Belgrade Media Report 5 November 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Important that EU keeps focus on Western Balkans (Tanjug)
• Interpol’s warrants for crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
• Odalovic: Crimes committed during KFOR’s presence in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Pristina preparing new requests ahead of resumption of dialogue (Novosti)
• Hague would like to release seriously ill Seselj (B92/Tanjug)
• Albanians in southern Serbia invocating Rama (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDA-HDZ B&H meeting concludes: Doors to coalition open to all (Oslobodjenje)
• Karadzic’s daughter MP in RS parliament (Hina)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU to name expert to review Kosovo mission corruption charges (EUbusiness)
• Serbia Urged to Speed Up War Crimes Prosecutions (BIRN)
• UN War Crimes Court May Release Ailing Serb (AP)
• Bosniaks, Croats Cement Govt Alliance in Bosnia (BIRN)
• Macedonian opposition determined not to return to parliament (Independent Balkan News Agency)
• Mladic Witness: Serbs ‘Humiliated’ by Bosniaks (BIRN)
Jahjaga wants to facilitate between PDK and the Bloc (Gazeta Blic)
Diplomatic sources told Gazeta Blic that President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has already made it clear to the leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, and the post-election coalition leaders that she will wait to the end of this week for them to come up with a solution and if they do not, […]
Read More →Post-election coalition bloc to meet this afternoon (Kosovapress)
Leaders of the post-elections coalition consisting of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje are expected to meet today at 16.00 to discuss ways for establishing new Kosovo institutions. The meeting is also expected to focus on redesigning of the coalition agreement although the Bloc’s […]
Read More →EU Announces Kosovo Mission Graft Probe (Balkan Insight)
05 Nov 14 Brussels’ foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said she will send an independent legal expert to look into corruption allegations at the EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX. Petrit Collaku BIRN Pristina Mogherini told a news conference in Brussels on Tuesday that an independent expert will probe allegations that a EULEX judge took […]
Read More →Inclusion of minorities in the mainstream media (RTK2)
Representatives of public TV stations in the region and the EU countries, at a conference held in Pristina, have called for a greater presence of minorities in mainstream media channels, so that a majority population would get familiarized with their life and culture. This was adopted as a recommendation, after successful examples of such programs […]
Read More →Mustafa: Review of agreement, only a media story (Telegrafi)
After a joint meeting, leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, and leader of Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, said that their discussions continue to focus on building new institutions of Kosovo. “All delays in forming of institutions are reflecting in the situation in the country. We are determined for […]
Read More →The EULEX Legacy in the Kosovo Courts (Koha Ditore)
Changing laws in a country is often relatively easy; changing the culture in regard to the application of those laws is never easy. To date, EULEX has done nothing to attempt to address this fundamental problem and now it is too late according to the author, a US judge who spent the last year in the mission writes.
Read More →Cliff: Political interference preventing businesses from operating (Kosovapress)
British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, spoke about the current situation which he said is critical for Kosovo’s development. In a graduation ceremony for students of a private college in Pristina, Cliff said it is still quite challenging to do business in Kosovo and that Kosovo is moving slowly on the World Bank rankings for […]
Read More →Still a large number of illegal weapons in Kosovo (NMagazin, Radio Free Europe)
In the first six months of this year, police in Kosovo has filed more than 500 criminal charges for possessing illegal weapons, which leads to the conclusion that in the hands of the citizens of Kosovo is still a large number of illegal weapons. Kosovo police spokesman Baki Kelani told Radio Free Europe that the […]
Read More →Scandal in EULEX undermines trust in the EU in Balkans (Vecernje Novosti)
The scandal related to corruption in EULEX undermines the credibility of the EU in western Balkans, assessed Vienna-based daily ‘Wiener Zeitung’. In an editor’s opinion, the editor-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung, Reinhard Goweil, writes that the ongoing affair has a potential to discredit the EU in Balkans. He said that permanent solution is needed for […]
Read More →The United Nations recognized the independence of the IOC and sports (Politika)
The “historic resolution” besides autonomy of the International Olympic Committee recognized the right of management of the Olympic Movement. The IOC to decide 8th and 9th December about full-fledged membership of the Olympic Committee of Kosovo. The International Olympic Committee announced that at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly a “historic resolution” was […]
Read More →Kukan: Seriously about the charges (Danas)
“Allegations on corruption of EULEX officials should be taken very seriously. It is necessary that independent investigators check such allegations, bearing in mind compliance with procedures and the presumption of innocence. However, I fear that the accusations already undermined the credibility of the mission, which was initiated in order to introduce the rule of law […]
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