Belgrade Media Report 5 March 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia not responsible for migrations, undertook all measures (RTS/Tanjug)
• Serbian government adopts Decree in regard to the dialogue with Pristina (Radio Serbia)
• Gasic: Cooperation with NATO should reflect Serbia’s needs (Tanjug)
• Ivanovic: EULEX credibility undermined, indictment false (Tanjug/Radio Kontakt plus)
• Tahiri: Union of Serb Municipalities last topic (Danas)
• Rustemov: Kazakhstan will never recognize independence of Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Vukcevic: There is no evidence against Stojanovic (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• DF’s conditions to go back to the negotiating table (Nezavisne novine)
• Erdogan: At Srebrenica we saw level of West’s hypocrisy (Oslobodjenje)
• Zagreb County Court asks police to bring in Branimir Glavas (Dalje)
• Juncker: Montenegro will face bankruptcy without an agreement with Russia (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia ‘Has No Evidence’ Against Wanted MP (BIRN)
• Blair’s Belgrade appointment shrouded in secrecy (SBS)
• EU Offers to Mediate in Macedonia’s Wiretaps Row (BIRN)
• Hollande Statement On Halting NATO Enlargement Under Scrutiny (RFE/RL)
Serbian government adopts Regulation on establishment of the Office for Coordinating Affairs in dialogue with Pristina (Radio Serbia)
The Serbian government has adopted the Regulation on establishing an Office for Coordinating Affairs in the negotiating process with the provisional self-government institutions in Pristina, as well as the Regulation on establishing and regulating the Coordination Body for this negotiating process.
Read More →Serbia not responsible for EU-bound migration (B92/Tanjug)
BELGRADE — Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that Serbia is not responsible for the current migrations “that have upset Europe.” He made the statement on Thursday during a joint news conference in Belgrade with EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos. Vucic added that Serbia “quickly took action in consultation with […]
Read More →Rustemov:Kazakhstan will not recognize Kosovo’s independence (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Kazakh Ambassador to Serbia Nurbah Rustemov said during a meeting he had with Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic Thursday that his country would never recognize the independence of Kosovo, unilaterally proclaimed by ethnic Albanians in 2008. Ljajic and Ambassador Rustemov, accredited to Serbia on a non-residential basis, discussed ways to improve […]
Read More →Government nominates three additional deputy ministers (Telegrafi)
The government of Kosovo nominated on Thursday three additional deputy ministers; Besa Zogaj, at the Ministry for Economic Development, Rita Hajzeraj, the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare and Vazir Jonuzaj, at the Ministry of Agriculture. The spokesperson of the government, Arban Abrashi, confirmed the news. The government of Kosovo has not completed the process […]
Read More →KDI requests return of the Serbian List at the Assembly (Telegrafi)
Representatives of the civil society have requested from the Assembly of Kosovo to discuss with the Serbian List their return to the Assembly, as soon as possible. They assessed Assembly’s start of the new season as very weak. Jetmir Bakia, from the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) said that they have warned the Assembly on its […]
Read More →Ranilug mayor insults Gjakovars as well (Gazeta Express)
Mayor of Ranilug municipality, Gradimir Mikic, told RTV Plus that those who threw stones on the bus with Serb citizens, who were intending to visit Gjakova/Djakovica Monastery, are beasts. “I consider that (Jablanovic) did not make an improper statement, I can repeat every single word of that statement, and no one can prove me wrong. What […]
Read More →Jahjaga visits Drenas/Glogovac municipality (Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, on Thursday visited the municipality of Drenas/Glogovac. Jahjaga met with Mayor Nexhat Demaku, who briefed her on the latest developments and challenges that this municipality is facing. Jahjaga and Demaku also discussed the issue of irregular migration and stressed that the number of people fleeing from Drenas/Glogovac has decreased […]
Read More →Ministry of Trade to support women entrepreneurs (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Hykmete Bajrami, met on Wednesday Afёrdita Saraҫini Kelmendi, chairwoman of board of the Women’s Economic Chamber of Kosovo (G7). Bajrami informed Kelmendi that the ministry’s priority will be support for the private sector development, where a special attention will be paid to strengthening the role of women entrepreneurs, through […]
Read More →Ivanovic: Credibility of EULEX undermined due to fake indictment (KIM Radio)
The leader of Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic stated today that he is of opinion that credibility of EULEX is seriously undermined due to the indictment raised against him, which he described as fake and politically motivated one. In a written statement to ‘Kontakt Plus Radio’ Ivanovic assessed that process against him is political one […]
Read More →Vukcevic: No evidence against Stojanovic (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic speaks to ‘Novosti’ about the investigation against the former director of the Military-Security Agency and accusations against the Chief of the General Staff of Serbian Armed Forces. Our prosecution also deals with the crime in Meje near Djakovica/Gjakovë, and we have some findings and possible perpetrators. Momir Stojanovic has […]
Read More →Edita Tahiri: A/CSM the last topic (Danas)
In the course of the preparations for a new round of political dialogue representatives of Serbia and Kosovo held separate meetings with the EU officials in Brussels last week, however the date of the next meeting of two prime ministers was not mentioned. It was agreed that implementation of the agreement on judiciary, which was […]
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