Belgrade Media Report 25 July
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: No new pressures over Russia (RTS)
• Will Vucic support Vuk? (Politika)
• Simic: Serbia again “little Russia” (TV Pink)
• Jevtic: Hundred internally displaced returned to Kosovo and Metohija this year (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Drecun: Leaving out organ trafficking would mean amnesty for KLA (Srna)
• Zenica, Bihac, Siroki Brijeg and Tuzla become cities (Patria)
• Poposki: Greater focus by key NATO and EU members required for progress in name dispute (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Fighters Deny Killings of Serb Prisoners in Trnovo (BIRN)
• Serbia Still Gathering Evidence to Charge Kosmajac (BIRN)
• Municipal Cull Angers Albania Opposition (BIRN)
• Goran Hadzic Denies Mass Expulsion of Croats (BIRN)
• Croatia delays extradition bid for Predrag Japranin, alleged war criminal living in Melbourne, until Captain Dragan case is finalised (ABC Online)
Williamson’s report in Brussels on Tuesday (Tanjug,IRS)
Chief prosecutor in the investigation about the human organs trade in Kosmet in 1999 Clint Williamson will publish his report on that case in Brussels on Tuesday, it has been communicated from Brussels. It is pointed that Williamson will present the findings of the special investigative team. The TANJUG found among the diplomatic sources in […]
Read More →Jevtic: Serbs will be a significant factor in the Kosovo Assembly (Blic)
Minister for Communities and Return in Kosovo Government Dalibor Jevtic said today that the Serbs will be a significant factor in the Kosovo Assembly and theirs position should be used to solve the problems of the Serbian community. Kosovo’s Constitutional Court will evaluate the constitutionality of the election process of the Chairperson of the Assembly of Kosovo […]
Read More →Serbs in northern Kosovo will preserve the companies at any costs! (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbs in northern Kosovo will not allow the Kosovo Privatization Agency (KPA) to sell the property of 11 Serbian companies north of the Ibar River. After trying to sell for the cheap price the Castings factory from Lesak, the workers said that the companies were built by Serbia, in order to stop the migration of […]
Read More →Senic: Members of the Bundestag expect Kosovo to get seat in UN (Dnevnik)
– Members of the Parliamentary Board for European Integration received information on what was the content of discussions with representatives of the Bundestag, but requirements that are repeated during a meeting in Belgrade as a condition of further progress towards full membership in the EU will not be a separate item on the agenda of the […]
Read More →Rexhepi: The report of European Commission presented factual situation about Kosovo (Radio Dukagjini)
Kosovo Minister of Interior Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi has evaluated as realistic and positive the report of European commission about Kosovo on fulfilling of the criteria for the visa liberalization guide. Rexhepi said that European Council presented factual situation of Kosovo, but according to him it should be fulfilled few other small issues recommended by European […]
Read More →The wise (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku suggests that the Constitutional Court is not created to do the job of the others, be that the President who does not know who the candidate should be, or that of the Speaker of the Assembly who does not follow the agenda starting from the seats and places where deputies of each party […]
Read More →Isolation continues (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily writes that the second report of the European Commission on Kosovo’s progress in fulfillment of the requests deriving from the guidelines for visa liberalization, is not giving any hope for Kosovo to come out from the isolation. The report writes that Kosovo has made progress, however further efforts […]
Read More →Bulgaria to Sign Road Transport Agreement with Kosovo (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria is seeking to regulate transport connections with Kosovo through a new Agreement on International Road Transport of Passengers and Cargo. Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry believes that it is necessary to facilitate the creation of a regulatory framework applicable to the bilateral relations with Kosovo in the sphere. The Agreement is to legitimize applications for permits […]
Read More →Leaders of opposition coalition to meet today (Gazeta Blic)
Leaders of the opposition coalition, Isa Mustafa (LDK), Ramush Haradinaj (AAK) and Fatmir Limaj (NISMA) will meet today at 12:00. A source within the coalition confirmed the meeting and said that leaders would discuss details about their government program. The source also said that coalition leaders will also meet Serb MPs today. “During the day […]
Read More →Gashi: New elections, potential for violence and conflict (Politiko)
LDK MP Arben Gashi told Politiko that new parliamentary elections are not the right solution, “because they would contain a great potential for conflict and clashes between groups and this would be very dangerous for the country”. Gashi said that in order to avoid violent events, the Constitutional Court needs to pave way to the […]
Read More →Constitutional Court goes back to opinion of US judge Robert Carolan on candidate for prime minister! (Gazeta Blic)
One of the judges of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo did not agree with the decision of his colleagues for the President to nominate the candidate for the prime minister. Unlike the majority of judges, US judge Robert Carolan said he believed the decision was wrong and his opinion was published separately on the website […]
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