UNMIK Headlines 30 July
• US Vice President Biden to visit Kosovo on 17 August (Koha)
• Thaçi: Kosovo will sue Serbia for genocide (RTK)
• Turkey warns Kosovo of terrorist attack threats (RFE)
• Shots in Pristina Beer Fest spark panic leaving 50 inured (dailies)
17 EULEX prosecutors get their mandates extended (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Prosecutorial Council unanimously voted in favour of extending the mandate to 17 EULEX prosecutors as well as appointing a new one. The decision came after the Kosovo Assembly extended EULEX mandate.
Read More →Odalović: Human remains were not found in the center of Pristina (NMagazin)
The remains of human body were not found at the third location near the Orthodox church in Pristina, in the search for suspected mass grave, said the Secretary of the Office of the Government of Serbia for Missing Persons, Veljko Odalović. Odalović also said that according to the agreement of the Commissions, reached at the […]
Read More →Dačić thanks Ukraine for active participation in Kfor (Tanjug)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic held a meeting with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze in Belgrade on Thursday at which they noted a mutual commitment to territorial integrity as the basic principle of peaceful development of international relations. Dacic thanked Ukraine for its active participation in Kfor, whose troops, with […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 July
• Veseli: There should be common approach on demarcation issue (VoA)
• Haziri: Demarcation doesn’t save anyone from special court (Zëri)
• UNMIK chief visits Mitrovica North (Klan Kosova)
• EULEX to transfer major cases to Kosovo institutions (Koha)
• Arbitration court orders Kosovo to pay €5 mill in compensation (dailies)
Cleric’s Kosovo Arrest Puts Iran’s Balkan Activities Under Spotlight (RFE/RL)
Iran’s promotion of its brand of Shi’ite Islam across the Middle East has been obvious for decades, but such activities in Europe largely managed to fly under the radar. But its Balkans-centered efforts have come under scrutiny in recent years, leading to the arrest this week of an Iranian cleric in Kosovo on charges of […]
Read More →Suspected Mass Grave Yields No Traces of Kosovo’s Missing (AP/ABC)
Kosovo’s special prosecutor’s office says excavations in the center of the capital, Pristina, have found no traces of any people still missing from the separatist war in 1998-99. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/suspected-mass-grave-yields-traces-kosovos-missing-40960230
Read More →UNDP encourages interethnic trust through protection of cultural monuments (Klan Kosova)
As part of the Confidence Building through Cultural Protection project implemented by the UNDP and EU, Albanian and Serb youths came together and visited the Orthodox Church in Kamenica where they learnt of the investments in protection of cultural heritage. Nilgun Arif, project manager, said the project will be implemented in several municipalities and is […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 28 July
• Kosovo to pay compensation to Austrian Printing House (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• EBU urges Kosovo Assembly to decide on a permanent home for RTK (RTK1)
• AAK conditions its participation in the demarcation debate (TV21)
• EULEX to transfer big cases to local judges (KTV)
• Excavations at University campus completed (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Hoxha and Daka pledge further cooperation (Klan Kosova)
Belgrade Media Report 28 July
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Ukraine’s vice PM says her country won’t recognize Kosovo (Beta/Tanjug/B92)
• Ministerial team within several days; Brussels says it is not interfering (Novosti)
• Reconstruction of sanctities in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• Deputy Chiefs of General Staff of Serbia and Bulgaria discuss border security (Beta)
• Bakir to secretly visit Novi Pazar (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Referendum not directed against Bosniaks (RTRS)
• Dodik – Ivanov: RS will affirm its right to a referendum (Srna)
• RS CoP fails to reach agreement on Bosniaks’ request for protection of Vital National Interest (BHT1)
• Video of Serbian flag set on fire sparks fierce reactions in RS and Serbia (RTRS)
• New coalition formed – Franak, former Bridge members and Human Shield (Hina)
• Croatia to hold EU presidency in first half of 2020 (Hina)
• Elections will be monitored by 35 representatives of the Council of Europe (Dnevne novine)
• Krivokapic: Agreement is broken (RTCG)
• Ultimatum: URA asking Demos and SDP to exit the government (Dnevne novine)
• Macedonia: After party agreement, parliament to vote on legal amendments (Telegraf.mk)
• Ivanov: Macedonian institutions ready for possible second migrant wave (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Migrants stranded in Serbian no-man’s land (DW)
Read More →Ivanović: Useless waiting on Pristina to accept ZSO (Beta, Vecernje Novosti)
The leader of the Civic Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ (SDP) Oliver Ivanović stated that waiting on Pristina to accept the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities (A/CSM) is useless and that Serbs should make the first step and create bodies of the A/CSM. “Pristina will not do it, since they have their internal problems and quite strong […]
Read More →Head of UNMIK visits Mitrovica North Municipality (Kontakt Plus Radio)
The Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakić, and the executive head of the municipal administration, Adrijana Hodžić, met with the head of UNMK Zahir Tanin and his team. The main goal of the visit of UNMIK’s head was introduction with the current situation in Mitrovica North Municipality. Rakić and Hodžić informed UNMIK delegation with the […]
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