News archive of August 2014

ZVECAN - The councillors of four northern Kosovo municipalities announced on Friday that they would stage peaceful protests against the EULEX Mission which, according to them, is acting contrary to its mandate through political persecution of Serbs.

Beşiktaş will have another trip to London along with a double journey to the Balkans, while Trabzonspor is named in a relatively comfortable group as the Europa League group stage draws were made Aug. 29.

Google on Aug. 28 said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Internet retail titan Amazon.com.

Two years of research into what Google referred to as “Project Wing” was capped this month with test flights delivering candy, water, medicine, dog treats and other items to two farmers in Queensland, Australia.

Police unusually took a dog into custody following the complaints of a neighbor, a prosecutor apparently “disturbed” by the golden retriever who claimed it was aggressive and dangerous.

Tom Hanks will return to star in the third Da Vinci Code movie adaptation, “Inferno,” with Ron Howard on board to direct again, British daily The Independent has reported.

The Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB) has announced that it will perform Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) in Sicily’s famous Taormina Ancient Theater. The performance will take place on Sept. 6.

Avni Zahiti, Kosovo Police Spokesperson, told BIRN that a man was shot dead and two others were wounded in the woods near Kolloverga, a Kosovo Albanian village near the Serb-run municipality of Zubin Potok.

Albion Brahimi, one of the wounded, told Express online that the gunfire came from a person in Serbian army uniform.

The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia signed a landmark declaration aimed at speeding up the search for people still missing from the 1990s conflicts.

Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was appointed the new foreign minister to replace Ahmet Davutoğlu, while Volkan Bozkır took over the EU Ministry after the new Cabinet was announced on Aug. 29.

Çavuşoğlu is familiar with European institutions and EU affairs, having remarkable experience in the Council of Europe.