Belgrade Media Report 10 July 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Germany firmly adheres to seven demands to Serbia (B92)
• Schockenhoff: Parliament role in EU integration important (Tanjug)
• Ten Serbs, four parties (Novosti)
• Davenport: Harmonize foreign policy with the EU (Novosti)
• Base South to become international training center by 2017 (Tanjug)
• ICTY confirms: Seselj to remain in custody (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Radmanovic requests extraordinary session over Turkish ships (Nezavisne novine)
• New EU call: Everyone has the right to protest, but not violently (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia to Avoid Sides in Ukraine Crisis, Nikolic Says (Bloomberg)
• Serbia expects EU’s support on construction of south stream: media (Xinhua)
• Serbian Mayor Accused of Copying Thesis (BIRN)
• Aid to flooded Balkans is a model of EU solidarity (EurActiv)
• Bosnians pay respect to 175 Srebrenica victims (Associated Press)
• Djukanovic Denies Russian Moles Active in Montenegro (BIRN)
Northern Mitrovica: Illegally erected objects to be demolished (KIM radio)
Following the erection of the ‘Adem Jashari Square’ in Bosniak Mahala, Municipality of Northern Mitrovica announced that all construction works which are carried out without the approval of the Municipal Assembly will be considered illegal and will be removed. “Being the highest legislative body in the Municipality Northern Mitrovica, we request the cessation of all […]
Read More →SLS: Jevtic and Nikolic deposed (KIM radio)
Independent Liberal Party (SLS) informed that Dalibor Jevtic is deposed from the post of the executive director of the SLS back on 1 July, whereas procedure for deposition of Bratislav Nikolic was launched immediately after parliamentary elections, by which the party negated that they have resigned. According to the SLS’s handout, deposition of Bratislav Nikolic […]
Read More →Bans to enter Kosovo due to violation of the agreement (RTK2)
In order to get permission to enter Kosovo, officials of the Serbian government have to restrain from interfering in internal Kosovo’s affairs and political rhetoric, said to RTK2 Bajram Rexhepi, Minister of Internal Affairs. Serbian officials cannot have visits of political nature. When Marko Djuric, Director of the Office for KiM, was prevented from entering […]
Read More →PDK’s two scenarios for the post of Assembly Speaker (Gazeta Blic)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has prepared two scenarios for the post of Assembly Speaker. Although it is aware it does not have the sufficient votes to take the post of the Speaker, the party will not give up easily and has even decided who to propose for the post, Hajredin Kuci. Sources from inside […]
Read More →Do not allow political trials (Kosovapress)
The government of Kosovo issued a statement today calling on all parties to act calmly in order to avoid further tensions in the former Yugoslav Republic of Kosovo. “The Government of the Republic of Kosovo calls on Macedonian authorities to guarantee the implementation of basic human rights and to allow citizens to enjoy their right […]
Read More →The opposition train (Koha)
KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that the Vetevendosje Movement so far has made several painful compromises in order to achieve one of their ultimate objectives – ending the seizure of the state, and sending the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in the opposition. Without the Vetevendosje Movement, it would have been very difficult to form […]
Read More →Tahiri like Bahtiri (Zeri)
Editor Lavdim Hamidi writes that every time Edita Tahiri (Kosovo’s outgoing Deputy Prime Minister) and Agim Bahtiri (Mitrovica mayor) talk about removing a barricade in the city of Mitrovica one can expect a new barricade to be built. “With such leaders of institutions one can expect that even a politician from a neighboring country, such […]
Read More →Serbia “should align foreign policy with EU” (Vecernje Novosti)
BELGRADE — Head of EU Delegation Michael Davenport has said that Serbia, as candidate for membership, should gradually align its foreign policy with the EU. As he noted, it is also part of the country’s obligations under chapter 31 while screening of this chapter would take place by the end of July. “The prime minister […]
Read More →Serbs still choose vice president (KiM radio)
At the inaugural session of the Assembly on 17 July, the first man of Parliament, and five vice-presidents will be appointed, one of whom must be a Serb. Who will be suggested by the Serbian list is not yet decided, and for the selection of their candidate will be required a simple majority, or 61 […]
Read More →Report: 70,000 residents of Kosovo sought asylum in EU (B92)
“About 70,000 citizens from Kosovo have sought asylum in the EU,” the Priština-based Albanian language daily Zeri is reporting on Thursday. The newspaper described this as “a cancer” when it comes to Kosovo’s visa liberalization bid. “The inability to secure social safety in Kosovo” is what is prompting thousands of Kosovo residents to seek ways […]
Read More →Kosovo needs a stable government; new elections are a bad solution (RTK2)
“All options are open and everything is still uncertain related to the majority of 61 votes in the Assembly, which is the number of votes required for the formation of the Government of Kosovo,” said adviser to Kosovo Prime Minister and member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Ardian Arifaj. He stressed that PDK […]
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- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
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