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Anniversary of massacre of Kosovo Serb teens marked, Serbianna
August 14, 2008 on 5:51 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Wednesday will mark the fifth anniversary since the murder of two Kosovo Serb teenagers by Albanian separatists. Other 4 teens were wounded by automatic fire that sprayed bullets on the youngsters. No one has been arrested for the murders. A church service to commemorate the deaths of Ivan Jovovic, 19, and Pantelija Dakic, 12, will be held. Djordje […]
Serbia, China to sign science co-op agreement, Xinhua
August 13, 2008 on 6:48 am | In Economy, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Serbia and China agreed on Tuesday that the two countries would sign an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation by the end of this year. The agreement will be signed in December during a Serbian delegation’s visit to Beijing, according to a statement released by the office of Serbian Deputy Prime […]
Serbia will insist on solving refugee problem, Government of Serbia
August 13, 2008 on 6:46 am | In In Focus, News in English | No Comments
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Jovan Krkobabic has met with representatives of refugee associations from Croatia and discussed with them the current problems of return and integration of refugees. They highlighted the necessity of insisting on implementation of the Sarajevo Declaration and respect of the Vienna Agreement. It was also agreed to initiate a law on refugees. Krkobabic […]
Kosovo redux, National Post
August 13, 2008 on 6:44 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
George Jonas,  National Post Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 On Tuesday, the European Union’s Javier Solana called upon Russia to do what the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) didn’t do nine years ago: Respect another country’s territorial integrity. Instead of replying: “We’ll respect Georgia’s territorial integrity as much as the Western powers respected Serbia’s territorial integrity in […]
5th anniversary of Goraždevac murders, B92
August 13, 2008 on 6:11 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — Today marks the 5th anniversary of the crime in Goraždevac when 2 Serb boys were murdered and 4 other children wounded. On this day in 2003, a large group of Serb children from the Goraždevac enclave, close to Peć, gathered on the banks of the river Bistrica. The enclave is surrounded by Albanians and is […]
“Malaysia freezes recognition procedure”, Tanjug
August 12, 2008 on 4:20 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Kuala Lumpur — FM Vuk Jeremić says Malaysia decided to freeze the process of recognizing Kosovo’s unilateral independence. The foreign minister said in Kuala Lumpur today that Malaysia will decide shortly before the gathering in New York in September whether to support Serbia’s initiative before the UN General Assembly to seek the opinion of the International […]
China: Italian Foreign Minister vows support for Serbia, AKI
August 12, 2008 on 3:56 am | In Economy, In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Beijing, 8 August (AKI) - Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Friday pledged his country’s support for Serbia’s bid to join the European Union and boost bilateral trade and other ties. “Serbia has full support for the Italian government to become in the very near future a fully fledged member of the European community,” said Frattini […]
Bosnia: Muslims dominate capital, claims Croatian MP, AKI
August 8, 2008 on 3:06 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Sarajevo, 6 August (AKI) – The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, once a symbol of ethnic diversity, has become an entirely Muslim city, a Croat deputy in the Bosnian Parliament, Branko Zrno, said on Wednesday. “Sarajevo definitely isn’t a multi-ethnic city, but the city of one group, the Bosniacs (Muslims), ” Zrno told local media. He pointed out […]
Kosovo: Press Briefing Transcript for briefing of 06 Aug 2008, UNMIK
August 7, 2008 on 4:19 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
UNMIK Director / Division of Public Information Alexander Ivanko Good morning everybody. As you probably know the Secretary General has introduced the UN Cool system which means no jackets, no ties to cut down on air conditioning. I see all four of us are implementing the Secretary General’s approach. I have no statements, but I assume […]
Đelić: Obstruction threatening Schengen hopes, FoNet
August 7, 2008 on 4:17 am | In News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — Božidar Đelić says further obstruction of parliament could hamper Serbian accession to the White Schengen List. “Everyone has to do their part of the work, and to shoulder their part of the responsibility. It’s very clear that we won’t get on the White List if parliament continues to be obstructed,” warned the deputy prime […]
Karadzic in The Hague: The Balkan blame game, The Telegraph
August 7, 2008 on 4:13 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 3 Comments
Harry de Quetteville With Radovan Karadzic in The Hague, a new round is about to open in the Balkan Blame Game. Some view Radovan Karadzic, on trial for war crimes, as a hero As Michael Palin is finding out, just attempting to apportion blame for the wars of the 1990s is excruciatingly sensitive work, and he has […]
Kosovo PM turns down talks with Serbia, Sofia Echo
August 7, 2008 on 4:05 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
In an interview with Kosovo daily Koha Ditore on August 6 2008, Kosovar prime minister Hashim Thaci said that Pristina would not engage itself in negotiations with Belgrade under the six areas United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon proposed for dialogue back in June, website Balkan Insight reported. The six areas include police, justice, boundary management, […]
Šutanovac calls on Mladić to surrender, FoNet
August 6, 2008 on 7:34 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | 3 Comments
BELGRADE — Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has called on Hague fugitives Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić to turn themselves in. Šutanovac told daily Blic that Mladić and Hadžić had to either surrender very soon or be arrested in order for Serbia, in honoring international law, to receive the status of a country that its citizens deserve. “I […]
Serbia–EU Trade Deal in September, Deputy PM, Balkan Insight
August 6, 2008 on 7:27 am | In News in English | No Comments
06 August 2008 Belgrade _ Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister has said an interim agreement with the European Union will take effect after September 15, following the EU Ministerial Council meeting. Bozidar Djelic said an EU decision to start implementing the deal would depend on the report submitted by Serge Brammertz, The Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor, on […]
Kosovo Rejects Talks With Serbia on ‘Six Points’, Balkan Insight
August 6, 2008 on 7:22 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
06 August 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, has ruled out engaging in direct talks with Serbia over six points proposed for discussion by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon. In an interview published on Wednesday in the Kosovo daily, Koha Ditore, Thaci says no one in Pristina either could, or wished to, […]
Karadzic Facing Serb-haters in the Hague Tribunal, Strategic Culture Foundation
August 6, 2008 on 7:00 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 2 Comments
Alexander MEZYAEV On July 31, former President of Republika Srpska R. Karadzic faced the Hague Tribunal for the first time. According to Article 20 of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, “the Trial Chamber shall read the indictment, satisfy itself that the rights of the accused are respected, confirm that the accused […]
Commemorations, Byzantine Blog
August 6, 2008 on 6:00 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Memorial Service for Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn in the Donskoy Monastery on August 05, 2008 in Moscow Croat “Storm”, a Crime that Never Expires President of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica said at 13th-year commemoration of the victims of Croat ethnic cleansing of Serbian Krajina in Croatia, codenamed “Operation Storm”, that “such massive crime […]
Ceku: Recognition rate dropping, Tanjug
August 5, 2008 on 7:29 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PRIŠTINA — Agim Ceku on Tuesday evaluated that the rate of Kosovo’s recognition is slowing down, “which raises concerns”. “In February, 21 country recognized us, in March 14, in April seven, while only one country did so in May and June. This worries us,” said the former prime minister of Kosovo and leader of the Social […]
Karadzic and Islam’s Northward Push, The Trumpet
August 5, 2008 on 7:28 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
A coming clash of civilizations may be accelerated by the outcome of the forthcoming trial of Radovan Karadzic. Ron Fraser Bible prophecy predicts a forthcoming clash between a great northern power and an opposing southern power, both driven by competing imperial motives, each ruled by an ideology directly opposed to the other, yet each […]
For the good of Europe give Serbia a chance, Financial Times
August 4, 2008 on 5:59 am | In News in English | No Comments
By Bozidar Djelic T he arrest and extradition of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, shows that the new Serbian government is serious about meeting its international obligations. This event was hailed by many European leaders as a watershed for relations between Serbia and the European Union. It has been often said that deeds, not […]
U.N. probe said to criticize March Kosovo raid, Reuters
August 4, 2008 on 5:27 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
By Megan Davies UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations investigation into the March storming of a courthouse by U.N. and NATO troops in northern Kosovo criticizes the force for rushing in, diplomats briefed on its contents said on Friday. U.N. police and NATO troops raided the U.N. court in the town of Mitrovica on March 17 to retake […]
The Selective Prosecution of War Crimes: The Arrest of Radovan Karadzic, Counter Punch
August 4, 2008 on 5:08 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 6 Comments
By PAUL D’AMATO To great fanfare in the Western media, the Serbian government recently arrested Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serb nationalist cause during the war in the former Yugoslavia in the early to mid-1990s, on war crimes charges. Karadzic and Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko […]
UN mission, Serbia start talks on problems in northern Kosovo, Xinhua
August 1, 2008 on 5:06 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
New Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic started talks with the chief of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on Wednesday on the most important issues of the Serb community in the northern part of Kosovo. Bogdanovic, who made his first official visit to Pristina, and the UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier discussed some imminent challenges for […]
UN Cannot Negotiate Kosovo Independence’, Balkan Insight
July 31, 2008 on 7:22 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
30 July 2008 Pristina _ The United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, cannot negotiate Kosovo’s independence and its sovereignty, the government in Pristina warns. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, said the UNMIK chief has the mandate to talk with countries in the region but not to negotiate Kosovo’s independence. “These issues have been terminated on February 17,” […]
First “Republic of Kosovo passports”, B92
July 31, 2008 on 7:20 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PRIŠTINA — The government in Priština on Wednesday presented the first “passport of the Republic of Kosovo,” local media reported. “As of today, the citizens of Kosovo have their own identity,” Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was quoted as saying, after presenting the first passport to Teuta Begoli. He also stressed that the day is “historic in the […]
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