Belgrade Media Report 15 December 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Constitutional Court rejects to decide on Brussels agreement (Politika)
• Samardzic: Constitutional Court trampled on principles (Beta/RTS)
• Stefanovic: Court’s decision is strange (Beta)
• Rakic: Peace Park to remain until a compromise is found (Politika)
• Pristina National Theatre again on its stage after 15 years (Radio Serbia)
• Vukadinovic: 11 conditions leading to independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• DSS, Dveri, intelligentsia call for debate on EU integration (Tanjug)
• Keefe: I haven’t heard that you are beginning negotiations (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SNSD has just six ministers in the new government RS (Oslobodjenje)
• B&H defense industry: Companies prepare for export to Turkey (Oslobodjenje)
• Round table calls for Croat equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vijesti)
• Seselj: Best option would be that B&H joins Serbia (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Officials Vow Serb ‘Peace Park’ Removal (BIRN)
• China to help Serbia build 350 MW coal-fired power plant-media (Reuters)
• Serbia Awaits Benefits from China Summit (BIRN)
• Russia, Europe confrontation continues in Serbia, Moldova and Georgia (Natural Gas Europe)
• Does the EU want to bring Russia and Turkey into the Western Balkans? (EurActiv)
• ‘Mass grave’ unearthed in Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Bulletin)
• Montenegro Ruling Party Wins Local Poll (BIRN)
Kosovo Savors an Olympic Victory, Two Years Before the Torch Is Lit (New York Times)
By JAMES MONTAGUEDEC. 15, 2014 PEJA, Kosovo — Up a steep hill on a narrow, unlit road in this town near the Montenegrin border, the Toni Kuka Judo School was filled with the smell of sweat, smoke and winter. Inside, 26 judokas dressed in blue or white uniforms arranged themselves in pairs around the blue-and-yellow […]
Read More →Constitutional Court blasted for “cowardly act” (B92)
Slobodan Samardzic says the Constitutional Court lacked both professional and moral capabilities to determine the constitutionality of the Brussels agreement. Instead, said the former official and MP of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and former cabinet minister, the court went along with the “pseudo-legal” interpretation of the justice minister, “and declared this anti-constitutional document […]
Read More →Thaci meets Jacobson (Indeksonline)
Hashim Thaci, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister for Foreign Affairs, met today with Tracey Ann Jacobson, the United States Ambassador to Kosovo. Thaci and Jacobson discussed the agenda of the new government of Kosovo. Thaci wrote on Facebook that he called on Jacobson to continue supporting Kosovo’s path in Euro-Atlantic integration processes. […]
Read More →Nothing out of the first chapter (Vecernje Novosti)
General Affairs Council of the EU today will not open the first negotiation chapter with Serbia. Belgrade must make progress in normalizing relations with Pristina, is Germany’s conditions, and not all EU Member states as it is often represented. Serbia was technically ready to open chapter 32, but political consensus could not be reached because […]
Read More →Thaci: Coalition agreement will be implemented in entirety (RFE)
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview for Radio Free Europe that agreement between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) will be implemented in entirety and that he believed it will a stable coalition. “PDK’s coalition with LDK is in the […]
Read More →Tahiri travels to Brussels to resume dialogue (Koha)
Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, is set to travel to Brussels today to take part in the upcoming round of dialogue with Belgrade on the issues of energy, vehicle border insurance, licensing of companies in the north and import of pharmaceutical drugs. “Trilateral meetings facilitated by the EU are expected to take place on 16 […]
Read More →Serbian List as extension of Serbia (Tribuna)
Columnist Donik Sallova writes that agreement between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has been generally interpreted as marking the end of the six-month political stalemate and was justified with the need to save Kosovo from its complete collapse. At the same time, while some viewed the PDK-LDK coalition […]
Read More →Stojanovic: We will not be silent about the attitude towards the Serbs (RTK2)
“If we estimate that we cannot achieve the basic interests and that we cannot change what is the most important for us, we will certainly leave the government. But let’s give these people a chance and let’s see if they are sincere when they say that they want Serbs in Kosovo”, said Kosovo’s Deputy Prime […]
Read More →Rakic: To solve the problems of citizens (KiM radio)
“I want to remind Mr Bahtiri that he pledged, in Brussels in the presence of representatives of the EU and the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, that the park will not be removed, until a solution is found with which will agree citizens of both municipalities,” said Rakic. Mayor of North Mitrovica, […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly fails to approve parliamentary committees (Radio Kosova)
The Kosovo Assembly failed to approve 14 parliamentary committees that were proposed last week. The motion received 58 votes in favor and 32 against and it required 61 to pass. MPs from the opposition parties opposed the ways the parliamentary committees were allocated because, according to them, the main committees will be chaired by the […]
Read More →Nebojša Milovanović Acting Mayor Gračanica (RTK2)
Nomination of Branimir Stojanovic at the post of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo has left the post of the Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë vacant. Dr Nebojsa Milovanovic, so far deputy Mayor, will carry out the duty of the Acting Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë until mayoral elections.. Elections are due to take place in not less than […]
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