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Quotes About Kosovo

So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
~ Ibrahim Rugova
At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them.
~ Slobodan Milosevic
Indeed, the truth, the reality of the Kosovo War, was actually hidden behind all the 'humanitarian' faces.
~ Paul Virilio
I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene in Kosovo. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody is doing something.
~ Mike Farrell
Albania is located sixty miles across the Adriatic Sea from Italy. It borders Montenegro and Kosovo to the north, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. If you know nothing about 'the Land of the Eagles,' relax. You're not alone.
~ Michael Paterniti
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style.
~ Jurgen Habermas
The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.
~ Emma Bonino
I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.
~ Emma Bonino
Serbs can only leave Kosovo.
~ Ivica Dacic
I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parents had to basically start from scratch.
~ Rita Ora
I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is some justice that today I should be the person most responsible for finding a peaceful solution.
~ Ivica Dacic
A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.
~ Ivica Dacic
My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo.
~ Dua Lipa
In 1999, NATO did impose a no-fly zone in Kosovo without seeking a U.N. resolution to carry out air strikes on Serbian forces.
~ Peter Bergen
Professionally, I made my first film at 20 in a war zone in Kosovo.
~ Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
~ Ibrahim Rugova
The U.S. actions in Kosovo - carving out an independent state based on ethnicity from within a sovereign nation - provided the precedent for Russia to carve Crimea out of Ukraine.
~ Bill Bradley
I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination.
~ Eliot Engel
An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable.
~ Ivica Dacic
Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo.
~ Fatos Nano
the brutality and barbarism of those dying years of the twentieth century in that corner of the Balkans. The Second World War was supposed to have put an end to that sort of savagery in Europe; Kosovo had been the worst kind of wake-up call to remind everyone how thin was the skin of civilised behaviour.
~ Val McDermid
There will be a lot of competitive and strong companies coming here and even though Kosovo is a small country that undoubtedly has a lot to offer to global trade; one of our main interests is to expose it to the world market.
~ Ibrahim Rugova
The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo).
~ Ibrahim Rugova
All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.
~ Fatos Nano