Belgrade Media Report 22 December 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• New platform for Kosovo and Metohija planned (RTS)
• Kosovo status immediately (Novosti)
• Four topics in Brussels (Novosti)
• Decision on Kosovo army to be passed in Brussels (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Appointment of Zvizdic created turmoil in SDA (Dnevni avaz)
• Seselj: Srebrenica was the darkest point on the Serbian side! (FACE/Dnevni avaz)
• Daviddi: Cantons must move quickly to form FB&H institutions (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• PM Vucic: ‘Serbia is once again an open society’ (CNN)
• Croatia may block Serbia’s EU bid over war crime probes (World Bulletin)
• Bosnia: European Values Must Come from Within (IWPR)
• Russian Cleric Urges Macedonia to Free Priest (BIRN)
• Montenegro expected to extradite 3 men to US (Associated Press)
Families of victims from Kosovo appealed to Vucic (Blic)
Association of Families of kidnapped and murdered in Kosovo and Metohija appealed today to the Serbian PM, Aleksandar Vucic, asking him to set the release of abducted Serbs and return to their families as the first topic of the agenda, at the future meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa. “We do not know the […]
Read More →“Serbia can be honest broker at helm of OSCE” (B92)
BELGRADE — Serbia’s “engagement on the European path, strong ties with Moscow and experience in regional conflicts” are all advantages it will have as OSCE chair. This assessment was made by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, who spoke for Germany’s Deutsche Welle media agency. He recalled that Serbia’s predecessor at the helm of the organization, […]
Read More →Stojanovic: We’ll fight for the interests of Serbs (RTS)
Serbs are not, and they will never be, part of the problem. We wish to offer concrete solutions and only the time will tell whether there is a good will on the other side, said Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Branimir Stojanovic, in his interview for Fonet agency. He stressed that task of Serbs who […]
Read More →Division of Kosovo, or distancing from Vucic? (Vesti online)
The new proposal for the solution of the southern Serbian Province, announced recently by the Serbian President Nikolic, the opposition parties see as President’s attempt to differently position himself on the domestic political scene. Former negotiator and head of the parliamentary caucus of the Democratic Party, Borko Stefanovic, believes that Nikolic wants to propose division […]
Read More →Mustafa meets IMF representative, they discuss budget (Indeksonline)
Isa Mustafa, Prime Minister of Kosovo, hosted an introductory meeting for the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Kosovo, Frank Lakwijk. Except for the general developments in Kosovo, they discussed also the cooperation of the government of Kosovo with IMF. Mustafa stressed that the Kosovo budget should be in function of economic […]
Read More →No party has applied for the elections in Graçanicë/Gracanica (RTKlive)
No party has expressed interest to compete in the extraordinary elections for the Mayor of the Municipality of Graçanicë/Gracanica. At least none of the parties applied for certification, even though the deadline is tomorrow, 23 December. Valmir Elezi, Spokesperson of the Central Election Commission, confirmed this news. “Central Election Commission informed the political parties on […]
Read More →Gojkovic: Serbia will never impose sanctions on Russia (Tanjug)
MOSCOW – Serbia will never impose sanctions on Russia, even if it joins the EU, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gjokovic said at a meeting with State Dume members on Monday. Serbia will never impose sanctions on Russia because sanctions have never done anyone any good and cannot help solve any problems, she stated. The people […]
Read More →Serbian List dissatisfied with a draft proposal of the new Kosovo budget (RTK2)
Kosovo parliament’s financial committee agreed to adopt the Kosovo budget for 2015 in an accelerated procedure, whereas the Serbian List announced that they will file numerous amendments due to their dissatisfaction with the draft budget proposal. In order to adopt the budget for 2015 on time, until the end of December, and considering that the […]
Read More →Merkel invites Mustafa to visit Berlin (kosovapress)
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, congratulated the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, on his new post and invited him to visit her state soon. “I would be pleased to greet you in Berlin very soon,” wrote Merkel. “You are in front of major challenges, especially related to Kosovo’s getting closer to the European Union, dialogue […]
Read More →Language Commissioner protests due to violations of the law on the use of languages (RTK2)
In the last two days the Office of the Language Commissioner has received nineteen complaints from journalists regarding violations of the law on the use of languages. In his communiqué, Language Commissioner, Slavisa Mladenovic, criticized central Kosovo institutions which failed to meet their legal obligations with regard to the use of official languages, and reminded […]
Read More →Albanians want to remove the Peace Park in Mitrovica, Serbs oposed (IRS)
Kosovo Albanian representatives insist that the Peace Park, situated on the main bridge on the river Ibar in Kosovska Mitrovica is removed as soon as possible, while Serbs say that removal of the Park without any previous agreement could destabilize the situation. The head of the Kosovska Mitrovica District, Vasa Jelić, said that Serbs from […]
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