Belgrade Media Report 15 May 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Balkans going backwards over Kosovo (Beta)
• Dacic and Lavrov: Stable, friendly and fraternal relations of Serbia and Russia (Radio Serbia)
• UNMIK violated human rights convention? (RTS/Tanjug/Vesti)
• Brussels asking for weaker ties between Belgrade and Banja Luka? (Novosti)
• Terror threatens Serbia (Novosti)
• Lavrov: We are not changing the stand towards Kosovo regardless of Crimea (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Cavara: The unacceptable behavior of DF Ministers (Fena)
• B&H: 12 indictments for terrorism (Fena)
• Kumanovo streets blocked (Kurir)
• Vujanovic sent ambassador to B&H after the B&H PA rejected a resolution on Sutorina (RTCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo: No Dialogue Until Serbia Fulfils Agreements (BIRN)
• Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure (AFP)
• Tiny Macedonia Confronts a Supersize Scandal (New York Times)
• Ahmeti Tried to Negotiate End to Macedonian Carnage (BIRN)
• Bosnia indicts 12 for fighting in Syria, Iraq (Reuters)
FM says EU is “tolerating Albanian behaviour” (B92)
Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic have asked “what would happen” if he said that “all Serbs will unite under the EU flag.” “I wonder what would happen if I said something of the sort,” Dacic told reporters during a joint news conference with visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov , and […]
Read More →Brussels request from Serbia to slacken relations with Banja Luka (Vecernje Novosti)
Brussels is preparing a new list of the requests for Serbia in regards to Kosovo and Metohija, but also in regards to the relation with Moscow and Republika Srpska. The list could be soon presented as a condition for opening the Chapter 31 on foreign and security policy, learned Vecernje Novosti. According to our information, […]
Read More →Initiative launched for construction of the safe house in North Mitrovica (RTK2)
NGO ‘Aktiv’ has launched the initiative for construction of the safe house in North Mitrovica. In cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in Kosovo, NGO ‘Aktiv’ has organized the donor conference aiming at rising funds amounting to EUR 180.000 needed for construction of the safe house. The initiative was launched following a survey on family […]
Read More →Eleven houses for the returnees to be built in Istog (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Communities and Returns Minister, Dalibor Jevtic, visited two Serb families in the municipality of Istog/Istok. The families have lived for the last ten year as tenants and containers. The Ministry has started the construction of new houses for these families. Jevtic said that eleven houses for returnees have started to be constructed in Istog. […]
Read More →Mitrovica civil society against Isa Boletini’s reburial in Vlora (Kosovapress)
Civil society organisations in Mitrovica, expressed discontent with the decision to rebury remains of Isa Boletini in Vlora, Albania, instead of his birthplace, Boletin, in the northern part of Kosovo. Representatives of the civil society said the reburial process was several times rescheduled but the latest decision to change the place of the reburial is […]
Read More →Special court important for all communities (KIM Radio)
MP from the Serbian List Jasmina Živković voiced her expectation that Kosovo parliament will adopt the law on special court, and stressed that it is about process which is important for entire Kosovo. “I expect that 81 MP will vote for the establishment of the special court,” said Živković, and added that nothing is yet […]
Read More →At a closed session of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija on the events in Kumanovo (Blic)
Meeting of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija will be held today and will be closed to the public. The members of this parliamentary body shall be informed about the current security situation in Kosovo on the occasion of the events in Macedonia. According to the statement of parliament, the session will consider information marked […]
Read More →The special court and the “Community” go hand in hand (Koha Ditore)
Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti writes in an opinion piece that similar to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and to the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, the Special Court will not answer to the people of Kosovo either. “The question is: why should we legitimize something that will not answer to us? This […]
Read More →Jablanović: Progress though agreement (TV Most)
The former minister for communities and return in the Kosovo government and President of the Serbian List Aleksandar Jablanović has not decided yet whether he will go to Đakovica/Gjakovë if summoned by a prosecution. “I have neither intention nor desire to prove my innocence, particularly not in front of the prosecution in Đakovica,” said Jablanović. […]
Read More →Kosovo Police searches homes of members of the Kumanovo armed group (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Police has launched a search operation this morning in the homes of the persons involved in the recent events in Kumanovo, FYROM. Homes were searched in Decan and Pristina but no family member was interviewed.
Read More →President Jahjaga refuses Brazil visa (Lajmi)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, was officially invited to take part in the Women’s World Summit that begins today in Sao Paolo, Brazil but Jahjaga canceled her participation after refusing conditions set by Brazilian authorities for granting her a visa. Jahjaga said the visa requirements were unacceptable. “President Jahjaga represents the state of Kosovo in […]
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