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.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
  1. ↑ Danas 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