UNMIK chief briefs UN Security Council on Kosovo
21 August 2015 – Statement by Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Kosovo, to the United Nations Security Council: Madam President, Excellencies, The report before you details the activities of UNMIK during the latest quarterly reporting period from 16 April to 15 July. Beyond simply presenting the report, I will also reflect […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 21 August 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• UN Security Council today on Kosovo, Dacic represent Serbia (RTS)
• New round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue set for August 25 (Tanjug)
• Belgrade “determined to reach agreement in Brussels” (Tanjug, Beta)
• Djuric: Our goal in Brussels is establishment of ZSO (Tanjug)
• Jahjaga signs decree proclaiming law on special court (Blic)
• Migrant crisis: State of emergency along Macedonian borders (Tanjug)
• Macedonian troops fire stun grenades at migrants on border (Tanjug, Beta,)
• Serbians advised to stay away from Gevgelija border crossing (B92)
• Muiznieks urges Croatia to reconsider decision on Cyrillic (Blic)
• Vucic: HDZ accusations senseless (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Covic to meet with Dodik today in Mostar, with Radoncic on Saturday (Oslobodjenje)
• Covic: Meeting with Nikolic is necessary (Srna)
• Journalists trace property of Dragan Covic’s family (Bosna danas)
• Pleasure with adoption of reform agenda in B&H (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Could Thaci, Ceku and other Kosovo’s leaders stand trial for war crimes? (Sputnik)
• Europe’s Dilemma Over Migrants Can Only Get Worse (BIRN)
• Bulgaria asks Serbia for clarity on Dacic views on migrants (IBNA)
New round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue set for August 25 (B92)
A new round of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is set to take place in Brussels on August 25. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa will take part, the European External Action Service said in a release on Friday. At the meeting, the two sides will aim to […]
Read More →Belgrade in the focus of attention of the summit in Vienna (Danas)
– The Serbian government expects of the European officials at the Summit on the Western Balkans, which is held on 27 August in Vienna, to disclose that joint projects of Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina have entered the European transport network, or that the European Union accepted these projects as priorities. As […]
Read More →17 years since the disappearance of journalists near Orahovac (KiM radio)
Today is 17th anniversary from the kidnapping of journalists from Radio Pristina, Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic. The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) will visit today the memorial dedicated to the missing colleagues, in a place between Velika Hoca and Zociste, where they were […]
Read More →Ymeri calls on Gjilan/Gnjilan residents to oppose Association/Community (RTKLive)
The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Visar Ymeri, during a vitis to Gjilan/Gnjilane today called on its residents to oppose the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities. According to him, the idea of creating a Serb Association/Community in Kosovo has no other purpose rather than enforcing Serbia’s impact in Kosovo.
Read More →Selimi: UNMIK, zero competences in Kosovo (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, told Radio Kosova that Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci, during the United Nations Security Council meeting today will report on Kosovo’s successes and will require the closure of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). “Today the Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci during the UNSC meeting will call on the […]
Read More →Serbian Foreign Ministry “not recommending” Gevgelija border crossing (TV Most)
The Serbian Foreign Ministry has said that it does “not recommend” Serbians to travel via the Gevgelija/Idomeni border crossing between FYROM and Greece. This comes as several thousand refugees from the Middle East, stranded at this railroad crossings, on Friday clashed with Macedonian police and soldiers. According to the Serbian MFA, introduction of “a crisis […]
Read More →Hopes on the special court (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily notes that there is no place in the region let alone Europe that has more anti-corruption mechanisms than Kosovo. However, the reality in Kosovo is completely different. Kosovo suffers from corruption which has touched every pore of the society, keeping Kosovo hostage and becomming a cancer which is […]
Read More →Tahiri: Serbia with medieval mindset, membership in UNESCO would have to be welcomed (Kosovapress)
Kosovo minister without portfolio and chief negotiator in talks with Belgrade, Edita Tahiri, announced that the new round of talks will take place on 24 and 25 August in Brussels and will tackle Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, Iber bridge barricade and obstacles Serbia is presenting to implementation of agreement on energy. Tahiri said agreement of […]
Read More →Ivanovic: I will endure; I lead fight for dignity of Serbs (Dailies)
President of the Citizens’ Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic has said that he will not give up his hunger strike because he is leading a fight for the dignity of the Serbian people. “This is no longer just my fight. This is a struggle for a peaceful and dignified life for all Serbs who live in […]
Read More →One person wounded, another injured in two separate incidents in Leposaviq (Kosovapress)
A 20 year-old woman was wounded last night at a Leposaviq bar, sources said. Unidentified persons are reported to have fired at the victim from a moving vehicle. The motive behind the attack is not known while the victim is being treated at the Mitrovica north hospital and is in a stable condition. Sources also […]
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