Belgrade Media Report 17 October 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic – Putin press conference (RTS/Poltika/Tanjug)
• Greece sends demarche to Albania (Tanjug)
• Simic: Russia to stay in Balkans (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Ivanic continues to lead for B&H Presidency (Fena)
• Podgorica police detains three persons suspected of stoning the Albanian Embassy (FoNet)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Putin advices Serbia to grasp EU sanctions as chance to increase export to Russia (Xinhua)
• Albanian PM sticks to Serbia visit despite football mayhem (EUbusiness)
• After drone stunt and football row, Serbia says Albania not mature enough to join European union (Reuters)
Channelling Kosovo Remittances into Investment (Balkan Insight)
17 Oct 14 Kosovo must find ways to tempt its large diaspora community into investing its cash in industry back home. Mikra Krasniqi Pristina Kosovo received about 457 million euros in remittances from emigrants in 2012. The sum amounted to over 9 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product, GDP, and the largest form […]
Read More →New attacks on bakeries owned by Albanians (RTS)
Two bakeries owned by Albanians were demaged last night in Novi Sad, whereas a kebab shop was stoned. Three bakeries owned by Albanians were damaged in Vrsac as well. One person is detained in relation with the attacks, carried Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. State Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We have same position with minorities; we don’t want elections (Express)
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), told reporters after the meeting of the coalition bloc with minority communities, that they discussed delays in the formation of new institutions. Haradinaj said minority communities don’t support the option of new parliamentary elections and that he received assurances from communities that they […]
Read More →Effort made to go through with Albanian PM’s visit (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Albanian Ambassador in Belgrade Ilir Bocka said on Thursday evening that an effort is being made to go through with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s visit to Belgrade, scheduled for October 22, and voiced confidence that the Albanian side was not behind the recent incident with a ‘Greater Albania’ map. Bocka also noted […]
Read More →Why is there tension between Serbia and Albania? (Euronews)
By Chris Harris 15/10 13:21 CET A Euro2016 qualifier betweeen Serbia and Albania was called off on October 14, 2014, after fights among players and supporters, sparked by a drone with a pro-Kosovo flag landing on the pitch. Here euronews examines why both countries are at loggerheads. The tension centres around the history of Kosovo, […]
Read More →The corrupted and illegal wealth (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily stresses that at the very same day when the new EULEX chief shared with President Atifete Jahjaga his concern about the high level of corruption and organized crime in Kosovo, the Prosecutorial Council confirmed during its meeting the negative balance on resolving the cases of corruption. “In majority […]
Read More →Police raid several premises in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Police raided several premises in Mitrovica North on Thursday during a wide-scale operation against drugs and weapons. Zeljko Bojic, head of police operations in the north, told Kosovapress that the operation went according to plan and that there were no incidents. Kosovo Police deputy director for the north, Besim Hoti, said the police operation […]
Read More →Football Violence Casts Shadow Over Rama’s Serbian Trip (Balkan Insight)
16 Oct 14 The chaotic scenes at the Serbia-Albania football match, which had to be called off, mark an inauspicious prologue to the Albanian Prime Minister’s visit to Belgrade. Besar Likmeta, Gordana Andric BIRN Tirana, Belgrade Edi Rama’s long planned official visit to Serbia next week – the first such visit by an Albanian Prime […]
Read More →Serbian hooligans continue to demolish Albanian stores in Serbia (Telegrafi)
Serbian hooligans have demolished three Albanian stories on Thursday evening in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Eyewitnesses said a group of masked men threw stones at the stores smashing their windows.
Read More →No Ebola case in Kosovo (RTK)
Kosovo’s National Institute for Public Health confirmed today that a person who returned from the Hajj pilgrimage and who was believed to be infected with Ebola does not have symptoms of the virus. Naser Ramadani, Director of the National Public Health Institute told Radio Kosova that the person is under full medical observation. “I contacted […]
Read More →One month detention for Fuad Ramiqi and others (Kosovapress)
A period of 30 days in detention has been ordered for the leader of the Islamic Movement to Unite (LISBA), Fuad Ramiqi, and a group of eight other persons arrested on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activity. The news was confirmed by Ramiqi’s attorney who is expected to appeal against the decision arguing that […]
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