Belgrade Media Report 22 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• The Turks claim that they got “Gazivode” by purchasing the KEK (Politika)
• Why is support of Serbia in the OSCE PA important to Russia (Politika)
• EP rapporteur for B&H Dan Preda: No need for Srebrenica resolution (Blic)
• Gojkovic: Serbia ready to face challenges of EU membership (Tanjug)
• Serbia officially requests Oric’s extradition (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Democratic Front tries to form a new majority (Nezavisne)
• 23 children from B&H taken to Syria battlefield (Dnevni Avaz)
• Croats and Serbs always on side of good, PM says at Anti-Fascist Struggle Day ceremony (Hina, Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Pays Dear for Logjam Over Phone Code (BIRN)
• Macedonia Government Is Blamed for Wiretapping Scandal (New York Times)
• Bosnian Serb Leader Puts Hopes in Russian Loan (BIRN)
• Prosecutors reopen case against Mladic to hear witnesses testify about mass grave (AP)
Assembly presidency to meet tomorrow, specialized chambers not on agenda (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly presidency is to meet tomorrow but Koha claims that the working agenda does not include review of constitutional amendments paving way for establishment of specialized chambers. However, it is possible the issue be included in the agenda on a request of a parliamentary group.
Read More →Stojanović expects progress with regard to creation of the A/CSM (TV Pink, RTK2)
Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) is of the outmost importance because it is necessary that there is an institution that would gather all Serbs in Kosovo, said Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović. Stojanoivc said to RTV Pink that, in the forthcoming meeting of the prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo on […]
Read More →Serbs selling property and leaving Kosovo (Radio 021)
Due to difficult living conditions Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are lately selling their properties more frequently. One of the reasons for selling their land, according to inhabitants of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, is that there are no jobs. There are no more youngsters, they are leaving their houses in search for better life. “They are not […]
Read More →Serbia seeking 40 former KLA members (Koha, RTK2)
Three former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) could face the same destiny of Ramush Haradinaj when traveling out of Kosovo, writes Pristin-based Koha Ditore. According to the paper, Interpol warrants are still valid for Azem Syla, Shukri Buja and Fatmir Limaj. They are on warrants, which are valid in 190 states, whereas names […]
Read More →Murtezaj: Association in accordance with Kosovo Constitution and laws (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, will meet his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, in Brussels tomorrow. The representatives of both governments said they are expecting positive results from the meeting. Valon Murtezaj, the advisor for foreign affairs to Prime Minister Mustafa, told RTK that Pristina will initially ask for the implementation of the agreements […]
Read More →Reconstruction work in Kroi i Vitakut begins and stops (Kosovapress/RTK)
Reconstruction of houses owned my Albanians in the Mitrovica’s northern neighbourhood of Kroi i Vitakut commenced this morning only to stop hours later. The neighbourhood representative Nazmi Ismajli said the residents agreed to temporarily suspend works until Tuesday when talks underway in Brussels end. Earlier in the day, Ismajli said the residents gathered on their […]
Read More →Jevtić: Displaced live in inhuman conditions (KIM Radio)
Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić said, on the occasion of the World Refugee Day, that wherever displaced live they live in difficult and inhuman conditions. Jevtić further said that marking of the World Refugee Day reminds on all hardship of those who used to live in their homes in adequate conditions. “Whereas, today […]
Read More →Viskovic: Pristina will be less scrutinized (RTS)
Professor of Political Sciences Ivo Viskovic said that finding solutions for the area of telecommunications, energy, ZSO and other open issues such as the Peace Park in northern Kosovska Mitrovica would be a great success. He pointed out that European officials are aware that Serbia is not the only player in these negotiations, but that […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Northern Kosovo is untouchable (B92, Beta)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said that northern Kosovo is untouchable as any other part of the territory that has unilaterally declared independence. After three days spent in Slovenia where he was detained on the basis of a warrant issued by the former state of Serbia and Montenegro, […]
Read More →Kosovo Plans Benefits for War Rape Victims (Balkan Insight)
People who were sexually assaulted during the 1988-99 war in Kosovo will soon be able to apply for welfare payments without having to produce witnesses to prove their claims.
Read More →Kosovo Pays Dear for Logjam Over Phone Code (Balkan Insight)
The continued inability of Pristina and Belgrade to agree on a separate country dialling code for Kosovo is costing Kosovo a good deal of money.
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