Belgrade Media Report 23 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Military neutrality of Serbia, not a step closer to NATO (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Stojanovic: Union of Serb Municipalities is our political priority (TV Pink)
• Northern Kosovo expects Zbogar’s assistance for blocked municipal budgets (Politika)
• Implementation of the Law on Judiciary in northern Kosovo as of Wednesday (Novosti)
• Anti-government protesters march in Belgrade (Beta/B92)
• Keefe: Opportunity for Belgrade’s initiative (RTS/FoNet)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Existing B&H Council of Ministers not according to Constitution (FTV)
• Prodanovic: SNSD will not support existing B&H Council of Ministers (Srna)
• Dodik: Proof of absurdity of B&H (Srna)
• Protest in Doboj against decision for this town to join “Associaton of Turkish Municipalities” (Glas Srpske)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Is there hope for RECOM? (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso)
• Sarajevo’s struggles to contain jihadism (Deutsche Welle)
• Bosniak Soldier Acquitted of Killing Hadzici Serbs (BIRN)
• EU Tightens Borders With Construction of Croatia’s “Schengen Wall” (Sputnik)
• And where do we go from here? Macedonia and the EU (Open Democracy)
Jacques Hogard: War on Kosovo is not over (KoSSev)
French retired army colonel Jacques Hogard was amongst the first western officers to enter Serbia, that is, Kosovo and Metohija after Kumanovo agreement was signed in 1999 and after withdrawal of the Serbian army. Hogard described what he saw in only 12 days in Kosovo, as a member of KFOR’s advanced group, in a book […]
Read More →Will UN form the court of KLA crimes in the end (Politika)
Despite frequent pressure from the West on Pristina to pass the decision on creation of a special court of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) war crimes, and friendly warnings that such decision would be in the interest of Kosovo authorities in order to avoid creation of a new Hague tribunal by the UN, there is still […]
Read More →EU commissioner Hahn to visit Kosovo on 24 and 25 March (Koha)
The European Union Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, will visit Kosovo on 24-25 March. During his visit, Hahn will meet with Kosovo’s political leaders, while he will also attend the inauguration of the Palace of Justice Complex, which is funded by the European Union and the government of Kosovo.
Read More →Jahjaga: Proud of women’s achievements in Kosovo (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, marking the Week of Women in Kosovo, said that the overall process depends on the role of women. “We take pride in the achievements of women. More work needs to be done on the implementation of a comprehensive approach on the institutions of justice, employment and education,” Jahjaga said. While Teuta […]
Read More →Kuci: Vacancy for Serbian judges on Wednesday (RTK2)
Minister of Justice Hajredin Kuci announced that vacancy announcement for judges and prosecutors in northern Kosovo will be published on Wednesday, 25 March. Kuci said that vacancy won’t refer to Albanian judges because those who already work there will be transferred as agreed in Brussels. “Judicial Council and Prosecutors’ Council will decide about other aspects, […]
Read More →PM Mustafa in Tirana: Brussels, our final joint destination (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said today in Tirana that the joint meeting of the governments of Kosovo and Albania is the realization of the old dream for unobstructed cooperation between the two countries. He added that this cooperation was also confirmed in the previous meeting of the governments in Prizren and this should serve […]
Read More →Kosovo government: Dialogue’s success depends on implementation of agreements (Gazeta Blic)
The Kosovo government has presented the European Union report of the Brussels dialogue and implementation of agreements covering the period from 1 October 2014 to 20 March 2015. The report, signed by minister without portfolio and Kosovo chief negotiator, Edita Tahiri, contains the Kosovo government’s assessment on the progress and challenges in the process of […]
Read More →Mustafa: Serbs will return to the institutions (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said in Tirana today that Serb political representatives will return to Kosovo institutions. “I think they will return to the institutions. We must respect the rules, Constitution and tradition … We have made maximum efforts and used dialogue to create conditions for exercising sovereignty throughout the territory of Kosovo and […]
Read More →NATO irreplaceable in Kosovo (Koha)
On the sixteenth anniversary of NATO strikes in Kosovo, Brussels based correspondent of this daily, Augustin Palokaj, writes that each year at this date, people of Kosovo remember where they were when they heard the news of the air strikes, and remember the happiness that they felt for the end of Slobodan Milosevic’s aggression in […]
Read More →“Community of Serbian municipalities a crown of Serbian unity” (KIM radio)
The formation of Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) remains a priority of the Serbs in Kosovo, said Branimir Stojanovic, Kosovo’s deputy prime minister. He pointed out that it is necessary to solve the issues of privatization, the full protection of property and rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo. Stojanovic said that ten conclusions, […]
Read More →Kosovo is the main topic (Danas)
“Status quo concerning the Brussels Agreement postpones the opening of the first negotiating chapters in the accession negotiations between Serbia and the EU. I believe that the visit to Belgrade and Pristina will contribute to faster solving of the existing problems. I do not believe that Federica Mogerini have a concrete answer to the question […]
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