Friday, September 09, 2005

Kosovo's Government Spokesman,Accused Of Leaking Stories, Quits

PRISTINA (AP)--Kosovo's government spokesman resigned from his post after being accused of leaking stories criticizing the province's prime minister to the media.

In a resignation letter sent late Thursday, Daut Dauti, the spokesman for Kosovo's prime minister Bajram Kosumi, said he was "happy to depart from this group of people who act like aliens."

Dauti's resignation followed days of media reports accusing Kosumi of corruption.

"I have been accused of being guilty for some stories that appeared in the press. I sincerely believe I am not guilty (and) that the media carry stories which bare the stench of irresponsibility and corruption," Dauti said.

Throughout the week, media reports focused on Kosumi after he was pressured to disclose how he paid for a private jet to return to Kosovo from his holiday in Turkey. The province's media estimated that the cost of the jet might have reached EUR20,000.

Kosumi responded that "his friends" paid for the trip. Opposition parties called for him to resign, saying he breached Kosovo's anti-corruption law, which bars government officials from accepting gifts worth more than EUR50.

Some officials from the Democratic League of Kosovo, the largest party in the coalition government, have expressed dissatisfaction with Dauti recently.

Kosumi was elected prime minister in March after the province's previous prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, stepped down after an indictment by the U.N. court on war crimes against Serbs and ethnic Albanians.

Kosovo is run like a de-facto U.N. protectorate and has been patrolled by North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led peacekeepers since 1999, when the alliance's bombing ended a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanian militants. It has an elected parliament, government and a president.

The province's government is made up of a coalition between Kosovo's largest party the Democratic League of Kosovo and Kosumi's smaller Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

This I like, that we give corruption the attention it needs, take serbia for example, if you don't plan to be currupted in any way you wont get a post in the government! =)

Anonymous said...

Mr. Prime Minister,
it is time for you to go.

Anonymous said...

A step forward. Corruption should not be tolerated. It's too bad that Dauti has to leave in order for more beans not to be spilled.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Prime Minister promised he will stay and work over the summer to fulfill the standards. He not only went on vacation, but on a jet.

Anonymous said...

OK, I have to admit that I do not know all the details, but I think this is a positive development, i.e. people taking a stance against something they see as against the interests of our country, against the interests of Kosova.

Kosova above everything else!
Country above personal interests!
That's what I like to hear more and more often.

Anonymous said...

Not only that, but an insider defying cronyism and speaking up against those that don't respect the laws of the country. That's where the allegiances of every citizen should lie, on the country's laws.
Kosova uber alles!

Anonymous said...

The primeministers defence, sounds a bit strange, but it didn't surprise me that Ceku had something with this to do!

PRISHTINE (9 Shtator) - Pas situates se krijuar ne media dhe ne qarqe te caktuara politike, lidhur me ate qe keto qarqe e kane cilesuar "skandal", per shkak te shfrytezimit te nje avioni privat per kthimin tim nga Turqia, une si kryeminister i Kosoves e ndjej per detyre te sqaroj opinionin me sa vijon:

"Ka qene nje takim i paplanifikuar dhe i pashtyeshem me ambasadorin Kai Aide qe duhej realizuar ne Prishtine, e qe ka shtruar domosdoshmerine per t'i nderprere pushimet dy dite me heret. Berja pozitive e raportit te ambasadorit Aide eshte gjeja me e rendesishme ne kete moment. Duke pasur parasysh faktin se Qeveria e Kosoves nuk ka avion te vetin dhe se rrezikoja te mos kthehesha ne kohen e duhur, miku im ministri Et'hem Ceku, qe ka qene bashke me mua, ka siguruar avionin privat per kthim. Kur kam deklaruar se kthimi eshte bere i mundur me ndihmen e disa miqve te mi, kam menduar ne ministrin Et'hem Ceku i cili duhej te kthehej se bashku me mua dhe biznesin e tij familjar. Ne asnje moment, as atehere e as sot, nuk kam dyshuar se bashkeshfrytezimi i ketij sherbimi te mikut tim te vjeter familjar, ministrit Ceku, mund te konsiderohej si mitamrrje apo korrupsion.

Po ashtu, me duhet te them me keqardhje se fushata e disa mediave dhe e disa qarqeve politike kunder qeverise dhe meje si kryeminister, nuk eshte e rastesishme. Ajo ndodh pikerisht ne kohen kur Qeveria e Kosoves, po shenon rezultate te pamohueshme ne zbatimin e politikave qe jane ne perputhje me interesat e popullit dhe te ardhmes se Kosoves.

Kritikat qe behen ndaj meje si kryeminister dhe ndaj Qeverise qe kryesoj, do te konsiderohen te dobishme vetem derisa te mos kene kaluar ne shpikje dhe ne trillime. Qarqe te caktuara mediale dhe politike, kane shkuar aq larg ne trillimet e tyre, saqe kane shpikur edhe "afera seksuale", duke prekur keshtu edhe dinjitetin tim familjar, mirepo e gjithe kjo le te jete ne ndergjegjen e tyre.

Pavaresisht ndaj ketyre sulmeve te pandershme, Qeveria e Kosoves dhe une si kryeminister, do te vazhdojme te punojme sipas mandatit qe kemi.

Do te vazhdojme te punojme ne interes te te gjithe qytetareve te Kosoves, sepse ky eshte jo vetem orientim dhe obligim yni, mirepo edhe betimi yne" thuhet ne nje komunikate per media te leshuar nga Zyra e kryeministrit.

Anonymous said...

everyone head for the hills, it looks like its going to be an old fashioned Albanian Fued. Your savage like culture will always hold you back.

Anonymous said...

why are the albanians so savage?

Anonymous said...

I would like for the Serb bloggers to remind me what's the deal witht the Serb minister of defence again. Also why was the former Serb prime minister killed. Why are the Serbs so savage?

Anonymous said...

Individually Albanians might be savages but at least as a state we are not savage. It is impossible to think of Kosova going through a brutal war with Albania the way you slavs (origin of the word slave for those who do not know) raped and murdered each other like flies. Go Monstar (kafsh)

Anonymous said...

"everyone head for the hills, it looks like its going to be an old fashioned Albanian Fued. Your savage like culture will always hold you back. "

This coming from a Serb :)

Talking about savages, you pretty things made World War 2 look like a picnic

Anonymous said...

"said he was "happy to depart from this group of people who act like aliens."


Dauti knows his own people well. "Aliens" is a fairly apt description when it comes to albanians trying to govern.

Anonymous said...

"one of the oldest people in the world" hahahahahahah only a stupid insecure sheep fucker could say something as moronic as that, as if ALL the people of the world are not desending from "the oldest people in the world". dude show ME SHOW ONE THREAD OF EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS EVEN AN A IN ALBANIA FROM THE ILLIRIAN CULTURE (and dont give me the albanoi tribe bullshit caue if u are basing ur argument on that i can point the baku and azeri albania where u really came from). show ur "albanian and illirian connection" culture, art, monuments etc etc etc that were from the illirian times, show me when was the first time that the word ALBANIAN WAS USED - IT WAS IN THE 12th CENTURY!!! not 4, 10 or 20 thousand years ago. it is a know fact that all of the people of the balkans share common ansestors, now that fact that the albos have no culture and nothing of their own to be proud of is another issue. SHOW ME ONE, JUST ONE ALBANIAN SOURCE PRIOR TO THE 19TH CENTURY THAT CLAIMS U ARE THE ILLIRIANS??????!?!?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAH U WILL NEVER FIND ONE!! NEVER!!! u guys started to lay cliam to that thoery in the 19th cent. after u saw the croats and serbs doing so as well. be original for once. and for ur info there are many muslim serbs in sandjak and bosnia and catholic serbs in dalmatia, and guess waht they were traitors just like u guys were to ur christian faith. check this out idiota:

Continuity in Balkans
Despite the multiethnic nature of the Balkans, it seems that most inhabitants of the peninsula share common ancestors. Scientists feel that we will have a better picture of these ethnic trajectories within the next several years. The genetic marker M170 appears to have come from the Middle East to the Balkan region roughly 20,000 years ago. It seems today that this marker is unique to the Balkans area, though research suggests that about 80% of European genetic stock goes back to Paleolithic period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Balkans

Anonymous said...

Albanians and their "history" ---they took a page from their WW2 ally and mentor, Joseph Goebbles:

"If repeated often enough, a lie will become the new truth. "

Anonymous said...

Or we can quote a Serbian president saying the following:

" Lying is the patriotic duty of the Serbian people"

You lie so much you believe yourselves.

Anonymous said...

I think claiming that Albanians are direct descendents of Illyrians is not right. There cannot be an 'ethnically pure' nation, simply because the Balkans has been the crossroad of so many paths of movement of the population in the past.
Albanian language though, is surely one of the oldest languages of Europe. Enciclopedia Britanica says that all names of ancient Greek gods derive from a language close to today's Albanian:
Zeus - Zojs (proto-Albanian) - zot (Albanian)= GOD
Afrodita - Aferdita (Albanian) = Dawn (Erly morning, Morning Star)
This is a living proof.

Anonymous said...

TrY GoOgLe.CoM -> sErBiAnS :

FiRsT LiNk FoR "sErBiAn"

>>>THE MASSACRES OF SERBIANS<<<
www.geocities.com/ahlulbayt14/photo-s.html
...
So The top of the search of 8,168,684,336 web pages ... inside of 213,000 web pages...
IS : M A S S A C R E S !!!
SERBIANS ARE ANTI HUMAN,
THEY ARE Cannibal !!! nothing else...

Anonymous said...

...I see another 'flower' of the albanian nation appears before me. Keep it up. You are a great advertisement for your nation.

Anonymous said...

You can visit Hague for a day and the adviertisement for the Serbian nations is made without any need for embellishments. Anyways how's the Serbs Ministry of Religion doing? Brainwashed $hitheads.

Anonymous said...

AS an American, I think that a former communist country that elevates religion in the post-communist phase is a good thing. So does George Bush. It is those that have no religion but hatred, like you, that are cause for concern.

Anonymous said...

READ IT AND CRY SHEEP LOVERS!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!
all from wikipedia.org

Contribution to humanity:

Serbs have played a prominent role in the development of the arts and sciences. Prominent individuals have included the scientists Nikola Tesla, Mihajlo Pupin, Jovan Cvijic, Milutin Milanković and Mileva Maric (mathematician and Albert Einstein's first wife); the famous composer Josip Runjanin; Rudjer Boscovich's father was Serb. In the United States, two Serbs are NBA stars: Vlade Divac and Peja Stojaković and actress Mila Jovović's father is Serbian.
The mother of the last (Eastern) Roman Emperor Constantine XI Paleologos Dragases was Serbian princess Helene Dragas, and he liked to be known by her Serbian surname of Dragas.
According to the National Enquirer, author Ian Fleming patterned James Bond after Dusko Popov, a Serbian double agent nicknamed Tricycle.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed Slavonic March (Marche Slave) in 1876 known at first as the “Serbo-Russian March” based on Serbian folk melodies as “Come, my dearest, why so sad this morning?”

Writers:
David Albahari
Ivo Andrić (Nobel Laureate)
Svetislav Basara
Miodrag Bulatović
Miloš Crnjanski
Branko Ćopić
Radoje Domanović
Predrag R. Dragić Kijuk
Nićifor Dučić
Đura Jakšić
Petar Kočić
Dušan Kovačević
Marko Kraljević
Skender Kulenović
Stefan Lazarević
Mateja Matejić
Dimitrije Mitrinović
Nikola Moravčević
Branislav Nušić
Dositej Obradović
Milorad Pavić
Borislav Pekić
Goran Petrović
Nenad Petrović
Nenad Prokić
Jovan Rajić
Meša Selimović
Bora Stanković
Kosta Trifković
Srđa Trifković
Zoran Živković (SF writer)

Poets:
Kosta Abrašević
Mika Antić
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Vojislav Ilić
Desanka Maksimović
Miloš Đoka Nikolić
Petar Petrović Njegoš
Sima Pandurović
Vladislav Petković Dis
Vasko Popa
Ratko Popović
Branko Radičević
Slobodan Rakitić
Milan Rakić
Charles Simic
Aleksa Šantić
Slobodan Vuksanović

Film arts:

Enki Bilal (Enes Bilal) (director)
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
Lolita Davidović (actress)
Brad Dexter (Boris Milanović - actor)
Milla Jovovich (Milica Nataša Jovović - model/actress)
Emir Kusturica (director)
Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulović) (actor)
Princess Catherine Oxenberg (actress of royal descent)
Velimir Bata Živojinović (actor)
Ljubisa Samardzić (actor/director)
Rade Šerbedžija (actor)
Paul Stojanovich (producer/director)
Bora Todorović (actor)
Srdjan Žika Todorović (actor)
Milena Dravić (actor)
Danilo Bata Stojković (actor)
Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)
Zoran Rankić (actor)
Dragan Nikolić (actor)

Painters:

Stojan Aralica
Petar Dobrović
Marko Čelebonović
Nedeljko Gvozdenović
Ignjat Job
Mladen Josić
Paja Jovanović
Uroš Knežević
Milan Konjović
Đorđe Krstić
Petar Lubarda
Milić od Mačve
Petar Marković
Đorđe Mitrofanović
Mihael Milunović
Vasa Pomorišac
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Nadežda Petrović
Zora Petrović
Mića Popović
Uroš Predić
Radul
Ljubica Sokić
Sava Šumanović
Ivan Tabaković
Zoran Velimanović

Sculptors:

Dušan Džamonja
Olga Jančić
Olga Jevrić
Đorđe Jovanović
Drinka Radovanović
Toma Rosandić
Jovan Soldatović
Sreten Stojanović
Matija Vukovic
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Performance artists
Marina Abramović

Cartoonists:

Enki Bilal (Enes Bilal)
Predrag Koraksić Corax
Aleksa Gajić
Branislav Kerac

Composers:

Petar Bingulac
Vojkan Borisavljević
Dejan Despić
Dragutin Gostuški
Zoran Erić
Aleksandar Simic
Stevan Hristić
Nikola Jeremić
Petar Konjović
Vuk Kulenović
Kosta Manojlović
Ljubica Marić
Miloje Milojević
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Vasilije Mokranjac
Miloš Raičković
Rudolph Réti
Josif Runjanin
Marko Tajčević
Jasna Veličković
Tihomir Vujičić

Musicians:

Đorđe Balašević (pop singer)
Zdravko Čolić (pop singer)
Bora Djordjević (pop singer)
Željko Joksimović (pop singer)
Mile Kitić (singer)
Alex Lifeson (Aleksandar Živojinović - guitarist with "Rush")
Stefan Milenković (Violin player)
Svetlana Velickovic - Ceca (pop singer)
Milan Mladenovic (singer, guitar player, composer, poet)
Lepa Brena (singer - currently resides in Belgrade)
DJ Krmak (singer}
Goran Bregovic (Guitarist, Singer}
Bajaga (singer, band)
Dragan Kojic - Keba (singer}
Boban Markovic (singer, guitar player)
Aleksandar Simic (composer, pianist)
Holly Valance (Australian actress/singer)

Saints:

Saint Danilo II
Saint Jovan Vladimir
Saint Hieromartyr Lazar
Saint Justin Popović
Saint Nikolai Velimirović
Saint Peter of Cetinje
Saint Sava
Saint Simeon
Saint Stephen of Piperi
Saint Vasilije (Saint Basil of Ostrog, Saint Vasilije Ostroski)

Scientists:

Category:Serbian scientists
Milan Budimir
Jovan Chokor
Ljiljana Crepajac
Jovan Cvijić
Vladimir Ćorović
Veselin Čajkanović
Milan Damnjanović
Stevan Dedijer
Petar Djurković
Mihailo Djurić
Nićifor Dučić
Bogdan Gavrilović
Slobodan Jovanović
Pavle Ivić
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Jovan Karamata
Zoran Knežević
Đuro Kurepa
Mileva Marić
Milutin Milanković
Veljko Milković
Ogneslav Kostovic Stepanovic
Josif Pančić
Branislav Petronijević
Mihailo Petrović
Milorad B. Protić
Mihajlo Pupin
Jovan Rašković
V. Alexander Stefan
Nikola Tesla
Milan Vukcevich
Jovan Žujović

Military:

Old Times
Miloš Obilić
Hajduk Veljko
Starina Novak
Deli Radivoje
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Balkan Wars and WWI
Vojvoda Živojin Mišić
Vojvoda (Duke) Vuk Popović
Vojvoda Radomir Putnik
Stevan Sinđelić
Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović
General Pavle Jurišić Šturm (Paulus Sturm)
[edit]
WWII
Boško Buha
General Peko Dapčević
Žikica Jovanović-Španac
General Milan Nedić
Sava Kovačević
Dimitrije Ljotić
General Draža Mihailović
General Koča Popović
Žarko Zrenjanin
[edit]
Yugoslav Wars
General Ratko Mladić
Željko Ražnatović - Arkan
Milorad Ulemek Legija
[edit]
Foreign Armies
Louis Cukela (Major USMC)
Lance Sijan (Captain USAF)
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (Major General USAF)
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Various
General Blagoje Adžić
General Božidar Janković
General Veljko Kadijević
General Nikola Ljubičić
General Kosta Nađ
General Dragan Paskaš
General Dušan Simović
Simela Šolaja
Serdar Janko Vukotić
Stanoje Glavaš
Janis Bukuvalis
Stojan Janković
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Entrepreneurs
William Jovanovich President and chief executive officer of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Bogoljub Karić
Milan Mandaric Owner and chairman of the Portsmouth football club
Milo Medin Vice President for now defunct @Home company
Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac
Kapetan Miša Anastasijević
Vladimir Mitić (Owner of Robne kuce Beograd)
Milan Panić President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA
Djordje Vajfert (Czech originated Serb, owner of old Weifert brewery)
George Yerich (Successful businessman from Niagara Falls, Canada owns the Skylon and Holiday Inn)
Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)
Milan Puskar (Owner and Originator of Mylan Laboratories)
[edit]
Assassins, outlaws
Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis - leader of Black Hand organization
Mijailo Mijailović - Anna Lindh assassin; no political affiliations, mental illness
Gavrilo Princip - Serb national hero, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Puniša Račić - parliament assassin of Stjepan Radić and Đuro Basariček
Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - outlaw
Joco Udmanić - outlaw
[edit]
World Record Holders
Vesna Vulović
Milorad Čavić
[edit]
Athletes
Category:Serbian sportspeople
[edit]
Group sports
[edit]
Basketball
Dejan Bodiroga
Dražen Dalipagić (Hall of Famer; Bosnian Muslim father, Bosnian Croat mother; naturalized Serb)
Vlade Divac
Predrag Danilović
Aleksandar Đorđević
George "Blind Bomber" Glamack
Mile Ilic
Marko Jaric
Igor Kokoskov
Radivoj Korac
Nenad Krstic
Press Maravich
Pete Maravich (Hall of Famer)
Darko Milicic
Aleksandar Nikolić (Hall of Famer)
Žarko Paspalj
Kosta Perovic
Gregg Popovich (NBA coach with San Antonio)
Zoran Savic
Borislav Stanković (Hall of Famer: Secretary-General FIBA)
Predrag Stojaković
Uros Tripkovic
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Football
Vladislav Bogićević
Dragan Džajić
Siniša Mihajlović (Croat mother)
Savo Milošević
Zoran Mirković
Bojan Neziri
Mike Pejic (Premiership)
Dejan Stanković
Dragan Piksi Stojković
Simon Vukčević
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Other
Norm Bulaich (NFL)
Walter Dropo (baseball) (AL Rookie of the Year: 1950)
Nikola Grbić (volleyball)
Vladimir Vanja Grbić (volleyball)
Sam Jankovich (administration}
Mickey Lolich (baseball}
Mike Mamula (NFL)
Ivan Miljković (volleyball)
John "Big Serb" Miljus (baseball)
Bob O'Billovich (CFL)
Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)
Dragan Škrbić (handball)
Goran Vujević (volleyball)
Peter Vuckovich (baseball) (AL Cy Young winner: 1982)
Peter Zezel (hockey)
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Solo sports
Milorad Cavic (swimming)
Jelena Dokić (tennis) (Serb born in Croatia)
Svetozar Gligorić (chess) - grandmaster, once rated the strongest European chess player outside Russia.
Ana Ivanovic (tennis)
Jelena Jankovic (tennis)
Daniel Nestor (Nestorović) (tennis)
Nataša Pavlović (flight)
Snezana Peric (karate)
Jasna Šekarić (shooting sports)
Bill Vukovich (car racing) (Two-time Indy 500 winner)
Nenad Zimonjić (tennis)
[edit]
Rulers and Politicians
[edit]
Historical
[edit]
Medieval
Vuk Branković (Medieval lord)
Prince Lazar
Tsar Stefan Dušan Silni (tzar)
Tsar Jovan Nenad
Stefan Lazarević
Vlatko Vuković (Medieval lord)
[edit]
Communist
Jovanka Broz Budisavljević (Tito's third wife)
Milovan Đilas (Communist leader and dissident)
Veselin Djuranović (Communist leader)
Dragoslav (Draža) Marković - mentor of Slobodan Milošević
Moma Marković father-in-law of Slobodan Milošević
Mirjana Marković
Miloš Minić (Communist leader)
Marko Nikezić (Communist leader)
Latinka Perović (Communist leader)
Moše Pijade (Communist leader of Jewish descent)
Milentije Popović (Communist leader)
Aleksandar Ranković - UDBA secret service
Ivan Stambolić (Head of Serbian Communists)
[edit]
Other
Zoran Đinđić
Stevan Doronjski
Pavle Beljanski (diplomat)
Dragiša Cvetković (pre-WWII prime minister)
Aleksandar Cincar-Marković (pre-WWII prime minister)
Sekule Drljević (politician)
Ilija Garašanin (foreign affairs advisor and minister)
Đoko Jovanić
Borisav Jović (former president of Yugoslavia)
Radovan Karadžić
Nikola Koljević
Svetozar Marković (Socialist)
Milan Martić - leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina
Milan Babić
Slobodan Milošević
Milan Panić
Stojan Protić
Nikola Pašić (prime minister)
Mehmed Paša Sokolović (Ottoman pasha)
Slobodan Penezić Krcun
Milanko Renovica
Petar Petrović Njegoš (prince-bishop)
Jovan Rašković (Serb party leader)
Jovan Veselinov
Veljko Vlahović
Radovan Vlajković
Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
Žarko Zrenjanin
Vidoje Zarković
Zoran Živković
[edit]
Current
Rod Blagojevich (Governor of Illinois)
Nenad Bogdanović
Predrag Bubalo
Momir Bulatović
Dragan Čavić
Nebojša Čović
Ivica Dačić
Vuk Drašković
Vojislav Koštunica
Miroljub Labus
Slobodan Lalović
Zoran Lončar
Predrag Marković
Svetozar Marović
Dragan Maršićanin
Nataša Mićić
Dejan Mihajlov
Tomica Milosavljević
Milan Milutinović
Radomir Naumov
Tomislav Nikolić
Milan Panić
Borislav Paravac
Milan Parivodić
Desnica Radivojević
Zoran Šami
Mirko Šarović
Goran Svilanović
Vojislav Šešelj
Boris Tadić
George Voinovich (US Senator - Ohio)
Helen Delich Bentley (Former Maryland Congresswomen)
Melissa Bean (US Congresswomen - Illinois)
Rose Ann Vuich (First woman elected to California Senate)
Slobodan Vuksanović
[edit]
Royals
[edit]
Obrenovic Dynasty Members
Miloš Obrenović
Milan Obrenović
Mihailo Obrenović
King Milan Obrenović
King Aleksandar Obrenović
Ljubica Obrenović
Queen Natalija Obrenović
Draga Mašin
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Karadjordjević Dynasty
Karadjordje Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karadjordje or Djordje Petrović)
Prince Alexander Karadjordjević,
HM King Petar I Karadjordjević,
HM King Alexander I Karadjordjević,
Princess Maria of Romania and Hohenzollern HM Queen Mother Maria,
HRH Tomislav Karadjordjević
HM King Petar II Karadjordjević,
Prince Pavle Karađorđević
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Serbia and Yugoslavia
HM Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia and Yugoslavia
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Others
Tijana Arnautovic (Miss World Canada - 2004)
Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich (First US born Serbian Orthodox priest: San Francisco 1863)
Đuka Mandić - mother of Nikola Tesla
Stevan Moljević
Mila Mulroney (nee Mila Pivnicki: Canada's First Lady)
Nikola Djuric (attorney with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan)
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Connected to Serbs

Of course, a lot of f.e. world politicians are in some way connected to Serbs. But this list lists people intimately connected to Serbia or Serbs.
Madeleine Albright (saved by Serbs in Second World War)
Josip Broz (was married to Jovanka Broz Budisavljević)
Major Richard L. Felman (USAF, ret.)
Pierre-Henri Bunel
Luc Besson (was married to Milla Jovovich)
Patrick Besson
Albert Einstein (was married to Mileva Maric)
Mira Furlan (married to Goran Gajić)
Prentis Cobb Hale (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
Peter Handke
Lottar Matthaus (coached FK Partizan Beograd)
Francis Mackenzie
Vincente Minnelli (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
Archibald Reiss publicist, a professor, famous criminologist
Monica Seles (tennis player; an ethnic Hungarian born in Vojvodina)
Daniel Shifer
Aleksandar Solovjev (Александр Соловьёв)
Sir John Tavener (composed: The Epistile of Love and The Veil of the Temple on Serbian Medieval Poetry)
Henry McIver soldier of fortune - Serbian general de brigade
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Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

Friedrich Engels
Johann Wolfgang von Göthe
Jakob Grimm
J. R. R. Tolkien
Leo Tolstoy

Anonymous said...

the modern Albanians were not mentioned in Byzantine chronicles until 1043, although Illyria was part of the Byzantine Empire, and since the Illyrians are referred to for the last time as an ethnic group in Miracula Sancti Demetri (7th century AD.), some scholars maintain that after the arrival of the Slavs the Illyrians were extinct. [3]
(see the Jireček Line) it is believed that most inhabitants of Illyria were Hellenized (the Southern part) and later Romanized (opponents say that some Illyrians were not Hellenized or Romanized, but maintained their own language, which may have been a proto-Albanian language). [4]
most Illyrian toponyms, hydronyms, names, and words have not been shown to be related to Albanian, and they do not indicate that Illyrians spoke a proto-Albanian language (opponents say that many of these toponyms, hydronyms and names are Hellenized and Romanized; whether the change in form is dramatic or not is hard to know in a number of cases).
ancient Illyrian toponyms (such as Shkoder from the ancient Scodra, Tomor from ancient Tomarus) were not directly inherited in Albanian, as their modern names do not correspond to the phonetic laws of Albanian [5]
a number of scholars believe that Illyrian was a Centum language, though others disagree. If Illyrian was Centum, then it is unlikely that Albanian (which is Satem) is an Illyrian language

Anonymous said...

the modern Albanians were not mentioned in Byzantine chronicles until 1043, although Illyria was part of the Byzantine Empire, and since the Illyrians are referred to for the last time as an ethnic group in Miracula Sancti Demetri (7th century AD.), some scholars maintain that after the arrival of the Slavs the Illyrians were extinct. [3]
(see the Jireček Line) it is believed that most inhabitants of Illyria were Hellenized (the Southern part) and later Romanized (opponents say that some Illyrians were not Hellenized or Romanized, but maintained their own language, which may have been a proto-Albanian language). [4]
most Illyrian toponyms, hydronyms, names, and words have not been shown to be related to Albanian, and they do not indicate that Illyrians spoke a proto-Albanian language (opponents say that many of these toponyms, hydronyms and names are Hellenized and Romanized; whether the change in form is dramatic or not is hard to know in a number of cases).
ancient Illyrian toponyms (such as Shkoder from the ancient Scodra, Tomor from ancient Tomarus) were not directly inherited in Albanian, as their modern names do not correspond to the phonetic laws of Albanian [5]
a number of scholars believe that Illyrian was a Centum language, though others disagree. If Illyrian was Centum, then it is unlikely that Albanian (which is Satem) is an Illyrian language

Anonymous said...

to the above poster; while this information may be of interest to some, this is not the proper forum in which to post it. The topic at hand is the government of kosovo and it's spokesman resigning. Please stay on topic.

Anonymous said...

Why would the European Union expect that the ethnic albanians of kosovo would be able to run a country any less corupt than their brothers in albania. STOP spreading the disease EU!!!!!