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By Barry Wood
Belgrade
07 March 2006
 
watch Kosovo's Future
 
  
  
Despite having lost control of its southern province of Kosovo to NATO and the United Nations in 1999, Serbia even now has not had serious public discussion about the likelihood that the territory -- and its 90 percent ethnic 1 Albanian population -- will become independent.

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In Serbian churches and schools the subject of an independent Kosovo is off limits. A vibrant 2 independent media similarly refuses to debate the issue.

 
James Lyon
  
James Lyon, the Belgrade representative of the International Crisis Group, says when it comes to Kosovo, Serbia is in denial. "I think Kosovo is lost to Serbia. It's been lost for some time.  It's been lost since 1999."

Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president, is the UN chief negotiator on the future status of Kosovo. He says that talks between Kosovo Albanians and the Serbian government are underway.

James Lyon says with the two sides holding opposite positions, the only hope is for Mr. Ahtisaari to focus on technical, relatively 3 non-contentious issues.

"His job, most of all, I think, is to regulate what Kosovo is to look like."


Martti Ahtisaari  
  
During a visit to Belgrade, Ahtisaari said he is pursuing bottom up negotiations 4, in which the tough issues (like independence) are saved for later.

"In other words, starting with what I may call practical status neutral issues."

Inside Kosovo, Serbs are coming to terms with the reality that Kosovo is likely to become independent.  The anxiety level is rising.  Ratko, a farmer near Gracanica, says he will leave.

But Father Nektarije, at the 700-year-old Serbian monastery 5 near Pristina, believes many will stay. "Maybe some will be frightened, but certainly those who have their property here in Kosovo will stay. I'm sure about that."

But here in Belgrade, it's a different world and almost no one is talking about Kosovo.

The Kosovo negotiations are likely to go on for several months.



adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
adj.震颤的,响亮的,充满活力的,精力充沛的,(色彩)鲜明的
  • He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
  • She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.修道院,僧院,寺院
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。
学英语单词
acanthoceratids
Achaemenids
Acidithiobacillales
Acrorumohra
additional necessary condition
AHSA
ammonium stannic chloride
androstenediols
area of efflux
below the moon
bernie
bituminous coal fines
bracketless
brasileic acid
brovincamine
Bryn'kovskaya
cadion
calculating mode
card programmed calculation
charles edouard jeannerets
closing unit
co-assessor
collision-avoidance system
correction meniscus
cylindrical duct
degree of dependence on exports
demolase
diadynamic electrotherapy
diameter of wire line
dichlorodiethyl ether
digital solar aspect sensor
diptacus kusanous
do the outside edge
dock equipment
egotised
enchante
end of totality
ex ante forecast
exponent register underflow fault
extensive employment
foxberry
fractured trap
fully automatic switching
GSSI
Haute Volta
height of profile peak
iffish
inter-turn short circuit test for rotor winding
isopatin
Izvoarele
joint runner
know about
landsgrave
light times
make a hash
martensia formosana
mean cloudiness
memorandum value
micro-life
mismatcher
monothematically
multiple avitaminosis
mystica
NC transfer boy
nodal degree of freedom
nonlinear dynamic model
nonrelativistic mechanics
oithona nana
outpensions
overweighed
PCI DSS
permanent lining
pot protection
pouring gate feeding compound
power-efficient
process program
proctospasm
put out to tender
QC (quality control)
QEF,Q.E.F.
quality base method
rank past
rebound leaf
ring web
shipping shift
sir william blackstone
speed adjustment by cascade control
Stilezia
sunspot penumbra
taking turns
tax acceptability
thermal imaging response
thermoconductance
thiacyclobutene
thrust bearing shoe valve
to-skill
tunnel windings
tyre for motorcycle
vults
whitetail
Yllästunturi
zone fusion