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Chief UN negotiatior Ahtisaari in Mitrovica:

"The essence of the decentralisation is the guarantees for a quiet life for the majority and better conditions for minorities. If the majority does not live better, then the minorities will not have a good life. The aim of this process is that everyone to live in favourable conditions," he said after meeting with ethnic Albanian and Serb families.

K-Serb leaders:

The Serbs, however, threatened the possibility of partition if the final status is unacceptable to them, saying they would organise a referendum.(SEE Times)

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Used to be Srbija do Tokija, not it's Srbija kao Nokija. NY Times has caught on the joke.

Some say that the breakup of Serbia and Montenegro, and the loss of Kosovo if it occurs, will produce benefits for Serbia, which they say will be better able to face its own political and economic changes.
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Some are responding with a Serbian tradition: black humor. In Belgrade, people say that in the 1990's, the nationalist slogan was Serbia do Tokija, or Serbia to Tokyo. These days, they say, it is more accurate to say Serbia kao Nokia, or Serbia like Nokia. Just like the Finnish cellphones, Serbia comes in a newer and smaller model every year.

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Even Kosovars can't beat General Valotto with optimism:

At a military ceremony held at KFOR Command, General Valotto said “I am here to ensure everyone that KFOR will stay in Kosovo as long as its people, the Prime Minister and the President want.”

“I proudly confirm that now, seven years later, NATO has fulfilled its mission. We have a safe environment here. Mutual tolerance and understanding between the parties continues to grow. Kosovar people’s maturity is growing, too, as seen in the recent political events,” Valotto said.

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The number of trained local policeman, policewomen, and policeminorities has reached 8,300. In the latest batch:

393 cadets have graduated at the Police School in Vushtrri; of those 92 were from minorities. There were also 55 female officers.

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I read somewhere that a Pole complained on Russians about this. Russians would declare everything Polish as Soviet only for them to turn around at the right moment and declare everything Soviet...well, Russian.

Former Kosovo communist official Azem Vllasi said on June 9 that Belgrade's proposal to grant Kosovo a high level of autonomy within Serbia "is entirely unacceptable."

The Serbian proposal offers a 20-year treaty aimed at keeping Kosovo a part of Serbia for the duration of the treaty. Vllasi said the proposal "does not correspond to reality," as for Albanians, the last legal and legitimate framework was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, adding that "there is no chance" that Kosovo will stay in Serbia.