Belgrade Media Report 30 April 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Plan for Kosovo is ready; we are not signing independence (Novosti)
• Vucic: I don’t know what to expect from Nikolic (Beta)
• Serbia will have to let Kosovo join UN (Blic)
• Milic: Terrorist attacks not to be allowed in Belgrade (Tanjug)
• Dikovic and Portolano on engagement of Serbian “blue helmets” (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Ivanic: The true battle against terrorism should be led by Bosniaks (Srna)
• Wahhabis under the watchful eye of the police (Nezavisne)
• Russian Ambassador to B&H: Terrorism a serious threat to B&H (Srna)
• Interview with PDHR David M. Robinson (Dnevni avaz)
• Milo Djukanovic: The opposition shamelessly suspects EU officials (RTCG)
• Jelko Kacin: Dispatch attempts to delay the accession to NATO (Pobjeda)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Press Freedom Declining in Balkans, Report Says (BIRN)
• Private sector to take cost of Serbia’s bad loans – central bank (Reuters)
• Bosnia Mulls Ways to Stop More Terror Attacks (BIRN)
• Once magnet for foreign mujahedeen, Bosnia now exports them (AFP)
• Dutch Court Rejects Prosecuting Srebrenica Peacekeepers (BIRN)
• Montenegro MPs Block Resort Plan for Old Fort (BIR)
Prime Minister Vucic “doesn’t know what to expect” from platform (Beta)
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday said he “does not know what he can expect” from the announced platform of President Tomislav Nikolic. Nikolic said this week that he would send a draft of the platform to Vucic and the government after May 1, the Labor Day holiday. Vucic added that Nikolic “knows about everything […]
Read More →Djakovica/Gjakove citizens: Do not divide victims (KIM radio)
Association of Displaced Djakovica citizens strongly protest against the statements made during the unveiling of the monument in Djakovica/Gjakove on the Day of the Disappeared. The Commemoration of the Day of missing persons in Gjakove/Djakovica was attended by Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, Assembly President Kadri Veseli, and the Mayor Mimoza Kusari. Then, according […]
Read More →Friends of Serbia meeting in Brussels on May 18 (Tanjug)
Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will take part in a Friends of Serbia meeting in Brussels on May 18, the Serbian government office for media relations said on Thursday. All the foreign ministers from EU countries will be at the meeting, and Vucic was invited by Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and his Italian counterpart […]
Read More →Kosovo residents “dissatisfied with institutions, media” (B92)
Most citizens in Kosovo “are disgruntled with the work of Kosovo’s key executive, legislative and judicial institutions,” Tanjug is quoting a UNDP-USAID poll. They have “lost trust in media freedom, and youth unemployment is the biggest problem,” the survey, co-funded by the UNDP and USAID, dubbed Public Pulse, has shown. It notes that only 21 percent […]
Read More →Kosovo needs war crimes court, Germany says (Balkan Insight)
On a visit to Kosovo, the German Foreign Minister has reassured Kosovo about the planned special war crimes court, saying sensitive historical issues need to be dealt with openly. Germany’s Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said that the creation of a special court on war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, during the conflict of […]
Read More →Caritas to support RAE communities (RTKLive)
The Swiss Caritas has signed a cooperation agreement with Caritas Kosovo, to support the integration strategy of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Kosovo. The support is based on the beginning of a new phase of the project for the period 2015 – 2017. “With this agreement we are entering a new phase of […]
Read More →US Deputy Assistant Secretary: Western Balkans are source of terrorist fighters (Koha)
The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Hoyt Brian Yee, said on Thursday that the western Balkans are a significant source of foreign terrorist fighters going to Syria and Iraq, particularly when considered as a per capita proportion of the population. “Individuals are being radicalized and motivated to fight in Syria […]
Read More →Thaci welcomes the adoption of the Stablization and Association Agreement (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Hashim Thaci has welcomed the adoption of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) by the European Commission on Thursday. “I welcome the news of the approval of the SAA by the European Commission, which is now sent to the EU member states who will take the final […]
Read More →The plan for Kosovo is ready; We will not sign independence (Vecernje Novosti)
“I am afraid that the issue of independent Kosovo will be a condition for Serbia’s membership in the European Union. This request is more and more dominant opinion and Serbia must immediately position itself with a new state platform,” said President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic, adding that no government would recognize secession of the southern […]
Read More →Serbia will have to let Kosovo into the UN (Blic)
If they want to join the EU, Belgrade and Pristina will have an obligation to sign another agreement that will allow the admission of Kosovo to the United Nations. The full membership of Kosovo in the UN will enable entry into other international organizations such as the OSCE, Council of Europe, and finally, the European […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 29 April
• Working groups for monitoring implementation of five laws established (RTK2)
• UNDP: Citizens’ trust in Kosovo institutions has fallen drastically (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• FOL Movement criticizes Mustafa Government (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• PM Mustafa promised support to Chief State Prosecutor (KTV)
• Freedom House ranks Kosovo among partly free countries (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Serb official of Klinë/Klina municipality attacked (RTK2)
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From Google News- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 SeeNews
- The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results - Sarajevo Times 26/04/2024The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results Sarajevo Times
- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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