SRSG Farid Zarif – Presentation to the Security Council – 29 August 2014
Mr. President, Excellencies, It is with regret that I feel obliged to begin my remarks today by addressing briefly the incidents which took place in or around Kosovo during the past 36 hours, near the villages of Orlovac and Kushtovë/Košutovo, resulting in at least three fatalities, including a Serbian police officer, and gunfire injuries to […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Declaration on Missing Persons signed in Mostar (RTS)
• Stefanovic requests urgent meeting with EULEX and KFOR (TV Pink)
• Stankovic: Greater KFOR efficiency necessary (RTS)
• Cooperation in the region resolves issue of missing persons (Danas)
• Vukcevic denies EU and OSCE allegations (Tanjug)
• Hripunov: Agreement is best way towards cooperation (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Final declaration of the Berlin Conference (Srna)
• Izetbegovic meets with Erdogan in Ankara: Turkey will continue to assist B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Berlin: Balkan countries say willing to solve bilateral issues, including FYROM – Greek name issue (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Reinforces Border After Policeman’s Killing (BIRN)
• Kosovo Protesters Stop Serbs From Attending Church (BIRN)
• Mercenaries, Extremists Become Major Balkans Export (RFE/RL)
• Conference on Western Balkans focuses on EU membership preparations (New Europe/Xinhua)
• Balkan Leaders in Berlin Pledge to Work Together (BIRN)
• NATO Summit 2014: U.S. Should Support Macedonia (The Heritage Foundation)
With peaceful protests against the arbitrariness of EULEX (TV Most)
Political and security situation in northern Kosovo is increasingly unstable, rated today councillors of four Municipal Assemblies at the meeting convened by emergency procedure. Having concluded that “EULEX is acting contrary to the entrusted mandate and contrary to the objectives of the international community,” councillors concluded that EULEX with its activity in last few months […]
Read More →We must not forget the missing (IRS)
In the region of former Yugoslavia, many years after the wars, no light has been shed yet on the fate of 11,175 persons, 4,022, i.e. one third of whom are Serbs, it was emphasized at a press conference of the Coordination of Serbian Associations of the Families of Persons Missing or Killed in Wars in […]
Read More →Berlin: conference on West Balkans – boost to reforms (IRS)
The participants in the conference on the West Balkans that was held yesterday in Berlin have assessed that the gathering represents a boost for all the regional countries to make concrete steps in the process of reforms and reconciliation, i.e. in solving all bilateral problems. The conclusions from the conference, which gathered the highest officials […]
Read More →Regional leaders sign declaration on missing persons (B92, Blic, Politika)
Mostar — Leaders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro, conferred in Mostar on Friday where they will sign a declaration on missing persons. The document aims to encourage the search for people missing in the wars both in the Balkan region and elsewhere in the world. The declaration on the role of the state in […]
Read More →Serbian national forum established in Gracanica (RTK2, Blic)
Group of activists formed the Serbian national forum (SNF) in Gracanica, an organization whose goal is to assemble the intellectual elite of Kosovo Serbs and solving problems of the Serbian community, reported RTK2. – The idea came from the need to include an intellectual force of the Serbian people in Kosovo and therefore propose solutions […]
Read More →Shooting in the village Boštovo (Kontakt plus radio)
Three persons were injured in a shooting that occurred near the village Boštovo, in the north of Kosovo. KPS spokesman for the southern part of Mitrovica, Avni Haliti told Radio Kontakt Plus that still there is no accurate information about the incident. “One person was injured, and two injured are in Pristina. It was an […]
Read More →Session of Municipal Assemblies of northern Kosovo scheduled for today (Kontakt plus radio)
Councillors of four municipalities in northern Kosovo will hold an emergency session today in Zvecan/Zveqan, regarding political and security situation in this part of Kosovo. The session was scheduled after the meeting held on August 20, at which were present majors, presidents of municipal assemblies, the heads of the provisional institutions of municipalities in northern […]
Read More →Three brothers attacked in Mitrovica from unidentified persons (RTKlive)
The dead person and other injured persons are brothers reports Kosovapress, one 19 years old, 17 and 16 years old. Three of them Albanians with surname Ibrahimi. The youngest one just arrived in Pristina hospital. Kosovapress sources say that they went for logging of firewood and that one person with a Serb uniform has shot […]
Read More →Thaci: A broad-based government (RTKlive)
Hashim Thaci, the outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, stated that Germany values the work of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo. He said that according to German state, the Constitutional Court is commencing independent and professional work, without being politically affected. Leader of the winning party in the […]
Read More →The Berlin Summit (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the Berlin Summit has strengthened Kosovo’s hope for a clear European future. “However, there is a list of requirements that must be met on the long path toward the European Union. Reforms, rule of law, dialogue, good neighborly relations, respect for human rights, are all tasks that every country […]
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