Belgrade Media Report 2 April 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Against formation of Kosovo army and reduction of KFOR (Radio Serbia)
• Civil protection members not to lose jobs (Radio Belgrade)
• Djuric and diplomats from Latin American countries discussed Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Odalovic: Pristina will have to face crimes (RTS/Tanjug/KiM Radio)
• Pristina’s intention to sue Belgrade for genocide difficult without SC recommendation (Novosti)
• Dacic: CSTO, an important partner of OSCE (Beta)
• Serbian Foreign Ministry: Inappropriate rhetoric and acts must not undermine mutual trust (RTS/Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Unstable Coalition because of “unconstitutional” departments (Nezavisne)
• Majkic: Transfer of jurisdictions thwarted (Srna)
• State to prosecute the crimes committed on its territory (Srna)
• More than 3,000 jihadists in the heart of the Balkans (Nezavisne)
• Serbia to welcome Montenegrin membership in NATO (RTCG)
• Skype messages show former spy chief Verusevski discussed about Ukraine scenario in FYROM (RTVCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Released Serbian nationalist burns Croatian flag in snub to UN court (Reuters)
• Serbia and Croatia seek to calm tensions over flag burning (AP)
• Bosnia Cabinet Confirmed After Six-Month Wait (Reuters)
Parties agreed to engage on implementation of the agreements (RTKLive)
The government of Kosovo has issued a press release which informs that Minister for dialogue, Edita Tahiri, met during her visit in Brussels with the officials of the European Union. The focus of their discussions was acceleration on implementing all the agreements reached in the Brussels dialogue. She met with Anna-Maria Eleni Boura, Special adviser […]
Read More →Joksimovic: Bad intentions instead of constructive ideas (RTK2)
RTK2 director Zarko Joksimovic stated that behind so called Serbian media community and Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) lays financial interest of few private Serbian media in Kosovo. No one in RTK2, said Joksimovic, is against the constructive ideas which would contribute to better law on RTK and added that such communiqués […]
Read More →OSCE encourages women’s access to property rights (Epoka)
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo, in the period March – April 2015, organized a few workshops on the topic of women’s property rights. The participants were informed on the procedures on registering properties and equal access to property by women and men. The OSCE Head of Mission in […]
Read More →Assembly fails to select Kosovo Ombudsman (Koha)
The Assembly of Kosovo, neither in the third round of voting couldn’t manage to select the Kosovo Ombudsman. Veton Vula, the only candidate remained in the competition, got only 49 votes, which were not enough to select him in this post. To become Ombudsman, the candidate must win at least 61 votes, so one more […]
Read More →Paradox: KSF to deploy anywhere in the world, except the north! (Bota Sot)
The paper writes that two years since first being reported by the Serbian government that Kosovo authorities had agreed in Brussels dialogue to the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) not going to the north of Kosovo without NATO’s consent, this was just now admitted by the Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. According to the Constitution of […]
Read More →Polish PM shuns local politicians on visit to Kosovo (Radio Poland)
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz visited Polish peacekeepers in Kosovo on Thursday. The prime minister, accompanied by Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak and Interior Minister Teresa Piotrowska, had an Easter breakfast with 230 Polish soldiers and policemen serving in one of the world’s youngest states. The visit does not include meetings with Kosovar or Serb politicians. Kopacz […]
Read More →Thaci begins consultations for Kosovo president post (Kosovapress)
The leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, has begun consultations for taking on the post of Kosovo president in 2016. Sources from Thaci’s cabinet confirmed that the PDK leader is discussing his candidacy with party leadership and his advisors. His campaign is also expected to begin soon. Sources said that although the […]
Read More →Still unclear if ex-FM will run for top UN job (B92)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s second mandate will end next year, and his successor will be elected in the summer of 2016. For now, it is known that the next UN chief will come from an Eastern European country. The unofficial race has already begun, but the road to the top UN job is very long. […]
Read More →Serbian houses will be demolished? (Vecernje Novosti)
The announcements that the temple of the Christ Survivor in Pristina will be demolished appeared again. Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) does not intend to submit request for legalization to the Pristina institutions (the deadline is 11 June) because they already have legal documentation attained before 1999. For the churches which were built after 1999, SPC […]
Read More →Kosovo army will need NATO approval to act in north (Balkan Insight)
Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said Kosovo’s future regular army would need to consult with NATO first about any actions in the Serb-majority north. Prime Minister Mustafa said on Wednesday that NATO would not stand in the way of Kosovo forming its own army, but NATO’s approval would be needed before it could undertake any action […]
Read More →East River obstacle for Thaci’s lawsuit (Vecernje Novosti)
Since Kosovo is not a UN member, it would be able to submit a lawsuit before International Court of Justice only upon the special recommendation of the UN Security Council. However, even if something like that would happen, the Court would declare incompetent, believe experts. Deputy PM of the interim Kosovo institutions is talking for […]
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