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

Serbia's Markovic fights corruption, public scepticism

se times
19/09/2011

EU accession hinges in part on progress in fighting pervasive corruption, prompting Serbia to roll out a whole new strategy.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade -- 19/09/11
Anti-Corruption Agency Director Zorana Markovic is at the helm of one of the institutions meant to fight corruption, which is considered the biggest obstacle facing Serbia on the road to the EU....more....
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2011/09/19/reportage-01

Key witness in Haradinaj trial sentenced

se times
19/09/2011

"By sentencing Shefqet Kabashi, The Hague has ... sent a clear message to all other witnesses," Kosovo analyst Ramadan Ilazi told SETimes.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 19/09/11
The UN war crimes tribunal sentenced Shefqet Kabashi, the main witness in the trial against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and his associates, to two months in jail for contempt on Friday (September 16th)....more...
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/09/19/feature-03

Quiet, for now - The latest from Kosovo

the economist
Sep 18th 2011, 14:12 by T.J.

BELGRADE
AN UPDATE on the situation in northern Kosovo. On Wednesday, after visiting Kosovo, I wrote that it looked set for a "major clash". Indeed, a day later, at the Belgrade Security Forum, Boris Tadic, Serbia's president, said that “unilateral actions”—by which he meant anything done by the authorities in Pristina—could seriously endanger the peace and security of the whole region. That sounded pretty tough, but on Friday morning his bluff was called....more...
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http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/09/latest-kosovo

Simovic would to become prosecution’s witness via Covic and thin proofs

blic online
INVESTIGATION BODIES WEIGHING CLAIMS OVER PREMIER’S ASSASSINATION

‘Blic’ team

20. 09. 2011. - 00:02h
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Statement by Milos Simovic that Nebojsa Covic ordered assassination of Premier Zoran Djindjic is his attempt to get the status of witness-collaborator but with claims already heard earlier during the trial, the Prosecution for organized crime believes....more...
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http://english.blic.rs/News/8019/Simovic-would-to-become-prosecutions-witness-via-Covic-and-thin-proofs

We deserve both status and date

blic online
DJELIC AHEAD OF MEETING WITH FUEHLE

Ivana Mastilović Jasnić

19. 09. 2011. - 00:02h
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‘I shall tell Stefan Fuehle that debate over laws on restitution and public property stipulated by the Action Plan begins tomorrow, that it shall be finished until the end of the week and that the laws in question shall be passed within set deadline. I shall also present to the Enlargement commissioner and the whole EC team dealing with the West Balkans the amendments that the Government shall adopt. That signals that all suggestions by the EC have been accepted as well as a certain number of additional suggestions which are to secure majority support in the Parliament’, Bozidar Djelic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European integration says for ‘Blic’.....more...
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http://english.blic.rs/In-Focus/8016/We-deserve-both-status-and-date

Everything ends by exchange of words over barbwire

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SERBS READY TO BE ALL ON BARRICADES IN TEN MINUTES

Ivana Mastilović-Jasnić

19. 09. 2011. - 00:02h
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Yesterday was a peaceful day on the barricades. Citizens, in three shifts of eight hours each are on barricades to prevent anyone of the EULEX, KFOR or Kosovo police approach checkpoints by ground roads. At some roads, barricades are several meters high. Shortage of food is felt in all towns. The same case is with petrol. At all locations where Serbian population is neighboring with Albanians citizens are on guard 24 hours a day....more....
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http://english.blic.rs/News/8015/Everything-ends-by-exchange-of-words-over-barbwire