Belgrade Media Report 8 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Drecun: Pristina slows down the implementation of the agreement (Pink TV, 08/08/2014)
• Serbia “not equipped” to take part in new Cold War (BETA, NEDELJNIK, 8 August 2014)
• Dacic: Around 20 ambassadors to be appointed by end of 2014 (Tanjug, 08.08.2014)
• Imposing sanctions on Russia would cost Serbia EUR 1 billion (Tanjug, 08.08.2014)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Montenegro to be affected by Russian sanctions, (Tanjug, 7 August 2014)
• Croatian food exporters faced with Russian “nyet”(B92, 08.08.2014)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Washington’s Alliance With Traffickers of Human Organs And the cover-up in the West (antiwar.com by Justin Raimondo, August 06, 2014)
• Bill Clinton’s Most Abominable Freedom Fighters Uncloaked (counterpunch.org by James Bovard, August 07, 2014)
• Serbia producers get big chance as Russia orders retaliatory sanctions (ITAR-TASS News Agency, August 07, 2014)
• Bosnian Fighters Indicted for Brcko Prisoner Abuse (BIRN, 07 August 2014)
• Bosnian Citizens Get Training to Spot Election Abuses (BIRN by Elvira M. Jukic, 8 August 2014)
• Refusal to Probe Police Minister Angers Macedonia Opposition (BIRN by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 05 Aug 14 )
Drecun: Pristina slows down the implementation of the agreement (Tanjug)
The Chairman of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija of the Serbian Assembly, Milovan Drecun said that there are many questions that need to be open in the area of normalization of relations, but it is obvious that the intention of Pristina is to slow down the process, particularly when it comes to the Community […]
Read More →Vetevendosje should not pull out of the agreement (Bota Sot)
In an editorial, the paper says that not a lot of political activity is expected until the Constitutional Court delivers its ruling on the legality of Kosovo Assembly Speaker’s election and this time will be mainly focused on ongoing debates, one of which concerns the possibility of Vetevendosje joining the post-election coalition in efforts to […]
Read More →Who will represent Kosovo at the UN Security Council session on 25 August? (Gazeta Blic)
It has not yet been decided who will represent Kosovo at the upcoming UN Security Council session on 25 August. Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hajredin Kuci, told Tribuna that it is the Security Council that decided about the level of representation. “We will be represented depending on the level of representation of the other side,” […]
Read More →Mistakes the bloc should not make (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku writes in his weekly column for the paper that the post-election coalition bloc between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), cannot afford to make the mistake of dividing ministerial posts based on the previous government’s model and should reduce the number […]
Read More →Who will be indicted for war crimes? (The Economist)
War crimes in Kosovo Aug 9th 2014 | PRISTINA | From the print edition THIS is Kosovo’s holiday-and-wedding season, but some in the small Balkan state don’t feel much like celebrating this year. On July 29th Clint Williamson, an American prosecutor leading a special European Union task-force investigating war crimes, came out with a damning […]
Read More →Williamson’s report and powerlessness of the EU and UN (Blic)
Report of the lead prosecutor of the EULEX investigation team, Clint Williamson, on war crimes against Serbs in Kosovo, indirectly points on something that is a real scandal – complete failure of international representatives in Kosovo to prevent atrocities, or to prosecute them, writes Zurich based daily Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ). “That a formation like […]
Read More →Janjic: Dialogue is irreversible, however it is in a risky phase (RTK2)
Process of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina is irreversible, however it is in a risky phase, said analyst Dusan Janjic to RTK2. From that reason, more active role of the European Union is needed in Brussels negotiations, and involvement of the international community in the process of the creation of Kosovo government, assessed […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: Our principles have not been accepted (Gazeta Blic)
Vetevendosje Movement has rebutted reports that the post-election coalition bloc between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), has accepted their conditions for entering the Government. Vetevendosje said that there have been no meetings with the representatives of the LDK-AAK-NISMA coalition since the inaugural […]
Read More →Rogova, part of the UN expert advisory group (Koha)
Igballe Rogova, executive director of the Kosova Women’s Network (KWN), has been invited to become a member of the High Level Expert Advisory Group for the Global Study on the 15-year implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. The news was announced in a press release issued by KWN which says that the study […]
Read More →Interrupted works on Serb apartments in Kosovska Mitrovica (International Radio Serbia)
The construction of three residential buildings with 36 flats, meant for the Serbs in Kosovska Mitrovica, have been put on hold because the representatives of the Kosovo institutions have not issued construction permits. President of the interim municipal bodies in Kosovks Mitrovica, Aleksandar Spiric has stated that the continuation of the works largely depends on […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 7 August 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Trepca – basis for Kosovo’s economic development (Tanjug)
• Zorana Mihajlovic on first 100 days of government (Radio Serbia)
• Simic: Opening of chapters brought into question? (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Armed Forces to complete Ammunition Transportation Safety Course (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Restarts Body Hunt at Kosovo Mass Grave (BIRN)
• Russia’s Centrgaz to Build 30 Km of Serbia’s South Stream Section by Year-End (RIA Novosti)
• Chinese-built bridge in Serbia to open this year (Xinhua)
• Serbia Finds Evidence Against Drug Lord (Prensa Latina)
• Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia see new round of floods (Deutsche Welle/AFP/AP)
• A city where a multi-ethnic Bosnia seems possible (The Irish Times)
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