Belgrade Media Report 26 January 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I’m protecting Serbia from those that are stronger (TV Prva)
• Dacic thanks Ethiopia on its stand on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: Property among the most difficult topics in Brussels (RTS)
• Condemnations of attacks on journalists in Pristina (Beta/Tanjug)
• McAlister: Agreement with Kosovo before EU membership! (Novosti)
• Seselj: Elections by year’s end (Tanjug)
• Omerovic planned a bomb attack? (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Novakovic: With his resignation, Tucic enabled weapons export from B&H to Ukraine (Oslobodjenje)
• Russian Ambassador: Minister Tucic’s resignation is a moral deed (Srna)
• Vehid Sehic: If DF leaves the government, who will form the majority with HDZ and SDA? (Oslobodjenje/Patria)
• “Montenegro, Kosovo and Metohija mafia states; Serbia unstable one” (Vijesti.me)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Tear gas fired at protestors by Kosovo police (AFP)
• Serbia boosts co-operation with European Defence Agency (SETimes)
• Montenegro refuses to send new ambassador to Bosnia amid border dispute (JTW News)
• Vermont Man Convicted of Lying About Bosnian War Crimes Role (AP)
No reasons for panicking after stoning of the diplomatic premises of Montenegro (KIM Radio)
Diplomatic representative of Montenegro in Kosovo Radovan Miljanic said that that ‘there are no reasons for panicking’ after the stoning of a diplomatic premises of Montenegro in Pristina during Saturday’s protests and added that relations will remain good. Miljanic said to Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda that he is satisfied with the reaction of Kosovo Police and […]
Read More →Trial to Ivanovic and four other Serbs resumes today (Blic)
The trial to the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanovic and four other Serbs charged for committing serious crimes against the Albanian population in 1999 and 2000 will resume today with a cross-questioning of a witness of the prosecution Muhamed Lapashtica from Mitrovica. The witness has accused Ivanovic on Friday, while questioned by […]
Read More →PM Mustafa meets Quint ambassadors (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa is reported to have met today ambassadors of Quint countries. There is no official announcement of the meeting but reports suggests it focused on recent developments regarding Trepca, Minister for Communities and Returns Aleksandar Jablanovic, and the current situation.
Read More →Another problem for Mustafa government: Healthcare sector announces strike (Gazeta Blic)
Healthcare workers have announced a one-day strike for 30 January demanding implementation of the Collective Contract. Head of healthcare trade union, Xhemajl Selmanaj, said the strike will be observed throughout the territory of Kosovo but will exclude emergency rooms and basic health services. He said the obligations from the Collective Contract should be transferred from […]
Read More →Dacic end of March in Pristina (Danas)
Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the economy from the region, in the framework of the Berlin Process, will be held in Pristina, last week of March, Danas has learned from sources in Pristina. Then, according to our source, is expected the first visit of the Head of the Serbian Diplomacy, Ivica Dacic to […]
Read More →The request for dismissal of Jablanović is excuse to “topple the government” (Blic)
Analysts in Pristina believe that the demands of the opposition, civil society and students for the dismissal of the Minister of Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanović are just an excuse to “topple the government” and eventually cause early elections. They also believe that yesterday’s demonstrations were the largest since 1999 and […]
Read More →Veseli: I wouldn’t stay in my post if I had insulted Serbs (Kosovapress)
Kadri Veseli, the Speaker of the Parliament of Kosovo, said today that he would not stay in his post for two days if he were to insult the Serb community the way that Communities and Returns Minister Aleksandar Jablanovic insulted the mothers of missing persons in Gjakova/Djakovica.
Read More →Djuric: Deciding on life’s problems in Brussels (TV Most, Nase novine)
Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric announced that representatives of Serbia at the forthcoming talks in Brussels, on February 9, would run several topics of importance to the Serbian community in the province. “The first topics of interest, most certainly, will be the position of Serbian municipalities, the position of […]
Read More →UNS and DNKiM are requesting resignation of the management of RTK 2 (KIM Radio)
The Journalist’s Association of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of K&M (DNKiM) are requesting resignation of the management of RTK 2 because of reporting during the Saturday’s protests in Pristina, the politicization of the profession, uncritical attitude towards the Kosovo authorities, the relation towards the profession and their reporters in the field. According […]
Read More →Ljajić: Serbia is not entitled to renounce its property (RTS, Kossev, IRS)
Serbian Deputy PM and Minister of Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajić said that one of the main topics during talks in Brussels would be the issue of Serbian property in Kosovo-Metohija, adding that Serbia is not entitled to give up its property there. He told RTS that the total value of Serbian property, including road, […]
Read More →UÇK graffiti insulting displaced Serbs from Đakovica (KIM Radio, KoSSev)
Association of displaced Serbs from Đakovica/Gjakovë requested on Saturday that insulting graffiti “UÇK”, that appeared on the wall of the Virgin Merry Monastery in that town a week ago, is removed. In a communiqué the Association said that such graffiti is disturbing for four old ladies who have remained to live in Đakovica. “We consider […]
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