Belgrade Media Report 22 Jan
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic, Patriarch Irinej: Very close thoughts on draft platform for Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Property issue important for dialogue (Beta)
• Dacic in Pristina without Serbian flag (Novosti)
• Djuric: Serbia not trading with Trepca (RTS/Beta)
• Mihajlovic: Serbian government not trading with property in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: We will protect the property in Kosovo (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Minister Tucic resigns over arms sales to Ukraine (Srna/Tanjug)
• The House of Peoples of the FB&H Parliament canceled continuation of session (Oslobodjenje)
• SDA seeks eight seats in the FB&H government (Dnevni avaz)
• Government’s priority – reform of key sectors (Srna)
• McGuffie: The real job is on B&H governments (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo miners go on strike, demand government takes over administration of mining complex (The Associated Press)
• Serb politician on trial under suspicion of war crimes (EUReporter)
• EU-Russia row: Serbia offers to bang heads together (BBC)
• WEF 2015: Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says in no doubt over new IMF deal (Reuters)
• Bosnia-Montenegro Border Row Heats up (BIRN)
• US Ambassador’s Blog Highlights Bosnia School Segregation (BIRN)
Mihajlovic: Serbian government not trading in property in Kosovo (IRS)
Serbian Deputy PM Zorana Mihajlović said that the Serbian government would want dialogue on the Trepča combine issue and on property in Kosovo to take place as soon as possible. The Serbian government is not trading either in Trepča or in any other property in Kosovo, she said. We are a serious and responsible government, which […]
Read More →Ljajic: We’ll guard the property in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbia has the greatest interest to impose the issue of protection of its property in Kosovo on the agenda of the upcoming talks with Pristina. Said Rasim Ljajic to Vecernje Novosti, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Telecommunications and Tourism: – Pristina will try in every way to avoid this issue, and the part […]
Read More →Dacic: Agenda of Brussels meeting still not agreed (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Thursday that the agenda of a new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina had not yet been drawn up and that Serbia expected the implementation of the Brussels agreement to continue from where it was left off. “So far, we still […]
Read More →I share Nikolic’s concern (Politika)
We have a president with the same constitutional authority that had Milosevic and Tadic. Nikolic’s position in the political relations is weaker because he is not head of the largest party, while Milosevic and Tadic were. I do not know what is the idea of President Nikolic and on what refers a new platform on […]
Read More →Thaci in Macedonia, promises crossing of the border with IDs (Koha)
Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, is visiting Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, where he initially met with his counterpart, Nikola Poposki. According to the FYROM electronic media, the two ministers discussed the possibilities for further bilateral and regional cooperation. It is also understood that they discussed the possibility for […]
Read More →Jablanović’s statement causes controversy among the Serbs (RTK)
Representatives of the Serbian National Forum (SNF) (an organization that gathers Serbian intellectuals from Kosovo, whose goal is to solve the problems of the Serbian community) in press release criticized the Minister Jablanović for an apology sent to the mothers of Djakovica/Gjakove. The statement, among other things says that Jablanović apologized only to mothers of […]
Read More →Kosova Women’s Network to join protest against Jablanovic (Telegrafi)
The Kosova Women’s Network (KWN) said today it supports the “Cries of Mothers” Association and that it will join the national protest on Saturday in front of the National Library in Pristina. “For 16 years now, the ‘Cries of Mothers’ Association has called for the fate of missing persons to be resolved. The hate speech […]
Read More →NATO Secretary General to visit Kosovo on Friday (RTK)
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Kosovo on Friday. During his visit, Stoltenberg will meet COMKFOR, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and top representatives of the international community in Kosovo. The NATO SG is also scheduled to meet President Jahjaga, Prime Minister Mustafa and Deputy Prime Minister Thaci.
Read More →The Pope refused Jahjaga! (Vesti online)
During a private visit to Vatican, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga unsuccessfully tried to persuade Pope Francis to recognize the independence of Kosovo. During the meeting, which lasted 40 minutes, Jahjaga informed the Pope that Kosovo is now recognized by 108 countries and expressed hope that he supports “a vision of an independent Kosovo.” She particularly […]
Read More →Gračanica from Kosovo village to urban settlement (KIM Radio)
Vladeta Kostic, newly elected Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë plans to transform Gračanica/Graçanicë from Kosovo rural settlement into an urban settlement. “My political endeavors, that is political struggle, is that we try to make out of Gračanica an administrative, cultural, even an economic center of Serbs. I would personally like that we construct a building in Gračanica […]
Read More →Arban Abrashi, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, nominated for spokesperson of Kosovo government (Gazeta Express)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, informed his Cabinet on Wednesday, at ninth meeting of the Government, about the decision on the appointment of the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Arban Abrashi, as spokesperson of the government of Kosovo. “The government of the Republic of Kosovo remains committed to further strengthening the cooperation with […]
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