Sandzak and the south are trouble spots for Serbia

se times
20/09/2011

Even as it confronts Pristina over northern Kosovo, Serbia is grappling with discontent elsewhere.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade -- 20/09/11
After a week marked by tension in northern Kosovo, Belgrade saw the re-emergence of two other potential trouble spots. First, some Bosniak factions in the western Serbian region of Sandzak announced they would push for autonomy.

Next, Albanians in southern Serbia began organising protest rallies, dissatisfied with the conditions in local education....more...
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/09/20/feature-04

South Serbia Leaders Praise Belgrade-Pristina Deals

balkan insight
04 JUL 2011 / 17:13

Political officials in South Serbia praise the deal reached between Belgrade and Pristina regarding civil registry and freedom of movement.

Nikola Lazic Bujanovac
The deal represents “a major positive shift” not only in relations between Belgrade and Pristina, but between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the region, according to Galip Beqiri, president of the National Council of Albanians....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/south-serbia-leaders-praise-belgrade-pristina-deals

Car of Local Official in South Serbia Burnt

balkan insight
30 JUN 2011 / 15:47

A car belonging to Zoran Antic, Vice President of the local assembly in the Southern Serbian town of Vranje, was burnt out on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.
Nikola Lazic Vranje

The incident occurred in front of an apartment building in downtown Vranje where Antic lives with his family....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/car-of-local-official-in-south-serbia-burnt

South Serbia Journalist 'Attacked'

balkan insight
16 May 2011 / 12:22

Nexhat Behljulji, owner of Radio Television Spectra in the southern Serbian town of Bujanovac, was reportedly physically attacked on Friday night at a local restaurant.
Nikola Lazic

Bujanovac
The media outlet, which broadcasts in the Albanian language and is one of the most popular stations in the south, says the attack came after a comment was published two days earlier, entitled "No end to the scandals in Bujanovac municipal leadership. "...more...

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Serbia: Ethnic Albanians Want Partition On the Agenda

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Ethnic Albanians from South Serbia want Belgrade to put the possible division of Kosovo, and the exchange of territory, on the agenda at talks with Pristina in Brussels.
Bojana Barlovac
Ragmi Mustafa, mayor of Presevo and leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, said on Sunday that the Belgrade authorities must recognise the independence of Kosovo and improve trust between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo if it wants to retain stability in the south of the country....more...read more balkan insight
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/south-serbia-albanians-request-exhange-of-territories-to-be-on-agenda

Serbia marks WW2 Victory Day, Europe Day

b92.net
Politics

Monday 9.05.2011
12:15
Source: B92, Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbia is this Monday marking Victory over Fascism Day and Day of Europe, with a number of events commemorating the victims of World War II....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=09&nav_id=74226

Albanians from Preševo Valley request territory exchange between Serbia and Kosovo

serbianna.com
May 6, 2011 – 9:37 am

03 May 2011
14:17
FOCUS News Agency
Belgrade. Albanians from Southern Serbia want to make the question about territory exchanges between Serbia and Kosovo to become part of the official Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. ...more...
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http://serbianna.com/blogs/michaletos/archives/997

South Serbia Magazine's Office Robbed

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05 May 2011 / 18:45read more: balkan insight

A day after the world marked Press Freedom Day, the premises of the Serbian weekly Vranjske Novine were broken into and equipment stolen.
Bojana Barlovac

Belgrade
The newsroom of the weekly magazine Vranjske novine, in the southern Serbian town of Vranje, lost seven laptop computers and one professional camera in a robbery on Wednesday night....more...

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