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, , was convicted of the bombing and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment. He was released from his jail in Serbia in March 2002.[3]
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| a. | ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. |
- ^ Danas Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine September 18/19, 2004
- ^ Republika, No. 242-243
- ^ "Hasani: Toward independence with the KPC (Koha Ditore)", UNMIK Local Media Monitoring, 27 March 2002
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