Belgrade Media Report 9 January 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• The European Parliament calls on Serbia to harmonize its foreign policies with the EU’s, including the part that refers to Russia (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Serbia and France together against evils of terrorism (Blic)
• Dveri, DSS and group of intellectuals sign agreement (Tanjug)
• Office of Presevo in Gnjilane (Tanjug)
• Croatian presidential candidate on conditions for Serbia (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• A horrible provocation of Bosniaks in regard to RS Day of the Republic (Pravda)
• Security in RS at the highest degree of alert (Srna)
• HDZ Josipovic trying to prevent Croatian citizens in Bosnia from voting (Dalje.com)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Poll: Serbia’s complex attitude towards the EU (EurActiv.com)
• Politician charged with genocide (Belfast Telegraph)
• Montenegro Opposition Seeks Support For Crisis Gov. (BIRN)
• Sports Court to Hear Albania-Serbia Dispute (Balkan Insight)
Serbian officials sign book of condolences at French embassy (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic signed a book of condolences at the French embassy on Friday and paid homage to the victims of a terrorist attack in Paris. 12 people died during the January 7 attack at the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Vucic wrote today that “Serbia and France will fight against the […]
Read More →Jablanovic: I was not aware of catastrophic losses in Gjakova/Djakovica (Telegrafi)
Minister for Communities and Returns, Aleksandar Jablanovic spoke to Radio Dukagjini following his statements about protesters in Gjakova/Djakovica who did not allow Serbian pilgrims to visit the city’s church on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. Jablanovic said he did not call the residents of Gjakova/Djakovica “beasts” but certain individuals who threw stones at the Serbian […]
Read More →Djuric: solidarity of Kosmet Serbs investment in national unity (IRS)
Director of the Offie for Kosmet Marko Djuric has congratulated the people of the Republic of Srpska their national holiday and called for the fraternal love and solidarity with the Serbs in the southern Serbian province, as according to him, it is the investment into the stronger national unity. After laying the wreath to the […]
Read More →Serbia is facing three traps (Vecernje Novosti)
Requests for strengthening the independence of Kosovo, pressures on Belgrade to impose sanctions on Russia and attempts to weaken Republika Srpska will be the biggest political challenges of Serbia in 2015. It is estimated that the first big challenge will be resumption of the talks with Pristina under the supervision of the European Union, which […]
Read More →Government is not involved in the process of repatriation of migrants (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Petrit Selimi said for Radio Kosova that the government of Kosovo is not involved in the repatriation process of Kosovo migrants from the EU countries where they recently entered illegally. “The issue of asylum is an internal matter of the concerned country, and therefore Kosovo’s institutions have no commitment in […]
Read More →Is Kosovo turning into a second Bosnia? (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje MP, Ilir Deda, considers that Kosovo will not remain at the same level this year in its European integration process. According to Deda, Kosovo has no government committed in implementing EU priorities in the fight against organized crime and corruption. “Kosovo still has problems regarding contractual relations with the EU because of Kosovo’s non-recognition […]
Read More →Collaku: Kosovo expects to sign SAA in 2015 (RTKLive)
Kosovo Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku expects that in the following months, Kosovo will sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA). Collaku in an interview for the weekly magazine “European Voice“, said that Kosovo expects to sign the SAA as the first step towards the European Union membership. In regards to visa liberalization, Collaku […]
Read More →Creating enemies (Gazeta Express)
Imer Mushkolaj writes in his editorial piece that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, sounded desperate two days ago in his attempts to justify his wide government, with many Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and advisers who are being well paid by the poor budget of Kosovo. “According to Mustafa, those who are […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia talks to resume in February (European Voice)
The implementation of past agreements remains a major issue ahead of a new phase in EU-brokered talks. Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign-policy chief, has called for a resumption of talks to normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia on 9 February, following a six-month hiatus caused by the protracted formation of a Kosovar government. Though bilateral […]
Read More →Kosovo and Albania jointly to strengthen the agriculture sector (RTKLive)
Kosovo and Albania will intensify cooperation in the field of agriculture, seeing it as one of the main potentials for economic development, RTKLive reports. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Memli Krasniqi, met on Friday with Albania Ambassador to Kosovo, Qemajl Minxhozi and discussed about investments to be made in Kosovo in the field […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Institutional link with Belgrade for the survival of Serbs (RTK2)
A recent statement of the leader of Progressive Democratic Party and MP in the Kosovo Assembly Nenad Rasic that Serbian institutions in Kosovo will be totally abolished already in April caused a storm of comments. President of the NGO European Movement of Serbs and former Member of the Assembly of Kosovo Rada Trajkovic see Association/ […]
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