Diković meets with Miglietta in Niš (Tanjug)
The Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff, General Ljubiša Diković, met in Niš on Tuesday with the KFOR Commander, Major General Guglielmo Luigi Miglietta, who will soon leave the position. Diković and Miglietta discussed the current security situation in Kosovo and Metohija and along the administrative line with Serbia’s southern province, as well as […]
Read More →Terrace of café ‘Dolce Vita’ in Mitrovica north set on fire (RTS)
Unknown persons have set on fire the terrace of cafe ‘Dolce Vita’ early this morning in northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. No one was injured in the incident, however material damage is considerable. The incident took place around 03:00 am after two unknown persons have thrown a Molotov cocktail on the terrace of one of […]
Read More →Selimi: We won’t “attack” border with Montenegro, we will bring down demarcation in Pristina (Botapress/Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje MP Rexhep Selimi told Botapress today that the problem with the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is in Pristina and that it needs to be resolved there. “This is the first time that I’m hearing about ideas to go to the border. The problem is here in Pristina and it needs to be resolved here. […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 30 August
• Six arrested for attacks with bombs, Vetëvendosje objects (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi considers attack against Assembly a terrorist attack (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• EBU appalled by attack on home of RTK’s Director General (RTK2&RTK1)
• Vetëvendosje lynches RTK3 editor in chief Ridvan Berisha (RTK)
• President Thaçi convinced that demarcation will be approved (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• PDK gives green light to its MPs to vote demarcation (KTV)
• Veseli discusses demarcation with Quint Ambassadors (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Minister Tahiri inspects Iber Bridge revitalisation works (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Zenun Pajaziti, new PDK caucus leader (RTK1)
Headlines 31 August
• Veseli: Kosovo Assembly will vote on demarcation on 1 September (media)
• PDK calls for unification of political spectrum on national causes (Epoka)
• Leader’s meeting on demarcation expected to fail (Zëri)
• PDK offered four proposals on demarcation to President Thaci (Koha)
• Government calls on citizens to renounce violence (dailies)
• Thaci: Attack on Kosovo Assembly building, a terrorist act (dailies)
• LDK calls on Vetëvendosje to renounce violence (dailies)
• AAK: Situation at Montenegro border, unacceptable (Lajmi)
• Zenun Pajaziti to replace Grabovci as PDK caucus chief (Kosovapress)
Border Deal with Montenegro Stirs Tensions in Kosovo (Reuters)
High in the Cursed Mountains that span Kosovo and Montenegro, lumberjack Rame Elezaj and his family have earned a living from their trees for decades. But if Kosovo’s parliament approves a border deal with Montenegro on Thursday, all 4.5 hectares of Elezaj’s land will designated to be in another country, while his house will remain […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 30 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: EU diplomats speaking philosophically as if they are in Tibet (RTS)
• EC: Escalation of rhetoric not contributing to reconciliation (Tanjug)
• Serbian candidate third in new round of voting at UNSG (B92/Tanjug)
• Dodik: RS will continue to solve its issues via referendums in future (RTS)
• EULEX laying-off Serbs? (FoNet)
• ICTY prosecution seeks conviction or retrial in Seselj case (Tanjug)
• Croatian ambassador misses meeting with Vucic (Tanjug)
• Knezevic: Serbia offers Russian Petrohemija, Azotara, MSK (Kurir)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic sends letter to PIC SB ambassadors (FTV/Oslobodjenje)
• RS government sends open letter to accredited ambassadors in B&H (RTRS)
• RS Referendum Commission enters last stage of preparations (Hayat)
• Ivanic: Referendum on RS Day will be held (BNTV)
• More than 3.000 unidentified remains in B&H (fokus.ba)
• Friendly relations between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina can be a role model to others (CDM)
• State Electoral Commission completes its checks of flagged voters (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Montenegro Mulls Sending More Police to Kosovo Border (BIRN)
Read More →In Mušutište, all the property of Serbs occupied (Vesti)
The international community in Kosovo, some Kosovo politicians condemned the events from Mušutište. The Serbian List pointed out that the events were organized. But nobody asks why Kosovo police did not prevent the violent protests, which have been announced through social networks and portals. About 400 Albanians blocked the road in the village to prevent […]
Read More →Montenegro Mulls Sending More Police to Kosovo Border (Balkan Insight)
Montenegro does not expect clashes as Kosovo prepares to vote on a controversial border demarcation agreement between the two countries, but police are ready to tighten up security if needed. Montenegrin police told BIRN that the security situation is stable and denied it is has sent additional forces to its border with Kosovo ahead of […]
Read More →Commissioner: Resolving the fate of missing obligation of the state and society (NMagazin)
Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection today on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared recalls that 20 years after the end of conflicts in Croatia and Bosnia and 15 years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija there are no reliable information about the fate […]
Read More →Thaçi: No one with provincial mentality can hold Kosovo’s future hostage (kallxo.com)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, said today after visiting the memorial of the missing persons in Pristina that no one has the right to keep the European future of Kosovo hostage based on any kind of provincial logic. Therefore I believe and strongly hope that things will move in the right direction,” Thaçi said. […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: Weapons seized not related to recent explosions (media)
Vetevendosje leader, Visar Ymeri, told a press conference in Pristina today that the Vetevendosje activists, who were arrested by police today over their alleged participation in a bomb attack on the Kosovo Assembly on August 4, are innocent and that the weapons seized during the raids today have nothing to do with the bomb attack. […]
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