Parallel structures continue functioning in the north, now in a formal manner (kohaonline)
Parallel courts continue functioning in the north together with the illegal formation “civilian defense,” which is successor of one of the paramilitary formations in that part known as “The bridge watchers.” The 19 April agreement of 2013, reached during the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade and mediated by Brussels, was considered a major achievement, especially with […]
Read More →Serbia requests urgent meeting with EULEX and KFOR (kohaonline)
Media report that Nebojsa Stefanovic, Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, has requested an urgent meeting with representatives of EULEX and KFOR, after the attack at the security zone of Kursumlia. “I expect to hold a meeting in the following days in Belgrade,” he said. “The attack” at the border between Kosovo and Serbia remains […]
Read More →Minister wants “urgent meeting” with EULEX, KFOR (TV Pink, TV Most,B92)
BELGRADE — Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović says he has requested an urgent meeting with representatives of EULEX and KFOR after the killing of a Serbian policeman. The officer, Stevan Sinđelić from MUP’s Gendarmerie unit, died on Thursday after he was shot in the head by suspected Albanian timber thieves, in the Ground Safety Zone between […]
Read More →UNSC meeting on Kosovo to be held in New York on Friday (Tanjug)
NEW YORK – A UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting to present UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s regular quarterly report on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija will be held in New York on Friday. Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate in the meeting. According to a release from the […]
Read More →NATO to remain in Kosovo (IRS, Tanjug)
Despite numerous challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, NATO is not planning to reduce the number of its troops in Kosovo, a high-ranking NATO diplomat told Tanjug . The troops in Kosovo have a clear mandate from the UN Security Council, and both the Albanians and Serbs want them to stay, said the diplomat […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 28 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Gendarmerie member dies from wounds (Tanjug/Beta)
• Serbian Army and KFOR to strengthen joint patrols (Tanjug)
• Djuric, Eigner discuss implementation of Brussels agreement (Beta/Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns Kosovo Albanian demonstrations (RTS)
• NATO to stay in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Berlin not asking Belgrade to introduce sanctions to Moscow (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Good cooperation between RS and Serbian police (Srna)
• Vucic, Bevanda discuss cooperation (Fena)
• Dodik: Bevanda cannot represent RS at the conference in Berlin (Nezavisne novine)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian policeman killed on border with Kosovo (AP)
• Serbia, Albania and Kosovo advance security co-operation (Southeast European Times)
• Court Rulings Leave Kosovo in Political Deadlock (BIRN)
• Macedonia’s path from progress to problem child (Deutsche Welle)
• Balkan Leaders Have High Hopes of Berlin Summit (BIRN)
OSCE Broadcast 28 August
• Jevtic reacts to the protest against displaced Serbs (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Investigations in RTK (Most monitored broadcasters TV21, KTV)
• Relations of North with EULEX (Klan Kosova)
• Acting Prime Minister Thaçi in Berlins Summit (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 29 August
• UN chief: Pristina and Belgrade must continue dialogue (Epoka e Re)
• President Jahjaga calls on MPs to resolve the situation (Bota Sot)
• U.S.: Decisions of the Constitutional Court must be respected (Koha)
• Haziri: Bloc will not withdraw, we have three more options (Epoka e Re)
• Grabovci: We are not buying MPs (Lajm)
• Vetevendosje: The Constitutional Court has buried democracy (Koha)
• Merkel, Balkan’s hope (Epoka e Re)
• Two dead after armed confrontation at Kosovo – Serbia border (dailies)
Belgrade Media Report 27 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia reliable partner and stability factor (Politika)
• Djuric: We are requesting a longer deadline for Ivanovic’s defense (RTS)
• The Association of Families of Missing Persons in Kosovo seeks justice for Serb victims (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Brussels requests solidarity from Serbia (Blic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Council of Ministers didn’t fulfill obligations (Nezavisne novine)
• Radoncic: Along with property cards, SBB will also request family cards (Dnevni avaz)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Yugoslav General to Serve War Crimes Term in Finland (BIRN, By Milka Domanovic, 27 August 2014)
• A Bosnia-type settlement would hurt Ukraine (London Daily Telegraph, By Charles Crawford, August 26, 2014)
• Outlook For Bosnian Job-seekers Remains Grim (BIRN, By Eleanor Rose, 27 August 2014)
• Karadzic Requests US General’s ‘Muslim Attack’ Evidence (BIRN, By Denis Dzidic, 27 August 2014)
• West Balkans PMs flag up Adriatic highway (Journal of Turkish Weekly, 26 Aug 2014)
• Macedonian budget debate degenerates into blows (Associated Press, 27 August 2014)
• Albania Starts Shifting Weapons to Iraqi Kurds (BIRN, By Besar Likmeta, 27 August 2014)
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