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Galina Note: I have been posting these Serbian Unity Congress
Messages, when I have the time, for years. unless anyone should come
under the malimpressio9n that I am a Serbian propagandist, understand
that I am posting these articles for information only, for the purposes
of further discussion, that I do not necessarily agree with the points
of view in the articles, and that I find a number of them irrelevant to
the discussion of Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy culture or the furtherance of the
Orthodox religion, especially in terms of the perceived need for the
promotion of nationalism.
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Week in Review, August 15, 2008
In This Issue:
Blago Fund continues its cooperation with Princeton and Harvard University
Russia Eats The Kosovo Cake
» By Tim Marshall, Sky News
Anniversary of massacre of Kosovo Serb teens marked
» Serbianna
Serbia, China to sign science co-op agreement
» Xinhua
EUR 4bn for faster railways
» Politika
China: Italian Foreign Minister vows support for Serbia
» AKI
Serbian foreign minister heads to New York
» Associated Press
Mesic' intervenes over bishop's conduct
» FoNet
Bosnia: Muslims dominate capital, claims Croatian MP
» AKI
B. Serb MUP pursues 724 war crimes cases
» Tanjug
Krajina, Not Kosovo: Ossetia as botched Balkans replay
» By Nebojsa Malic, antiwar.com
Join Belgrade University Alumni Organization!
Anniversary of massacre of Kosovo Serb teens marked
Serbianna
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.
<http://www.serbianna.com/news/2008/02891.shtml> Read more...
Serbia, China to sign science co-op agreement
Xinhua
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 Minister Bozidar
Djelic.
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/13/content_9241899.htm> Read
more...
Join Belgrade University Alumni Organization!
http://www.serbianunity.net/campaigns/alumni/200godinaLogo.jpgThis year, the
University of Belgrade marks its 200th anniversary. In observance of this
occasion, the institution plans a celebration on September 13th, 2008 in
Belgrade.
The main idea behind this effort is to connect Belgrade University
graduates, residing in Serbia and abroad, with their home University and
with each other.
<http://www.serbianunity.net/campaigns/alumni/Alumni_BU_Program_Draft.pdf>
Belgrade University Alumni Program (draft, in Serbian)
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Russia Eats The Kosovo Cake
By Tim Marshall, Sky News
The far away country ends up sending in its army to ensure that only the
state can operate armed groups, and to restore what are without question its
legally recognised borders. But a great power decides that the force used by
the far away country is unacceptable. It begins to bomb the country, not
just in the breakaway region but in its capital and other major urban areas.
The great power forces the far away country out of part of its own
territory, allowing the separatists a victory they could not have otherwise
achieved. This could be a description of the last week's fighting in Georgia
but it is also what happened in 1999 in Serbia.
<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tim-Marshall-Russia-Eats-The-Ko
sovo-Cake/Article/200808215076194?lpos=World%2BNews_0&lid=ARTICLE_15076194_T
im%2BMarshall%253A%2BRussia%2BEats%2BThe%2BKosovo%2BCake> Read more...
"Outside View: Kosovo spark, Ossetia fire, UPI
It is obvious that the current conflict in Georgia has been greatly
influenced by the United States' and the European Union's decision to
initiate, support and recognize Kosovo's independence. Over the last few
days this connection has been made in newspapers from Spain to China.
Prominent European statesmen such as Lech Walesa and Jiri Dienstbier also
have linked the current violence in the Caucasus to the "irresponsible"
decision to recognize Serbia's breakaway province.
<http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/08/13/outside_view_kosovo_spark_osseti
a_fire/f646/> Read more...
Kosovo redux, National Post
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 1999," the Russians responded
politely. According to a news agency report, President Dmitry Medvedev "in a
telephone conversation confirmed to Mr. Solana he has given the order to
stop military operations."
<http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=5a55717d-2bc9-
415a-afd7-147b3e9b71b4> Read more...
Georgia: Comparing Kosovo and South Ossetia, The Telegraph
It was six months ago this week that Kosovo finally declared independence
from Serbia, and worriers fretted that the move could prompt so-called
"frozen conflicts" in Georgia and Trans-Dniester to thaw: emerging like some
long buried monsters from the Arctic tundra in a Hollywood movie.
<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/harry_de_quetteville/blog/2008/08/11/georgia_c
omparing_kosovo_and_south_ossetia> Read more...
New cabinet takes over (Tanjug)
Director of Programs for the Serbian Unity Congress Ivana Cerovic and Milka
Piljak visited Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection and met with
Ms. Gerri Schaad, Curator for Image Collections and Fieldworks Archives
Blago Fund continues its cooperation with Princeton and Harvard University
Serbian Unity Congress
The Blago Fund Team of the Serbian Unity Congress donated slides and DVDs on
Serbian monasteries to the Princeton and Harvard University. Slides and DVDs
were created by Blago field team during their years of extensive work in
Monastery Mileseva, August 2000, 195 slides; Monastery Studenica, Monastery
Gracanica, June 2003, 98 slides; Monastery Decani, June 2004, 21 slides;
Monastery Sopocani, August 2005, 53 slides; Monastery Ravanica, 173 scanned
pictures.
<http://www.srpskoblago.org/> Read more...
EUR 4bn for faster railways
Politika
BELGRADE -- Serbia will invest EUR 4.14bn in improving the railway line
parallel to the Corridor 10 highway, daily Politika states. The daily also
writes that talks with financial institutions regarding the reconstruction
of Corridor 10 will begin in the fall
<http://www.b92.net/eng/news/business-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=08&dd=14&nav_
id=52695> Read more...
China: Italian Foreign Minister vows support for Serbia
AKI
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. He was speaking to journalists
after meeting with Serbian president Boris Tadic in the Chinese capital,
Beijing, on the sidelines of the opening of the 29th Olympic Games.
<http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2402866508> Read
more...
Serbian foreign minister heads to New York
Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) --- Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic headed
to New
York on Thursday to seek U.N. support for his country's plan to question
Kosovo's independence at the International Court of Justice. Jeremic will
submit a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly seeking an opinion from the
Netherlands-based court about the legality of Kosovo's secession from
Serbia, the Foreign Ministry said.
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i67HpLL4_VED8rl_Rx3uKCQuyQoAD92I1U100>
Read more...
Jeremic' on ICJ initiative, Beta
BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic' left for New York on Thursday to
present a draft ICJ resolution to the UN. Serbia intends to ask the UN
General Assembly support for seeking an advisory opinion from the
International Court of Justice, ICJ, on the legality of the ethnic
Albanians' unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
<http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=08&dd=14&nav_
id=52690> Read more...
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Mesic' intervenes over bishop's conduct
FoNet
ZAGREB -- Croatian President Stjepan Mesic' says he will probably react in
the Vatican over the actions of a bishop. Military chaplain and bishop Jurij
Jezerinac has a practice of reading a hate-filled poem ending with the
ustasha greeting of "For the Fatherland Ready", Zagreb media reports.
<http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=08&dd=14&nav_id
=52692> Read more...
Bosnia: Muslims dominate capital, claims Croatian MP
AKI
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 that Serbs and Croats in
Sarajevo have no institutional protection, and continue to leave the
capital.
<http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2396935759> Read
more...
B. Serb MUP pursues 724 war crimes cases
Tanjug
BANJA LUKA --- A top RS MUP official says the police have filed 724 war
crimes
complaints in the past 16 years. The Republic of Srpska (RS) MUP Director
Uro¨ Pena said that these concern suspected war crimes committed against
21,000 Serbs during the war in Bosnia. Charges have been filed against a
total of 6,797 persons. Pena told Banja Luka daily Glas Srpske that the
problem the investigations encountered was with Bosnian Prosecution and
other prosecution offices was that the procedures were "taking a long time".
<http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=08&dd=11&nav_id
=52626> Read more...
Krajina, Not Kosovo: Ossetia as botched Balkans replay
By Nebojsa Malic, antiwar.com
Six days ago, as most of the world was watching the opening ceremonies of
the Olympics in Beijing, Georgian troops attacked the self-proclaimed
Republic of South Ossetia. Russia quickly intervened, ousting Georgian
forces from the region and attacking Georgian military bases. Despite the
training and weapons supplied by the U.S. and Israel, the Georgian military
quickly collapsed. President Mikheil Saakashvili, installed in power in 2003
by a CIA-sponsored "Rose Revolution," pleaded for help from his patrons,
painting himself and his country as victims of "Russian aggression." Aside
from empty words of encouragement and hypocritical condemnation of Russian
"excessive force," the Empire had no help to give.
<http://antiwar.com/malic/?articleid=13294> Read more... |
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