employee in calls for the so gay lover of war that pristina is ignoring its cause. to international law aside those remarks were made in tokyo where the foreign minister sergei lavrov is right now one of the official visit to the teacher to the frank a yes we have a good trip what was that message that i had for kosovo then and those supporting it a small. kevin hi wall 1st of all i should say that the breakaway region of costs of all in south eastern europe was back in the headlines earlier this week with an armed raid on areas and that region populated by ethnic serbs and the conflict besides that as you were saying took an extra twist when a united nations staff member from russia was beaten up and detained by a cost of our swat team and he was later released though because of his diplomatic immunity but later we found out that the cost of our authorities were asking the u.n. to strip him off that status and while we're here in japan traveling with surrogate we asked the russian foreign minister to weigh in on that situation and he was very critical of the author

that pristina is ignoring its commitments to international law right now so you'll have rove's comments were made in tokyo where he is right now on an official foreign minister visit to trenchard's covering it. the breakaway region of costs of 0 in south eastern europe was back in the headlines this week with an armed raid on areas in that region populated by ethnic serbs and that conflict took an extra twist when a un staff member from russia was 1st beaten up and then detained by a cost of our swat team well he was later released because of his diplomatic immunity but cos of our authorities now. one thing you went to strip him off that status well while we're traveling with surrogate lavrov and japan we asked the russian foreign minister to weigh and on that situation and he was very critical of the authorities in pristina. as regards the kosovo authorities behave the they have clearly got out of hand those who approved tending to have control of the coasts of the e.u. and the us it's now clear they have not this kind of support coming from the west seems to instill the sense of impun

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made a several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who will appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border on full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course opposes that this is simple more enforcement of the whole situation is also being fueled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize course when it's been. in operation for nigeria's president mahmoud abbas hari his 2nd term is underway the 75 year old former army general won a closely fought election on in february he campaigned on promises to revive the economy and corruption and defeat boko haram fighters in the northeast are his main political opponent has challenge the election result. way has stepped up its legal fight against u.s. sanctions the company filed a motion in court to have bans on it

several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who were later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border on full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course supposes that this is simple law enforcement the whole situation is also being fueled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize possible independence. or right here's the panel for today to discuss things with starting in belgrade with. former so politician now head of the forum for ethnic relations in london vet take associate director of the consultancy group control risks with a focus on central and southeastern europe and finally in berlin is but a very senior associate of the democratization policy council and a specialist on cos a vote serbia relations i thank all of you for joining us today i

minister accusing her of making racist comments is just the latest flare up in tensions between pristina and belgrade serbia already has its forces on high alert after course of and police launched a raid in the mainly ethnics area in the north natasha butler as more from gretchen in kosovo. it was a message of hope the new born sculpture in pristina was created in 2008 to mull kosovo's independence from serbia but 2 decades after conflict tore the 2 sides apart rivalries between serbs and albanians in kosovo still threaten peace the sculptor is now an m.p. he says belgrade is destabilising kosovo by fuelling nationalism among its minority serbia and serbian politics and those belgrade's. involvement in. him in the affairs in kosovo has made this impossible for the last 20 years so serbia has to accept the fact that they have a minority here which. will be treated as equal citizens of course or so be a refuses to recognize kosovo the tensions are preventing both sides from joining the european union e.u. leaders are calling for reconciliation deal one proposal would be to reach your bord

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several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who were later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border on full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course opposes that this is simple more enforcement the whole situation is also being filled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize cos when it's bad. or right here's the panel for today to discuss things with starting in belgrade with. a former politician now head of the forum for ethnic relations in london so they're taken mesko associate director of the consultancy group control risks with a focus on central and south eastern europe and finally in berlin is both a very senior associate of the democratization policy council and a specialist on kosovo serbia relations i thank all of you for joining us

employee in kosovo so the lever of all the pristina is ignoring its commitments to international law those remarks were made in tokyo where he is right now on an official visit to reports from there. the russian top diplomat went on to say that kosovo has gone back on many of its commitments and trampled them under foot by creating their armed forces they violated a very important un resolution on kosovo and according to serve it just goes to show how dangerous it is to turn a blind eye to have been valet sions of international law russia insists that those in breach should be held accountable. as regards the course of authorities behave the they have clearly got out of hand those who uproot tendencies have control over the course of the e.u. and the u.s. it's now clear they have not this kind of support coming from the west seems to instill the sense of the buna too close to the riches close to the street and into the russian u.n. employees unjustifiable stand this and that tends to representative of his u.n. status there is serious we expect the u.n. to react we already know that t

to strip him off that status the russian foreign minister was very critical of the authorities in pristina as we go it's the kosovo authorities behave the they have clearly got out of hand those who uproot tending to have control of the coasts of the e.u. and the us it's now clear they have none this kind of support coming from the west seems to instill the sense of impunity in kosovo thorax this close to the street and into the russian u.n. employees unjustifiable by old standards and then attempts to representative of his un status there is serious is she and we expect the un to react the russian top diplomat went on to say that kosovo has gone back on many of its commitments and trampled them under foot by creating their all armed forces they violated a very important u.n. resolution on kosovo and according to search it just goes to show how dangerous it is to turn a blind eye to have been valet sions of international law we already know that this request by the costs of our authorities will be handed over all the way to the u.n. headquarters however moscow believes that it won't change

should stays that is this is gretchen it's a predominantly ethnic serb municipality just outside pristina most serbs here say they live alongside their albanian neighbors without any problems and if course of i was to be divided along ethnic lines people here say they would. to leave this farmer's family has lived here for generations and ethnic serb he says his grandchildren's future is here but. there needs to be an agreement and then everyone will calm down we don't have problems between albanians and serbs it's politicians feeling a tool of kosovo was born out of conflict and it remains fragile until pushed in and belgrade can resolve their differences uniting everyone under the same flag could remain elusive for kosovo's leaders natasha butler al-jazeera. kosovo tens of thousands of students and teachers in brazil have rallied for the 2nd time this month against plans spending cuts in education local media say demonstrations were held in more than 80 cities the government wants to partly freeze spending in public universities in the coming months but critics say it's an assault on ed

sort of bravado because insurgents just want except abandoning losing kosovo and i think also that pristina and probably backed up by the by mentors are testing actually serbia to see how force or misery to go will they really cross the line will they really intervene in northern coastal to save the life of the 90 percent of serbs who live in northern cross no i think that pretty is quite curious and that's why they sent a lot of people in armed and men into that region and they also want to see how the serbs themselves have reacted and we have seen that there have been blockades the serbs are building a blockade on the roads that serves the church bells were ringing people to go to the streets to defend their houses to defend the population there and there have been there has even been some gun fight with a certain population so i think that's a test of the situation see how far this can go if really they wanted to take over coralie the northern part of cross them and how damaging do you think to date incidents are going to be to the faltering reconciliation efforts between you and also th

a predominantly serve municipality in the northern coast of a people here don't feel the mind to pristina they feel very close in the night to belgrade in serbia and they've come here to protest because they say that they often intimidated by cost of authorities now this is because on tuesday the cost of and police launched a major operation they say was across the country but particularly in this region against smuggling of all sorts of goods such as petrol and cigarettes they made several arrests among them some so and so are police officers who will later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border on full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the presence of course of those says that this is simple law enforcement the whole situation is also being filled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do n

implicated in more than 10 corruption investigations this is the 1st case that makes a full court pristina kirschner is now a senate or still sees protected with parliamentary immunity which prevents her imprisonment but not her prosecution. since leaving office cristina kirchner and members of her government have been indicted and accused of corruption one of them was even caught trying to hide around $9000000.00 in a monastery. but the former president says she's seen a cent and a victim of political persecution from her rival precedent. and the judiciary in argentina tends to lean towards those in power. there is political persecution there is animosity and judges pushing cases improperly against certain political figures but i believe it has to do with the justice system as a source of power and not because they're responding to those who are in government coercion or was expected to run in the october presidential election against modi. but the former president surprised everyone on saturday when she said she would run for vice president instead i company i'll bet the farm and this a

people here don't feel the mind to pristina they feel very close. to belgrade and syrupy and they've come here to protest because they say that they are being intimidated by cos of an authorities now this is because on tuesday cause of and police launched a major operation they say was across the country but particularly in this region against smuggling of all sorts of goods such as petrol and cigarettes they made a several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who were later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border all full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course the post says that this is simple law enforcement the whole situation is also being filled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize when it's bee

implicated in more than 10 corruption investigations this is the 1st case that makes a full court pristina kirschner is now a senate or still see is protected with parliamentary immunity which prevents her imprisonment but not her prosecution. since leaving office cristina kirchner and members of her government have been indicted and accused of corruption one of them was even caught trying to hide around $9000000.00 in a monastery. but the former president says she's seen a cent and a victim of political persecution from her rival precedent. and the judiciary in argentina tends to lean towards those in power. there is political persecution there is animosity and judges pushing cases improperly against certain political figures but i believe it has to do with the justice system as a source of power and not because they are responding to those who are in government commission or was expected to run in the october presidential election against modi. but the former president surprised everyone on saturday when she said she would run for vice president instead i kompany aware of the for the man

with the police intervention the northern part of course after the war and or the by the court in pristina with. 23 people were arrested mostly the serbs and mostly the police officers in northern part of course of all in pristina capital of course all of this said this is the fight against the corruption busy but in belgrade capital of serbia they don't see it like that this is. intervention of course of our. intervention to bring. him to frighten the serbs who are living in northern parts of course away and i must explain this according to the agreement that was reached between serbs and albanians in northern part of course which is mostly populated by the serbs the police and the port and the prosecutors are 90 percent members of serb national minority in the southern part of course some of the members of police that was engaged this morning in northern part of course so what are obedience and that's why belgrade and that's why serbia thieves' their. frightening goal serves as a violation of. agreement's that's why it's still being president oleksandr. to organize the security not natio

several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who will later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border all full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course opposes that this is simple law enforcement the whole situation is also being filled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize cos when it's played in syria the latest wave of barrel bomb attacks and air strikes have killed at least 10 civilians in the northwest of the country syrian and russian forces launched an attack somewhere and say it's been a month since the syrian government escalates an offensive on rebel held probyn says syria's civil defense fallen tears not as the white helmets try to rescue people from the rubble but the constant bombing hindered their efforts. to hold a reports now f

several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who will later appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border all full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the presence of course and this is simple law enforcement the whole situation is also being fueled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia serbia and russia who do not recognize when it's been. a global risk with control risk she says although tensions are high it's a low chance of serious fighting breaking out. in a region such as the balkans there is always the potential for security issues to escalate. however you know because of legacies of what happened 20 years ago in kosovo of them. scale violence all for international intervention and so on these legacies are still alive they often tend to resurface in political debates in a local discussions there f

explain going to part of a load of deliberately silly according to grieving the things i would read in pristina so they will be members of police units in the northern parts of kosovo the right to pursue service members police units talking cause of. the same old green service that with the days or months that they're leaving in the northern part the folks who are there are going to come in he needs to make a resolution to. troy those who play the fighting questions between the police and the serbs in the northern part of the whole. and the right. 33 people and some of them are going to flood the market and i have to interrupt and fortunately there's this too much noise in the back of our viewers who aren't actually hearing what you're saying that's very important so we will try to reconnect with you thank you. european leaders are set to make their nominations for the union's top jobs backroom negotiations have already begun to appoint the commission's president and many other heads of the e.u. institutions their 1st ahmed nations will be made in the leaders to enter in brussels on tuesday imi

implicated in more than 10 corruption investigations this is the 1st case that makes a full court pristina kirschner is now a senate or still sees protected with parliamentary immunity which prevents her imprisonment but not her prosecution. since leaving office cristina kirchner and members of her government have been indicted and accused of corruption one of them was even caught trying to hide around $9000000.00 in a ministry. but the former president says she's seen a cent and a victim of political persecution from her rival precedent. and the judiciary in argentina tends to lean towards those in power. there is political persecution there is animosity and judges pushing cases improperly against certain political figures but i believe it has to do with the justice system as a source of power and not because they are responding to those who are in government. coercion or was expected to run in the october presidential election against modi. but the former president surprised everyone on saturday when she said she would run for vice president instead i company i'll bet the farm and this a

and pristina. in berlin along with in london and dish and you. in belgrade thank you so much for joining us for inside story and thank you for watching as well to hit on line to al-jazeera dot com you can see this program again any time or any of our other episodes there are you can get social to facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story we're on twitter at a.j. inside story and i'm at come all a.j. if you want to tweet me directly so thanks so much for joining us for inside story so you can see. you. the pollution is palpable. shares the symptoms of many modern metropolis but that's unique features of be gotten a crisis. people in power investigates the toxic mix feeding the city's invisible killer and asks why more is not being done to relieve its citizens. on the jersey of. every war since devastating impact. of fries explores some of the efforts to recover those lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important south poles that we have to make sure they are surviving to the refugees str

kind of agenda grasso is the spokesman for nato in kosovo we can talk to him now from the capital pristina colonel good to have you with us what's your reaction to what's happening on the border of serbia and kosovo today. ok really what they. were there was a police operation that was for nothing but also police in different police it by loosing calls. these was loud enough for knowing. who are arrest the risk once for all of iraq surely should also consider can show him and the police who we are being just who we lament that these words in the interview nothing said in the event that we said earlier this. and they've been that the u.s. of course there were some things shots of mostly not and some people to use about it. but the situation remained under control and what role is nato playing in easing this tension the course that we have been monitoring the a theory that in their development so that they of course this was a rule of law the issue so it was a specific task though because of the police is not that these results are ok for in need of money. but we'll be monitoring it and what

the front or on both sides who decided to try to improve their own situation and both belgrade and pristina i've decided that. they had enough and they're going to push back and how does what we're seeing now compared to the time in the mid ninety's when you were a u.s. ambassador to what was then yugoslavia and the tensions that we're seeing now have had they really been addressed 20 years on from kosovo's independence well the situation in bosnia was really really somewhat different even though it's on the same errors of all when you had the war in 1999 in which a 78 day air campaign by nato fire and they brought the conflict to a halt where the service said displaced about a 1000000 people all dainian thank you both in kosovo one of the upshots was the independence of kosovo has a new state and also a nato european union peacekeeping force so it has never been stable but this is. what we can tell so far the worst ethnic clashes we've seen now for a decade maybe almost 2 decades so what needs to happen to kind of tamp all of they sit down and you know the subs for their part have never me

implicated in more than 10 corruption investigations this is the 1st case that makes a full court pristina kirschner is now a senate or still sees protected with parliamentary immunity which prevents her imprisonment but not her prosecution. since leaving office cristina kirchner and members of her government have been indicted and accused of corruption one of them was even caught trying to hide around $9000000.00 in a monastery. but the former president says she's seen a cent and a victim of political persecution from her rival precedent. and the judiciary in argentina tends to lean towards those in power. there is political persecution there is animosity and judges pushing cases improperly against certain political figures but i believe it has to do with the justice system as a source of power and not because they are responding to those who are in government commissioner was expected to run in the october presidential election against modi. but the former president surprised everyone on saturday when she said she would run for vice president instead i company i'll bet the farm and this