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"Father Sava would never betray Serbs or Kosovo" (Serbian media)

A negative campaign against the high-ranking Decani Abbot, father Sava Janjic continues with the accusations of Sima Spasic from the Association of Families of the Abducted and Missing, reports portal Vesti.

Representatives of other associations do not support Spasic's actions, stating that he should not be involved in politics but in clarifying the fate of the missing.

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American Serbian Orthodox Church: Territorial division would cause mass exodus and internal expulsion of the population (Kontakt plus radio)

On August 31, Serbian parishes and organizations in the United States opposed the idea of "delineation" or "border correction" by a joint letter addressed to the US Senate, Congress and individuals in the administration.

The letter of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States, which through the three dioceses makes about 184 churches and monasteries, Kontakt plus radio transmits in full:

''Dear Senators, Representatives of the Congress and officials in the Administration:

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Serb representatives from Montenegro visited Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug, KIM Radio)

Political representatives of Serbs in Montenegro visited Orahovac, Velika Hoca, Monastery of Zociste and Mitrovica North, KIM Radio reported. Political representatives of Serbs in Montenegro said that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are ready to remain and survive in Kosovo, to preserve spirituality, statehood and set foundation for their future here. Following the meeting with Srpska Lista representatives, they announced a petition to collect signatures on revoking decision of the Montenegrin Government on Kosovo recognition, given that the vast majority of the Montenegrin population was again

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Civic Vojvodina: Immediately stop dangerous ideas about the exchange of territory (Danas)

The Civic Vojvodina Coalition believes that the idea of "exchanging territory" and ethnic "demarcation" between Serbia and Kosovo is extremely dangerous and irrational and cannot be justified by any long-term solution for Kosovo, reports Belgrade based daily Danas.

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Abbot Janjic: Vucic to defend real interests (Komersant, Danas)

Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, Father Sava Janjic in an interview for Russian Komersant said that Serbs in Kosovo are not mere numbers, percentages or statistical errors, termed an idea on delineation “as delineation with a common sense” and added that people are concerned over the talks on division, Danas daily reports. Abbot Janjic, whom Komersant describes “as one of the most vocal people in defense of Kosovo and Metohija,” claims he is certain Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic would have a major support of the entire population and the Church if he would decisively stand up for defenc

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President Vucic on Rada and Momcilo Trajkovic, Haradinaj and „some priests“ (KoSSev)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic believes it is likely possible the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina will not be reached. However, according to the President it is highly important that everything he said is recorded, KoSSev portal reported. „Because it will go down in history what we, at some point, could have had, but it is what we as Serbs, have gambled away, like countless times before.

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State employees obliged to attend rally with Vucic? (KIM Radio, KoSSev)

Lists of school employees in central Kosovo who will be attending the rally of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic are being prepared, KoSSev portal reports. The rally would take place during announced Vucic’s visit on September 8 and 9, in Mitrovica North, although it was announced earlier that the rally would happen in Zubin Potok. The lists with the names of those who will not be attending this gathering are also being made, it was confirmed for RTV Kim. KoSSev also received identical testimonies from employees in North Mitrovica and Zvecan.

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Land-swap fears unite many of Kosovo’s Serbs and Albanians (Irish Times)

Broad multi-ethnic opposition in Kosovo to talk of border changes with Serbia. From the little balcony of her flat in Gracanica, Rada Trajkovic can look out over Kosovan fields where Serbs have lived for more than 700 years. The Serbian Orthodox monastery in the town was built in 1321, and at least 7,000 Serbs still live in Gracanica today, having chosen to stay in Kosovo a decade afte

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Vucic to Keefe - "Serbia won't be humiliated" (Tanjug)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia would never accept a solution for Kosovo which was degrading for the country and its people. Vucic pointed this out in a meeting with the UK Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade, Denis Keefe concerning the current state of the Belgrade - Pristina dialogue. The two interlocutors also discussed bilateral relationship, situation in the region and the results of the Western Balkans Summit in London. According to the press release of the Office of the President, Vucic emphasized it was necessary to achieve a lasting and just solution for Kosovo and

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"US and Germany are at odds about Kosovo partition" (Tanjug, B92)

American Wall Street Journal (WSJ) daily and Brussels portal EUobserver reported on the informal meeting of the EU foreign ministers on August 30-31 in Vienna. The American paper said that US and Germany were on the opposite sides when it came to a plan about border change between Serbia and Kosovo and solving one of the last major territorial disputes in Europe. According to WSJ, German government was worried about “the move that might open the Pandora’s Box of interethnic conflict in some of the poorest countries in the region.” The paper added that German officials remained very skeptical

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