UN Secretary-General appoints Jennifer Brush of the United States as Deputy Special Representative for the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UN Secretary-General appoints Jennifer Brush of the United States as Deputy Special Representative for the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Jennifer Brush of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Ms. Brush succeeded […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 3 September 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic and Dodik on conclusions of conference in Berlin (RTS)
• Mogherini’s and Tusk’s appointments – good news for Serbia (Radio Serbia)
• Djuric: The Kosovo Albanian that fulfills Kosovo Serb requests will be the next premier of Kosovo (NIN)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Sixteen people connected with Wahabi movement arrested in B&H (Fena)
• Lukac: We are not informed of SIPA operation (Dnevni avaz)
• Cvijanovic meets with German Ambassador to B&H (Srna)
• David M. Robinson appointed First Deputy of the High Representative (Fena)
• Mogherini warns on possible internal issues in Macedonia unless name dispute is settled (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The Buzz: The Shortsightedness of NATO’s War with Serbia Over Kosovo Haunts Ukraine (The National Interest)
• Bosnian police detain 16 for involvement in Syria, Iraq conflict (Reuters)
• In Bosnia’s schools, three different people learn three different histories (Christian Science Monitor)
• Croatia War Veterans Stage New Anti-Cyrillic Protest (BIRN)
Ivanović: I will discredit the charges as they are politically motivated (IRS, RTS, Tanjug)
The leader of the Civic Initiative Serbia, Democracy, Justice, Oliver Ivanović, said that the charges pressed against him were monstrous and fabricated and had been politically motivated and that he and his attorneys would persist in discrediting them. In reply to the questions posed on the Internet portal of Radio Television Serbia, Ivanović, currently detained […]
Read More →PDK Parliamentary Group meet urgently after failure of Brovina’s plan (Gazeta Blic)
The Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is expected to gather today to discuss further steps. Sources told this portal that this decision came after the failure of Flora Brovina’s plan to meet with all political leaders prior to the Assembly constitutive session. Yesterday Flora Brovina called on all political leaders to […]
Read More →Peace with the wolf (Zeri)
Milaim Shefkiu, starts his editorial with an old saying “wolf changes its hair but not the habits,” and adds that Belgrade and its politicians have not changed. According to Shefkiu, the recent statement of “Milosevic’s student” Ivica Dacic, that they will not sign any treaty with Kosovo could be interpreted in two ways: the first […]
Read More →Lazic with doubts about his release (Vesti)
The news that Basic Court in Uroševac/Ferizaj has dropped all charges against the Serbian police officer Laza Lazic from Štrpce/Shtërpcë has become the prime news in all Serbian media. Information was confirmed by his attorney Dejan A. Vasic, however yesterday Lazic informed Vesti that case against him is still ongoing. Department of Serious Crimes of […]
Read More →KFOR and EULEX should do their job (Vesti online)
Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the invasion of Albanian timber thieves across the administrative border with Serbia and murder of Serbian member of Gendarmerie prove that KFOR and EULEX are not doing their job. “We requested an urgent meeting, and I expect a response about the time of the meeting. The […]
Read More →Journalist Duriqi threatened by Muslim radicals (RTKlive)
Reporters Without Borders call on Kosovo call on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect journalist Visar Duriqi, who received many threats. A specialist in Islamism, he has been accused of apostasy and threatened with beheading Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about Visar Duriqi, a Kosovar journalist specializing in political Islam, and calls on […]
Read More →How long will last the formula “Both the EU and Russia”(Politika)
Serbian formula “Both the EU and Russia”, by which Belgrade answered to the Ukrainian crisis, so far, has proved as a very good policy, but, according to analysts, it is unlikely that Serbia will be able to keep this position forever. One of the reasons for this opinion is that these days Brussels announced a […]
Read More →Kosovo Mother Pleads for Child’s Return from Syria (Balkan Insight)
03 Sep 14 Pranvera Zena issued her emotional appeal after her husband took their eight-year-old son with him when he went to fight in the war in Syria. Nektar Zogjani BIRN Pristina Syrian insurgents in Aleppo | Wikimedia Commons “Arben, how is it possible that lessons about wars, tanks and jihad are better than lessons […]
Read More →The Berlin Wall (Vesti)
Ivica Dacic denies in vain Hashim Thaci’s statements, claiming that it is not true that Belgrade will sign international peace agreement with Kosovo, that is to formally stamp the independence of the abducted province. Serbian FM can praise himself as much as he wants that he lectured his counterpart from Pristina Enver Hoxhaj in front […]
Read More →Brovina: No session without consultation (kohaonline)
After the negative response of the representatives of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), and Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), who stated that they would not attend the meeting scheduled by Flora Brovina, the later stated that if the parties of the opposition coalition do not attend the meeting, she will not call […]
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