Belgrade Media Report 4 September 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I didn’t feel any EU pressure (RTS)
• Gasic: Invitation confirms partnership (Tanjug)
• Brussels not requiring a peace agreement (Novosti)
• EULEX obstructing arrest of physician Jusuf Somnez? (Danas)
• Medical specialists leaving Kosovo and Metohija and mostly getting jobs in Belgrade (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Bevanda-Ferguson: B&H a country with enormous potential (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian Public Companies Among Central Europe’s Big Earners (BIRN)
• Balkan States Expect No Breakthroughs at NATO Summit (BIRN)
• Macedonia court says opposition leader slandered prime minister (Reuters)
Djuric expects positive EU assessment of Serbia’s efforts (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric expects the European Union to give a positive assessment of all Belgrade has done in the dialogue with Pristina so far. In an interview with Tanjug ahead of informal consultations with EU officials on negotiation chapter 35, to be held in Brussels […]
Read More →Mortal remains from Rudnica to be repatriated on 12 September (Koha)
Kosovo Government Commission in a consultation meeting held today discussed about the possible date for repatriation of mortal remains of persons identified and exhumed from Rudnica, municipality of Rashka. Repatriation of mortal remains identified through DNA analysis planned for the end of this week, will be postponed for 12 September. The repatriation of identified mortal […]
Read More →Gambling with the state (Zeri)
Lavdim Hamidi criticizes the outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, regarding the recent promise to increase teachers’ salaries for additional 25 percent. “This situation when Thaci makes irresponsible decisions for budgetary expenses, has put the leaders of opposition parties in a checkmate position since they cannot object such decision from fear that they might […]
Read More →Civil Protection members beat up two Albanian youths in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress)
Sources told the news agency that two young Albanians were beaten up on Wednesday evening by members of the so-called Civil Protection in Mitrovica North. According to sources, the two youths had crossed the main bridge over Ibar River when they were attacked by six-seven members of the Civil Protection.
Read More →BIK: We strongly support institutions (Gazeta Express)
Following media reports about the arrest of Imam Shefqet Krasniqi this morning, a spokesman for the Islamic Community of Kosovo (BIK), Ahmet Sadriu, said BIK supports the work of state institutions. Sadiku said BIK received no official information about Krasniqi’s arrest, but was informed about the developments from his family. “According to our information, he […]
Read More →Pristina’s support to return, only declaratory (Vreme)
“There are locations, still, which can’t be visited by internally displace persons, whereas local authorities don’t show readiness to enable citizens to visit their homes, and participate in various forums and return if they wish so”. Republic of Serbia is in the first place in Europe by the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs). There […]
Read More →Prosecution confirms police are interviewing Imam Krasniqi (Koha)
The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo has confirmed that Shefqet Krasniqi, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Pristina, is being interviewed by Kosovo Police. “The imam’s house was raided by Kosovo Police. For the time being, Krasniqi is being interviewed and there is no decision to detain him. We don’t know this will […]
Read More →Prosecutors in contact over Sonmez (Tanjug)
PRISTINA – The Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for War Crimes is in contact with Kosovo’s Special Prosecution Office over Yusuf Sonmez, a Turkish doctor suspected of having conducted illegal human organ transplantations, Eulex has confirmed. Eulex can confirm that the Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for War Crimes is in contact with the Special Prosecution Office in connection […]
Read More →Ground Safety Zone: ‘Vigilant Eye’ blind due to a lack of money (Vecernje Novosti)
Killing of the gendarme has actualized the introduction of a sensor control system in the south of Serbia. The project “Presek” (Intersect) developed by domestic experts, enables real time registration of movements, even of a branch that fells from a tree. Prevention of an overflow of criminal activities from Kosovo, smuggling of arms and drugs, […]
Read More →Gjilan/Gnjilane breaking stereotypes about women (Zeri)
The municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is breaking stereotypes about women as it is the first municipality in Kosovo to elect a woman as President of the Municipal Assembly. Valentina Bunjaku-Rexhepi, President of the Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipal Assembly, said on Wednesday that this municipality is serving as a model for promoting the position of women. Bunjaku-Rexhepi talked about […]
Read More →Albanian leaders are empowering Vucic in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
Adriatik Kelmendi, KohaVision editor in chief, writes today that it is difficult to find another period during the last 15 years when Serb politicians felt more powerful than today, and this is not happening as a result of some genial political maneuver, but because this position is being offered to them by their Albanian colleagues. […]
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