections now in full swing. Though former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci appeared to take the early momentum with low-level party victories in eastern Kosovo, the LDK "old guard" under K [...]
2006-11-06 12:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA933KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...]
2006-11-06 16:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA947KOSOVO: UNMIK GETTING OUT OF THE RETURNS BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike the rest of UNMIK, which is planning its departure without undue haste, the Office for Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM) hopes to transfer all of its competencies except for responsibility for forced returns by the end of the year, a very positive development in o [...]
2006-11-11 13:20:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA948KOSOVO: PLANNING FOR POSSIBLE SERB REFUGEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the leak to Serbian media in May 2006 of UNHCR's draft contingency planning on possible population movements after a decision on Kosovo's final status, UNHCR has continued to refine its thinking. Planning assumptions vary wildly, with estimates ranging from 10,000 to 112,00 [...]
2006-11-11 13:24:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA951 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL LATHAM AND ARBEN GEGA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Economic Officer Mr. Michael Latham and Commercial Assistant Arben Gega to visit Pristina November 14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the grand opening of a Macedonian financed facility in Xerxe, Rahovec. Control Office [...]
2006-11-13 10:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
06PRISTINA952KOSOVO: KOSOVAR ALBANIAN LEADERSHIP ACCEPTS DELAY
[...] (C) Summary: Though apprehensive about the political repercussions of a delay in the status process, Kosovar Albanian leaders represented in the Unity Team (the negotiating team participating in Vienna negotiations) uniformly accepted the announcement by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari that his p [...]
2006-11-13 10:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA954 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAYLYN KVOCHAK
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Section Intern, Kaylyn Kvochak to visit Pristina November 13-17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office, to meet with UNHCR and selected return related organizations, and to conduct site visits, parti [...]
2006-11-13 13:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PREF
06PRISTINA957 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRANCISCO D. SAINZ NOVEMBER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to South Central European Affairs (EUR/SCE) Principal Deputy Director Francisco D. Sainz to visit Pristina November 19-22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with USOP officers. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Of [...]
2006-11-13 15:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT
06PRISTINA965KOSOVO: EVOLVING EU POLICE AND JUSTICE PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: The emerging outlines of the EU police and justice plan for post-status Kosovo make it apparent that security and law enforcement in Kosovo will be conducted on a fundamentally different basis after the settlement than under UNMIK administration. EU planning is painfully slow an [...]
2006-11-14 18:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA967KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...]
2006-11-14 18:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA971KOSOVO: MAYORS PRESSED TO ACCEPT DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM hosted a November 14 meeting of her Contact Group colleagues, joined by EU and EC reps, with mayors of 10 major Kosovo cities to emphasize the centrality of decentralization in the final status settlement. She urged them as key players in this process to implement decentrali [...]
2006-11-15 18:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA972KOSOVO: KICKING THE CONTACT GROUP'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) gave us updated statistics on the KPA's rental property scheme and enforcement of property claims pending implementation -- two of the 13 Contact Group priority standards. Some 361 properties out of a total of approximately 5,400 admi [...]
2006-11-15 18:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA973KOSOVO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REMAINS A PROBLEM,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trafficking in persons (TIP) continues to plague Kosovo, but UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) have taken some important steps to combat it, including undercover police operations, adoption of a two-year action plan to combat trafficking in human [...]
2006-11-16 06:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALGTIP KJUS KCRM PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA977 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR JAMES P. CAIN AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador James P. Cain and Embassy Copenhagen Army Attach LTC Michael Schleicher to visit Pristina November 29, 2006. The visit is part of a multinational ambassadorial delegation invited by the government of Denmark to review Dani [...]
2006-11-17 09:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT DA YI
06PRISTINA985KOSOVO: BELGRADE'S COORDINATION CENTER VIEWED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Several prominent Kosovo Serbs shared with us their disdain for the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK),the Serbian state institution established ostensibly to take care of their needs. Moderates and hardliners alike called the CCK a "money laundering" operation, [...]
2006-11-20 14:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA989KOSOVO: CONTROVERSIAL AND WEALTHY EXPAT FORMS NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bexhet Pacolli's Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) recently held its first convention in Pristina, evolving from a U.S.-based lobbying group for Kosovo independence into a registered political party. Pacolli, a wealthy Kosovar Albanian who lives in Switzerland, has plastered the K [...]
2006-11-20 14:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM INR YI
07PRISTINA100 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina February 8-9, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3195; GSM 377-44-500-972; fax 381-38- [...]
2007-02-07 08:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA102 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation, led by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, to visit Pristina February 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to hold meetings with Kosovo officials and KFOR leadership. Control Officer for this visit will be De [...]
2007-02-07 13:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM YI CA
07PRISTINA103 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK Brad Bell to visit Pristina February 8-10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is meetings with the Unity Team and USOP regard the Ahtisaari proposal. Control Officer for this visit will be Political/Economic Chief [...]
2007-02-07 14:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA104KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]
2007-02-07 14:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA108KOSOVO: DELEGATION FOR EXBS CONFERENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Kosovo will send a delegation to the Eighth International Export Control Conference in Bucharest March 6-8, 2006. Given Kosovo's unique status as a UN-administered territory, the delegation will be led by an international United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) representative, [...]
2007-02-09 14:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID
07PRISTINA112KOSOVO: "SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT" PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: A planned protest by radical "Self-Determination" Movement members in Pristina February 10 turned deadly when two protestors were killed as a result of police efforts to block demonstrators from reaching and ransacking key Kosovo government buildings. Order was restored within [...]
2007-02-12 10:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA113KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]
2007-02-12 11:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA114KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT KOSMOCELL CONSORTIUM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced local consortium Kosmocell, which included American companies Computer Science Corporation and the Omni Group, as the winner of the second mobile telephone tender. UNMIK officials said the selection of Kosmocell was c [...]
2007-02-12 11:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECPS ECON PREL YI
07PRISTINA115KOSOVO: THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN VOTING IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have seen in recent high-profile Kosovo Assembly deliberations, the use of secret ballots combined with weak party discipline and back-bencher discontent has greatly complicated our ability to get key legislation passed. Working with the leadership of the Assembly and oth [...]
2007-02-12 12:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA118COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...]
2007-02-13 17:31:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA122 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KYLE CUNNINGHAM - COCHRAN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle Cunningham to visit Pristina February 28 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to interview Cochran candidates. Control Officer for this visit will be Commercial Assistant, Fatmir Morina, who can be reached at: office 381 [...]
2007-02-20 10:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAL BK BU EAGR HR MK OTRA RO SR TU
07PRISTINA125 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MS. BRIDGETTE JOHNSON, MR.
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury's program officer Ms. Bridgette Johnson, Budget Advisor Mr. Keith Clark and Project Coordinator Ms. Karen Skeete to visit Pristina February 25 - March 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Kosovo officials to dra [...]
2007-02-20 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA YI
07PRISTINA126KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...]
2007-02-21 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV
07PRISTINA139 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN JOHNSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff John Johnson to visit Pristina February 28-March 2, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3104; GSM 377-44-501-741; 381-63-1840-036 f [...]
2007-02-26 14:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA141KOSOVO: DACI CONVENES "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The break-away faction of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held its first political convention on February 17, endorsing ex-Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci as its leader and approving his hand-picked slate of deputy presidents. The party chose the name "Democratic League [...]
2007-02-26 14:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA142KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...]
2007-02-26 17:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA15U.S. OFFICE PRISTINA EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES -
[...] (C) In the runup to Kosovo's final status process, post is reviewing its emergency procedures. This is the first in a series of messages. 2. (S/NF) USOP (to include State, USAID, SIMO, and DoD) has the following communications capabilities: State: ----- a. Video Teleconference (VT [...]
2007-01-09 15:24:00Embassy PristinaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT ACOA PBTS
07PRISTINA150KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...]
2007-02-28 13:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS
07PRISTINA151KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...]
2007-02-28 15:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA159KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...]
2007-03-01 18:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA161KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...]
2007-03-02 16:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO
07PRISTINA162KOSOVO SERB JOURNALISTS LOOK TO UNOSEK AND USG TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion on March 1 with COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom, Kosovo Serb journalists shared their concerns about the lack of protections for Serb media in the status package, and offered their proposal for additional guarantees. COM assured them [...]
2007-03-02 16:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR PREL EAID KDEM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA163UPDATE ON KOSOVO PRIORITY STANDARDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are finding it difficult to close the book on the remaining Contact Group (CG) Priorities for Standards. We believe all CG offices here would agree that at least nine of the 13 Priorities are complete and that the onl [...]
2007-03-02 16:58:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA164KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...]
2007-03-02 17:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA168KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...]
2007-03-05 12:14:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA169KOSOVO SERB HARD-LINERS AND MODERATES FACE OFF IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In what was clearly an orchestrated effort, Kosovo Serb hardliners prevented moderate Serb leaders from holding the founding session of the Serbian National Assembly (SNS) on March 4 in Gracanica. The meeting was originally the brainchild of noted Croatian Serb activist Milorad [...]
2007-03-05 15:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA180KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...]
2007-03-08 08:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA181KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 08:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA186KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL
[...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...]
2007-03-12 11:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI
07PRISTINA187KOSOVO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Post has identified the five most influential women in the Kosovo, per Ref A, as well as three Kosovo women who are influential among their respective minority communities. Political officer Heidi Barrachina is POC for women's issues at post: (381) 38-549-516 x3104; barrachinahh@state. [...]
2007-03-12 11:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK PHUM SOCI KWMN
07PRISTINA188KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...]
2007-03-12 12:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA19KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...]
2007-01-10 16:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA194KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...]
2007-03-13 11:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA20KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...]
2007-01-10 16:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA200KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...]
2007-03-14 18:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA204KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT NEW WINNER OF SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) recently announced the consortium of Telecom Slovenia/Ipko/Albright Group as the winner of the second mobile tender after the initial winner Kosmocell was unable to make its payment for the operating license. The consorti [...]
2007-03-16 12:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS PREL YI
07PRISTINA206KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...]
2007-03-16 15:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA207 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JUDGE JOHN TUNHEIM
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to John Tunheim, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota to visit Pristina March 18 - March 30, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an OPDAT roundtable on plea bargaining and to assist USAID with its constitutional dr [...]
2007-03-16 15:56:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA YI
07PRISTINA208KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...]
2007-03-16 17:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA21KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]
2007-01-10 17:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA214USOP'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NEWLY RE-ACCREDITED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari,s proposal for Kosovo,s final status calls for the regularization of the university in north Mitrovica as a Kosovar institution of higher learning. On March 11 UNMIK quietly and temporarily extended accreditation to the university. In a March 15 me [...]
2007-03-20 11:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SCUL
07PRISTINA22 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, Senior Advisor for Regional Programs, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact of EUR/ACE SEED division. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings to review Kosovo's assistance needs over the coming year and performance o [...]
2007-01-11 08:04:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAU BE FR OTRA OECD XG XH XT ZL SI
07PRISTINA224KOSOVO GOVERNING COALITION GROWS PROGRESSIVELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Weak leadership, opposition enticements, and the departure of AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj for the Hague have all combined to progressively undermine the governing coalition of Kosovo, which continues to limp along despite intensified pressure from a variety of sources. The inte [...]
2007-03-21 13:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA229KOSOVO: NORTHERN MUNICIPALITIES SUBMIT FY 2007
[...] (C) Summary. Despite having publicly cut economic and political ties with the central government in Pristina, Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities - Zubin Potok, Leposavic and Zvecan - recently submitted their FY 2007 budgets to the Kosovo Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE). Alth [...]
2007-03-23 15:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL YI
07PRISTINA232 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO POLOFF DAVID MUNIZ
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff David Muniz to visit Pristina on April 11-14, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549 [...]
2007-03-26 13:26:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR
07PRISTINA233 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOSHUA BLACK
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Kosovo Future Status Process Coordinator Joshua Black to visit Pristina on March 29-31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, [...]
2007-03-26 13:35:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAU OTRA SI UK
07PRISTINA237KOSOVO: THE NORTH'S ALBANIAN MINORITY WORRIED
[...] (C) Summary: Albanian residents of two communities north of Kosovo's Ibar River were highly supportive of the Ahtisaari proposal and grateful for USG assistance. Residents told us they generally feel secure in their villages and in their travels to the southern part of Kosovo. They have not [...]
2007-03-28 16:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM EAID YI
07PRISTINA241COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. NULAND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Victoria Nuland to visit Pristina, Kosovo April 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representative to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Poloff Tracey Thornton [...]
2007-03-30 07:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT NATO OTRA
07PRISTINA258KOSOVO'S IPR REGIME STILL WEAK BUT FUTURE PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kosovo's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime remains a bad mix of little institutional IPR experience, a struggling economy and high unemployment, limited interest from UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) in implementing laws, and weak enforce [...]
2007-04-03 11:24:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKIPR ECON PREL YI
07PRISTINA259KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...]
2007-04-04 09:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA260KOSOVO: COM ADVISES ENERGY MINISTER TO MAINTAIN
[...] (C) Summary. After hearing the World Bank's proposal (described by a World Bank team visiting Kosovo the week of March 26) to suspend temporarily its involvement in the multi-billion dollar Kosovo C project, COM told Minister of Energy and Mining Ceku to mend relations with the Bank in order [...]
2007-04-04 10:20:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA261KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...]
2007-04-05 12:51:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA264KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...]
2007-04-06 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA27KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKING GROUP PREPARES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Public Outreach, chaired by OSCE Ambassador Wnendt and supported by USOP, has agreed to a two-phased approach in relation to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's presentation of the final status package: an initial, "simple message" campaign -- via billboards and PSAs -- [...]
2007-01-12 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
07PRISTINA273KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...]
2007-04-11 15:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA275 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL L. MEGES AND SUSAN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Economic Officers, Daniel L. Meges and Susan E. Anderson to visit Pristina April 15 - April 18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission officials. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shan [...]
2007-04-12 06:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA HR AMGT SR
07PRISTINA276 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INL JENNIFER FIORELLO AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INL Jennifer Fiorello and David Keefe to visit Pristina April 17 - April 22, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct interviews for leadership positions within the U.S. contingent and conduct consultations with post and UNMIK UN [...]
2007-04-12 06:37:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT SR
07PRISTINA277 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DARREL HART AND LEON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to ICITAP Albania Program Manager Darrel Hart and Leon Strigotte, ICITAP Advisor to visit Pristina April 12 - April 15, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to review the Police Inspectorate Program that was developed and implemented in 20 [...]
2007-04-12 06:39:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT
07PRISTINA278 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAN LYNCH
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Dan Lynch to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3195; [...]
2007-04-12 06:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA NATO
07PRISTINA279 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...]
2007-04-12 06:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA280 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN L. ESPINOZA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John L. Espinoza to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]
2007-04-12 06:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA FR
07PRISTINA281KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...]
2007-04-12 08:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA284 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEMIAN SMITH AND KATHERINE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Demian Smith and Ms. Katherine Gribble to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who [...]
2007-04-12 13:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC GM
07PRISTINA285 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL MARTIN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Michael Martin to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offic [...]
2007-04-12 13:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC GM
07PRISTINA286 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOLLY SCHWENDLER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Holly Schwendler to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]
2007-04-12 13:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EUN PREL NATO ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA29KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...]
2007-01-12 17:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA290 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULA S. THIEDE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Paula S. Thiede to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]
2007-04-13 08:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA291 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GABRIEL ESCOBAR
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gabriel Escobar to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...]
2007-04-13 08:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT IT SR
07PRISTINA293KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...]
2007-04-13 12:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA300 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL FURLONG
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to TSA Representative Daniel Furlong to visit Pristina April 23 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with mission and government officials to discuss aviation security matters. Control Officer for this visit will be Ec [...]
2007-04-17 08:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC PTER ECON OTRA KHLS KO
07PRISTINA301 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] (SBU) US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Department of State for Kosovo Final Status Issues, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish, to visit Pristina April 26 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is f [...]
2007-04-17 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC EG KSAC AU QA OTRA
07PRISTINA303KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...]
2007-04-18 11:03:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA304KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...]
2007-04-18 11:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA306KOSOVO TAKING PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In preparation for a donors conference, the PISG hopes to complete the draft of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework by late April and have a final document by late May highlighting Kosovo's development needs and priorities. The PISG started discussions with the IMF on April 1 [...]
2007-04-18 14:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV YI
07PRISTINA307KOSOVO TAKING PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In preparation for a donors conference, the PISG hopes to complete the draft of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework by late April and have a final document by late May highlighting Kosovo's development needs and priorities. The PISG started discussions with the IMF on April 1 [...]
2007-04-18 14:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV YI
07PRISTINA309 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. PETER NICHOLL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Representative Peter Nicholl to visit Pristina April 22 - April 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to follow up on Mr. Nicholl's assessment mission last year to the Central Bank of Kosovo by participating in meetings with [...]
2007-04-19 13:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC
07PRISTINA316 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RYAN C. LEONG
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Ryan C. Leong to visit Pristina April 22 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide temporary support to the mission. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, David Whiddon, who can be reac [...]
2007-04-20 11:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC
07PRISTINA319 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USUN PROTECTIVE DETAIL
[...] (SBU) US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to DS Detail Advance Agent Robert Little to visit Pristina in April 2007. He will be traveling on dignitary protection blanket orders. Control Officer for this visit will be Assistant Regional Security Officer, Phil Nazelrod, who [...]
2007-04-23 09:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OVIP
07PRISTINA32KOSOVO SEEKS TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM IN DEVELOPING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Kosovo/World Bank energy sector development project, known as the Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LPTAP),has made some progress, but ensuring coordination between UNMIK/PISG and the international community on the way to move forward remains a challenge. The PI [...]
2007-01-17 11:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN ENRG PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA323KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...]
2007-04-24 16:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA328 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR JAMES P. CAIN AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain and Embassy Copenhagen Army Attach COL. Michael Schleicher to visit Pristina May 2-3, 2007. The visit is part of a multinational ambassadorial delegation invited by the government of Denmark to [...]
2007-04-25 13:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT DA YI
07PRISTINA329 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe to visit Pristina May 6-9, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with post on U.S. assistance programs and would appreciate the opportunity to conduct sit [...]
2007-04-26 06:47:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON OTRA EUN
07PRISTINA331KOSOVO: NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO HELP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A year after the opening of Osterode camp, a USG-funded medical treatment facility for lead-poisoned Roma in northern Mitrovica, 134 Roma ) including 69 children ) still live in the highly contaminated Cesmin Lug camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thirty-one children [...]
2007-04-26 15:41:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREF SENV YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA336KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...]
2007-04-30 09:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA34 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HASSAN AHMED
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Hassan Ahmed, Regional Agricultural Attache to visit Pristina January 23 - 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to overview USDA/FAS programs and activities in Kosovo. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante [...]
2007-01-17 13:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA BU SR MW YI
07PRISTINA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...]
2007-05-02 16:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI
07PRISTINA341 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REGIONIAL AGRICULTURAL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Hassan Ahmed, Regional Agricultural Attache to visit Pristina May 9 - 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to overview USDA/FAS programs and activities in Kosovo. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante Moore [...]
2007-05-02 16:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA BU SR MW YI
07PRISTINA348KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...]
2007-05-03 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA349KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...]
2007-05-03 16:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA353 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. KEITH CLARK AND MS. LINDA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisors Mr. Keith Clark and Ms. Linda Decker to visit Pristina May 21 - June 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to hold capital budgeting courses in Pristina. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shant [...]
2007-05-04 09:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA357 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABIOLA ADEYEMI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to International Affairs Specialist Abiola Adeyemi to visit Pristina May 9 - May 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to develop Borlaug Scientific Exchange Program and conduct interviews of 2007 Borlaug Program applicants. Control Off [...]
2007-05-04 12:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA362KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]
2007-05-07 15:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA37 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DANIEL ROSENBLUM, DOROTHY
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Deputy Coordinator, Daniel Rosenblum, Dorothy Mayhew, Program Officer for Kosovo and Albania, and Mary Stewart, Program and Budget Division Director to visit Pristina January 21 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to rev [...]
2007-01-18 13:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA YI AL
07PRISTINA375 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO J. RANDY MANEY, RONALD
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Financial Enforcement Advisors Mr. Ronald Cleaver, Gary Kruchten and J. Randy Maney to visit Pristina May 30 - June 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct a Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) training course in Prist [...]
2007-05-15 06:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA379KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...]
2007-05-15 12:38:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA380KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...]
2007-05-15 15:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA386KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...]
2007-05-17 15:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA387 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INR/B GONZALEZ AND POLITICAL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/B Officer Ana-Christina Gonzalez and Political Officer Brooke Waldron to visit Pristina May 29-June 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with and debrief USOP officials on the final status process, governing and opposi [...]
2007-05-18 07:31:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR OTRA EUN AU BE SR
07PRISTINA392KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...]
2007-05-18 16:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA404KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...]
2007-05-22 14:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI
07PRISTINA405KOSOVO: POOR POE BOARD NOMINATIONS RAISE CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 15:21:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECON KPRV ENRG PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA406KOSOVO: DRAFT KPC EARLY RETIREMENT LAW: FISCALLY
[...] (C) Summary. The initial draft Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) early retirement law is a fiscally irresponsible, poorly-written piece of legislation that potentially provides beneficiaries with life-long pensions and free primary health all KPC members who would not be eligible to join the Kosov [...]
2007-05-22 15:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA407THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...]
2007-05-22 15:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA413KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...]
2007-05-25 09:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA414KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...]
2007-05-28 15:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA428KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...]
2007-06-01 16:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA444KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...]
2007-06-05 17:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALGTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA453KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...]
2007-06-08 17:19:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA464KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]
2007-06-13 11:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA469KOSOVO: WORLD BANK'S IFC INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO C
[...] (C) Summary. The proposal from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to take a 10 percent equity stake in one of the consortia short-listed to compete for the Kosovo C energy sector development tender has raised concerns within UNMIK, the PISG and USOP about the fairness, i [...]
2007-06-14 15:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AID YI
07PRISTINA477KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...]
2007-06-19 14:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA489KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...]
2007-06-22 13:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS
07PRISTINA490KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Media attacks against Kosovo's fragile Unity Team (UT),composed of leading governing and opposition figures, are becoming an almost daily occurrence, as public frustration mounts over the continued uncertainty of final status. In the face of what is perceived here to be backsli [...]
2007-06-22 15:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA492KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]
2007-06-25 07:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA50KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...]
2007-01-19 17:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA502KOSOVO: UNMIK SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OBSERVER STATUS TO
[...] (U) Acting DSRSG Paul Acda wrote to COM June 21 asking for United States Customs Service's support for UNMIK's request for observer status to the Brussels-based World Customs Organization. 2. (U) The text of Acda's direct request to WCO General Director Michel Danet follows. BEGIN TEXT: [...]
2007-06-29 09:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KHLS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA503KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]
2007-06-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA504KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]
2007-06-29 14:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA506KOSOVO: FAST-TRACKING PLAN UNDERWAY FOR TRANSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the Ahtisaari Plan, the Kosovo Assembly must pass a number of laws during the established 120-day transition period. The Assembly's normal pace of doing business is inadequate to do this, so the OSCE, EAR, and NDI, working together as the Assembly Support Initiative (ASI [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA51KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON AHTISAARI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its work to garner public support for the final status package in advance of the expected February 2 visit of UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, the Public Outreach Working Group, composed of OSCE, USOP/USAID, UNMIK, ICO, the Kosovo government and governing and opposition political [...]
2007-01-19 17:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA520KOSOVO: SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SERBS RETURN TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A total of 82 Serb villagers from Srpski Babush, located in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality, returned to their recently-reconstructed homes on Saturday, June 23. Greeted warmly by Ferizaj Mayor Faik Grainca, most returnees told us they are happy with their homes, but some unresol [...]
2007-07-06 12:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PRM YI
07PRISTINA521KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...]
2007-07-06 12:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALSCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA525KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE ARMY ROTC
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) For the last two years, the American University of Kosovo (AUK) has been running a Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC)-type program in conjunction with the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). AUK is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of T [...]
2007-07-09 08:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS MASS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA534KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN
[...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...]
2007-07-10 16:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA536KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...]
2007-07-11 14:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA54SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...]
2007-01-22 14:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA542KOSOVO: ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY WINTER EXPOSES
[...] (U) Summary. Many regions of Kosovo suffer from water scarcity, poor drinking water quality, and absence of waste water treatment. An unusually mild and dry winter has halved fresh water inflow into artificial lakes and reservoirs in most of Kosovo, and led to widespread water cut-offs. Sever [...]
2007-07-13 09:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID PGOV UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA543KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]
2007-07-13 09:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA544KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE
[...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]
2007-07-13 09:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA545KOSOVO: OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR RETURNS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A broad spectrum of participants, including the municipal mayor, numerous internationals, and a large group of Serb IDP association leaders, took part in a discussion of the returns process at a conference held July 2 in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality. Highlighting the recent [...]
2007-07-13 09:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA557KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...]
2007-07-16 12:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA56KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...]
2007-01-23 12:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA577KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...]
2007-07-26 11:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA591KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...]
2007-07-31 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA592KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...]
2007-07-31 15:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA593KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...]
2007-07-31 15:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA594KOSOVO: AT DONOR URGING, UNMIK COMMITS TO CLOSING
[...] (C) Summary: UNMIK committed to closing the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, which CDC has consistently maintained is unsafe for human habitation. In a July 23 meeting with UN, USOP and donor representatives, PDSRSG Schook gave the instruction that alternative sites be found for the current Cesmin Lug [...]
2007-07-31 15:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID KCRS YI KV UNMIK SENV PHUM
07PRISTINA61 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina January 24 - January 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings with UNMIK and EU officials. Point of contact will be Political Officer, Tracey Thornton, who can be r [...]
2007-01-24 08:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC HR
07PRISTINA611KOSOVO: PDK HANGS TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As a possible election season approaches, the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is hanging together despite internal fault lines. PDK MPs are frustrated with the Unity Team and have criticized party president Hashim Thaci's leadership. Thaci himself is reportedly b [...]
2007-08-08 05:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM UNMIK KV YI
07PRISTINA616KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...]
2007-08-09 13:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA617KOSOVO: DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to UNMIK's Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM),more than 47,500 people have been deported to Kosovo since 2000, with Germany alone accounting for 8,454. Concern is growing among internationals, the PISG, and the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE) c [...]
2007-08-09 13:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA621KOSOVO: AUDITOR'S REPORT ON ASSEMBLY SEES IMPROVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly has shifted from lavish misuse of government funds in 2005 to less glaring weaknesses in procedural controls in 2006, according to an independent audit released August 9. Although the Auditor General was not satisfied with the Assembly's fiscal management in [...]
2007-08-13 15:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA622KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...]
2007-08-13 16:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA630STRPCE'S ANTIPODE: NORTHERNMOST ALBANIAN VILLAGES
[...] (U) Summary: Albanians in Kosovo's Leposavic Municipality are concerned about their security and worried about the long term prospects for their three villages. They eke out a modest living from agriculture and livestock, and are isolated from Pristina, UNMIK, Mitrovica and Leposavic. They [...]
2007-08-20 08:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KV
07PRISTINA636KOSOVO: FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS ASK TROIKA TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 families of Kosovo Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict asked local Troika representatives, made up of Charge, Russian Charge Kurbatskiy, and ICOPT head Jonsson, to pressure Belgrade to unlock its files and reveal the fate of their relatives. The Troika assur [...]
2007-08-21 13:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA640KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...]
2007-08-23 12:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA643KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING
[...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]
2007-08-24 13:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA644KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...]
2007-08-24 14:14:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA65 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SAMUEL LAEUCHLI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USOSCE Political Counselor Samuel Laeuchli to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Per [...]
2007-01-24 13:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA APER ASEC OSCE AMGT BK MK SR
07PRISTINA668KOSOVO: CENTRAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On August 31, UN SRSG Ruecker announced that elections will be held in Kosovo on November 17. Three ballots will be cast by voters for the central Assembly, the Municipal Assemblies, and for the first time, direct election of mayors. Additionally, Ruecker announced a five percen [...]
2007-09-06 15:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV
07PRISTINA669KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...]
2007-09-06 15:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA671KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...]
2007-09-06 15:55:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA677KOSOVO: TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's energy sector is dominated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK),a publicly-owned, vertically integrated monopoly that provides ninety-eight percent of Kosovo's electricity. With help from contractors provided by USAID, KEK has made significant improvements in its operatio [...]
2007-09-10 13:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA68KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]
2007-01-25 18:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07PRISTINA683KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]
2007-09-12 12:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA685KOSOVO: IDENTIFING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN THE MUSLIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post identifies Kosovo Islamic Community (KIC) leader Mufti Naim Ternava as a credible voice rejecting violence, along with his chief of staff, Ejup Ramadani, and his chief of media relations, Qemajl Morina. The below information is keyed to reftel A. END SUMMARY. INFLUENCE, B [...]
2007-09-14 09:58:00Embassy PristinaSECRET//NOFORNKPAO KV YI
07PRISTINA686KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]
2007-09-14 10:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA687KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...]
2007-09-14 14:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA69 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, his son, Mr. David SIPDIS Wisner, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish to visit Pristina February 4 - February 5, 2007. T [...]
2007-01-26 08:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOVE OVIP KS
07PRISTINA694KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY
[...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]
2007-09-19 13:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA697KOSOVO: TREPCA AND THE NEED FOR SOUND ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In August, the Kosovo Assembly was poised to pass an ill-advised resolution mandating that the debt-ridden Trepca mining and minerals company be designated a publicly-owned enterprise (POE) rather than a socially-owned enterprise (SOE). The move would have been a disastrous one, [...]
2007-09-21 14:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA698KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES
[...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...]
2007-09-21 14:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA699 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. BURT ENGLISH
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Burt English to visit Pristina September 26-29, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to review post's physical security projects. Officer for this visit will be RSO, Richard Fuller, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3188; GSM 37 [...]
2007-09-21 16:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT AFIN ASEC ESS
07PRISTINA70 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GREGORY SLOTTA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Scott Slotta to visit Pristina January 15 to May 8, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for a TDY assignment to support the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) by serving as the Chief of Staff to OMIK Head of Mission Werner Wnendt. Co [...]
2007-01-26 08:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE AMGT USOP
07PRISTINA705KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]
2007-09-26 08:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA706KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]
2007-09-26 08:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA707KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...]
2007-09-26 12:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA71 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NANCY IRIS AND ROLF OLSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and PRM/ECA Program Officer Rolf Olson to visit Pristina January 28 to January 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to examine the state of UNHCR contingency planning in Kosovo and the environment [...]
2007-01-26 09:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC BK MW MONTENEGRO OTRA PREF SR UP ZL
07PRISTINA711KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...]
2007-10-01 14:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA714KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]
2007-10-02 16:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA715KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]
2007-10-02 16:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA72 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GARY D. ROBBINS
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/RPM Director Gary D. Robbins to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Perrine, who [...]
2007-01-26 12:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDMK OTRA PREL
07PRISTINA723KOSOVO: ELECTIONS PLANNING GAINS TRACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An approaching November 17 elections date and clear signals from UNMIK, OSCE and others to get to work have compelled Kosovar politicians and election officials to focus more energy on necessary organizational issues and less on public grandstanding about the alleged deficiencies [...]
2007-10-04 15:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KV
07PRISTINA734KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...]
2007-10-09 08:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ
07PRISTINA74KOSOVO: KOSOVARS ANXIOUS AND EXPECTANT, BUT CALM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovar Albanians eagerly anticipate the upcoming Feb. 2 visit by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, believing that his arrival will mark the final phase in the status determination process. The Kosovar Albanian "Unity Team" of negotiators from the major political pa [...]
2007-01-27 16:55:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA749KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATES US KFOR/USAID PROJECT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the inauguration of a joint USKFOR/USAID community development project in the Serb enclave of Partes (Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality),COM and other visitors witnessed genuine appreciation from local Serbs for USKFOR/USG efforts on their behalf. This project, the first officia [...]
2007-10-19 13:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA75KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]
2007-01-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA756KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...]
2007-10-25 17:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA757POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...]
2007-10-26 15:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA760KOSOVO: NORTHERN SERB LEADERS HARDEN POSITION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There were no surprises in our recent meetings with hardline northern Kosovo Serb leaders. We emphasized the leaders' responsibility for security and sought to maintain open lines of communication. For their part, our interlocutors were consistent in asserting that Kosovo Serb [...]
2007-10-29 15:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA764KOSOVO: AHTISAARI-MANDATED CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING
[...] (C) Summary. A three day off-site planned for November 1-3 should see the culmination of seven months of intense discussions by the so-called "Pre-Constitutional Working Group" -- whose activities have been closely monitored and guided by USOP and ICO -- and result in a first rough draft of [...]
2007-10-31 15:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KV
07PRISTINA768KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]
2007-11-05 16:35:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA775KOSOVO: HOW TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 17
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars will head to the polls on November 17 for the first election in three years. An unofficial NGO parallel count might provide results within hours of polls closing, and thus lead to immediate coalition discussions. The Council of Europe (CoE) has 150 short term observers on [...]
2007-11-09 16:21:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KV UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA777KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...]
2007-11-14 15:39:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA778KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...]
2007-11-14 15:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA782KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...]
2007-11-16 17:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA783KOSOVO ELECTIONS PROCEED CALMLY: PDK WINS BIG,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars went to the polls on November 17 to elect their central and local assemblies, as well as mayors in Kosovo's 30 municipalities. USOP observer teams, plus the Council of Europe mission and local NGOs, all reported technically sound balloting. KFOR, UNMIK and the Kosovo P [...]
2007-11-19 11:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM
07PRISTINA786KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...]
2007-11-20 16:22:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA793KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...]
2007-11-26 13:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA804KOSOVO: ELECTION RESULTS ALLOW FOR SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the preliminary results in and 3,297 ballots counted for Serb parties contesting the Assembly vote, Kosovo Serb participation in the November 17 elections appears greater than in 2004. The ten Assembly seats set aside for Serbs were split between six small Kosovo Serb part [...]
2007-12-06 12:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA806KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presenting a unified front, USOP, the EU Rule of Law planning team (EUPT),UNMIK's Department of Justice (DOJ),UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together persuaded the Ministry of Justice to scrap its [...]
2007-12-06 17:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA81KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...]
2007-01-29 15:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA810KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...]
2007-12-07 17:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA811KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...]
2007-12-07 18:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA813KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...]
2007-12-10 15:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA821KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting USOP's candidates selected for the Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-01). The program takes place from January 7 to April 5, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but will also include a trip to the U [...]
2007-12-14 13:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA826KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting Mr. Bajram Sherifi, the USOP candidate selected for the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-02). The program takes place from January 14 to February 23, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but w [...]
2007-12-19 16:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA829KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...]
2007-12-20 16:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA85 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL FEBRUARY 2
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell, U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK, February 2, 2007 to travel with UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, who will present his Comprehensive Proposal for the Future Status of Kosovo to the negotiating teams in both Pristina and Belgrade. [...]
2007-01-31 12:21:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA86 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. JOHN BEYRLE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. John Beyrle to visit Pristina on February 7-8, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for discussions on regional issues. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381- [...]
2007-01-31 12:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BU
07PRISTINA89 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARK BOCCHETTI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Chief Mark Bocchetti to visit Pristina February 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante Moore, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3141; GSM 377-44-501-745; fax 381-38-549-890. [...]
2007-02-02 10:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA9KOSOVO: KOSOVO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Kosovo continues to be administered under the civil authority of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK was established in June 1999, following the conclusion of the NATO military campaign against Slobo [...]
2007-01-05 11:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB PGOV EFIN
07PRISTINA91KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...]
2007-02-02 12:25:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA93KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]
2007-02-02 18:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA96KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...]
2007-02-05 16:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA99KOSOVO: CREATING GOOD GOVERNANCE OF PUBLICLY OWNED
[...] (C) Summary. The final status package proposal presented to Kosovo on February 2 provides UNMIK the opportunity to establish corporate governance and oversight structures for publicly-owned enterprises (POEs) as they transition to Kosovar authority. Several UNMIK agencies and some PISG offic [...]
2007-02-06 13:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALECON KPRV KCOR PGOV PREL YI
08PRISTINA103KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting USOP candidates selected for an EXBS-sponsored strategic enforcement tracking training in Gjakova, Kosovo April 7 - April 11, 2008. Post would greatly appreciate Department's expediting this request s [...]
2008-03-07 09:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS
08PRISTINA11KOSOVO: BROAD-BASED, MULTI-ETHNIC GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9 the newly constituted Kosovo Assembly, reflecting the coalition agreement between the PDK and LDK parties, overwhelmingly elected PDK leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister and approved his cabinet by 88 votes out of a total 120. Thaci got an extra boost as Bexhet Pa [...]
2008-01-10 17:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA128KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...]
2008-03-12 16:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB
08PRISTINA129KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART TWO OF TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 16:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM SMIG
08PRISTINA13KOSOVO BIO: PRIME MINISTER HASHIM THACI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) chairman Hashim Thaci is Kosovo's new prime minister after his party's victory in the November 17 elections and Assembly approval on January 9. PDK's electoral success crowned a long and sustained campaign by Thaci to become prime minister, [...]
2008-01-10 17:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA130KOSOVO: STRPCE STABLE FOR NOW, BUT TENSION MAY BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Serb KPS in Strpce remain on the job primarily out of fear that Albanian police would take over if they leave the force. Strpce's civil servants are also staying at work for similar reasons. Despite this, tension is still evident, along with the number of demonstrators at the [...]
2008-03-12 17:51:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA14KOSOVO BIO: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER JAKUP KRASNIQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Secretary General Jakup Krasniqi is the new speaker of the Kosovo Assembly following his party's victory in the November 17 elections and approval by the Assembly on January 9. A former history teacher, political prisoner and Kosovo Liberation Arm [...]
2008-01-10 18:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA147KOSOVO: ACTING U/S FRIED TELLS KOSOVARS TO STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina March 7, acting U/S Daniel Fried, the highest-level USG official to visit Kosovo since the February 17 declaration of independence, met separately with President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Assembly Speaker Krasniqi to congratulate them on Kosovo's independence, encourage [...]
2008-03-19 07:25:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA15KOSOVO: WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) On January 9 the Kosovo Assembly approved the following slate of ministers of Kosovo's new goverment coming out of the November 17, 2007 central elections (see bios at para 2; septels report January 9 Assembly action; PM Thaci bio; and Assembly Speaker Krasniqi bio): Prime Minister Hashi [...]
2008-01-10 18:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA154KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY PASSES AHTISAARI LAWS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the four weeks since the February 17 declaration of independence, the Government of Kosovo and the Kosovo Assembly continue to demonstrate their commitment to the Ahtisaari Plan. The Assembly has passed 19 Ahtisaari-related laws and the Constitutional Commission has wrapped [...]
2008-03-20 15:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KV
08PRISTINA166KOSOVO: COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FINDS ALTERNATE ROUTES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to several of Kosovo,s border crossings and customs clearance terminals highlighted functional customs operations and a steady stream of commercial traffic. Customs officials on site reported a general increase in commercial traffic for 2008, with a portion of this incr [...]
2008-03-26 12:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA167CODEL PRICE CONGRATULATES KOSOVO ON ITS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 15 Representative David Price (D-NC) led seven members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a one-day visit to Pristina, the first congressional delegation to visit Kosovo since its February 17 declaration of independence. the visit reinforced with the [...]
2008-03-26 13:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP KV
08PRISTINA176SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: OPTIONS SHAPING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK is still pondering its options with regard to the unauthorized conduct of Serbian parliamentary and municipal elections in Kosovo on May 11, though it appears to be edging closer to a position that would neither obstruct nor facilitate the conduct of elections, as per past [...]
2008-04-03 15:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA187KOSOVO ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed its new, fully Ahtisaari-compliant Constitution with 97 votes in favor during an April 9 extraordinary session. Prime Minister Thaci, President Sejdiu, and Constitutional Commission president Hajredin Kuci spoke during the brief session, while Assembly [...]
2008-04-11 13:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM EAID KV UNMIK YI
08PRISTINA200KOSOVO: SOUTHERN MODERATES FIND VOICE AS BELGRADE
[...] (C) Summary. Political differences in Belgrade between Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democratic Serbia (DS) and Prime Minster Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) are beginning to have an effect upon Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River. Many are beginning to voice [...]
2008-04-22 16:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA216KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness Workshop in Pristina on June 3 and 4, 2008. 2. (SBU) The se [...]
2008-05-06 14:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA220KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies from June 26, 2008 to July 6, 2008. The training will be held in Washington, DC, USA. 2. (SBU) T [...]
2008-05-06 15:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA221KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies from June 26, 2008 to July 6, 2008. The training will be held in Washington, DC, USA. 2. (SBU) T [...]
2008-05-06 15:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA225KOSOVO: SOUTHERN MODERATES FIND VOICE AS BELGRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 16:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA239KOSOVO: ICR FEITH CHAIRS SECOND ISG MEETING IN
[...] (C) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith convened the second meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG) on May 7 in Pristina, at which he polled members on ISG expansion, discussed transition and ICO growth, and previewed the agenda for the May 22 ISG Balkans Di [...]
2008-05-09 16:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA24KOSOVO: COM URGES PM THACI AND PRESIDENT SEJDIU TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A day after the installation of the new government in Kosovo (reftel),COM and ICOPT head Jonsson paid a call on newly re-elected President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Thaci's two deputy prime ministers. COM and Jonsson used the opportunity to urge the government to make its top prio [...]
2008-01-14 16:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA240KOSOVO: SERBS ENTHUSIASTIC BUT STILL CONFUSED
[...] (C) Summary. Across the political spectrum, Kosovo Serbs are looking forward to the upcoming May 11 Serbian elections, despite the uncertainty surrounding the outcome. Nationalist parties are better-organized and have more support among Kosovo Serbs than the "pro-European" bloc. Nevertheles [...]
2008-05-09 17:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA241SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 16-17 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Your visit to Kosovo will be regarded here by the leadership and the public as a welcome sign of continuing U.S. support for Kosovo, manifest both in the political arena and in concrete assistance offered. We have a large and varied assistance program that targets a range of sectors in K [...]
2008-05-13 13:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AID KV
08PRISTINA243KOSOVO: AVOIDING CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE GAPS IF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 15, Kosovo's constitution will enter into force. In principle, authorities currently exercised by UNMIK should be transferred to relevant Kosovo Government institutions, though the discussion of UNMIK "reconfiguration" continues and the nature of the actual transition re [...]
2008-05-14 14:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA248KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Workshop in Pristina on June 3 and 4, 2008. 2. (SBU) The sele [...]
2008-05-16 16:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA249KOSOVO: THACI GOVERNMENT TAKING KEY STEPS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since taking office in January 2008, Prime Minister Thaci's government has taken some key steps in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Kosovo. In hopes of achieving better results in the future, the Kosovo government recently adopted a law enforcement-centered app [...]
2008-05-19 11:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA252KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a United States Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and American Bar Association (ABA) co-spo [...]
2008-05-21 09:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA258KOSOVO: ISG CONVENES IN PRISTINA FOR THE FIRST
[...] (C) Summary: The International Steering Group for Kosovo, presided over by International Civilian Representative (ICR) Pieter Feith, met in Kosovo for the first time to express support for Kosovo's government in light of the impending coming-into-force of Kosovo's new constitution on June 15 [...]
2008-05-23 13:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV
08PRISTINA265KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for a Counter-terrorism (CT) Fellowship Program training on Civil Military Responses to Terrorism from June 16, 2008 to June 20, 2008. The training will be hel [...]
2008-05-29 14:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA274KOSOVO: PASSAGE OF AHTISAARI LAWS NEARLY COMPLETED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo has made solid progress in passing the required Ahtisaari legislation, with the Assembly having pushed through 26 laws and the remaining five set to reach the Assembly the week of June 2. Important laws and regulations, not technically part of Ahtisaari but necessary for [...]
2008-06-02 11:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK KDEM
08PRISTINA275KOSOVO: S/CRS SUPPORT TO EMBASSY PRISTINA
[...] (U) Embassy Pristina would like to thank the Office of Stabilization and Reconstruction (S/CRS) for its strong support of this mission over the past year. S/CRS and its Active Response Corps (S/CRS-ARC) proved a valuable resource in the period leading up to and following Kosovo's independence [...]
2008-06-02 12:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA276KOSOVO: SERBS CONTINUE TO LEAVE KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the political parties in Belgrade continue to maneuver to form the next government, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic is still pursuing the twin goals of strengthening parallel institutions and compelling Serbs to leave Kosovo institutions. Regarding the first g [...]
2008-06-02 12:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA28KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES AHTISAARI LEGISLATION, SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 14 meeting, COM encouraged PM Thaci to reach out quickly to new opposition party leaders Bexhet Pacolli and Nexhat Daci and make certain their representatives were included in the preparation of Ahtisaari settlement legislation and of Kosovo's new Constitution, in th [...]
2008-01-16 17:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA307KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EULEX
[...] (U) Charge delivered reftel points on U.S. participation in the European Union's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to EU Planning Team Head Roy Reeve on June 13. Reeve acknowledged our concerns and promised to relay them to his colleagues in Pristina and Brussels. We will follow up. YAZD [...]
2008-06-17 13:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI KS
08PRISTINA308KOSOVO CELEBRATES ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The entry into force of Kosovo's constitution was celebrated on June 15, just four months after the country declared independence. The day included President Sejdiu signing into effect 41 Ahtisaari Plan and related laws as local and international media looked on. Sejdiu and PM Th [...]
2008-06-18 14:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA309KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training from July 14 to 18, 2008. The training will be held in Pristina, Kosovo and will focus on th [...]
2008-06-19 07:26:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA312KOSOVO: CODEL ENGEL WELCOMES NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) led a a delegation to Kosovo June 13-16 to mark the entry into force of Kosovo's new constitution on June 15. Accompanying him on the trip was Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH),who visited Kosovo for the first time, and a prominent group of Kosovar-American bus [...]
2008-06-20 14:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PINR EAID KV
08PRISTINA320KOSOVO: TREASURY DAS ASSESSES TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Larry McDonald visited Kosovo from June 1-4 to assess Treasury,s in-country resident advisor program. In meetings with government counterparts within the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),DAS McDonald reaffirmed Treasury,s co [...]
2008-06-24 09:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA325KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for English Language Training starting on/about July 16, 2008 for 20 weeks. The training will be held in San Antonio, TX. 2. (SBU) The selected candidates [...]
2008-06-26 09:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA326KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina,s candidates for the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) training on Balkan Police Training Leadership from July 29-31, 2008. The training will b [...]
2008-06-26 09:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA327KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for English Language Training starting on/about July 16, 2008 for 20 weeks. The training will be held in San Antonio, TX. 2. (SBU) The selected candidates [...]
2008-06-26 12:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA328KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]
2008-06-26 12:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA34KOSOVO: USOP ESTABLISHES STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Strategic Communications Group (SCG),comprised of USOP, USAID, the Kosovo Government, KPS, UNMIK's Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),KFOR (including USKFOR),UNMIK, the International Civilian Office Planning Team (ICOPT),and the British Office, was [...]
2008-01-18 17:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA343KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]
2008-07-03 08:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA348KOSOVO: HANDOVER PLANNING FOR THE POLICE MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with European Union Planning Team (EUPT) Head Roy Reeve on June 27 to discuss the evolution of plans for UNMIK's handover to the EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX). Reeve noted that the UN's instruction cable of June 24 to UNMIK enabled handover planning to move forward. He [...]
2008-07-05 11:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA354KOSOVO: JULY 11 DONORS CONFERENCE A MILESTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission (EC) will host a donors conference in Brussels on July 11 to mobilize funding for Kosovo's continued development in the wake of independence. The Government of Kosovo (GOK) will need 1.5 billion dollars over three years in donor support to address existin [...]
2008-07-07 15:20:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA359KOSOVO: INTER-ETHNIC INCIDENTS SPRING UP; ALL
[...] (C) Summary. The formation of a pro-European government coalition in Belgrade has already sparked hope among some in the Kosovo Serb community that things may change for the better. Moderates among the Kosovo Serbs plan to lobby Serbian President Tadic to formulate a policy towards Kosovo w [...]
2008-07-09 11:21:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA36KOSOVO: COM ADVISES FINANCE MINISTER SHALA ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with new Minister of Economy and Finance Ahmet Shala, COM emphasized the importance of demonstrating government support for the Kosovo Serb community through implementation of meaningful projects in minority areas, with real budgetary resources behind the [...]
2008-01-23 12:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA360SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT AND
[...] (C) Mr. President, Madame Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful five months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest [...]
2008-07-09 11:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA37KOSOVO: NEW GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO MAKING AHTISAARI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 COM joined ICOPT head Jonas Jonsson at an all-ministerial meeting convened specifically to urge PM Thaci's new cabinet to make finalization of Ahtisaari Plan legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution a top priority. The meeting, which included all 15 ministers and t [...]
2008-01-23 12:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA38KOSOVO: NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PLEDGES CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on new Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, COM pointed to the importance of the Assembly in passing Ahtisaari final settlement legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution at the appropriate time, expeditiously and without change. COM also reiterated that move [...]
2008-01-23 12:39:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV EAID
08PRISTINA388KOSOVO: DONORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Donors Conference held in Brussels on July 11 garnered 1.2 billion euro to support Kosovo's socio-economic development and gave the Kosovo Government a high-profile opportunity to tell its story, informing donors about progress made since independence and of its futur [...]
2008-07-21 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA390KOSOVO: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) This is the first submission of the Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriations Claims for Kosovo. 2. (U) Begin text: U.S. Embassy Pristina is unaware of any ongoing investment disputes, property disputes or expropriations involving a U.S. citizen against the Government of Kosovo [...]
2008-07-22 15:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KV
08PRISTINA393KOSOVO: DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UN
[...] (C) Summary: Due to many factors over the past several months, the pace of Serb returns to Kosovo has slowed. There have also been growing problems between Kosovo Minister of Returns Boban Stankovic, an ethnic Serb, and the UN agencies chiefly responsible for returns in Kosovo -- the UN Dev [...]
2008-07-25 10:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UNMIK PREF KV
08PRISTINA395KOSOVO: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ambassador Sada Cumber visited with political and Islamic community leaders in Kosovo July 23-24. Cumber discussed opportunities for raising the profile of the Kosovo recognition issue in the Islamic world, and [...]
2008-07-28 13:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA399ROLLING OUT THE KOSOVO PASSPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 29 the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) plans to issue the first Republic of Kosovo passport. Contrary to UNMIK's stated plans in February about its readiness to assist Kosovo in this task (reftel [...]
2008-07-29 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PREL PGOV KV
08PRISTINA40KOSOVO: NEW MITROVICA MAYOR PROMISES TO URGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met January 22 with former PM Bajram Rexhepi, the newly elected mayor of the divided city of Mitrovica, to urge him to use his moral authority to send a message of restraint and calm to his constituents in the run-up to and aftermath of Kosovo's final status resolution. She [...]
2008-01-23 13:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA400KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: From the Kosovo vantage point, and despite the good signals sent by Belgrade on ICTY and other matters, the new Serbian government policy towards Kosovo appears unchanged from that of the previous Kostunica administration. Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic has endorse [...]
2008-07-30 16:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA404KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the DAO &Security, Stability, Transition and Reconstruction8 program scheduled for 3-19 September 2008. The training will be held at the Marshall Center in [...]
2008-08-01 10:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA405KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for the EUCOM International Legal Conference: Legal Issues in Combined/Coalition Operations, 16-19 September 2008, in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (SBU) The selected [...]
2008-08-01 10:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA406KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism Course (CCMR),6-20 September 2008, in Monterey, CA. 2.(SBU) The selected candidate is: Jeton Dreshaj Positi [...]
2008-08-01 10:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA417KOSOVO OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC)
[...] (SBU) On July 31, Embassy Pristina held a meeting to establish a Kosovo Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Organized by the Embassy RSO and EconOff, a select group of U.S. businesses and non-profit representatives attended the meeting to gauge the level of interest in establishing such [...]
2008-08-12 13:51:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN KV YI
08PRISTINA431KOSOVO: THE WAY FORWARD ON TRANSITION TO KOSOVO'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's privatization process, once highlighted as an UNMIK economic success story, has ground to a halt. Nearly two months after the country's new Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) was to assume the work of the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA),an UNMIK entity, UNMIK still does no [...]
2008-08-19 10:51:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA432KOSOVO: 2008 BFIF REPORTING
[...] The following is an accounting of funds spent to send Embassy Pristina's Commercial Assistant to attend a one-week Professional Development Training Forum hosted by the Department of Commerce in July 2008. Total BFIF Fund Cite: US$4,300.00 Per Diem: US$1,774.42 - 1980113-1005-1005800157-22 [...]
2008-08-19 10:51:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM
08PRISTINA433KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the following Embassy Pristina candidates selected for the PASS 08-07 Course, 26 September through 19 December 2008, in Garmisch, Germany. 2.(SBU) The selected candidates are: Agron Bajrami Posit [...]
2008-08-19 12:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA434KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting the following Embassy Pristina candidate selected for the Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism Course, 6-20 September 2008, in Monterey, CA. This is an additional candidate for this program. Post pre [...]
2008-08-19 12:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA435KOSOVO SERBS: ISSUES OF CHURCH LAND, POLICE,
[...] (C) Summary. As the August vacation season draws to an end, several Kosovo Serb-related issues continue to simmer. In Decani, we now see a possible roadmap to a settlement of the land dispute between the monastery and the municipality. Our joint efforts with UNMIK to convince municipal offici [...]
2008-08-19 16:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA453KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT MOVES FORWARD, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite prior delays, EULEX is now proceeding with the operational aspects of deployment with reasonable efficiency and speed. On August 18, EULEX signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UNMIK that expedites the transfer of physical assets to EULEX. EULEX expects contrib [...]
2008-08-25 17:25:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA46KOSOVO: BELGRADE AND NORTHERN HARDLINERS RATCHET
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Indications are growing that Belgrade and the hard-line Kosovo Serb leadership in the north are increasing the pace of plans to expand and strengthen parallel government structures for Kosovo Serbs in the event of Kosovo's independence. Although UNMIK appointed Serbs to the mun [...]
2008-01-29 16:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA47KOSOVO: KOSOVO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FILES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 2, the U.S.-supported Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office (KSPO) filed an indictment in the Peja District Court against three Kosovo Albanian men and three Moldovan women for human trafficking, facilitating prostitution, and money laundering. This groundbreaking indic [...]
2008-01-29 17:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA471KOSOVO: BORDER DEMARCATION WITH MACEDONIA ON TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Civilian Office (ICO) briefed Poloff September 8 on the Kosovo-Macedonia border demarcation process, saying that three of four sectors along the border are complete, and they expect all primary marking stones to be in place by September 19. Laying secondary sto [...]
2008-09-09 16:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL KV MK
08PRISTINA472KOSOVO: CHALLENGES OF PROPERTY AGENCY TRANSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following its transition from UNMIK to Kosovo Government/ICO stewardship, the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) faces a challenge to its continued effectiveness. Unless the Serbian government agrees to cooperate with the refashioned KPA, the KPA will run out of property disputes to a [...]
2008-09-09 16:48:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA497KOSOVO: EUR DAS JONES ATTENDS ISG, DELIVERS
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-day visit to Kosovo September 10-12, EUR DAS Stuart Jones made the rounds of Government and key international organizations and represented the U.S. at the International Steering Group (ISG) meeting of the International Civilian Office (ICO). In general, the meetings we [...]
2008-09-23 09:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV
08PRISTINA498KOSOVO: STRPCE STABLE, BUT TENSE AS PRESSURE FROM
[...] (C) Summary. The Serb-majority municipality of Strpce continues - somehow - to function. The situation is unstable in that the parallel government persists in competing with legitimate structures, but for the time being the Kosovo Police Service and KFOR keep the peace. The parallel govern [...]
2008-09-23 09:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA51KOSOVO: BELGRADE-ALIGNED GORANI ETHNIC GROUP POSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gorani, a small Slavic Muslim community that resides in the isolated mountains of southern Kosovo's Dragash municipality, retain close ties with the Serbian government. Serbian funding for a parallel education system is one such strong link, as are subsidies, jobs, and pensio [...]
2008-01-30 18:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA515SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY GATES TO KOSOVO
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful seven months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence [...]
2008-09-27 09:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA517BATTLING CORRUPTION AND IPR VIOLATIONS: KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the endemic battle to prevent corruption in Kosovo, one notable effort stands out. Kosovo,s Independent Media Commission (IMC) recently took an unusually pro-active initiative to stop cable providers from broadcasting unlicensed television content. The IMC has struggled to i [...]
2008-09-27 09:48:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA530KOSOVO: HIGH HOPES FOR NEW RETURNS MINISTER RASIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent resignation of Minister for Communities and Returns Boban Stankovic (ethnic Serb) and his replacement by Sasa Rasic (also ethnic Serb) represents a new beginning for the Ministry, which has been plagued by corruption and mismanagement from its inception. Although co [...]
2008-10-07 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA54KOSOVO 2008 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] (U) In response to EB's 2008 call for Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) proposals, USOP requests funding for LES commercial training, to take place in July, and a series of intellectual property rights workshops to be hosted during the third or fourth quarter of the fiscal year. 2 [...]
2008-02-01 17:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ENIV ETRD
08PRISTINA542KOSOVO: SERB MODERATES DISMAYED BY MENTION OF
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Serbia's successful effort to have its case against Kosovo's independence referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and as EULEX deployment draws closer, Kosovo Serbs remain concerned about the direction of events. Serbian President Boris Tadic's comme [...]
2008-10-21 14:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA55KOSOVO: KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Strategic Communications Group (SCG) -- the USOP-led effort to coordinate information flow among key local and international actors in Kosovo in the run-up to and aftermath of status resolution (ref) -- the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has shared with USOP its new [...]
2008-02-04 10:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA56KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO KOSOVO LEADERSHIP DELIVERED
[...] (C) COM delivered reftel A points in a series of meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Finance Minister Ahmet Shala, and other Kosovo interlocutors, including opposition figures, Kosovo Protection Corps leaders, and minority (Serb as well as non-Serb) representatives, as appro [...]
2008-02-05 12:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA561KOSOVO: KEK PRIVATIZATION REQUIRES RELIABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) has publicly announced its commitment to move forward with privatization of the distribution functions of the country's public electric utility, the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). While the pledge to privatize is both significant and necessary, t [...]
2008-11-06 09:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA563KOSOVO: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) On November 5, 2008, U.S. Embassy Pristina received the following congratulatory letters from President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci to President-elect Obama. 2. (U) Letter from President Fatmir Sejdiu to President-elect Obama dated November 5, 2008. //BEGIN LETTER TE [...]
2008-11-06 17:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KV
08PRISTINA58KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]
2008-02-05 17:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA582KOSOVO: VISIT OF EUR A/S FRIED NOVEMBER 17-18
[...] (C) Summary. Over the course of two days in Pristina November 17-18, 2008, EUR A/S Daniel Fried engaged the Government of Kosovo (GOK) leadership on establishing conditions for the full deployment of the EU's rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX). Discussions were difficult and held in a te [...]
2008-11-24 07:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV
08PRISTINA583KOSOVO: KOSOVO CHURCH MODERATES REMAIN IN KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently-held Sabor (Holy Assembly, or general bishops' meeting) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a positive result for the moderate monks of the Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo. (Note: Embassy Belgrade will report more generally on the Sabor, held [...]
2008-11-24 14:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA584KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY INSTITUTIONS MOVE FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo, in cooperation with NATO advisors, is making progress developing its security institutions in line with the Ahtisaari Plan, and the new Kosovo Security Force is on schedule to be established January 5, 2009. Work continues on implementing the North Atlantic Council's [...]
2008-11-24 15:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA592KOSOVO: MINISTRY AGREES TO CONTINUED USE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 16:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA608EULEX DEPLOYMENT: FIRST DAYS CALM CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following weeks of angst and recrimination over the UN/Belgrade "six-point" document, EULEX deployed throughout Kosovo on December 9 without incident. EULEX had 1,054 civilian police officers on the ground as of the first day, of which 84 officers were assigned to replace UNM [...]
2008-12-11 06:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KVPR
08PRISTINA61KOSOVO: SERBS MOSTLY WANT TO STAY, BUT UNHCR HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From our contacts with Kosovo Serb leaders -- and barring the outbreak of violence -- it appears that most of Kosovo's Serbs will stay here after independence is declared. There are several factors influencing this: the lack of better options for Kosovo Serbs outside Kosovo, th [...]
2008-02-07 13:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA618KOSOVO: 2008 BFIF ACCOUNTING FOR COMMERCIAL
[...] The following is an accounting of funds spent to send Post's Economic Officer and Commercial Assistant to the Post Partnership Commercial Training and Strategic Planning session at CS Zagreb from October 6-7. This reporting is in addition to the one-week Professional Development Training Foru [...]
2008-12-17 15:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM
08PRISTINA62KOSOVO: GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and USOP/USAID team met February 8 with the PM Thaci, Deputy PM Kuci, Finance Minister Shala, and other members of the government, including the Kosovo Serb ministers, to discuss measures the Kosovo government could take to provide support to the Serb community. Chief amon [...]
2008-02-08 18:02:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA63KOSOVO PREPARES FOR POST-STATUS SERBIAN EMBARGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is preparing for the economic consequences of an independence declaration, including the likelihood that Serbia will close the border and implement an economic embargo. Government officials and local businesses are actively engaging their colleagues and international coun [...]
2008-02-08 18:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA630KOSOVO: SERBS ACCEPT EULEX, COMMENT ON GOS POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs have followed the Serbian Government's lead in accepting the deployment and presence of the EU-led rule of law mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Initial reaction to EULEX's deployment among moderate Serb leaders has been generally positive; many have already met or intend [...]
2008-12-22 06:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA633(KOSOVO): 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy in Pristina for Kosovo's 2008 Counterterrorism Report. 2. (U) The UN Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) administered Kosovo under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244 of 1999 until June 15, when Kosovo's [...]
2008-12-22 16:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV KJUS KCRM KV
08PRISTINA639KOSOVO: PROMOTING REFORM AND RATIONALITY IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For many Kosovars, the declaration of independence in February was a sign that tough economic times were coming to and end, leading to more development, more jobs and more benefits for all. Nearly a year after independence, Kosovars are still waiting for and expecting signific [...]
2008-12-24 14:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA646KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT GOING WELL ENOUGH, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Since December 9, the beginning date of its mission, EULEX continues to deploy throughout Kosovo without meeting any significant protest or resistance. As of December 22, EULEX had 1,241 police officers on the ground, of which 23 were posted in north Mitrovica, plus two strength [...]
2008-12-30 10:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA71KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...]
2008-02-15 15:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA73KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY PREPARES RESPONSIBLY FOR PASSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly completed three key pre-declaration tasks during its February 15 session: it approved a fast-track process for Ahtisaari laws with a two-thirds vote of support; it began to publish the votes of each member, in line with democratic transparency across Europe; a [...]
2008-02-15 15:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM UNMIK YI KV PGOV
08PRISTINA74KOSOVO: POST-STATUS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USOP is working with UNMIK and Kosovo's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to ensure Kosovo's citizens can travel freely into and out of Kosovo post-independence. UNMIK has developed a plan to transfer responsibility for issuing travel documents to the Kosovo Government that shoul [...]
2008-02-15 16:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG KV
08PRISTINA75KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERBS TENSE, NORTHERNERS DEFIANT
[...] (C) Summary. Tension remains high among Kosovo Serbs in the southern enclaves during the lead-up to independence, despite efforts by both Kosovo authorities and KFOR to reassure them regarding security. In the north, hardline leaders Marko Jaksic and Milan Ivanovic are continuing their viru [...]
2008-02-15 18:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA76KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
[...] On February 17, the Assembly of Kosovo declared the independence of Kosovo. Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has asked that we convey immediately to President Bush the following request for U.S. recognition of Kosovo's statehood and the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United State [...]
2008-02-17 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KV
08PRISTINA77KOSOVO ASSEMBLY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE, ADOPTS NEW
[...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly adopted a declaration of independence at 1550 local time on February 17, followed by the adoption of a new national flag. The vote on the declaration was 109 to zero; the 11 absent deputies were all Kosovo Serbs, who did not participate in the session. Most internati [...]
2008-02-17 17:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA81KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERBS ANGRY, APPREHENSIVE, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to maintain relationships and relieve anxiety in the wake of Kosovo's February 17 declaration of independence, we met with several moderate Kosovo Serb contacts from south of the Ibar during the week of February 18-22. We were not surprised to find them angry and n [...]
2008-02-25 10:55:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA85KOSOVO: NEW SERBIAN CUSTOMS POLICY HARDENS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After violent demonstrations temporarily closed two border crossings along the Kosovo-Serbia border last week, UNMIK Customs officers have yet to return to these crossings (Gates 1 and D31) in northern Kosovo. International police have returned to duty at these gates but logistic [...]
2008-02-26 18:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA97KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) is continuing its work adjudicating property claims cases, mostly involving displaced Kosovo Serb owners, but still struggles with enforcement and funding issues. In a meeting with us, KPA head Rosandhaug also mentioned that KPA activity in the S [...]
2008-03-04 11:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA99KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MODERATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's hardline church leader Bishop Artemije Radosavljevic has responded to independence by ordering his clergy to break off contact with any organization or person supporting independence, including the Kosovo government and foreign diplomats. He has also deemed invalid the [...]
2008-03-05 17:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA114KOSOVO: DS PARTY SHOWING NEW ASSERTIVENESS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, Serbian government officials responsible for the southern part of Kosovo (south of the Ibar river) have sounded a seemingly more moderate political line and have even contacted Serbs working in the Kosovo government. These officials, all from Serbian President [...]
2009-03-17 15:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV SR
09PRISTINA131KOSOVO: MOMENTUM BUILDING ON DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings, Minister for Local Government Administration Sadri Ferati shared his evolving thinking about decentralization and how he sees his role in the process. His fear that the differential pace of decentralization in Kosovo's north and south will lead to [...]
2009-03-26 09:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA146KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SHRINKS PARALLEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prompted at least in part by the financial crisis and the burden of subsidizing parallel structures in Kosovo, Serbian officials from the Ministry for Kosovo have taken steps to curtail the power and influence of Serbian parallel municipal governments in some southern enclaves. T [...]
2009-04-08 16:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA147KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON SERBIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY Recent developments related to issues surrounding the Serbian Orthodox Church's (SOC) patrimonial sites in Kosovo have produced a mixture of progress in some areas and continued challenges in others. At the urging of moderate SOC leaders in Kosovo, the SOC's ruling Synod has giv [...]
2009-04-08 16:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA148KOSOVO/EULEX: AT FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6 the European Union's rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, declared full operational capability (FOC). Four months after its initiation, EULEX can claim some significant successes, including a complete and violence-free roll-out of the police component; the reopening of the [...]
2009-04-08 17:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA149USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A
[...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...]
2009-04-08 17:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA150KOSOVO: MAJOR ELECTION-RELATED CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political scene is increasingly focusing on municipal elections widely expected to take place in autumn-winter 2009, though no date has yet been set. Coalition and opposition parties alike see municipal elections as an opportunity to gain momentum for national elections, [...]
2009-04-08 18:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID UNMIKV KV
09PRISTINA159KOSOVO: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following terrorism finance coordination officer contact information: - Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Valerie Bilgri Holm, Economic Officer Tel: (381) (38) 59 59 3243 Email: BilgriHolmVK@state.sgov.gov; Bilgri-HolmVK@state.gov [...]
2009-04-21 14:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER KV YI
09PRISTINA160KOSOVO: FY09 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following responses about host country fiscal transparency and eligibility to receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. (U) The central government of Kosovo expects to receive FY09 U.S. foreign assistance funding. 3. (U) Once Kosovo's central budge [...]
2009-04-22 16:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL KV
09PRISTINA162KOSOVO: HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH MITROVICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The return of warm weather in Kosovo brings with it annual interest among Kosovo Albanian displaced persons in rebuilding houses north of the Ibar River. Suvi Do/Suhadoll, a village just west of the Kosovo Serb populated north Mitrovica area, has been the site of interethnic cla [...]
2009-04-24 13:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA163KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...]
2009-04-24 16:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA17KOSOVO: MODERATE SERBS BLAME NORTHERN HARDLINERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Certain key moderates in Kosovo's Serb community, such as Rada Trajkovic, director of the Serbian government health clinic in the southern enclave of Gracanica, and Oliver Ivanovic, a fellow Kosovo Serb serving as State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, are blaming h [...]
2009-01-15 09:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA176KOSOVO: H1NI INFLUENZA RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no reports of confirmed cases of H1NI influenza in Kosovo to date. The Government of Kosovo has implemented a public awareness campaign, and several GOK institutions have already disseminated World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the precautions [...]
2009-04-30 14:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC YI KV KFLU
09PRISTINA178KOSOVO EFFORTS TO SECURE RECOGNITION
[...] (C) Summary: Since the initial rush of recgonitions after its declaration of independence in February 2008, Kosovo has had to work intensively for each additional recognition, using all tools available to move the undecideds into the "yes" column. Support from the USG and other friendly nat [...]
2009-05-04 10:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV
09PRISTINA18KOSOVO: RETURNS DOWN SHARPLY IN 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) numbers, only 569 persons returned to Kosovo in 2008, compared to 1815 returnees in 2007. This decline can be attributed to many factors, chief among them Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, which appea [...]
2009-01-15 09:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK PREF
09PRISTINA183SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
[...] (C) Mr. Vice President: You last saw the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo in Washington during their first meetings with the new Administration in February, just after the one year anniversary of Kosovo's independence. That meeting proved a huge boost for a Kosovo public anxious to be reassur [...]
2009-05-09 13:02:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA20KOSOVO GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHELTERS FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Government of Kosovo's (GOK) Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) took effective measures to ensure the continued operation of victims of trafficking (VOT) shelters in Kosovo. In 2007, two of the three VOT shelters in Kosovo -- Hope and Homes (HAH) and the Ce [...]
2009-01-15 10:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRISTINA216KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY FOR SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We have seen significant progress towards reaching a comprehensive solution to the problem of Kosovo Serbs and the electricity supply. As of June 2, thanks to sustained effort by the Embassy and USAID Kosovo, every Kosovo Serb village south of the Ibar river - with the exceptio [...]
2009-06-08 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA22KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE POISED TO START
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At 2400 on January 20 Kosovo will deactivate the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) and will activate the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) at one minute past midnight on January 21. At the same time, approximately 2900 current KPC members will receive notification whether or not they will [...]
2009-01-16 17:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL KV
09PRISTINA225KOSOVO REQUESTS NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNER FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Kosovo Security Force Fehmi Mujota sent a letter to the Ambassador on May 13 requesting entry into the United States National Guard State Partnership Program. Embassy has forwarded this letter through channels, and USNATO informed us on May 18 that SHAPE had sent [...]
2009-06-10 15:25:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA23KOSOVO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared the independence of Kosovo. The United States immediately recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Prior to the declaration, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo [...]
2009-01-20 15:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ELAB ETRD YI KV OPIC USTR EINV EGOV KTDB
09PRISTINA249KOSOVO: ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MANAGE IMMIGRATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please seen paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: Increasing numbers of foreigners are entering Kosovo and requesting stay and asylum. Kosovo's laws governing asylum and migration are good, but border authorities lack the technological and physical resources to prop [...]
2009-07-01 13:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SMIG KV
09PRISTINA25KOSOVO: DAS STUART JONES DISCUSSES PRACTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/SCE DAS Stuart Jones visited Kosovo January 12-13, and discussed events since the European Union's rule-of-law mission, EULEX, started its operations on December 9, 2008. In meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Foreign Minister Hyseni, EULEX Chief de Kermabo [...]
2009-01-22 06:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA250KOSOVO: A CHALLENGING ELECTIONS PROCESS AMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sejdiu on June 16 called for municipal elections to take place on November 15. Preparations for these elections, set to occur amid increasing activity on decentralization, will present several policy challenges. Decentralization will create five new Serb-majority munic [...]
2009-07-01 14:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA251KOSOVO: DECANI LAND ISSUE REACHES LEGAL
[...] (C) The long-running land dispute between the Visoki Decani Serbian Orthodox monastery and the municipal government of Decani municipality has reached a legal conclusion. On May 19, the Special Chamber of the Kosovo Supreme Court for Kosovo Trust Agency Matters endorsed a settlement proposal [...]
2009-07-01 14:23:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KV
09PRISTINA255KOSOVO: GOK STILL LOOKING FOR CEFTA BENEFITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since independence was declared in 2008, Kosovo has struggled to find its voice on the international stage. The Government of Kosovo's (GOK) strong desire to shed the shackles of UNMIK in all realms has been particularly frustrating in organizations where Kosovo is represented b [...]
2009-07-04 09:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA256KOSOVO: EULEX AT THE SIX MONTH POINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after EULEX's deployment, we are getting a better sense of the mission's strengths and weaknesses. EULEX Police, as an example, were active and successful in suppressing protests in north Mitrovica during Albanian efforts to rebuild destroyed homes in Kroi i Vitakut. [...]
2009-07-04 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA257KOSOVO'S DIVIDED OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's three opposition parties lack the unity and parliamentary strength to challenge the PDK-led coalition. Ramush Haradinaj has failed to unify the opposition behind him and the remaining opposition parties do not embrace his party's leadership against the government. The [...]
2009-07-04 10:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA287KOSOVO: ENERGY SECTOR REFORM MOVES AHEAD (FINALLY)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of delay, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) has officially announced it will build a large lignite-fueled power plant -- the "New Kosovo Power Plant" (NKPP) -- to address the country's unmet and growing energy needs. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced the governmen [...]
2009-07-20 12:41:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA30KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA AMERICAN CORNER STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The American Corner in the UNMIK library of northern Mitrovica remains open, but its existence continues to be threatened by the Kosovo Serb parallel municipal government. UNMIK has refused to hand over control of the building to parallel mayor Nenad Toplicevic, a member of the [...]
2009-01-26 16:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA314STEADY PROGRESS ON KOSOVO'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo devotes high-level government attention to anti-trafficking and continues to make steady progress. A recent investigation into five Kosovo Police officers suspected of involvement in trafficking resulted in suspensions, and prosecutors are continuing the investigation. T [...]
2009-07-31 05:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KV
09PRISTINA323KOSOVO: KEEPING DECENTRALIZATION AND THE NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint ambassadors here still lack consensus on whether Kosovo should conduct November 15 municipal elections in any of the new, as yet unformed Serb-majority municipalities mandated in the Ahtisaari Plan. The UK Embassy, once in favor of conducting elections only in the 33 exist [...]
2009-08-04 15:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA331KOSOVO: TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) In the past week, Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has confirmed the country's first two cases of the H1N1 virus. From six samples sent to WHO laboratories for further testing, the first case, a nine-year old resident of the U.K., was confirmed on July 28. The child a [...]
2009-08-06 15:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT CASC ECON PINR PREL KFLU YI KV
09PRISTINA332EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2009
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS None to report. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD None to report. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) July 14, 2009 - EXBS Advisor Milam and Program Assistant met with Ms. [...]
2009-08-06 16:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09PRISTINA336KOSOVO: QUINT FACING CRITICAL DECISIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Municipal elections in Kosovo are scheduled to take place on November 15, and the Quint embassies in Pristina--U.S., UK, France, Germany, and Italy--continue to lack consensus on fast-approaching critical decisions on election organization. At the August 7 meeting, the Deputy In [...]
2009-08-10 16:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA344KOSOVO: EMBASSY URGES GOK TO COOPERATE WITH
[...] (C) During an August 13 courtesy call, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci expressed his desire for continued cooperation with the Embassy, and pledged to make no important policy decisions without prior consultation. The Charge noted that the United States shared Kosovo's strategic priority [...]
2009-08-14 08:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA345KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION SEQUENCING AND TIMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the August 14 Quint meeting, the International Civilian Office (ICO) outlined its plans for establishing additional Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) following the August 13 announcement of the formation of the Gracanica MPT. The ICO indicated that it will proceed with i [...]
2009-08-14 17:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA351KOSOVO: SERBIAN PARALLEL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Serbian parallel municipal elections held in Kosovo on August 16 resulted in a lower than expected voter turnout. The Government of Kosovo downplayed the significance of these elections, notwithstanding substantial opposition and media criticism. END SUMMARY. PARAL [...]
2009-08-17 16:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL KV SR
09PRISTINA356 KOSOVO: SIGNS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SURFACING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's limited international financial exposure has allowed the country to remain relatively untouched by the global financial crisis. Heavily dependent on international donor assistance, rising public expenditures have managed to stave off any major decline in growth. Howev [...]
2009-08-20 05:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV
09PRISTINA357KOSOVO: TOWARD REFRAMING THE DEBATE ON DECENTRALIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disputes within the international community on the process of decentralization and the timing for elections have overshadowed our unanimity on the most basic goals - the need for successful decentralization and successful elections. As August ends, and deadlines for finalizing [...]
2009-08-20 09:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA362KOSOVO: GOK OPPOSES EULEX AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) continues to object to a draft law enforcement agreement that EULEX plans to sign with Serbia. Kosovo's objections center around an implied reference to the "six points," some terminology in the agreement, and the negative impact that it may have on [...]
2009-08-21 16:03:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA368KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador presented letters of credence to Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu Monday, August 24, at the President's Office. In statements before a large contingent of press following the ceremony, President Sejdiu warmly welcomed the Ambassador, while the Ambassador pledged the USG's [...]
2009-08-25 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KPAO KV
09PRISTINA378KOSOVO: KP PARAMILITARY POLICE SENT NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: A standoff between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs in Mitrovica over the reconstruction of several Albanian houses destroyed in the war escalated Thursday evening when Prime Minister Thaci ordered Kosovo paramilitary police (ROSU) to Mitrovica to protect Albanian construction [...]
2009-08-28 17:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA379KOSOVO: ASSESSING LIKELY ELECTION PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Debate among stakeholders continues on modalities for and risks associated with holding elections on November 15 in the new Serb-majority municipalities formed through Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization, but we are edging towards a solution along U.S.-shaped lines: elections i [...]
2009-08-28 17:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA389EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS n/a 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD n/a 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A). August 5, 2009 - EXBS Advisor Milam and Program Assistant met with Major General Behar Selim [...]
2009-09-04 17:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09PRISTINA395KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER HARADINAJ
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party leader, and former prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj on September 9. The two discussed a range of international and domestic political issues in a frank and friendly exchange. Ambassador told Haradinaj that a key part of hi [...]
2009-09-11 15:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA397KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER PACOLLI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) leader Behgjet Pacolli and Pacolli's senior advisor, Essad Puskar, on September 11 for an introductory meeting to discuss several domestic and foreign issues including AKR's role in Kosovo's opposition, the importance of te [...]
2009-09-14 12:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KV
09PRISTINA398KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PROMISES PROTOCOL SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Kosovo Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 9, promised his support to reduce political tensions over the EULEX-Serbia law enforcement protocol. The Ambassador thanked Krasniqi for previous public comments the Speaker made to reduce political vola [...]
2009-09-14 12:38:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA40KOSOVO: 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS
[...] Post thanks EEB/CBA for the opportunity to submit proposals for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). Per reftel instructions, USEP is submitting three proposals for consideration. 2. International Franchise Expo: There has been a steady increase in inquiries from U.S. companie [...]
2009-02-02 12:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD YI EINV KV
09PRISTINA404 KOSOVO: URGENT DECISIONS NEEDED IN NKPP PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July 2009, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) publicly announced its decision to move forward with the World Bank-funded New Kosovo Power Project (NKPP). The announcement, made in close consultation with key international donors, was long-awaited. After years of delay, it appea [...]
2009-09-15 15:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV
09PRISTINA412KOSOVO: RUSSIAN AND SLOVAK REPS PRESS OSCE ON
[...] (U) Heads of Mission from the Russian and Slovak Liaison Offices in Kosovo offered pointed questions to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) regarding activities related to upcoming municipal elections during a September 24 meeting reviewing OMIK's r [...]
2009-09-25 06:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA417KOSOVO: NEW COMKFOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, the new COMKFOR, Lieutenant General Markus Bentler paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador. The two discussed KFOR's planned drawdown and the importance of creating a mechanism to ensure close coordination between military and civilian organizations as KFOR's pre [...]
2009-09-29 06:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR KV
09PRISTINA427KOSOVO: ALLEGATIONS OF POISONING ALBANIAN STUDENTS CAUSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dozens of Albanian students from three schools in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje have been admitted to Pristina's University Hospital over the past two days with complaints of dizziness, fatigue, and loss of consciousness amid media speculation that the students were the victims of i [...]
2009-10-01 18:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA428 KOSOVO: SCENSETTER FOR DAS JONES' VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, the ninth meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG),the oversight body for the International Civilian Office (ICO),will begin a conversation on the future of the organization, and indeed on its exit strategy. This discussion takes place just as Kosovo be [...]
2009-10-02 15:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA43KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO DELEGATION DISCUSSES
[...] (U) Summary. Montenegrin Deputy Assembly Chairman Rifat Rastoder led a government delegation on a visit to Pristina on January 27-28. Montenegro, which recognized Kosovo on October 9, sent the delegation to discuss establishing diplomatic relations with Kosovo, the status of ethnic Montenegri [...]
2009-02-03 16:03:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KV MW
09PRISTINA447KOSOVO: EU(LEX)-SERBIA CUSTOMS AGREEMENT PRESENTS POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European representatives, both in Brussels and in Kosovo, are developing a framework to negotiate a customs protocol between EULEX -- on behalf of the GOK -- and Serbia, which would include both data sharing on customs activity and the restart of revenue collection at Gates 1 and [...]
2009-10-13 07:39:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA456KOSOVO: CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR NOVEMBER 15 MUNICIPAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kosovo November 15 municipal elections kicked off on October 15. The elections, the first since independence and the first managed by domestic institutions, mark an important milestone in Kosovo's democratic growth. Kosovo Albanian and Serb par [...]
2009-10-19 11:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA457 KOSOVO: HUNGARY IN TALKS TO REPRESENT SPANISH EU
[...] (SBU) Atilla Fodor, First Secretary of the Hungarian Embassy in Pristina, briefed us Friday, October 16, on Hungary's hopes to represent Spain in Kosovo, during Spain's January-June 2010 EU presidency. According to Fodor, intensive bilateral talks are underway, and a decision is expected no la [...]
2009-10-19 11:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV HU SP
09PRISTINA458 KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO SEDM DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) We delivered the points instructed (reftel) on our support for Montenegro's and Serbia's membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) both to Kosovo's Acting Foreign Minister Vlora Citaku and to Minister for the Kosovo Security Force Fehmi Mujota. 2. (SBU) In her m [...]
2009-10-19 11:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL SR MW KV
09PRISTINA461KOSOVO: GOK SET TO REMOVE USG-PROVIDED BORDER
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) The USG-developed product PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System),Kosovo's current border control system which is installed in all but two of Kosovo's border crossing points (BCP),could be [...]
2009-10-21 05:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV PREL KCRM KV
09PRISTINA463 KOSOVO: BELGRADE PRESSURES MUNICIPAL PREPARATION TEAM
[...] (SBU) We were told on October 21 by the International Civilian Office that Serbia's Ministry of Education is ordering Kosovo Serb teachers in parallel Serb-language schools to resign from temporary employment on Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) in Kosovo's new municipalities or face dismissal [...]
2009-10-21 17:31:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA465KOSOVO: WEATHER AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS CAUSE POWER OUTAGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, increased demand for electricity due to unseasonably cold weather and technical problems threatened to cause catastrophic failure to the Valac electrical sub-station and distribution lines in northern Kosovo. This prompted the Kosovo Electricity Company (KEK) to c [...]
2009-10-22 10:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA466EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) September 15, 2009 - EXBS Program Advisor and Assistant met with Bajram Rexha, Direct [...]
2009-10-23 14:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09PRISTINA470KOSOVO: LOCAL ELECTIONS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ETHNIC SERB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Serbs will vote in municipal elections on November 15 for the first time in four of six new decentralized municipalities formed under the Ahtisaari Plan. Encouraging voter participation among Serbs in the new municipalities is critical to decentralization's success, and U [...]
2009-10-28 07:48:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA471 KOSOVO: KEK READY TO SUPPLY POWER TO NORTH, WAITING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a nine-day outage due to weather and line maintenance (Reftel),the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is prepared to reestablish electrical power supply to northern Kosovo without insisting on collecting for energy use at this time. In an attempt to meet the power needs [...]
2009-10-28 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA474KOSOVO: 2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDEOM REPORT
[...] (U) As per refs A and B we delivered an oral summary of the Kosovo section of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom (IRFR) to Venera Llunji, political adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at 16:00 local time (11:00 EST) on October 26, and transmitted a hard copy of the [...]
2009-10-30 08:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OPRC KIRF KPAO KV
09PRISTINA477KOSOVO: AAK'S NEW BLOOD ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's leading opposition party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),is attempting to refashion itself from a regional party dogged by its own corruption-plagued past into a national party that can convince voters to give it a second chance at governing. As part of th [...]
2009-11-02 13:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA480KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE
[...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...]
2009-11-03 15:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV
09PRISTINA481KOSOVO: LACK OF MOVEMENT BY BELGRADE ON ENERGY IN NORTHERN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week ago, the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) finished repairs on two power lines that supply electricity to northern Kosovo, and informed the Valac sub-station operators that it is ready to restore power disconnected on October 18 for technical reasons. At the same [...]
2009-11-04 07:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA482 KOSOVO: BELGRADE REFUSES TO DISCUSS KEK SUB-CONTRACT
[...] (SBU) On November 4, two KEK advisors met with Serbian Deputy Minister for Kosovo Dragan Petkovic and Ministry of Energy State Secretary Nikola Rajakovic in North Mitrovica. According to our contacts, the Serbian officials were not prepared to talk seriously about a commercial sub-contract for [...]
2009-11-04 16:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA487KOSOVO: H1N1 PREP UNDERWAY AS VIRUS STRIKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza have appeared in Kosovo, according to the Director of Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH). At the same time, NIPH and other elements of Kosovo's public health infrastructure continues preparations to deal with a possibl [...]
2009-11-09 13:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09PRISTINA49KOSOVO: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ADDRESSES
[...] (C) Summary. Over the course of several meetings among international representatives in various formulations between January 15 and February 9, the urgent need to address a number of so-called "practical issues" (which more or less correspond to the "six-points" from the UN Secretary General' [...]
2009-02-10 13:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV
09PRISTINA492KOSOVO: LDK'S ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...]
2009-11-12 15:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA493KOSOVO: LDK'S ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...]
2009-11-12 15:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA494KOSOVO: LDKQS ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),KosovoQs oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...]
2009-11-12 15:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA495KOSOVO: PDK'S CHALLENGE -- DEFENDING GAINS FROM '07
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),Kosovo's ruling party since 2007, is heading into the November 15 local elections facing tough competition in municipal races from both the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and from its national coalition partner the Democr [...]
2009-11-13 05:47:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA497 KOSOVO: ELECTION PREDICTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 15 municipal elections in Kosovo, the first since independence in 2008, will test both the relative strength of Kosovo's political parties and the capacity of Kosovo's Central Elections Commission to organize the polls. We expect negative campaigning and concerns a [...]
2009-11-13 09:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA498EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) October 21, 2009: EXBS Program Advisor and Assistant met Col. Shaban Guda, Head of Borde [...]
2009-11-13 11:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09PRISTINA501 KOSOVO: STRONG TURNOUT, RELATIVE CALM MARK LOCAL POLLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's November 15 local elections, the first organized by Kosovo authorities and the first since independence, were marked by higher than expected turnout, in both the Serb community and in Kosovo at large. Voters cast ballots for mayors and municipal assembly persons in 36 [...]
2009-11-15 21:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA509KOSOVO - GETTING KFOR DRAWDOWN RIGHT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: KFOR is close to completing the first phase of its ultimate drawdown to "deterrent presence" force of 2,500 troops. By February 2010, KFOR troop levels will decline to 10,000, so-called Gate 1 in KFOR's three-phase plan. We believe that the Gate 1 decision was justified, but [...]
2009-11-17 12:23:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL MARR KV
09PRISTINA510 KOSOVO: EARLY MAYORAL RESULTS SHOW FEW SURPRISES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 16, Kosovo's Central Elections Commission (CEC) released preliminary results for the November 15 mayoral races. In 36 municipalities, 16 mayoral races were decided in the first round, with the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) taking five, the junior coalition [...]
2009-11-18 05:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA511KOSOVO: FIRST H1N1 DEATH CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) On November 15 Kosovo authorities reported the first death attributable to the H1N1 influenza virus -- also known as swine flu. The patient was a 31-year old man from Gllogovc/Glogovac, approximately 30 km from Pristina. He was hospitalized in critical condition on November 12 and treat [...]
2009-11-19 05:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09PRISTINA518 KOSOVO: PM RETHINKS DISSOLVING COALITION
[...] (SBU) Late-breaking local news on November 19 that Kosovo's junior coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) was entering into a pre-election agreement with the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for December 13 municipal runoffs, sparked a brief and tense coalition cr [...]
2009-11-20 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA522 KOSOVO: NEW KOSOVO POWER PLANT REIGNITED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several months of delay and intensive background work in Washington, Brussels and Pristina, the long-overdue restructuring of Kosovo's energy sector appears to be reinvigorated thanks to two recent decisions. On November 13, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) finalized a cont [...]
2009-11-23 15:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA524KOSOVO - KFOR MOVES ON POWER STATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unannounced deployment on November 23, KFOR, along with EULEX, sent forces to establish a dual security perimeter around the Valac electrical substation in northern Kosovo. The Valac substation, currently controlled by Serbian Power Company (EPS) employees, has been the focu [...]
2009-11-24 15:19:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MARR ECON EAID PTER KV YI
09PRISTINA527MAINTAINING KOSOVO'S POST-ELECTION MOMENTUM: CREATING AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 15 municipal elections in Kosovo saw levels of Serb turnout not seen in years, with Serbs winning the mayor's offices of three new Serb-majority municipalities outright and gaining an opportunity to contest "new" Novo Brdo and Strpce in December runoffs. This turnout pr [...]
2009-11-25 13:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
09PRISTINA531 KOSOVO READY TO SUPPORT AF-PAK POLICY IN WORD AND DEED
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Michael Murphy met Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu Tuesday, December 1 to preview the main thrust of President Obama's announcement on the way forward for Afghanistan and Pakistan and to seek his support (reftel). The Charge noted that the main U.S. goal for the region r [...]
2009-12-01 16:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KV
09PRISTINA533KOSOVO: HITMAN'S CONFESSION SHAKES KOSOVO POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political establishment has been shaken following allegations that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials were involved in assassination plots during an effort to consolidate power from 1999 to 2003. A Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) member of parliament, Gani G [...]
2009-12-01 19:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KAWC KV
09PRISTINA541 KOSOVO: SERBIA ATTEMPTS TO HIJACK ELECTRICAL SERVICE AREA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A dispute between Serbia and Kosovo over control of the Valac substation and electricity distribution in the northern part of Kosovo has escalated, with Serbian state-owned firms unilaterally declaring new "service territories" covering Kosovo's northern municipalities. This re [...]
2009-12-08 16:20:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA543KOSOVO: SECOND ROUND OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS COULD SET STAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) certified the November 15 first round mayoral election results on December 4, which sets the stage for runoff elections on December 13 in the 21 municipalities where no mayoral candidate won an outright majority. The election results, thus fa [...]
2009-12-09 17:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
09PRISTINA545EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) November 4, 2009: EXBS Program Advisor Chris Milam attended a steering committee meeting h [...]
2009-12-10 10:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09PRISTINA546 KOSOVO: AIRSPACE CONTROL MORE THAN TECHNICAL ISSUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Civil Aviation Authority has expressed growing concerns to us about NATO-led negotiations regarding control of the airspace over Kosovo. NATO still retains full authority over Kosovo's airspace, but recently announced that it will release control of upper airspace to al [...]
2009-12-10 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CNAR PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA548KOSOVO: VOTING OVER, ELECTIONS FAR FROM DONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo held runoff mayoral elections in 21 municipalities on December 13. According to early comments from election observers -- including 17 teams of Embassy observers -- the election process was generally fair and transparent, but there are allegations of isolated irregularit [...]
2009-12-14 16:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
09PRISTINA550KOSOVO: USG's PISCES Border Management System On Track For
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) As we reported previously (reftel),the U.S. border management system PISCES is scheduled for removal early next year due to the installation of a new European funded border management system as soon as th [...]
2009-12-17 07:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV KCRM KV
09PRISTINA558 KOSOVO: DEBUNKING MYTHS ON NORTH KOSOVO POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions on electricity in the North of Kosovo have become clouded by the introduction of arguments in defense of Serbia's control of the Valac substation, in favor of the start of political negotiations on electricity, and/or for the introduction of a second (Serbian) [...]
2009-12-17 17:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA56KOSOVO: EDUCATION ISSUES LEAD TO POLITICAL FERMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The issue of access to higher education in Serbian universities has evoked a strong political reaction from Kosovo's Bosniak community. Widespread unhappiness over the handling of education issues by Bosniak political representatives in Pristina has led to the formation of a new [...]
2009-02-12 10:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA57KOSOVO: AAK'S ELECTORAL AMBITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),Kosovo's leading opposition party, is restructuring itself in a bid to return to power in future elections. Founded by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, AAK is attempting to expand from its core base of support in western Kosovo [...]
2009-02-12 10:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KV
09PRISTINA578KOSOVO: ELECTRICITY IN THE NORTH-ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) employees were only partially successful in conducting a December 24 visit to read meters at three substations in the northern part of Kosovo. The limited success of these visits was marred, however, by the Serbian state electrical conglomerate EP [...]
2009-12-29 15:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA58KOSOVO: CONTINUED PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AT KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) continues to operate successfully despite lack of cooperation from the Serbian government. As of November 2008, 18,839 out of the near 40,000 claims filed with KPA had been adjudicated. (Note: KPA's caseload consists mainly of commercial and a [...]
2009-02-12 10:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA582KOSOVO: THREE CONTENTIOUS RACES MAR SECOND PHASE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of the December 13 runoffs, three of Kosovo's mayoral elections remain undecided and mired in partisan accusations of electoral fraud between governing coalition partners PDK and LDK. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) and the independent Elections Complaints and [...]
2009-12-30 17:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA62KOSOVO: KOSOVO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AT CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Kosovo's future rests on efficient development of its vast lignite coal reserves, which can propel investment and improved living standards for the next half century or more if properly exploited. After years of frustrating delay, Kosovo's government is ready to take the final [...]
2009-02-14 12:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK KV ECON
09PRISTINA63KOSOVO: ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the first year since its declaration of independence, Kosovo has made real progress in consolidating its sovereignty and pursuing its democratic objectives, including adoption of a new constitution that meets the highest European standards and grants broad protection to Koso [...]
2009-02-16 12:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KV
09PRISTINA64NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina's submission for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. From 1999 to 2008, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244. [...]
2009-02-18 17:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA65NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA66NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA77SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT
[...] (C) It has been a difficult but in many ways successful year since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence move sparked outright con [...]
2009-02-23 17:24:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA78KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION'S CHALLENGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization that, among other things, creates new Serb-majority municipalities empowered with sweeping competencies for local self-governance is building momentum, though the question of whether adequate conditions are in place for successful implementatio [...]
2009-02-24 17:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV
10PRISTINA12KOSOVO: DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO POINT TO PARTITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political developments in northern Kosovo in the second half of 2009, notably illegal parallel elections that ousted representatives of former Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's party from power, and the decision by current Serbian President Tadic to remove notorious hardliners f [...]
2010-01-11 07:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG SR KV
10PRISTINA23KOSOVO: THE MYTH OF "THE AGREEMENT" FOR A SERBIAN POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new myth has crept into discussions on electrical power in northern Kosovo: there was an offer to, or an agreement with, Serbia to establish a "second provider" of electricity for Serb areas in Kosovo. This is false. Kosovo's sole registered, legal energy distributor, Kosovo [...]
2010-01-13 13:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG KV
10PRISTINA25KOSOVO: SERBIAN MINISTER FOR KOSOVO ESCORTED TO BORDER BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After ignoring procedures for official visits to Kosovo, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic and his party were stopped and expelled from Kosovo by Kosovo Police on January 13. Bogdanovic and his party were traveling to Strpce for political purposes. The stop went smo [...]
2010-01-13 16:58:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG SR KV
10PRISTINA28EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE DECEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS A) On December 03, 2009, the Kosovo and Macedonian Ministries of Internal Affairs signed a Bilateral Agreement on Police Cooperation. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND [...]
2010-01-14 13:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
10PRISTINA31KOSOVO: OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) On January 15 Kosovo Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, (DFM) Vlora Citaku, contacted us to offer financial assistance for relief efforts in Haiti. The Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Bekim Collaku confirmed by telephone that Kosovo would like to offer 50,000 EUR (72,000 USD) in assista [...]
2010-01-20 05:46:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMER ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA KV
10PRISTINA36KOSOVO: Visit of TIP/PISCES team
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of the TIP/PISCES team during the first week of February. Since time is short, please advise detailed travel plans ASAP so that we can set up meetings and arrange hotel accommodations and airport pickup. 2. (SBU) POC for this visit is Victor Myev (Pol/Econ INL/ [...]
2010-01-25 15:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV KCRM KV
10PRISTINA4KOSOVO - ORTHODOX MONASTERIES SIGN POWER CONTRACTS; MOSQUES
[...] (SBU) On December 30, 2009, Father Simeon, secretary to Bishop Artemije, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Ras and Prizren, signed an agreement with the Kosovo Electricity Corporation (KEK) for Gracanica Monastery, and stated that all SOC sites in Kosovo were now authorized to become KEK customers. K [...]
2010-01-08 09:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG KV
10PRISTINA40KOSOVO: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] KOSOVO: 2010 Investment Climate Statement A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- The Government of Kosovo (GOK) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) actively promote foreign investment in Kosovo. In January 2001, UNMIK adopted Regulation 2001/3 on For [...]
2010-01-26 13:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR KV
10PRISTINA43POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON EFFORTS TO RELOCATE ROMA, ASHKALI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to a partnership between the USG, the European Commission, and the Government of Kosovo (GOK),two lead-contaminated Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in North Mitrovica -- Cesmin Lug and Osterode -- could be closed this year. The camps have been home to over 140 et [...]
2010-01-27 15:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL PREF PINR PHUM ECON KV
10PRISTINA44KOSOVO: SUCCESS IN THE NORTH KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While skirmishes and security incidents may be rare from day to day, an impending frozen conflict in Northern Kosovo remains the greatest threat to a safe and secure environment (SASE) in Kosovo in the near and medium terms. Fortunately, a constellation of factors exists that could rev [...]
2010-01-27 15:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR KV
10PRISTINA47KOSOVO: SERBIAN MINISTERS CHALLENGE OFFICIAL VISITS POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent travel by Serbian government ministers to Kosovo in contravention of the EU's official visits policy is a direct challenge to the GOK and the EU. The official visits policy provides for GOK approval unless there are indications visits might be abused for political purpos [...]
2010-01-28 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR KV
10PRISTINA48KOSOVO: STRATEGY FOR NORTHERN KOSOVO AN IMPORTANT
[...] (C) Phil - I know that you are seeing Robert Cooper on Tuesday, February 2, among other things, to discuss Kosovo and the strategy for northern Kosovo. Integrating Kosovo Serbs into Kosovo society and preserving the country's territorial integrity is central to Kosovo's and the region's long-t [...]
2010-01-29 12:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
10PRISTINA55KOSOVO: LDK WOBBLY AS PDK WINS TWO MORE MUNICIPALITIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) scored two impressive victories over its coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in the January 31 mayoral run-off elections in Prizren and Lipjan/Lipljan. The elections reaffirm PDK's confidence and unity under the leadersh [...]
2010-02-03 06:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA60KOSOVO: NOTHING NEW IN SERBIA'S ENERGY PROPOSAL; SOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, on January 29, submitted a proposal to the Kosovo Energy Company (KEK) to resolve the current standoff over assets and the provision of electricity in northern Kosovo. The proposal offers to establish the Serbian Electricity Company (EPS) as a se [...]
2010-02-04 06:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR KV
10PRISTINA66KOSOVO: GOK TO STAFF DORMANT BORDER CROSSING POINT
[...] (SBU) In celebration of All Souls Day on February 6, hundreds of visitors from Serbia have submitted applications to the EU Special Representative in Belgrade requesting EULEX police escort to facilitate several large-scale visits to cemeteries in Kosovo. Among these many visitors, a large gr [...]
2010-02-05 14:53:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MARR KV
10PRISTINA71EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JANUARY 2010
[...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) January 12, 2010: EXBS Advisor Milam and Program Assistant met with Bahri Berisha, Customs [...]
2010-02-09 15:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
10PRISTINA73KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP ARTEMIJE'S FINANCES MAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Serbian Orthodox Church committee sent by the Synod to audit the financial accounts of Bishop Artemije Radosavljevic's diocese has uncovered evidence of financial irregularities and fraud. Bishop Artemije's assistant and adviser, Hieromonk Simeon Vilovski has reportedly fled [...]
2010-02-10 16:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SR KV
10PRISTINA76KOSOVO: EMBASSY WELCOMES SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Voinovich and Senator Shaheen to Kosovo on February 17. Your visit will take place on the second anniversary of Kosovo's independence. You will find a peaceful and stable country where cooperation between ethnic Albanians and [...]
2010-02-12 13:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR KV
10PRISTINA77TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10PRISTINA78KOSOVO: EMBASSY WELCOMES CONGRESSMAN POMEROY TO KOSOVO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina warmly welcomes Congressman Pomeroy's visit to Kosovo on February 16, 17 and 21. Kosovo is a peaceful and stable country where cooperation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in southern Kosovo continues to improve. The establishment of four new ethnic-Serb major [...]
2010-02-12 15:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR KV
10PRISTINA83KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA84KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA91THE STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: THE RIGHT CHOICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Current OSD policy (Ref A) preventing the implementation of the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) until the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) reaches Full Operating Capability (FOC) is not in the best interests of U.S. foreign policy goals nor the KSF. We propose re-examin [...]
2010-02-22 13:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL MARR KV
10PRISTINA94COMKFOR BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON MOVEMENT TO GATE TWO
[...] (C) On February 16, COMKFOR, General Markus Bentler (Germany),briefed Chiefs of Mission in Kosovo on KFOR's path towards Gate 2 and KFOR's eventual full transition to Deterrent Presence (DP). Bentler said that KFOR's drawdown will lead to a security gap, and he discussed measures that KFOR [...]
2010-02-25 11:59:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR KV
10PRISTINA95KOSOVO: BFIF PROPOSAL FOR FY 2010
[...] SUMMARY: In consultation with our Foreign Commercial Service colleagues at Embassy Zagreb, post proposes two separate visits by FCS Zagreb personnel to Kosovo. The first will enable peer-to-peer training for Pristina's Commercial Assistant. The second will bring FCS Regional Officer Pamela Wa [...]
2010-02-26 13:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO KV
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