Belgrade Media Report 18 November 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Drecun: Passports are Tahiri’s invention (Tanjug)
• Pavicevic: We are not establishing diplomatic relations with Pristina (Danas)
• Djuric: There will be no terms of notice for the Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• DSS, Dveri form opposition patriotic bloc (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDA meeting with DF and HNS: Agreement on government or deeper crisis? (Dnevni avaz)
• Progressive Srpska (NS) goes into a new round of negotiations with the parties in the National Assembly of RS (Oslobodjenje)
• MUP RS: Zeljka Cvijanovic unauthorized tapping (Dnevni avaz)
• Consequences of Russia’s sanctions on EU evident in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Merkel alarms on Russian influence in Serbia (turkishweekly.com)
• Bosnia’s new three-member presidency pledges to push the country toward EU membership (Associated Press)
• Russia Bans Meat Imports From Montenegro Over Re-export From EU: Watchdog (Sputnik)
• Vojislav Seselj’s ghost of the future past (Al Jazeera)
Ahmeti criticizes Mustafa over Serbian List (Telegrafi)
Pristina Mayor and Vetevendosje deputy leader Shpend Ahmeti criticizes the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa over his remarks for including the Serbian List in the new government. “Based on what I am reading, it is more important to include Vucic’s Serbian List than Vetevendosje in the new government. After everything that has […]
Read More →Haziri: No to the PDK. Prime Minister post belongs to LDK (Gazeta Blic)
Lutfi Haziri, member of the chairmanship of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), told reporters in Pristina today that LDK will continue to meet heads of branches and other structures before the meeting of the LDK General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “In line with the post-election coalition agreement and with respect to our role and […]
Read More →Slanderous naming of Serbs in an official correspondence (RTS)
Rustem Pepshi, an official in Junik/Junik Municipality in Kosovo and Metohija, member of the Presidency of Association of Kosovo Municipalities, has sent an official e-mail to an official in Gračanica/Graqanicë Municipality, Vladan Popovic, calling him ‘shkavell’, what is an insulting word for Serbs in Kosovo used by some Albanians. Mayor of Gračanica/Graqanicë Municipality has sent […]
Read More →Mustafa: We’re faced with new circumstances! (Gazeta Blic)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account today: “The Democratic League of Kosovo has shown its commitment to make necessary changes for good governance in the country together with the post-election coalition. There are two new circumstances that have made it difficult for the coalition to reach […]
Read More →Regional Truth Commision One Step Closer To Establishment (Balkan Insight)
18 Nov 14 The coalition of groups working to establish a fact-finding commission into the Yugoslav wars, known as RECOM, amended its statute ahead of the hoped-for formation of the commission next year. Sven Milekic BIRN Zagreb After holding its seventh assembly in Belgrade, the coalition of NGOs gathered under the umbrella “For RECOM” has […]
Read More →Vjosa Osmani: I will not vote for the coalition with PDK (gazetablic)
Vjosa Osmani, the most voted deputy of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) after its leader, Isa Mustafa, stated before entering the meeting of LDK’s leadership that she does not change her mind and that she will not vote for the proposal for coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK.) It is assumed that […]
Read More →Isufi: Kosovo needs serious politics (Radio Kosova)
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) insists to be implemented the agreement of 10 June, achieved between Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), AAK, and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), later supported also from Vetevendosje. Deputy Head of AAK, Ahmet Isufi, said that Kosovo needs serious politics and also sustainable institutions, which lead Kosovo forward, while […]
Read More →Kosovo dialogue: Liaison offices to issue visit permits (B92, Danas)
BELGRADE — The permits for visits by Serbian officials to Kosovo and Metohija will in the future be obtained through liaison officers. This is not “the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations,” Belgrade’s liaison officer in Priština Dejan Pavićević has been quoted as saying by the Belgrade-based daily Danas. Starting December 1, these […]
Read More →The prosecution of war crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (1): For eight killed persons two years in prison (Vesti online, KoSSev)
Although “beyond any doubt” was determined that the war crime in village Opteruša was committed by a group, the Supreme Court presided by EULEX Judge recently convicted two persons – Ejup Kabashi (designated as the leader of the attack) and Sokol Bitici on two years in prison. Despite the established guilt, the verdict in a […]
Read More →Kosovo Opposition Splits Boost Thaci’s Chances (Balkan Insight)
18 Nov 14 As the opposition coalition starts falling apart in a tussle over which party should get the Prime Minister’s post, Hashim Thaci’s party is eyeing its chances of forming another government. Nektar Zogjani BIRN Pristina A coalition formed after the June general elections with the aim of toppling the rule of Hashim Thaci […]
Read More →Putin to ARD: Crimea like Kosovo (Politika)
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his interview to German public broadcaster ARD, amongst other things, said that what was done in Crimea was not in any way different from what had been done in Kosovo, and assessed Kosovo’s case as a precedent and an example that ‘international institutions’ are defining ‘international law’ through ‘its own […]
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