Belgrade Media Report 10 November 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Provocation of Albanian Prime Minister in Belgrade (RTS)
• Vucic: Meeting with Rama was not easy at all (Tanjug)
• UN Security Council session on Kosovo postponed (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: I wish Seselj good health and quick recovery (RTS)
• Stankovic: Mentioning OVPMB referendum impermissible (Politika/Beta)
• Maric: Serb Union as South Tyrol (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Central Electoral Commission confirmed general election results (Oslobodjenje)
• B&H: Coalition agreement signed (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik and Covic are staying together (Tanjug, Banja Luka corenspondent)
• RS: Bosic “collecting ‘ the majority (Novosti, Bijeljina correspondent)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Albanian, Serbian leaders clash over Kosovo during historic visit (Reuters)
• New Presidency Coalition Forged in Bosnia (BIRN)
• UK, Germany offer EU cash in exchange for Bosnia reforms (World Bulletin)
• Germany supports Montenegro’s Euro-Atlantic accession (New Europe)
Government is not a rehabilitation house for politicians (gazetablic)
Petrit Musolli considers that the idea of the political compromise that would enable creation of a co-governance between PDK and coalition block, exceeds every limit of absurdity. He considers that this is impossible for the political, judicial and executive functioning of Kosovo. “Based on the constitution, minority parties represented at the Assembly should also be […]
Read More →Serbian police disburses radicals against Edi Rama (gazetaexpress)
Forces of the Serbian police were extremely mobilized and alert towards eventual incidents in Belgrade. The entire motorway which leads from the Airport to the Serbian Palace, where PM Rama was hosted by Pm Vucic, was covered by blue uniforms. A minor protest of some 100 people in front of the Serbian government was also […]
Read More →Tensions in Presevo after the clash between the two Prime Ministers (gazetaexpress)
Sources of lapsi.al claim that Serbian authorities are concerned about the situation in Preshevo, after the press conference of the two Prime Ministers. Rama’s live statement was followed by hundreds of Albanians there, and felt enthusiastic when Rama stated that independent Kosovo is an irreversible reality. A Serb Minister headed for Presevo to see the […]
Read More →PDK has only one option (Gazeta Blic)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has begun preparations for new elections despite the post-election coalition having withdrawn claims on the Assembly speaker’s post. A senior PDK official said that the party MPs will not take part in an Assembly session without an agreement on the government first. “PDK will not call a constitutive session. If […]
Read More →Dilemmas of Kosovo allies (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s correspondent from Brussels, Augustin Palokaj, writes that Kosovo has recently been in international media for three things: the first has to do with EULEX and serious allegations of corruption within its staff, the second is the institutional stalemate and the third aspect is related to the Kosovo youths going to fight in the […]
Read More →A returnee’s house burglarized in Drsnik (KIM radio)
House of the returnee family Ribac in village Drsnik, Klina/Klinë Municipality, was broken into while owners were away in Serbia proper, learned Beta agency. Kosovo Police investigation is supposed to establish a time when the house was burglarized. Village representative Miodrag Ribac said that all house belongings of any value were stolen from the house. […]
Read More →Cork sends in the clowns to Kosovo (Irish Examiner)
By Sean O’Riordan Four Cork-based clowns are to fly out to Kosovo next week to put a smile on the faces of ethnic minorities who are still struggling to adjust to life after recent wars and bombings. Clowns Without Borders Ireland is sending the quartet for a specifically devised show which will tour isolated communities […]
Read More →Albanian, Serbian leaders clash over Kosovo during historic visit (Reuters)
7:25am EST BELGRADE (Reuters) – Albania’s prime minister, the first to visit Serbia in 68 years, urged Belgrade on Monday to accept the independence of majority-Albanian Kosovo and was accused by his Serbian counterpart of “provocation”. “The sooner you recognize (Kosovan independence) the sooner we can move ahead,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in […]
Read More →Time for Greece to Lead on Kosovo (The Globalist)
After the International Olympics Committee can Greece lead on EU foreign policy by recognizing Kosovo? By Denis MacShane, November 9, 2014 As the new European Commission begins work, what can it achieve? All attention is on Jean-Claude Juncker and his new team of Commissioners to see if they can break out of the death spiral […]
Read More →PM responds to Albanian counterpart: Kosovo is Serbian (B92)
Albanian PM Edi Rama said after the talks in Belgrade with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić that “Preševo is a bridge and Kosovo’s independence is a reality.”Rama’s address, much longer than that delivered by Vučić during a joint news conference on Monday, was not translated during the live broadcast on the RTS TV, but it provoked […]
Read More →Alleged connections between top Kosovo politicians and assassin investigated (The Guardian)
The final in Julian Borger’s series on Kosovo explores how senior figures in the governing party are being targeted in a major Eulex inquiry The EU legal mission in Kosovo, under fire for allegedly shielding powerful local politicians, reopened an investigation on Friday into connections between a convicted hit-man and senior figures in the governing […]
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