September, 2012

• 25 September

  Thaci Urges EU to Seal Agreement With Kosovo

  Kosovo’s leader says he wants the European Union to formalize its relationship with the country by opening negotiations on a Stabilization and Association Agreement – the first step towards eventual membership. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci made the call at a meeting with the EU’s High Representative, Catherine Ashton, in New …

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• 25 September

  Montenegro Albanians Doubt Plan to Restore Municipality

  Ruling party leader’s announcement that a mainly Albanian area of the capital may become a municipality meets sceptical response, coming in the run-up to the October general election.Ethnic Albanian leaders in Montenegro responded cautiously to a pledge by the ruling party’s leader to re-establish a mainly Albanian municipality in the …

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• 25 September

  Serbia to Put Kosovo Border Deal Into Action

  Belgrade has told Brussels that it is ready to implement an agreed deal with Kosovo on joint control of the border.Dejan Pavicevic, head of Belgrade’s negotiating team in the EU-led dialogue with Kosovo, on Monday said Serbia had told the European Commission that it accepted the agreement on Integrated Border …

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• 25 September

  Serbia Deputy PM Rules Out Kosovo Partition

  Deputy Prime Minister Suzana Grubjesic said the partition of Kosovo was no longer worth considering as an option, as the international community clearly opposed the idea.Suzana Grubjesic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU integration, said that the partition of Kosovo might well be the most rational solution to …

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• 25 September

  UN Tells Kosovo to Maintain Stability

  The UN secretary general has told Kosovo leaders to preserve the country’s stability and solve all problems through dialogue.At a meeting held in New York, Ban Ki-moon has told Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci that the European Union’s role in the Balkans region is essential, and …

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• 24 September

  Kosovo Kids Taught False History, Study Shows

  Kosovo’s high school pupils are taught incorrect facts about what really happened during the 1999 war, says the Humanitarian Law Centre study.The study by the Humanitarian Law Centre – Kosovo, was conducted at a number of secondary schools across Kosovo and is based on one-to-one and group interviews with children …

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• 24 September

  Bosnia’s Serb Entity Signs up for South Stream Pipeline

  The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, has signed an agreement with the Russian company Gazprom to build a part of the South Stream pipeline network and two gas power plants in the entity.Dodik and other representatives of Republika Srpska, the Serb lead entity in Bosnia, signed the memorandum of …

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• 24 September

  Bosnian Muslims Chose New Chief Mufti

  Husein Kavazovic has been chosen as the new Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina .The Mufti of the northeast Bosnian town of Tuzla, Husein Effendi Kavazovic, has been chosen as the new Chief Mufti of the country’s Islamic Community amongst two other candidates at a session of …

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• 24 September

  Kosovo Ruling Party MPs to Testify in Bllaca Trial

  Two PDK parliamentarians, Azem Syla and Fatmir Xhelili, have been summoned to testify in “Bllaca 2”, the second trial of the self-styled intelligence service assassin, Nazim Bllaca.A Kosovo court has summoned Azem Syla, a former supreme commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, and Faitmir Xhelili, former head of the …

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• 24 September

  Serbia to Probe Mystery Killings of Journalists

  Media watchdogs welcome government’s decision to set up international commission to investigate unsolved murders of reporters in Serbia.Serbia’s new goverment has decided to set up an “International Commission” to investigate the unsolved murders of journalists in the country. The Commission will primarily investigate the killings of three prominent journalists, Dada …

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