29 April 2006

Tires on UNMIK jeeps punctured

Beta News Agency, Belgrade, April 21, 2006

Pristina - Activists of the Kosovo Albanian movement "Self-determination" have punctured the tires on some 20 UNMIK jeeps.

The jeeps were parked across the street from the building housing the international administration in Pristina. The activists are demanding the end of the presence of the UN Mission. At the time UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen was meeting with Portugese president Hanibal Cavaco Silva in the building. Utilizing the existing UN signs on the jeeps, the activists changed them to read "FUND", which means "END" in Albanian.

Members of "Self-determination" also stuck signs on some jeeps that said "End insufferable slavery" and "End daily repression".

"Self-determination" is headed by former Albanian student leader Albin Kurti. The movement opposes direct negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina in resolving the future status of Kosovo.