Mitić: A/CSM will have executive competencies (RTK2)
MP from the ranks of the Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Bojan Mitić said to RTK2 that agreements reached in Brussels will alleviate life of all residents in Kosovo. “Four agreements were signed in Brussels, each of them has certain importance for all residents of Kosovo, even though many say that they will only […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 August
• EU pledges EUR 600 million for regional infrastructure projects (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1&Klan Kosova)
• Government clarifies Kosovo’s advantages out of Brussels deals (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Ymeri: Mustafa is cunning and mean, as much as he is ridiculous and naive (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Gracanica/Graçanicë Serbs skeptical about Association (KTV)
• International Day of the Disappeared to be marked with activities (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Four correctional officers suspended (RTK1)
• Potential retrial for Prizren mayor(RTK1)
UNMIK Headlines 28 August
• Serbia closer to the EU, Kosovo remains isolated (Koha Ditore)
• Stojanovic: Association/Community shall not be a problem (RTK)
• Barricade removal to relax relations between Albanians and Serbs (Epoka)
• Thaci: Life in Kosovo is better and safer in last 100 years (dailies)
• Limaj: Opposition to mobilize against LDK-PDK coalition (dailies)
• EU to allocate 600 million Euros for the Balkans (Zeri)
Belgrade Media Report 27 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• DS, SDS: Agreements good, but what of executive powers (Tanjug)
• Djuric: ZSO will have executive powers (Tanjug)
• Dacic: EU should respond quickly, adopt tangible decisions (Vecernje Novosti)
• Tasovac sends letter to Bokova in regard to Kosovo and UNESCO (Danas)
• Serbia and Macedonia want EU “to take action” (Tanjug)
• Gasic: Migrants bring no threat of terrorism (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Inzko: Border Agreement between B&H and Montenegro points the region in the right direction (Fena)
• Inzko: I retain the necessary instruments to uphold the GFAP (Klix.ba)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic Faces Charges Over BIRN Business School Probe (BIRN)
• EU to start accession talks with Serbia ‘very soon’ (World Bulletin/News Desk)
• Bosnia charges prosecutor with war crimes case negligence (BIRN)
• Migration Crisis Threatens European No-Borders Policy (Sputnik)
• German Foreign Ministry Earmarks $9.1 Mln in Aid to Refugees in Serbia (Sputnik)
Migrant crisis: Balkans ‘part of the solution, not the problem’ (The Telegraph)
Kosovo should be considered as part of the solution to the migrant crisis engulfing Europe rather than part of the problem, the country’s foreign minister has said, as leaders from the Western Balkans meet in Vienna to deal with the problem. Western Balkan countries are facing “huge challenges” handling tens of thousands of migrants trying to get to the […]
Read More →Belgrade denies “recognizing Kosovo” with the text of the agreement (TV Most)
The Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija has denied the claim made by Edita Tahiri, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, that Belgrade “recognized Kosovo.” According to Edita Tahiri, whose statement was carried earlier on Thursday by Beta agency, Serbia did this “through the agreement on energy” reached earlier this week, which, according to her, […]
Read More →Mustafa to present Kosovo’s progress in Vienna Summit (Telegrafi)
Arban Abrashi, spokesperson for the Kosovo government, said that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, during the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna today will present the progress that is being achieved in Kosovo in several fields and Kosovo’s further steps in economic development and strengthening of statehood capabilities. Abrashi said that the summit will address important topics […]
Read More →Steinmeier: Kosovo made brave steps towards EU integration (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, met today in Vienna with Germany Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Through a Facebook post, Thaci said that Steinmeier congratulated Kosovo on the recent successes and said that Kosovo made brave steps towards integration in the European Union and NATO. “Germany will be with us during the […]
Read More →Families of the missing: No political will to shed light on the missing (RTKLive)
To mark the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), the Association of Families of Missing Persons, Government Commission for Missing Persons and families of the victims today will begin with different activities in honor of the missing persons during the war in Kosovo. During a press conference today, the Commission laid out the agenda […]
Read More →Women write to Meucci: EULEX retraumatized residents of Krusha e Vogel (Koha)
Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) has written an open letter to head of EULEX Gabriele Meucci expressing deep concern over, as it said, the mistreatment of the citizens of Krusha e Vogel, primarily women, by EULEX in exhuming several bodies from the village cemetery. KWN reminded EULEX that the women of Krusha e Vogel have been […]
Read More →KFOR Commander met the US Ambassador Delawie and UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif (KIM radio)
KFOR Commander, Major General Miglietta met the new United States Ambassador in Kosovo, Greg Delawie. General Miglietta and Ambassador Delawie discussed the overall situation in Kosovo focusing, mainly, on next month challenges like the implementation of the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, the future of EULEX and the implementation of the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities. In […]
Read More →Nikolic’s cabinet quiet about Brussels agreements (Danas)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic didn’t say a word yesterday about the signing of the agreements between Serbia and Kosovo. Belgrade-based paper Danas didn’t manage to receive any answer from Nikolic’s cabinet on question what would be the destiny and significance of Nikolic’s platform on Kosovo following the signing of agreements in Brussels between Serbia and […]
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