Belgrade Media Report 19 August 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• They criticize Vucic, while the state suffers (Politika, By Mirjana Cekerevac, 19 Aug 2014)
• Ljajic: Sanctions of the West on Russia opportunity for greater Serbian exports (RTS, 19 August 2014)
• Chepurin: Serbia must be ready to seize export opportunity (Tanjug, 18 August 2014)
• Kosovo Albanian who committed gruesome crimes “is dead” (Tanjug, 19 August 2014)
• Heraldist: Dzudzevic’s claim regarding the surname not relevant (Vecernje Novosti, 17 August 2014)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Some Bosnian towns have more voters than residents (Nezavisne Novine, 18 August 2014)
• Wahhabis in Bosnia pose a constant international threat (Vecernje Novosti, by S. Misljenovic, 18 August 2014)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russia’s Agriculture Minister to Meet With Serbian Counterpart This Week (RIA Novosti, By Sergei Guneev, 18 August 2014)
• Russia Food Ban Not Bad for All (Wall Street Daily, 18 August 2014)
• Balkans once more divided by Erdoðan (Today’s Zaman, 18 August 2014)
• Bosnia’s Worst Enemy Is Their Own Government (VICE News, By Eric Fernandez, 19 August 2014)
Jihadists’ recruitment is a long-term project (Danas)
Ukraine and the Middle East, being the two big geopolitical hotspots, are crucially influencing stability in Balkans and overall position of Serbia. Our energy safety, export, investment, existence of the maneuvering space in foreign policy will depend on development of the crisis in Ukraine. Positioning of Turkey, which is important for Balkans, the issue of […]
Read More →Coalition ruins PDK’s hopes (Bota Sot)
The coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), gathered once again to discuss defense at the Constitutional Court, after the decision of the latter to suspend election of Isa Mustafa as Assembly Speaker. However, the leaders of these parties also stressed that […]
Read More →Mayors to confer tomorrow in North Mitrovica (Radio Kontakt Plus)
Mayors of Serbian-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo will meet tomorrow in North Mitrovica in order to address the current situation in that part of Kosovo and their positions on EULEX. North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic stated that the mayors will discuss their relations with EULEX in light of that mission’s operation in Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok […]
Read More →Professor Arsim Bajrami to represent PDK at the Constitutional Court (lajmi.net)
On 21 August, the Constitutional Court will hold the hearing session regarding the submitted appeal of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), which contests the constitutive session of the assembly held on 17 July. PDK has chosen Arsim Bajrami, Professor of the Constitutional Right, as its representative. Partners of the coalition block LDK-AAK-NISMA, announced a […]
Read More →Ramadani: Thaci and PDK turned Kosovo into a valley of extremisms (Gazeta Express)
In an interview for Express, Burim Ramadani, Secretary General of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), recalls that the previous government had promised to turn Kosovo into Silicon Valley, “but PDK leader Hashim Thaci and his party have instead turned the country into a valley of extremisms”. Ramadani says the AAK has received […]
Read More →Hoti: No coalition with PDK (Epoka e Re)
Avdullah Hoti, member of the presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said his party would not join a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Hoti’s statement comes after PDK senior official Rrustem Mustafa told Epoka e Re daily newspaper that a PDK-LDK coalition would be functionalized in the next couple […]
Read More →Juratovic: Pristina wanted Serbia in the EU (gazetaexpress)
Josip Juratovic, member of the German Bundestag, stated that Pristina was the least to impede Serbia in its path towards EU. “Pristina wanted Serbia within EU as well, because this would also be an opportunity for Kosovo to come out of the isolation,” he said. Asked whether Germany would request another agreement for normalization of the […]
Read More →Kurdish TV: Kosovo extremist Lavdrim Muhaxheri has been killed (International Radio Serbia)
Kurdish television KNNC reported that Kosovo Albanian Lavdrim Muhaxheri, who joined jihadists of the extremist Islamic State, has been killed in clashes with Kurdish defense forces, and his body was shown during the broadcast. The 24-year-old from the town of Kacanik in Kosovo who joined Jihad in Syria and committed brutal crimes there, attracted attention […]
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic not to be released pending trial (Politika, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The leader of the Citizens’ Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice” (GI SDP), indicted for war crimes against ethnic Albanians recently, will have to remain in remand custody until the end of his trial despite the Serbian government guarantees that he will be available to the judicial authorities at all times if released pending trial, […]
Read More →First chapters to open in 2015 (Tanjug)
BRUSSELS – The first chapters in Serbia’s EU accession process should not be opened before the beginning of the next year, Tanjug learnt from diplomatic sources in Brussels. The current mood among member countries is that additional efforts are still needed in the implementation of the Brussels agreement before an intergovernmental conference on the opening […]
Read More →Labels against EULEX appear overnight in Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio)
In Mitrovica last night, messages urging EULEX to go home were plastered at various locations in the city, including traffic signs. The posters add that the EU mission in Kosovo is “the enemy of the Serbian people.” The labels feature a swastika next to the EULEX logo. Some of the labels contain the words: “EULEX […]
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