Radivoje Papović

Radivoje Papović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радивоје Паповић) was the Rector of the University of Pristina, in Kosovo[a], for most time part of Yugoslavia, during the 1991–1998,[1][2] and 2004–2006 periods.

On 16 January 1997, he was seriously injured in a car bomb attack blamed on the Kosovo Liberation Army. A KLA member, Nait Hasani, was convicted of the bombing and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment. He was released from his jail in Serbia in March 2002.[3]

Notes and references

Notes:

a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.
  1. Danas Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine September 18/19, 2004
  2. Republika, No. 242-243
  3. "Hasani: Toward independence with the KPC (Koha Ditore)", UNMIK Local Media Monitoring, 27 March 2002


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