Belgrade Media Report 5 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: KFOR – guarantee of implementation of Brussels agreement (Radio Serbia/Politika/Tanjug)
• Gasic and Stamatopoulos on NATO, Serbia cooperation (Tanjug)
• Return of Serbs to Kosovo-Metohija, most expensive and least successful in the world (Radio Serbia)
• Dacic thanks Kazakhstan for principled position in not recognizing Kosovo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• DF Presidency: As of today, there is no parliamentary majority (Oslobodjenje)
• Dragan Covic: Partnership with SDA, DF is over (Oslobodjenje/Srna)
• Recognize RS ministries’ positions in preliminary drafts (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian PM Promises ‘Justice’ In 1999 Slaying Of U.S. Brothers (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
• Serbia Reaffirms Neutrality Regarding NATO Membership – PM Vucic (Sputnik)
• Macedonia Mischief (The Weekly Standard)
Kosovo submits report on visa liberalization roadmap (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, submitted today the last comprehensive report of the Kosovo institutions on meeting the criteria for visa liberalization. Collaku submitted the report to the EU Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, to forward it to the European Commission. Collaku said that the comprehensive report that Kosovo submitted to the EU […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Kosovo women are successfully challenging barriers (Koha)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, participated and spoke today on the occasion of the launch of the Network of Professional Women “Leadership and Growth Council”. This event was also attended by representatives of the international presence in Kosovo. “What we’re seeing very clearly today in your midst, it is a serious initiative aimed at equal treatment […]
Read More →Kosovo aims to become part of the World Health Organization (Koha)
The first regional Conference for Education and Health Promotion was held today in Pristina, where it was said that the importance of health promotion is key to Kosovo institutions. The conference was attended by representatives of regional countries. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said that health is very important and together with economic development and education are […]
Read More →Whom did I kill? (Koha/Epoka)
The Mayor of Skenderaj and former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Sami Lushtaku, sent an open letter on Thursday to all those working in the judiciary, after he was found guilty for war crimes last week. In his letter, Lushtaku writes that it was not easy to argue that they he didn’t kill a […]
Read More →Security Services monitor situation (TV Most)
Minister of Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the Serbian security services are monitoring the situation related to the radical terrorism on a daily basis and are undertaking all measures to prevent spill over of terrorism from the region. “Anyone who wants to jeopardize Serbia can expected tough response, because we will not allow anyone to […]
Read More →U.S. “to encourage EU to open chapters” (B92)
The U.S. will encourage the EU to open chapters in Serbia’s accession talks, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. He on Thursday in Washington received Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. Blinken and Vucic conferred on the U.S. support to Serbia’s EU pathway, the situation in the region, the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and Serbia’s […]
Read More →Janjic: Meeting in Washington ‘break the ice’ in the relations (Blic)
Political analyst Dusan Janjic said that “the ice was broken”, referring to the low profile of relations that existed between Washington and Serbia since 2010. He said that the visit of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to the United States is very important and presents building confidence in the policy led by the Serbian Prime Minister. […]
Read More →Transformation of Security Force to the Armed Forces, a political game (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s institutions are hesitating to follow up on the government’s recommendation last year to establish the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF). Meanwhile, security experts and civil society representatives argue that the failure to establish the Armed Forces came as a result of the decision of then-opposition parties not to vote in favour of extended parliamentary seats […]
Read More →IS tells Balkan Muslims to “either join it, or kill there (Dailies)
The Islamic State has published a propaganda video that threatens Balkan countries and calls on Muslims to either join it, or launch attacks in the Balkans. The video, titled “Honor is in jihad, a message to the Balkans”, has been published by the Alhayat Media Center – a propaganda center established to reach audiences in […]
Read More →Will Kosovo Assembly vote on special court next week? (RTK)
Adem Grabovci, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, told RTK that the members of the Kosovo Assembly have yet to see to final version of the draft law on the special court. Grabovci said MPs could vote next week on the constitutional amendments and the legal package for the establishment […]
Read More →Women of Krusha (AlJazeera)
The story of how the women of a Kosovan village rebuilt their lives after many of their men were killed in 1999. In southwest Kosovo, on the banks of the River Drin, lies the village of Little Krusha. In 1999 it was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a population of around 1,000, […]
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