Belgrade Media Report 12 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Berlin: Opening of Chapter 35 only when all obligations are fulfilled (Politika)
• Dikovic and KFOR commander discuss security (Tanjug)
• Serbian soldiers join UNIFIL Italian contingent (Tanjug)
• OKS condemns IOC decision (RTS)
• Scandal in Kosovo Assembly: Minister Jablanovic didn’t sign the oath (KoSSev)
• Serbia to recognize Kosovo before joining the EU (NIN)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Members of Parliament who switch nationalities may not be delegates (Glas Srpske)
• SNSD, DNS, SP final division of functions (Srna)
• Inzko in Banja Luka: B&H should have more Brussels and less Dayton (Oslobodjenje)
• Interview: Ognjen Tadic on Dodik and the Political Situation in B&H (Vijesti.ba)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia: the country at the crossroads of Europe (CNN)
• Republika Srpska Coalition Carves up Ministries (BIRN)
• Serbs ‘Wanted to Stop Bosnian Islamic State’ (BIRN)
Army chief, KFOR commander discuss security (B92, Blic, Politika)
Serbian army chief Ljubisa Dikovic KFOR commander Francesco Paolo Figliuolo met and discussed the security situation in Kosovo and on the administrative line. Dikovic and Figliuolo also discussed the cooperation between the Serbian Army and KFOR so far and the directions of their future cooperation, the Serbian Ministry of Defense said. This is the first […]
Read More →The negotiations could start in January? (Vecernje Novosti)
If Serbia immediately fulfil at least three of the 11 conditions that had come from the EU headquarters, the first negotiating chapter could be open at the end of January – learn Novosti. According to the signals coming from Brussels and Berlin, if Belgrade in the coming weeks, remove the “Peace Park” on the bridge […]
Read More →Next week will start trial against Ivanovic and four Serbs (RTK2)
On 27 December will be 11 months since the arrest of Oliver Ivanović. On the same day expires the decision on the extension of his detention. Defence says it is ready, and representatives of the CI SDP, whose leader is Ivanovic, expect that EULEX will make a fair decision and allow the accused to be […]
Read More →EU praises Serbia for reforms, no timeframe for new chapter (RTS, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – In the conclusions that are to be adopted at next week’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, the EU praises Serbia for the reforms implemented, but does not set a timeframe for the opening of the first negotiation chapter, the RTS has reported. According to a draft document seen by the RTS, the […]
Read More →Rasic: Serbs will have little impact (KiM radio)
“The capacity of Serb participation in the government or in the Parliament of Kosovo is very low,” said deputy in the Kosovo Assembly, Nenad Rasic. Leader of the Progressive Democratic Party of Kosovo, points out that although Serbian ministers would fight in the government of Kosovo to the benefit of the Serbian community, they can […]
Read More →The Meeting of the Group of Community Affairs (KiM radio)
Group of Community Affairs (GCA) held its last meeting this year. The meeting was chaired by the Director of the Office of Community Affairs, Srdjan Popovic. As stated in the press release, other than members of the GCA, the meeting was attended by representatives of the embassies of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, […]
Read More →Jahjaga cancels visit to Tirana (Telegrafi)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has cancelled her visit to Albania scheduled to take place on 18 December because of a pressing political commitment in Kosovo. Jahjaga is reported to be constitutionally bound to hold a speech at the Kosovo Assembly on the election of the new government and this prevents her from travelling to […]
Read More →USAID helped development of agriculture in Kosovo (Zeri)
The USAID Project “New Business Opportunities” marked today the conclusion of the program in support of the agricultural sector, Zeri newspaper reports. According to Zeri, this program has generated about 6000 new work places, and there were about 23 million Euro export in the region. In February 2011, USAID started new program ‘Opportunities in Agriculture’, […]
Read More →On the impossible (Koha Ditore)
In his weekly column, Lumir Abdixhiku writes that there is no doubt that any government is better than no government but the current one is the worst possible solution. Therefore, the new government that is supposed to begin its mandate with enthusiasm and euphoria is instead starting out in a defensive and nervous mode. All […]
Read More →“Glory” to the losers (Zeri)
Milaim Shefkiu remarks in an opinion piece that the resolution of the institutional crisis in Kosovo has been hailed as the best news at this year’s end but adds that all those who had a part in the six-month stalemate came out as losers beginning with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) which, in order […]
Read More →EU names new prosecutor in Kosovo organ trafficking probe (AFP)
BRUSSELS – The EU named a new prosecutor on Thursday to investigate possible crimes against humanity, including murder and organ trafficking, by several leaders of Kosovo’s 1990s guerrilla army, some of them now senior officials. Lawyer David Schwendiman succeeds fellow U.S. national, Clint Williamson, a diplomat and prosecutor who headed the Special Investigative Task Force […]
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