Belgrade Media Report 12 January 2004
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Serbia in the EU as partner and not as a punching bag (TV Pink)
• Vucic to unveil monument to King Milutin in Kosovo (Danas)
• North Kosovska Mitrovica budget sufficient only for municipal authorities’ salaries (Politika)
• With the admission of five new non-permanent members, balance of power has changed in Security Council (Novosti)
• Serbian doctors took care of injured UN peacekeepers (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Not all Muslims are terrorists (Oslobodjenje/Nezavisne novine)
• New evidence of crimes against Serbs (RTRS)
• SDA: Kebo in service of destroyers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Fena)
• Subjects from a joint statement in exclusive jurisdiction of entities (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU Condemns Serbia PM’s Criticism of BIRN (BIRN)
• Croatia’s first woman president-elect promises fight for Croats’ rights in Bosnia, Serbia (TASS)
Croatia Presidential Candidates Talk Tough on Serbia (BIRN)
• Cabinet proposes judicial laws, tax incentives (New Europe)
Return necessary for the survival (KIM radio)
For the survival of Serb community in Kosovo and Metohija it is of utmost importance to encourage people to return, said Abbot of Decani Monastery, father Sava Janjic. In an interview for the Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik Janjic said that return doesn’t have to take place in settlements where people used to live before, instead […]
Read More →Jurisdiction of the C/ASM the key point for Kosovo Serbs (Blic)
Kosovo Serbs claim that Serbia must retain jurisdiction at least in the areas of education and health, and should not allow that Serbs become only citizens of self-declared Kosovo. Representatives of the part of Serb population fear that official Belgrade is not ready for negotiations over the final status of the Serbian province and that […]
Read More →Serbian municipalities could be dissolved (Vecernje Novosti)
Serb representatives in Kosovo and Metohija warned that reduced budget for 2015 is jeopardizing the operation of the local self-governments in the north of the province and two municipalities in the south of the Ibër/Ibar River. Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government, Aleksandar Jablanovic, said that besides municipalities in the north, and […]
Read More →Civil society to engage in combating domestic violence (Kosova Sot)
Domestic violence continues to remain a problem in Kosovo society. According to the Women’s Centre in Peja, the phenomenon of domestic violence was on the rise during the past year. There were recorded 54 cases of violence in Albanian families, 14 cases in Roma and Ashkali communities, one case in Serb community and three cases in the […]
Read More →Zbogar to Mustafa: Next four years, challenging for Kosovo (indeksonline)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, hosted on Monday a meeting with head of the European Union Office and Special Representative of the EU in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar. During the meeting, Mustafa received congratulations for his election as Prime Minister of Kosovo, and was assured on the unreserved support of the EU on complete […]
Read More →Maric: ZSO formation among main topics of Brussels dialogue (Tanjug)
Ljubomir Maric, Kosovo’s minister of administration and local self-government from the Serb people, said on Monday that the formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) will be among the main topics of the next meeting held as part of the Brussels dialogue. In a statement to Tanjug, Maric said that the ZSO formation is […]
Read More →Support and protests on Thaci’s visit to Montenegro (Gazeta Blic)
The Association of the displaced people in Montenegro has called citizens to respond in a great number to the protest against the visit of Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, on 15 and 16 January. On the other hand, the Association of Montenegrins in Kosovo, has hailed this visit. “Montenegro has undoubtedly always been a […]
Read More →Nikolic’s proposal shows that Serbia has not forgotten Kosovo (RTK2)
Leader of Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic evaluated as a positive news initiative of the Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic to present a proposal for the Kosovo issue. The discussion on the proposal will keep public attention on the issue of Kosovo and will draw the attention of the international community, who believe that Kosovo is […]
Read More →Vucic postpones Kosovo visit for 14 January (Koha)
Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, has postponed the visit to Kosovo for 14 January, Vucic’s media office confirmed to Radio Free Europe. On Facebook, the Serbian Civic Initiative from Ranillug has called on interested people to welcome Vucic to Gracanica on 14 January, in the afternoon hours.
Read More →Beginning of the campaign for the election of mayor of Gracanica (Blic)
Campaign for the election of the mayor of Gracanica started today and will last until 16 January. Early elections were scheduled for 18 January. Candidates for mayor of Gracanica are Vladeta Kostic from the Citizens’ Initiative Srpska, Dragisa Miric from the New Democratic Party of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic from the Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) and […]
Read More →Thaci: We shouldn’t fear Vucic’s agenda and his visit to Kosovo (Koha)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, said in Tirana that there is nothing to worry about the visit of Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, to Kosovo. “The visit of the Serbian prime minister is being done through the permission of Kosovo authorities. It is not the first visit and it […]
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