and certainly there are hints of a softening of belgrade stance towards kosovo but what do serbs care more about let's hear from you i mean do you care more about joining the e.u. or getting possible back i think intelligent serbs understand that if the price of joining a club is that you give part of your house as the price of joining that club if that's the price is not a price worth paying because it shows that your status in that club will not be the one that will be of benefit to you serbia has five hundred years worth of results in kosovo for five hundred years coming up now will the e.u. be subsidizing serbia to actually sacrifice all those resources and be paying the people who ethnically cleanse the serbians from kosovo for the resources of serbia in kosovo the economic figures don't stand up so he needs both it does need the membership but it's not ready for it yet but it certainly needs it's possible back and it's certainly ready for that or it was very interesting what you have to say marco gets it from the british serving alliance for peace thanks very much indeed for joi

three years after declaring independence kosovo continues to face social and economic turmoil russia's envoy to the u.n. has criticized recent elections there citing numerous violations bitterly chokin there's also voiced concern that radical parties were able to gain votes with high unemployment and rising poverty the self-proclaimed balkan republic of kosovo is offering fertile ground for hardline islamic there are now growing fears the region could be turning into a major terrorist hub right in the heart of europe and the center of first has been finding out extremist rhetoric being imported alongside foreign aid. press timing cause of a's capital and the mosques overflowing ninety percent of the population here are muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a fundamentalist strain of islam. is taking the most fundamental a strain. on the mental strain from the harbors and so i think when you have this kind of ideology saying you have to literally follow the child from the koran. you can quite easily have a situation where

member states instead it's brought kosovo as leaders to secure ship. and as the u.s. looks to one should stop fence project critics say it's just some drop in the ocean for the world's biggest military spender find out more in just a few minutes. ties between moscow and the vatican saw a dramatic improvement this week when president medvedev met pope benedict the sixteenth in rome the two discussed ways of resuming dialogue between the russian orthodox and catholic churches in the latest attempt to mend relations that were destroyed during soviet times it's just over a year since moscow when the vatican restored full different magic ties earlier the president met prime minister silvio berlusconi in rome where they signed a multi-million dollar energy deal and launched twelve months of cultural exchanges as part of a year of russia in italy. well the e.u. is launching an aid mission to help italy deal with a wave of immigrants from north africa more than five thousand arrived there from tunisia alone during the past week and officials agree the situation is out of cont

intervention and the de facto creation of an independent kosovo state under nato and protect. rate as we saw it in the last years before independence well the sings we're so father to return to the problems it was almost impossible because this would have resulted certainly not a round of war the permanent administration of course a war as a colony or as a protector it was not feasible as well so in the end there was no other way than granting independence which was to my feeling not right because it was against international rules against the law of the peoples as we know it meanwhile as the people in kosovo struggle limited economic turmoil their public is seeing money pour in from saudi arabia but some say the funds are breeding a hardline strain of radical islam in the region and as aussies reports many fear this will lead to the territory fostering terrorists. press time in cause of a's capital and the mosques overflowing ninety percent of the population here are muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a funda

press time in kosovo is capital and the mosques are overflowing ninety percent of the population here are muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a fundamentalist strain of a hobby as it is taking the most fundamental strain. on the mental strain from the harbors them so i think when you have this kind of ideology saying you have to literally follow the child from the koran. you can quite easily have a situation where for example terrorist acts can be justified hobby is i'm originally from saudi arabia and many mosques destroyed in the balkan conflicts are being rebuilt with saudi money in fact the saudi government has poured tens of billions of dollars into building mosques schools and charities worldwide charities that in kosovo helping support poor members of the community. who don't have jobs sure the charity. food which we need for which children most of the order but with nearly half the population employed and widespread poverty possibly could be becoming a fair to hold breeding ground the influence of well financed

to start opening up to criticism and start forming a new policy coming up a stain to anniversary kosovo marks three years so proclaimed from serbia unfazed by recent reports of grave crimes allegedly committed by its leader. us defense budget about to be slashed by almost eighty billion dollars but some say it's just a drop in the bucket compared to the massive cuts of other areas face. first though new wiki leaks revelations appear to show washington attempting to pressure nato diplomatic cable released by the whistleblower says the u.s. went as far as snooping on the alliances top official or his catarina zoravar reports on the allegations. cat among the pigeons whistleblower strikes again this time at the very heart of nato. according to documents published by two european newspapers a u.s. mole was planted right in the office of the alliance's secretary general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato from within reporting confidential information back to washington this point of view is supported by some of the documents allegedly sent

republic of kosovo is offering football ground for hardline islam there are now growing fears the region could be turning into a major terrorist hub right in the heart of europe and as sarah ferguson has been finding out extremist rhetoric speaking imported alongside foreign aid. timing cause of a's capital and the mosques overflowing ninety percent of the population here are muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a fundamentalist strain of islam. is taking the most fundamental strain. on the mental strain from the harbison so i think when you have this kind of ideology saying you have to literally follow the child from the qur'an. you can quite easily have a situation where for example terrorist acts can be justified when hobby is i'm originally from saudi arabia and many mosques destroyed in the balkan conflicts are being rebuilt with saudi money in fact the saudi government has poured tens of billions of dollars into building mosques schools and charities worldwide charities that in kosovo helping support poor members of

first kosovo is marking the third anniversary of its declaration of independence from serbia but the republic continues to suffer from huge economic and political chaos and the crisis has been further deepen by a recent critical report submitted by the council of europe it accuses some of course of his leading politicians including the current prime minister duchy of being involved in horrendous crimes to. in the nine hundred ninety nine war of secession among the allegations or executions of doctrines and organ trafficking wednesday serbia called on the un security council to investigate the charges marco gusset from the british seven alliance for peace told me earlier that the claims weren't investigated by the us and e.u. earlier because they would have had to admit blame for their role the lows crimes that were committed a great service at that time were so huge that to admit that in fact the reality was that the albanians that the u.s. was sponsoring at the time they couldn't go back from their original claims without admitting that they'd be lying all along particularly in one

stay with us here on r t coming up a stained anniversary kosovo years and some independence from serbia unfazed by recent reports of brave crimes allegedly committed by its leader. was the us defense budget about to be slashed by almost eighteen billion dollars but some say it's a drop in the bucket compared to massive cuts other areas are facing. first though the european union is launching a mission to help italy deal with a wave of immigrants from north africa more than five thousand people poured in from tunisia alone during the past week and officials agree the situation is out of control the wave of migrants comes just as europe is seeing a vicious debate over multiculturalism as leaders of major nations admit it's not working despite the current mood however one outspoken critic from austria has gone on trial for speaking out against the rights of religious groups artie's academy graduate went to meet. the snipers magician because of a european citizen peacefully debasing islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like the stream but it's a tall peak not al

first though kosovo has marked three years of soft reclaimed independence from serbia as the region's unilateral move was backed by the u.s. and seventy five other countries most un member states including russia have not recognized it as a separate nation the anniversary was marred by a recent council of europe report the document claims kosovo's leaders including the current prime minister worst possible for serious crimes during the war in the late ninety's including executions abductions and organ trafficking claims serbia wants the u.n. to investigate peace campaigner marco gas it says the u.s. and e.u. don't want their roles in the balkans conflict to emerge. the key thing is we go back to those eleven years to when serbia was being bombed when people were being butchered on bridges in schools and hospitals and roa stations where people were being killed in the name of our supposedly good albanian leadership that needed protecting with its population those crimes that were committed a great service at that time were so huge that to admit that in fact the reality was that the alb

and the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo could be turning into a training ground for terrorists there fears aid from saudi arabia is coming in alongside extremist islamic teachings. richard joins us next with the latest sports news this hour. well i welcome it's good that he was a spacecraft is always. welcome for monday a shot in slate when i gives all small victory of the boss a loner and you know it's very first appearance in the champions league knockout stages when in rome. from home to kickoff europa league works wednesday in moscow but not choosing down due to the freezing temperatures in the russian capital. and we have all the latest from the cage playoffs ever close some. football and two goals in a five second half minutes have given also be a leg of their champions league last sixteen encounter with barcelona what they've given the visitors from it will leave midway through the first half of the spanish international sprong we have signed trying to swap the ball which appears to me however with time running out the gun is restored parity fancy we shall manage to days it is

and the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo could be turning into a training ground for terrorists there are fears aid from saudi arabia is coming in alongside extremist islamic teachings. but now richard is here with the latest. well i welcome you with us as always with the headlines. for mongery a shot in slate where it gets also a victory of a possible. crime their first appearance in the champions league knockout stages with a win in rome. home from home rubin designed to kick off their europa league man short frames a match isn't down due to freezing temperatures in the russian capital. and we have all the latest from the k h l playoffs strong ever closer. to goals in five second half minutes have given all the first leg of their champions league last sixteen encounter with barcelona david be given the visitors believe midway through the person of the spanish international springvale side trying to support your cheers me however with time running out of the gunners restore parasail through robin van persie to shall manage to get the ball days of his near post seven minutes left to s

four in kosovo and we were are strongly involved in ice south in afghanistan as i said i would argue that russia actually has closer a closer relationship with nato through the russian nato council than finland house today and in a case in finland there is not a majority of the population that pushes for nato membership so it's not an issue for the time being ok but listen today. yesterday. president obama of the united states said that the future of the world is in cold. coalitions are they get way to to the future so. there's that mean that nato really wants as more countries as possible to joy nato how strongly do you feel nato won finland in science as asian led to difficult to say because i'm not nato i'm finland to a certain extent and and all of those decisions are up to finland itself and the countries who perhaps want to join at some stage i think what nato is doing is trying to find as many partners as possible the times of the cold war the confrontation between russia and nato i think are over and nato has a much more global role you know it's seeking to work in kosovo it'

kosovo's marking the third anniversary of its declaration of independence from serbia but the republican tin used to suffer from huge economic and political chaos and the crisis has been further deepen by a recent critical report submitted by the council of europe it accuses some of course of his leading politicians including the current prime minister of being involved in horrendous crimes during the one thousand nine hundred worst recession among the allegations of executions abductions and organ trafficking on wednesday serbia called on the un security council to investigate the charges and some of you remember an austrian m.p. said it wasn't in the interest of the e.u. and the us to investigate these claims earlier. the european look was that the serbian side the bad side the evil side and that we have to investigate the crime of the evil side the evil side which was also the loser of the conflicts in the end the military might of nato and the united states prevailed over the losers and europe and the united states we're on the winning side and it was in the interest of the winning s

your report the document claims kosovo's leaders including the current prime minister were responsible for serious crimes during the war in one thousand nine hundred nine these include executions of ducks and and organ trafficking claims which serbia wants the un to investigate these campaign or market gas it says the u.s. and e.u. don't want their roles in the balkans conflict. the key thing is when we go back to those eleven years to when serbia was being bombed when people were being butchered on bridges in schools and hospitals and roa stations where people were being killed in the name of our supposedly good albanian leadership that needed protecting with its population those crimes that were committed a great service at that time was so huge that to admit that in fact the reality was that the albanians that the u.s. was sponsoring at the time were indeed stealers and slavers and villains in a variety of different kinds would be to delegitimize one's own propaganda operations so they couldn't go back from their original claims without admitting that they'd be lying all along parti

economic woes and political turmoil kosovo battles of tarnished image on its third anniversary since declaring independence from serbia. radical islam is gaining ground in the republic. here in thirty minutes from now as the news continues in the meantime you can join us for the latest addition of the kaiser report where our host will discuss how schemes selling virtual forests are actually affecting real farmland that's a cause report next. kaiser this is the kaiser report you know the value of real farms and cities is going down due to the eco eco disaster of degradation of the ecology and deflation of the economy but the value of virtual forms of the cities is going up how can this be stacy herbert tell us all about it yes max there is a global conflicts going on between real and fake we can't tell the difference anymore between real value and fake value carlyle group lost one hundred five million dollars.

kosovo's marking the sudden of us or of its unilateral declaration of independence from so bad but continues to suffer from huge economic and. political chaos the republic is recognized by the united states and most but not by russia and other and over one hundred other united nations men they can only crisis has been deepened by a recent council of europe report alleging top kosovo's leaders including current prime minister hashim tashi were involved in renders crimes during the one nine hundred ninety nine these include executions abductions and organ trafficking and occasions which serbia has asked the you have security council to investigate and marco graphic from the british side then alliance for peace says the u.s. and e.u. don't investigate didn't investigate because their roles in what happened would have been matched loz crimes that were committed to it so it was at that time was so huge that. in fact the reality was that the albanians that the u.s. was sponsoring at the time they couldn't go back from their original claims without admitting that they'd be lying all along particula

kosovo has marked three years since it unilaterally unilaterally declared independence from serbia most u.n. member states including russia don't recognize it as a separate nation although its sovereignty is backed by the u.s. and several dozen other countries the out of verse three was marred by a recent council of europe report alleging that kosovo's leaders including the current prime minister were involved in crimes during the war of one thousand nine hundred nine being cooed executions of abductions and organ trafficking claims which serbia wants the un security council to investigate marco gases from the british serbian alliance for peace says the u.s. and the e.u. didn't look into it earlier because their roles in what happened would have emerged . the key thing is we go back to those eleven years to when serbia was being bombed when people were being butchered on bridges in schools and hospitals and roa stations where people were being killed in the name of a supposedly good albanian leadership that needed protecting with its population those crimes that were committed a great s

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and three years since declaring independence from kosovo continues to face social and economic turmoil there are now fears it could be turning into a training ground for terrorists as aid from saudi arabia is coming in along side extremist islamic. on next we take a look into the life of former soviet leader nikita khrushchev who was brought into power by stalin's followers and the one who spearheaded the launch of the soviet space program here with us. a politician full of contradictions and paradoxes for nearly two decades. in the soviet press many continue to remember him. i think he was the best emperor of the soviet era yes he was. publicly that the serbia would catch up with america and do it to. his country. and compelled to share that belief. nothing came out of it anyway communism was a far cry from reality.

how does this relate to our understanding of recent international events in kosovo? i can't tell you how complicated yugoslavia is. i can't tell you how many partial countries, temporary countries, territories, kosovo, bosnia, albania. they all came and went with different alliances to kill each other. the catholics at one point decided that all from muslims were going to be honorary catholics or honorary croatians. we should always understand, always understand that whatever we have today does not appear suddenly. here is the question. this comes from western freight from los angeles. how does any of this relate to the boycott and sanctions movement against israel? we hear about this all the time. what are the historical roots of this movement? when did this start? >> julius of london.

i can tell you how many partial countries, temporary countries, territories, kosovo, bosnia, albania, they all came and went. the differing alliance to kill each other. the catholics at one point decided that all of the muslims were going to be on larry catholics or honoraria croatians. yes. we should always understand, always understand that whenever we have today did not appear suddenly. it is a legacy. here is a question, and this comes from lester frank, lester m. frank from los angeles. how does any of this relate to the so-called boycott of investment and sanctions? we hear about this all the time. what are the historical roots of this movement? well, you hear about this boycott is real thing. when did this start? the started january 30th of 1933, actually april of 1933 when the went to the arab consulate and said, we are ready to join the nazi boycott against the jews. from then it percolated as a continuous effort to deny a identification to, legitimacy to come and commerce with the jews in palestine. got so bad that in the latter 30's as a jew -- as an arab attacks the ticket

one nine hundred ninety nine a war because it comes as people by slipping on the deeper ration of kosovo the third anniversary of its you know actual declaration of independence from said it. joins us now for the latest additional the kinds of report where our hosts will discuss how schemes selling virtual forests are affecting real farmland. skies are there says the kaiser report.

> a former police chief is in jail for his part in the debts of more than 700 ethnic albanians in kosovo and in 1999. he was serving as the deputy interior minister and convicted by the international tribunal in the hague for crimes against humanity. the prosecution said he tried to cover-up killings by transporting the dead to serbia for burial in mass graves. the president has stepped down in the ivory coast. one neighborhood that the man you is internationally recognized as having won the election last year. you are watching "bbc world news." still to come -- austerity measures cause violent response. to our top story. events in libya. several european union countries are considering sanctions against the country, including calls from the french president nicolas sarkozy. >> the french president, nicolas sarkozy, has called on europe to hold economic relations with libya while gaddafi stays in charge. it has been backed by senator john kerry in the u.s., the chair of the senate foreign leash -- foreign relations committee. silvio berlusconi has rushed to establish his relation with co

economic woes and political turmoil kosovo battles of tarnished image on its third anniversary since declaring independence from serbia. from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day protests across the middle east and north africa have shown no signs of abating inspired by the example set by egypt and tunisia that ousted their governments now here are our exclusive pictures on r.t. from the streets of the yemeni capital the demonstrations fought off attacks by police and defied appeals for calm from the military for seven straight days protests have hit other cities of the arab world country two people were killed the morning the president to step down after more than thirty years in power. in bahrain security forces have dispersed thousands of writers demanding reforms by the country's ruling monarchy in the center of the capital manama the opposition reports for the at least three dead and more than one hundred are injured and in egypt revel in the tree has replaced the ask the government the situation remains tense with sparks of protests in di

stream is the growth of the flow of saudi money is turning the self-proclaimed republic of kosovo into a training ground for radical. subprogram i'm done you're bushell the under pressure governments of the middle east and north african countries by a wave of protests are resorting to force libya where activists have called for a day of anger is the latest to see violence on its streets in buck train security forces child thousands of demonstrators the opposition claims at least two. people died tear gas and rubber bullets were used against those demanding reforms by the country's ruling monarchy yemen has seen six days of unrest over two thousand policemen tried to put down rallies calling on the country's president to go and fresh clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators have erupted in iran after massive opposition protests on monday left two people dead in egypt where the military has replaced the government at least temporarily strikes are gaining force . looks at whether civilian rule is any closer to reality. mubarak's out the army is in and the question now.

the nineteen one thousand i move the call comes as people by so i can all meet different race in kosovo on the set of a story although it's you know i'm trying to federation of independence from. those are the headlines now as public anger grows in the muslim world also about his guides to whether a political establishment does next to be toppled that's now which is up next. well. the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got a few jerks covered.

where we can make a difference for example in afghanistan in the helmand province area for example in kosovo or non. color would we do encounter piracy. at the coast of somalia and we are we whenever we decide to deploy soldiers we say can we make a difference and if we can make a difference we say yes and that's also why i think we are overweight because we we sometimes we say no we say well if we can't make a difference then let somebody else do it. but we think it's important to be an international player and i say. you don't need to be well then what is a small state but instead of just being a small state we have to be. smart state so i've introduced that what we're actually doing in defense policy issues and security policy issues we choose to be smart states we choose to be involved special places around the world where we can make a difference. in afghanistan that really is the hot spot right now and many people believe that it's completely unrealistic for nato troops to leave its alliston by two thousand and fourteen what do you think. i think i think it's i think we can leave with

well your view there are plenty more ahead this hour including a look at the three years of kosovo self declared independence from serbia but it's . breakaway region and equal certain recognition by the majority of the u.n. member states stead it's brought all suppose we are supposed to cross it. and while your readers line up to admit the failure of multiculturalism we tell you how one activist has now found herself on trial for doing the same. well the u.s. defense budget is going under the knife as the country seeks to slash the national debt from a staggering fourteen trillion dollars well the proposed budget is almost fourteen billion dollars less than last time well even though it still amounts to almost half of all global village terry spending on defense analysts laura calmly told us that america's approach to spending on its own forces can't last forever. the defense budget is is actually higher now than it was at the peak level of spending during the cold war we're spending more on defense than we are spending during the war in vietnam as well and defense spending in the count

operations spanning several countries with troops and resources in the sudan the mediterranean sea kosovo iraq afghanistan and the start of africa in november they redefined their goals going forward at the summit in lisbon wanting to tackle everything from nuclear disarmament to terrorism and cyber security. it was all adopted and it's protests on the streets and nato is out of date now out of time we need a world of peace and justice is not going to prepared for yet more wars and already nato members have been divided over the near decade long war in afghanistan it was not prevailed there calling into question the alliance mission. there's every expectation that with the end of the cold war nato would be disbanded instead we. it happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreement at that time was nato aggressively expanded critics say it's u.s. defense companies benefiting most from this expansion with the sales of weapons to every new nato member and the building of every new base and that growth allows other tools to be used as it's changed altered militarily to be

last a mere georgevitch play a key role in the murder of more than seven hundred ethnic albanians in kosovo and nine hundred ninety nine the court also ruled he was responsible for the deploy taishan of at least a further two hundred thousand judges said georgevitch who was a close aide to the lady the soft president slobodan milosevic was cordial to the success of the criminal enterprise. authorities and to ruin believe you have declared a state of emergency as massive flooding affects both countries and believe three people died and almost seven thousand the world left homeless as a result of the strong rains hitting the country for the past few weeks rivers burst of their banks flooding farming land and residential areas there were similar scenes of the ruler of some three and a half thousand people lost their homes. and they are in group has killed at least ten soldiers loyal to ivory coast disputed president laurent the army vehicles were attacked by a group supporting al assad atar who's internationally recognized as the winner of last year's election and african union backed panel is