Belgrade Media Report 20 October 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia stands ready to boost its UN peacekeeping role (Tanjug)
• Serbia as regional leader in peacekeeping missions (Tanjug)
• Gasic: Peacekeeping missions bring Serbia closer to EU (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: End violence (Beta)
• Miscevic: Condition is Brussels agreement, not distance from Moscow (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic, Sorensen and Inzko: Government must be quickly formed (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Albanian prime minister’s visit to Serbia postponed (www.aa.com.tr/en)
• Albania flag-burning in Belgrade escalates tensions (AFP)
• With theatrics, Putin keeps rivals off balance (The New York Times)
• Bosnia’s SDP in turmoil after election failure (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• Bosnia’s Elections, A Hope for Change? (WorldBulletin)
Djuric: Zarif to further encourage KFOR and EULEX (Tanjug)
The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, asked the Head of UNMIK, Farid Zarif, to further encourage KFOR, EULEX and Pristina institutions, to provide safety for Serbs in the province. After the meeting with Zarif, he addressed journalists and said that incidents which occurred after the football match between the Serbian […]
Read More →Serbia stands ready to boost its UN peacekeeping role (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said during a meeting with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous in Belgrade on Monday that Serbia stood ready to increase its contributions to UN peacekeeping operations. Nikolic stressed the importance of UN peacekeeping forces and their contribution to the preservation of stability in the world, especially […]
Read More →I am not a Serb here, I am not Albanian there( B92)
The violence which followed after the football match between Serbian and Albanian national teams in Euro 2016 qualifier reflects full nonsense we live in, whereas all paradoxes from this region are coming to the surface, argues journalist Zivojin Rakocievic. Following the incidents in Belgrade a wave of rampage spread all over Serbia, where victims have […]
Read More →Jahjaga alarms: Kosovo has no more time to waste (Gazeta Blic)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga has alarmed through her spokesperson, Arber Vllahiu about the current political situation in Kosovo. Vllahiu said for Gazeta Blic that Kosovo does not have any more time to waste. He said that a solution should be found as soon as possible. “The intention of the discussions with the leaders of […]
Read More →“UNMIK staying in Kosovo” (B92)
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said today that UNMIK remains in Kosovo because of the importance it has for the people, and also for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. “The mandate of UNMIK is based on Resolution 1244 and we are fully committed to fulfilling this mandate, especially because we are aware […]
Read More →Rakic: Albanians provoking clashes (RTS)
Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic stated that Albanians openly wish to provoke clashes with Serbs in that town. According to him intentions of Albanians from southern Mitrovica was to set on fire former premises of the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica by throwing Molotov cocktails. “That is equal to an attempted murder of people who […]
Read More →Haradinaj refers to the stalemate as a PDK dictatorship (Gazeta Blic)
Leader of Alliance for Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said after a meeting of the post-election bloc that “there is no power in the world to force us to make a coalition with PDK”. He said they are not refusing meeting the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, but that they […]
Read More →Zbogar: A solution to be found by Kosovars (Gazeta Express)
During his visit at the inauguration project for energy efficiency of the primary school “8 March” in Peja, Samuel Zbogar, head of the EU Office in Kosovo, was asked by the media about the political stalemate in Kosovo. “My job is to urge political leaders to resolve the stalemate. We support Jahjaga’s efforts to lead […]
Read More →Rasic will not sign minority communities’ request (Kosovapress)
Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (PPD) Nenad Rasic said he will not sign the request initiated by representatives of minority communities to ask President Atifete Jahjaga to address the Constitutional Court for further clarifications as the request, according to him, calls for avoiding new elections which is undemocratic. Rasic said the Serbian List is […]
Read More →Europe or Russia? (The Economist)
Vladimir Putin’s visit and a football match rekindle rows in Serbia Oct 18th 2014 | BELGRADE | From the print edition UNDER Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s prime minister, the country is caught between its European ambitions and his autocratic drift. This week’s visit by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, highlights Serbia’s dilemmas. Its main strategic goal is […]
Read More →Thaci meets EULEX chief Meucci (Kosovapress)
Outgoing Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, received today the new chief of EULEX, Gabriele Meucci, and discussed continuation of cooperation between EULEX and Kosovo institutions to implement rule of law and fight corruption and organised crime. In a Facebook post, Thaci said he assured Meucci that institutions of Kosovo will continue support for efforts in strengthening […]
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