Belgrade Media Report 17 June
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Haradinaj arrested on Serbia’s warrant (Beta)
• Djuric: Most important topic for Serbia is formation of ZSO (Tanjug)
• Drecun and Pushkov: Membership of Kosovo in UN is the red line (Tanjug/RTS)
• Janjic: “Brussels 2” would help in defining Chapter 35 (RTS)
• Rakic doesn’t’ want to be part of Pristina’s delegation in Brussels (Danas)
• Pushkov: Serbia in rift between Russia and West (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Session of FB&H House of Representatives adjourned (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik: Declare Srebrenica a place of genocide against Serbs as well (Srna)
• July 2nd the EP decides on whether to place resolution on Srebrenica on agenda (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbs Suggest Russia Veto for Srebrenica Resolution (BIRN)
• Hungary considering border fence to keep out migrants (AP)
Ramush Haradinaj detained in Slovenia on Serbia’s arrest warrant (Koha)
Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj has been detained by Slovenian authorities in the Ljubljana airport on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia in 2006. AAK called for an immediate release of its leader saying this is an intentional attack on Haradinaj’s personality. Haradinaj was returning from an official […]
Read More →Surroi targeted today, who would be next? S(Koha Ditore/Zeri)
Reporters Without Borders monitor for Kosovo Ismet Hajdari, in an open letter writes that the lynching campaign that is going on through social networks against publicist Veton Surroi, has caused great concern to Reporters Without Borders organization. Hajdari writes that this is about the same sense of frustration repeated from year to year when the […]
Read More →Protesters call on MPs to vote against special court (RTKLive)
The protest organized today by the Kosovo Liberation Army War Association against the special court, ended peacefully in Pristina. The protesters called on Kosovo Assembly MPs to vote against the establishment of the special court, and said that they would organize other protests if the Assembly decides to vote in favor of this court. They […]
Read More →Praise for Kosovo Summit on International Law (Koha)
The three-day Kosovo Summit on International Law and Human Rights, organized by the Supreme Court of Kosovo and the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy concluded its works yesterday and organizer said the summit met all its objectives. President of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, Fejzullah Hasani expressed the need for increase of both human and training […]
Read More →Janjic: For Serbia remained a delicate issue (RTS)
The interest of Serbia is to pass, as soon as possible, from the phase of talks in Brussels to the talks on joining the EU, said the president of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, Dusan Janjic. Visiting the RTS, Janjic said that in order to open chapters in Brussels on 23 June, would be enough […]
Read More →Jablanovic: Only the northern Serbs can remove Ibar barricade (Koha)
The news site reports on a roundtable being held in the town of Gracanica about the situation in Kosovo, specifically about the northern part of the country. Sources told Koha that in attendance is Aleksandar Jablanovic, the leader of the Serbian List and former Kosovo Minister for Returns and Communities who was suspended from this […]
Read More →Goran Rakic does not want to be in the delegation of Pristina (Danas, TV Most)
Mayor of the northern part of Mitrovica, Goran Rakic does not want to travel to Brussels as a member of Pristina’s delegation, in order to agree with the mayor of the southern Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri about the opening of the bridge over the Ibar/Iber River and asked “why should we discuss in Brussels when we […]
Read More →Analysts: Consequences for Kosovo, in case it does not form a Special court (Blic)
Political analysts in Kosovo assessed that Pristina will suffer enormous consequences in case the amendments to the Constitution and the Law on the Special Court for war crimes will not be adopted. Analyst Imer Mushkolaj estimated that in such a case, Kosovo would acknowledge that it is not interested to shed light on the allegations […]
Read More →Russian resolution on the court for KLA war crimes (Politika)
Moscow could work on the issue of the court at the UN, however it is possible that such news is published in order to scare Pristina a bit, writes Russian information site ‘Sputnik’. Russia has the right, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, to propose creation of the court for the […]
Read More →EU blocks Serbian projects (Vesti)
Around EUR 7 million collected from the customs at crossings in northern Kosovo, Brnjak and Jarinje, forwarded to the special fund for development of four northern municipalities, still can’t be used. Kosovo Finance Minister Abdulah Hoti says that EU Office is still reviewing projects that will be realized through the collected funds in northern Kosovo, […]
Read More →Kosovo Veterans Vow to Stop New War Court (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Liberation Army veterans will protest against the creation of a new EU-backed court that will try ex-fighters suspected of war crimes allegedly committed during and after the 1998-99 conflict. Veterans’ groups on Tuesday called for people to join them on a march through the streets of Pristina on Wednesday against the creation of the […]
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