Belgrade Media Report 17 February 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Dangers produced by Kosovo precedent become clear (Beta)
• Vulin: No hope that the situation will improve in Kosovo (RTS)
• Vulin requesting new investigation into the murder of Serbs near Podujevo (Politika)
• Anniversary of the crime in Livadice (Tanjug)
• New arrests of migrants at Serbia-Hungary border (Tanjug)
• Djuric: We will not discuss succession with Pristina (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Colak, Tadic and Softic part of leadership of B&H Parliamentary Assembly (Nezavisne novine/Srna)
• Vucic: relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo are “good” while their improvement “is expected” (Dnevni avaz)
• Grabar-Kitarovic prepared to assist B&H on EU path (Oslobodjenje)
• Serbia, Macedonia sign seven cooperation agreements (Tanjug)
• President Ivanov and Serbian PM Vucic discuss EU integrations, regional issues (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Serb MPs to Consult Belgrade Before Quitting (BIRN)
• Serbia Honours Chomsky for Criticising NATO Bombing (BIRN)
• The Privateers and the Protesters (Transitions Online)
• Croatia will become rich, pledges new president (The Scotsman)
• Macedonian opposition releases new wiretaps exposing the government (EurActiv)
• Macedonia PM Leaves Opposition Charges Hanging (BIRN)
• The ICJ’s conservative stance in the ruling on Serbian and Croatian claims of genocide (Journal of Turkish Weekly Op-Ed)
Abyss in front of Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Today Pristina celebrates seven years after it unilaterally declared independence of the southern Serbian province. Social misery and political disputes make it a potential powder keg. Exodus, huge poverty, high unemployment, unhindered crime and corruption – is picture sent to the world by the ‘Republic of Kosovo’ seven years after self-declared independence. Even though they […]
Read More →What delays return of the Serbian List to the Assembly? (TV Most)
Unilateral decision on dismissal of the minister for Communities and Return Aleksandar Jablanovic is not the only reason, but disrespect of a coalition agreement is also the one that delays the return of MPs from the ranks of the Serbian List to provincial institutions. “Crisis of the trust in the provincial government came as the […]
Read More →Hahn: Kosovo to work more on economic development (Zeri)
The European Union Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, said on Monday in Brussels that the people of Kosovo are leaving because of the economic situation, and called on Kosovo institutions to create conditions for economic development, which, according to him, would prevent irregular migration. Hahn said that at the moment, he doesn’t know […]
Read More →Merkel urges ‘fair’ distribution of migrants in Europe (Deutsche Welle)
In view of the current mass exodus from Kosovo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a fair distribution of asylum seekers within the European Union. The situation of refugees in the EU is “very unsatisfactory,” Merkel said in her weekly video podcast, which was released on Saturday. Europe must “offer the refugees reasonable conditions […]
Read More →Djuric: We will not discuss succession with Pristina (Danas)
Is Kosovo, which today marks the seventh anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence, closer to the “chair” in the UN, bearing in mind the results of the Brussels talks, announced legally binding agreement between Belgrade and Pristina and the number of 96 countries that recognized Kosovo. “Serbia has a stable support of the Security […]
Read More →“No hope for better life in Kosovo” – minister (TV Most, Tanjug)
Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said that there was “no property or economic security, or social policy” in Kosovo and Metohija. According to him, there is also “no hope things will get better.” Speaking on the anniversary of the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, Vulin told Tanjug that “people have realized that several families rule […]
Read More →Kostic: We know the constitutional and legal provisions (TV Most, Radio Gracanica)
Gracanica Mayor, Vladeta Kostic said today that the Municipality of Gracanica is very familiar with the constitutional and legal regulations and that reminder of the Youth of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, who have visited the municipality of Gracanica and handed the flag and the Constitution of Kosovo, is unnecessary. In a statement to the […]
Read More →Kosovo’s joy now despair on anniversary of independence (AP)
by NEBI QENA, Associated Press – 17 February 2015 PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Jubilant throngs gathered around gigantic letters spelling “NEWBORN,” when Kosovo declared independence from Serbia seven years ago. Today, there’s a new national symbol: The bus stop where hundreds of people gather every day to flee a country they’ve given up on. High […]
Read More →The reasons why no one trusts Kosovo institutions (Gazeta Tribuna)
Blerim Burjani writes that regain of the trust of Kosovo people currently appears to be impossible. However, he writes, if there is a political will of the current governing coalition and support of the opposition to draft a joint agenda for the benefit of Kosovo, a little hope could be returned. Not everything requires budget […]
Read More →Kosovo FM Thaci hopeful for future of his country (Today’s Zaman)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi has stressed that stability can only come to the Balkans after Serbia formally recognizes the independence of Kosovo, but added that Kosovo and Serbia must move forward to normalize their relations. In an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman on the anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of […]
Read More →Vulin requesting new investigation into the murder of Serbs near Podujevo (IRS)
Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin requested of the international community in Kosovo to open a new investigation in the murder of Serbs in Livadice near Podujevo and bring the responsible parties before justice. In Leposavic on Monday, Vulin opened a bridge on the Ibar River named after Danilo Cokic, the youngest […]
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