Current government unable to implement SAA (Kosova Sot)
The front page of this daily notes that no one can question the importance of the Stabilization Association Agreement, despite the legal and political specifications due to the EU’s neutrality toward Kosovo’s status. However, except for the opportunities, SAA involves a range of duties and priorities that should be in the agenda of the governing […]
Read More →Deletion of asterisk then the SAA ratification (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
Pristina on Monday changed the Stabilization and Association Agreement it signed with the EU. Pristina has signed the SAA agreement as Kosovo* – but the yesterday session of the Assembly, that ratified the agreement, also passed an amendment that replaced the asterisk – which in official documents points to a footnote referring to Kosovo’s status […]
Read More →Refugee crisis: Merkel warns of war in Balkans (The Local)
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that closing borders within Europe could lead to military conflict in the Balkans as she once again sought to defend her refugee policies on Monday. http://www.thelocal.de/20151103/merkel-warns-of-military-conflict-in-balkans
Read More →Website launched for #NoKosovoUnesco campaign (B92)
Serbian authorities’ campaign against the membership of Kosovo in UNESCO has continued with the launching of a website. After posting several short films on the internet about the crimes in Kosovo, the website nokosovounesco.com has now gone online, documenting messages of hatred directed at Serbs, destroyed churches, graveyards, burned down cars. President Tomislav Nikolic asked […]
Read More →No unilateral decisions or reciprocity measures (Akter)
President of the Serbian list Slavko Simic says that he agreed with the representatives of the Kosovo Government that there would be no unilateral decisions taken, as was the sending of the agreement on the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities to the Constitutional Court for review, and that there will not be reciprocal measures related to […]
Read More →Abbot Sava: Intention of Pristina albanization of Serbian heritage (RTS, KIM Radio)
Abbot of Visoki Dečani Monastery Sava Janjić today stated to RTS that room should be provided through Brussels dialogue where Belgrade and Pristina, with participation of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), would discuss all modalities of long-term and institutional protection of Serbian shrines in Kosovo and Metohija. Abbot Janjic stressed that any decision brought before […]
Read More →Top UNESCO Meeting to Vote on US Role, Kosovo Membership (ABC News)
Top diplomats are gathering in Paris for a UNESCO conference where they will decide whether to grant Kosovo membership and how much sway the United States will have in the organization. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/top-unesco-meeting-vote-us-role-kosovo-membership-34930996
Read More →Jevtic: SAA between Kosovo, EU guarantees Brussels agreement (Tanjug)
Members of the Serbina List voted in favor of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) in the Kosovo parliament on Monday because it guarantees the implementation of the Brussels agreement, said Dalibor Jevtic, Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government. Five points of the SAA guarantee all that Belgrade and Pristina agreed in […]
Read More →Nikolic: Campaign includes sharing film on social networks (Tanjug)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic urged all friends of Serbia to join the campaign against Kosovo becoming a UNESCO member and share the film on the destruction of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija through social networks. The film shows crimes against Serbian cultural heritage committed by Kosovo Albanians from 1999 until now. Nikolic also […]
Read More →Djuric: SAA between EU, Kosovo in status-neutral framework (Tanjug)
Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said on Monday that the Stabilisation and Accession Agreement (SAA) with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina had been signed under a status-neutral framework, which was acceptable for Serbia. Article 2 of the SAA explicitly states that EU member-states do not recognize […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 2 November
• Assembly ratifies Stabilisation and Association Agreement (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Prizren municipal education director arrested (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Tanin: UNMIK will remain Kosovo status-neutral (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• Former mayor of Kamenicë/Kamenica found not guilty (Klan Kosova & KTV)
Nikolic: No pressure can force Serbia to recognize Kosovo (most monitored media)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Monday that no pressure can force Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s independence. “I have confidence in the UN, to which Serbia entrusted the care of Kosovo and Metohija in 1999,” Nikolic said at a meeting with new UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin and the new chief of the UN Office in Belgrade, […]
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