Belgrade Media Report 02 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Pristina should punish the attackers (Novosti)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija on Pristina’s spinning (Politika/Beta)
• Vulin: Recognition of Kosovo out of question (RTS)
• Ker-Lindsay: I doubt Blair’s efficiency (Danas)
• Chauprade: Independence of Kosovo historical mistake (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• No agreement, SDA & HDZ to meet again Tuesday (Srna)
• Suljagic: With his behavior, Izetbegovic knocked DF from the executive government (Oslobodjenje/Patria)
• Dodik: Stop insulting Serbs (Srna)
• Bosnian political parties strongly criticized HDZ leader Karamarko (Dalje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia pins hopes on Turkish Stream (Vestnik Kavkaza)
• Collapse of Bosnia’s Ruling Coalition Deepens Crisis (BIRN)
• Fears for Macedonia’s fragile democracy amid ‘coup’ and wiretap claims (The Guardian)
• Macedonia reels over evidence of Orwellian surveillance (DW)
• Montenegro Police Chided Over Organized Crime Wave (BIRN)
Vulin: Recognition of Kosovo is not an option (RTS, Blic, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbia will not recognize the independence of Kosovo that was unilaterally proclaimed by ethnic Albanians, Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said Monday. “Recognition (independence) of Kosovo is not an option,” Vulin told reporters in his comment on a statement made by Vice-President and Special Rapporteur of the […]
Read More →Why have Kosovo politicians no empathy for the citizens (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s columnist and Brussels correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes that now when the wave of migration of the people of Kosovo to EU countries has subsided, the EU wants a debate and efforts in Kosovo focus on two aspects: to repatriate those who migrated to EU over the last months and to address issues that […]
Read More →Government of Kosovo intensifies efforts on community registration (Koha Ditore)
The government of Kosovo has stepped up efforts for civil registration of members of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian community, five years after launching the process. This, according to the paper, was imposed by the European Commission Progress Report which identified the issue as a precondition for visa liberalization. A spokesperson for the Ministry of […]
Read More →Kosovo: No new topics without Mitrovica barricade being dismantled first (Koha)
The Kosovo delegation has made it clear that there will be no new topics discussed in the dialogue with Belgrade until the Mitrovica bridge is unblocked, the justice agreement is implemented and the Civil Protection is dissolved. “The position of the Kosovo side has been very clear. There is no sense in continuing to open […]
Read More →“Resetting” of international policy towards Kosovo requested (Koha online)
Urlike Lunacek Vice-President of the European Parliament and Austrian expert for Balkans, Vedran Dzhic, wrote in a joint article for the Austrian daily Standard, that Kosovo people suffer due to the local problems and due to the international community’s failure to fully recognize, which has also contributed to the current situation. They consider that lack […]
Read More →Thaci blames Europeans: Stop the unjust isolation of Kosovo (Gazeta Blic)
The Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci appealed during his visit to Germany to the deputies of this country to interrupt isolation of Kosovo. Thaci stressed that the future of Kosovo is in the European Union and NATO. “I had the pleasure of holding the first meeting with the Parliamentary Group for the South –Eastern […]
Read More →Chauprade: Recognition of Kosovo – historic mistake (Blic, RTK2,Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
BELGRADE – Paris has made a historic mistake by recognizing Kosovo’s independence, Aymeric Chauprade, European parliamentarian from France, has said, stressing that the 1999 NATO war against Serbia assisted the separatist tendencies of the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, and the European Union (EU) followed the policy pursued by the United States. Kosovo can never join […]
Read More →Pristina deciding on the budget for the North or new elections (Politika)
If the Kosovo institutions do not respect the Brussels Agreement, they will open a new crisis, said Ljubomir Maric. If the Kosovo institutions in the course of the day do not adopt budgets of four municipalities in northern Kosovo for 2015, there are legal possibilities for Pristina to impose provisional measures. Specifically, based on Kosovo […]
Read More →A vehicle with Belgrade license plates burned in Mitrovica North (Kosova Press)
A Mercedes Benz vehicle with Belgrade license plates was burned on Monday at around 04:00 hours in Mitrovica North. Fortunately, except for entire burning of the vehicle, there are no other material damages or casualties. It was learned that the owner of the vehicle is a Kosovo Serb, who used to work as customs officer. […]
Read More →Israel-Kosovo relations marked by shared sympathies, hampered by identity politics (The Jerusalem Post)
Israel can be a chilly place for the politician of a fledgling nation who seeks statehood recognition. So it was that Enver Hoxhaj of Kosovo was greeted with handshakes in Israel this week, but held no official governmental meetings and flew home after his three days without the one thing he dreamed of – a […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 1 March
• Lumezi: Prolongation of State Prosecutor’s selection, unnecessary and harmful (TV21)
• Cukalovic: Selection of international judges not contradiction with the Constitution (TV21)
• Lunacek: Kosovo recognition a condition for Serbia’s accession in EU (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova&TV21)
• Visar Ymeri takes over Vetëvendosje leadership (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
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From Google News- ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership - ALDE Party 23/04/2024ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership ALDE Party
- Top EU diplomats put Serbia against the wall with Kosovo - Euronews 23/04/2024Top EU diplomats put Serbia against the wall with Kosovo Euronews
- European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo - European Western Balkans 23/04/2024European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo European Western Balkans
- ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership - ALDE Party 23/04/2024
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