Cliff: New elections not to change anything (RTK2)
Ambassador of the Great Britain to Kosovo Ian Cliff argues that political scene in Kosovo is not in crisis, whereas he sees nothing unusual in post-election negotiations which are protracting creation of the government. He also expressed a belief that agreement over the new government will be reached in next couple weeks. “I wouldn’t call […]
Read More →Government guarantees are valid throughout the entire process (Danas)
Pristina, Mitrovica, Belgrade – Guarantees for detained Serbs from northern Kosovo, submitted by the Government of Serbia on February 10 to EULEX, all international bodies in Kosovo, as well as ambassadors of Quint countries in Belgrade, are valid during the whole procedure. We’ll be seeking of EULEX, which is responsible for the respect of human rights […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 20 August
• Northerners try to present criminal incidents as interethnic ones (KTV)
• Northern mayors: EULEX is impeding implementation of Brussels Agreement (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Haradinaj: LDK-AAK-Nisma has partnership with minority communities (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova&RTK1)
• Destruction of June 8 elections material started (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Jevtic calls on displaced Serbs to return to Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 21 August
• Legal and illegal Serb representatives unite against EULEX (Koha)
• Jahjaga: UNMIK an important mission (Kosova Sot)
• Tahiri: No dialogue without mediation (dailies)
• Rexhepi: No comprehensive government without PDK (Kosova Sot)
• Kurteshi: We won’t back down from our principles (Epoka e Re)
• Minister Rexhepi meets with head of EULEX (Lajm)
• No mortal remains found in “Rudnica 3” yet (Lajm)
• Over €25 million from Arab states (Zeri)
Belgrade Media Report 21 August 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Milivoje Mihajlovic: We expect decision that Ivanovic can defend himself with freedom (RTS, 20.08.2014)
• North boycotts “Brussels” (Novosti, By D. Zecevic, 19 August 2014)
• KIM: One month detention determined for two Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug, 19 August 2014)
• Kidnapping of journalists in Kosovo without investigation (FoNet, 20.08.2014)
• Struggle for the souls of Balkan Muslims is ongoing (Danas, By Jelena Tasic, 19 August 2014)
• South Stream through Bulgaria suspended (Beta, 19.08.2014)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Export to Russia: Bosnia hinders customs zone (Novosti, By A. Macanovic, 19 August 2014)
• Dodik on Inzko’s abolition of sanctions: They could have waited for 10 days before the elections, so that everything would become clear (SRNA, 19 August 2014)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Fighting Against Re-Export of Banned Produce to Russia (RIA Novosti, 20 August 2014)
• Montenegro Shifts Kosovo Refugees Into Containers (BIRN, By Dusica Tomovic, 20 August 2014)
• Balkans: The Balkan Conundrum: Kosovo and Regional Ripple Effects (ISN, By Regina Joseph, 20 August 2014)
• Ukraine Rebels Appeal to Serbs to Donate (BIRN, By Ivana Nikolic, 20 August 2014)
In Muslim Kosovo, Jewish remnant stakes claim to nation’s past and future (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas, August 20, 2014 1:51pm Israel does not recognize Kosovo. “All civilized nations have recognized Kosovo,” says Votim Demiri, the president of Kosovo’s community of 56 Jews, “but Israel has not.” Six years after the United States recognized Kosovo, the “Kosovo Thanks You” website records every new country to follow suit, most recently […]
Read More →In Muslim Kosovo, Jewish remnant stakes claim to nation’s past and future (JTA)
By Ron KampeasAugust 20, 2014 1:51pm PRISTINA, Kosovo (JTA) – Boxing Club Prishtina is a squat building on a narrow street around the corner from the parliament in the heart of Kosovo’s capital city. Around the corner, a popular Italian restaurant draws the young Western Europeans and Americans in button-down shirts and open-toed heels who […]
Read More →Serbia Hunt for Kosovo War Bodies Inconclusive (Balkan Insight)
21 Aug 14 Investigators have failed to find more corpses of Kosovo Albanian victims during a renewed search at a quarry in southern Serbia where 45 bodies have already been exhumed. Nektar Zogjani BIRN Pristina The Kosovo government’s missing persons commission told BIRN that the search launched three weeks ago at the Rudnica quarry near […]
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