Belgrade Media Report 1 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Court: Decree on administrative crossings-unconstitutional (Tanjug/Politika)
• Enhancing cooperation with NATO with preservation of military neutrality of Serbia (RTS/Tanjug/Politika)
• Dacic: Resolution on genocide does not contribute to resumption of dialogue (Politika)
• Dacic: Borders cannot be changed by force (Blic)
• Dacic: Serbia committed to fighting radicalism (Danas)
• Attorney Tomanovic: Serbian government should address Security Council (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Krsmanovic: With formation of Council of Ministers, SNSD’s “death sentence” signed (Patria)
• Inzko welcomed the formation of the Council of Ministers and the Government of the FB&H (Srna)
• Mogherini and Hahn: Confirmation of the B&H Council of Ministers to pave the way for the authorities at all levels to begin addressing the problems of B&H citizens (Fena)
• Interview with HR Valentin Inzko (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU should open talks with Serbia in 2015, Italian FM (ANSAmed)
• ‘No Law, No Justice’: Seselj Re-arrest Ruling Aimed at Destabilizing Serbia (Sputnik)
• Six months after polls, Bosnia gets government (Dpa)
• UK Ambassador to Macedonia Calls for Interim Gov’t (Novinite)
• Boom in Private Security Causes Concern in Montenegro (BIRN)
Mustafa: Kosovo to become a state of law and order (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa said on Wednesday that the government of Kosovo is working to “build a state with a functional rule of law, economic development and where human rights are respected.” “During the hundred days of work, we made many positive steps. We have reached Agreement for Justice in Brussels which ensures that […]
Read More →Veseli urges Israel to recognize Kosovo (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli, met on Wednesday with Israeli Ambassador to Serbia, Yossef Levy. Veseli noted that besides cooperation between Kosovo and Israel at different levels, Israeli should recognize Kosovo’s independence as soon as possible. “It is clear that the recognition of Kosovo’s independence has no negative effect on Israel’s geopolitical interests,” Veseli said. […]
Read More →President Jahjaga accepted the credentials of United Arab Emirates ambassador (Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, received today the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Podgorica, non-resident for Kosovo, Hafsa Abdullah Mohammed Sharif Al Ulama, who delivered her credential letters. Jahjaga praised the relations between Kosovo and the United Arab Emirates and expressed commitment to deepen cooperation in all fields of mutual interest. She […]
Read More →Three thousand irregular migrants repatriated (RTKLive)
The Department for Citizenship, Asylum and Migration at the Ministry of Internal Affair announced that the number of the people from Kosovo repatriated in the first quarter of this year is many times higher compared to the same period last year. According to the Ministry of Interior, from January to March, around three thousand people […]
Read More →Mustafa: Armed Forces won’t go to the north without agreement with NATO (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said in the meeting of the Kosovo government today that the draft law for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) is ready and that now 2/3 of MP votes need to be secured for the adoption of the law. Mustafa also said that the Armed Forces will not […]
Read More →Good relations with Israel will be furthered with Kosovo recognition (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, met today with the Israeli Ambassador in Belgrade, Yossef Levy, who is visiting Kosovo. Thaci said after the meeting that Kosovo and Israel have many things in common with regards to history, culture and strategic-political orientations. Thaci said he hopes that the good relations between […]
Read More →Office for KiM and Coordination Affairs Office two independent bodies (KoSSev)
Serbian government appointed Dragan Vladisavljevic at the post of acting-director of the Coordination Affairs Office in the negotiation process with Pristina, published the latest ‘Official Gazette’, reported Beta agency. Vladisavljevic was appointed on 26 March, whereas decision on creation of the Office was taken on 5 March. Dragan Vladisavljevic used to be a brigade general, […]
Read More →Belgrade and Pristina disagree over the number of members of the Civil Protection (RTK2)
Belgrade requests that agreement on disbanding the Civil Protection in northern Kosovo cover 751 members of that structure, whereas Pristina offered 483 work places. The agreement didn’t arrange the key issue: Whether all members of the Civil Protection will get new jobs? Belgrade asked that 751 members of this structure are integrated in the Kosovo […]
Read More →Appreciation to ‘Vesti’ for reporting (Vesti)
After reviewing more than 100 complaints over insufficient criminal investigations with regard to disappearances, kidnappings and murders in Kosovo, Human Rights Advisory Panel came to conclusion that failures of UNMIK in that regard were systematic and that they cannot be justified, reads the newest report of the UNMIK Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP). HRAP has […]
Read More →Albanians sue Serbia for genocide (Vecernje Novosti)
Parliamentary group of Hashim Thaci’s PDK submitted to the Kosovo Assembly request for voting on Resolution on genocide which Serbs committed against Albanians during the 1999 conflict. By this document Thaci’s party practically announced initiation of the lawsuit against Belgrade before the International Court of Justice. ”Assembly obliges the Kosovo Government to initiate all political […]
Read More →100 days, 100,000 migrants (Zeri)
The paper’s deputy editor-in-chief Lavdim Hamidi writes that on the first 100 days of the Kosovo government, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa will probably not prefer to present his cabinet’s work using figures as these are not something to be proud of for someone who has a PhD in economics, like Mustafa. However, Mustafa has to […]
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