KFOR:More patrols after murder of Serbian Gendarmerie member (Tanjug)
PRISTINA – KFOR Commander Major General Salvatore Farina said in Pristina on Monday that the number of patrols of that military mission and the Serbian Armed Forces in the ground security zone has been tripled since the killing of Serbian Gendarmerie member Stevan Sindjelic. Sindjelic, 30, a member of the Serbian Gendarmerie from the Kraljevo […]
Read More →Bosko Obradovic denied entry to KiM (Tanjug)
CACAK – Bosko Obradovic, one of the founders and Eldership member of the Dveri Movement member, and also head of an electoral list at this year’s early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), has been banned from entering the province, the movement said in a release Monday. According to the release, during his return from a […]
Read More →Free schoolbooks for children in KiM halted at Jarinje (Tanjug,Politika,KiM radio)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Ljubisa Antonijevic said on Monday that trucks carrying free schoolbooks for children in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) were kept at the Jarinje crossing over the weekend because of some technical problems. Antonijevic voiced the hope that this issue will be solved by the end of the […]
Read More →Arrest Warrants Issued for Kosovo Serb Politicians (Balkan Insight)
01 Sep 14 The EU rule-of-law mission wants to arrest a Serb mayor and former mayor – a move that could further heighten tensions in the north of Kosovo. Nektar Zogjani BIRN Pristina The EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, issued the arrest warrants on Monday after Stevan Vulovic, the mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality, and […]
Read More →FM: Serbia won’t sign “peace deal with Kosovo” (Danas/B92)
BELGRADE — Serbia will not sign “an international peace agreement with Kosovo,” Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has told the Belgrade-based daily Danas. On the other hand, outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci announced that such an agreement would be signed soon, “as a prelude to the start of the second phase of the dialogue.” […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 1 September 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• SNV: Proof of secret lists for arresting Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug, 31.08.2014)
• What will the changes at in EU leadership bring to Serbia (Blic, By Tamara Spaić, 01.09.2014)
• Ugljanin would like autonomy! (Vecernje Novosti, By E.V.N., 28 August 2014)
• COMMENTARY: Sulejman (Vecernje Novosti, By Vuk Mijatovic, 29 August 2014)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Jutarnji list: Serbia has taken over the leadership of the region from Croatia (Tanjug, 29.08.2014)
Berlin Meeting Changed Relations
• In Bosnia, Hatred Towards Serbs Leads to an arm chair! (Vecernje Novosti, By M. Filipovic, 30 August 2014)
• Josipovic pushes for Bosnian Croats’ equal status (Dalje.com, 20 August 2014)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• War Crimes Court in Focus at UN Kosovo Debate (BIRN, By Nektar Zogjani, Gordana Andric, 29 August 2014)
• Hundreds of Bosnian Pupils Fail to Start School (BIRN, By Elvira M. Jukic, 1 September 2014)
• Croatia Threatens Serbia’s EU Path Over Wartime Missing (BIRN, Josip Ivanovic, 1 September 2014)
• In Bosnia’s schools, three different people learn three different histories (World Europe, By Kristen Chick, 31 August 2014)
OSCE Broadcast 1 September
• Political deadlock continues, no date for constitutive session (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Veseli: PDK will not provoke early elections (RTK1)
• Farina: Kosovo not endangered by terrorism (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• President Jahjaga extends mandates of international judges (Klan Kosova, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 2 September
• Germany insists on dialogue and establishment of special court (Koha)
• Jahjaga might summon leaders to meeting (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci: Will of the people cannot be reversed (dailies)
• Haliti: Leaders should break deadlock (Kosova Sot)
• Tahiri calls on Serbia to stop making threats (Koha)
• Tense relations between the North and EULEX (Tribuna)
• Jahjaga values Farina’s work (Epoka e Re)