Belgrade Media Report 01 July
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Vatican, guided by principles, will not recognize independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• Djuric banned from entering Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Rate of returns of internally displaced from Kosovo unsatisfactory (Tanjug)
• Sixteen mandates with two lists (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Council of Ministers decides to withdraw seventh and eighth tranches of stand by arrangement (Fena)
• Three indicted for killing Serbs near Trnovo (FoNet)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia seeks to preserve good relations with Russia — Russian ambassador (ITAR-TASS)
• Bosnian slaves have been exploited at constructions of Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan (Panorama.am)
• Macedonia Albanian Activists Slam ‘Terrorism’ Murder Verdict (BIRN)
War for Democracy (Gazeta Express)
The General Secretary of the Alliance for The Future of Kosovo (AAK,) Burim Randani, writes that for years, irresponsible individuals lead Kosovo towards a serious state of anarchy. “These individuals do not know what democracy is. They only recognize the language of money, bribe, and corruption. In other words, they only know about personal, family […]
Read More →Sadriu: Ministry of Interior Affairs instructed us to ban Djuric (Lajmi)
Kosovo Police did not allow Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, to enter Kosovo today. Kosovo Police spokesman Brahim Sadriu told the news website that Kosovo authorities had rejected Djuric’s request and that police officers were only following orders.
Read More →Thaci: Foreign investments ten times higher by 2016 (RTK)
Kosovo’s outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said today that with the conclusion of tendering processes for the Brezovica ski resort and the Kosova e Re power plant, Kosovo will secure foreign investments four times higher in the next 12 months. Thaci said these investments would be ten times higher by 2016. “Direct foreign investments in […]
Read More →The decision has to be respected (Kosova Sot)
The front-page editorial of this daily notes that despite the announcement of the Constitutional Court yesterday to have reached the decision on President Atifete Jahjaga’s request to interpret the compatibility of two articles of the Constitution, there are indications that opposition coalition will not respect the verdict. This daily notes that disrespect of the decision […]
Read More →Djuric: Rate of returns of IDPs from Kosovo unsatisfactory (Tanjug)
The return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Kosovo-Metohija has been overshadowed by political events in the recent period, and the rate of returns is unsatisfactory, the head of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric has said. At Monday’s meeting with Peter Due, a representative of the UN Secretary-General and the head of […]
Read More →Gender inequality in access to financial resources, challenge for Kosovo (Kosovapress)
A report published by the Kosovo Women’s Network found that in the period between 2011 and 2013, the majority of social service beneficiaries were men with 62-65 percent. According to the researches of the report, the budget of the Ministry for Labour and Social Welfare is not always allocated based on the organigram and almost […]
Read More →Đurić: Priština infringing upon agreements by banning me from entering Kosovo (IRS)
Serbian government’s Kosmet Office director Marko Đurić has been banned by the Kosovo police at the administrative crossing of Jarinje from entering the Province. Đurić assessed that as a flagrant breach of the agreement on freedom of movement. That is not going to obstruct Serbian institutions from functioning normally, but it represents a bad signal […]
Read More →Nikolic: I would be glad if Pope visited Serbia (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met in Belgrade Tuesday with the Secretary of the Holy See for Relations with States, Dominique Mamberti. President Nikolic thanked the Holy See official for the Vatican holding its principles and not recognizing the unilateral proclaimed independence of Kosovo-Metohija. Speaking on the issue of nationalized property that belonged to […]
Read More →Office for Kosovo head prevented from entering Kosovo (B92)
Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Đurić was on Tuesday prevented from entering the territory of the province. He was turned back by the Kosovo police, from the Jarinje administrative crossing. According to Tanjug, Đurić will shortly make a statement for the media. The official was headed for Banjska, to attend a […]
Read More →Janjic: Provocation of a small group in Gazimestan (RTS)
Archimandrite Sava Janjic said that whistling of the “Zavetnici” members during the speech of the President of Serbia in Gazimestan, is an organized provocation by those “who mostly did not show respect for the holy place and the moment.” Janjic said that members of the organization “Zavetnici” were chanting during speech of the Serbian President […]
Read More →DSS: Serbia has become a colony, whereas Kosovo has become independent (Dnevnik)
The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) warned today that Serbia is slowly becoming a colony of the European Union, thanks to a wrong politics of the government, whose decisions are in favor of the recognition of independent territory of Kosovo. The Vice President of the DSS Slobodan Samardzic stated at the press conference that ‘government […]
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- Kosovo Fails to Offer Protection to Whistleblowers - Prishtina Insight 24/04/2024Kosovo Fails to Offer Protection to Whistleblowers Prishtina Insight
- Kosovo, Serbia Clash at UN Security Council Meeting - TRT World 24/04/2024
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