Belgrade Media Report 23 Jun
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Informal invitation for Moscow to veto the Resolution on Srebrenica (Danas)
• Djuric: Proposal for ZSO to be NGO is unacceptable (TV Pink)
• Vucic: Serbia won’t allow humiliation of its people (B92)
• Serbia “not to recognize Kosovo by any action” (Tanjug)
• EC “not promoting East-ring pipeline” (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• If you do not release Oric there will be no commemoration in Srebrenica (Klix.ba,Tanjug)
• Dodik: 300 million euros to arrive to The Bank of Srpska (Nezavisne, Srna)
• Hellbach: B&H still far from reconciliation (Oslobodjenje)
• EU foreign ministers will adopt conclusions on Macedonia (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Belgrade and Pristina know they may float or sink together (New Europe)
• Bosnia asks Swiss to hand over wartime defender of Srebrenica (Reuters)
• Israel’s Tense Trip to Bosnia (VICE)
Vucic: Substantial agreement important during Brussels dialogue (RTS)
Delegations of Belgrade and Pristina today started talks in Brussels under the auspices of the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that substantial agreement on the Association/Community of Serb municipalities, along with telecommunication, energy and ‘Peace Park’ is of the outmost importance for the Serbian Government. Belgrade’s delegation is headed […]
Read More →Three good news and one bad news for Kosovo from Brussels (Klan Kosova)
The news agency reports that from today’s meeting in Brussels, Kosovo could get its own telephone code, a good agreement on the Gazivoda Lake and the removal of the Peace Park on Ibar Bridge that would enable the free movement of people and goods. Belgrade and Serbs, meanwhile, hope they will get something for the […]
Read More →U.S. Navy Secretary visits Kosovo (Telegrafi/Indeksonline)
The United States Navy Secretary, Ray Mabus, is visiting Kosovo today as part of a Balkans tour. Mabus told reporters in Pristina that even though Kosovo doesn’t have a sea, the U.S. Marines will contribute through different seminars and trainings in Kosovo. “Our army will be committed to cooperating with the Kosovo Security Force. Our […]
Read More →Opposition representatives walk out of Assembly Presidency meeting (Lajmi)
The representatives of opposition parties have walked out of the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly Presidency when Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli opened the topic of the special court. Vetevendosje’s Glauk Konjufca, who is a member of the Assembly Presidency, told reporters that they walked out of the meeting because of discussions on the constitutional amendments […]
Read More →Veseli: Kosovo Assembly will discuss special court on Friday (Lajmi/Kosovapress)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli told reporters in Pristina today that the Assembly will discuss the constitutional amendments related to the special court on Friday. The Assembly will hold plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. The special court, which is expected to address war crimes allegations in Kosovo, will be the only topic of Friday’s […]
Read More →Progress in integration depends on agreements (Kontakt plus radio)
Director of the Centre for Foreign Affairs, Aleksandra Joksimovic said that future implementation of the Brussels Agreement and Serbia’s progress in European integration depends from the agreements on the four key topics of the dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina on the high political level in Brussels. Joksimovic said that not […]
Read More →Braathu: Kosovo Police most trusted institution (KIM Radio)
A two-day regional conference on community policing and establishment of the Security Forum has kicked-off in Pristina today. Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo Jan Braathu said that Kosovo Police is the most trusted institution by inhabitants of Kosovo, whereas Serb representatives claim that the trust would be even higher if there would be more Serbs in […]
Read More →Analysts: It is the time for the concrete results in the dialogue (RTK2)
In regards to the today’s talks which are held in the Brussels and agreements that should be signed, political analysts believe that the time has come for concrete decisions on specific topics that are of importance for both Serbs and Albanians. Nexhmedin Spahiu, a political analyst, said that although there has been a compromise, implementation […]
Read More →Caterpillar destroys already reached agreement (Vecernje Novosti)
The Mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakic, yesterday protested in Brussels due to the violation of already reached agreement, in the eve of the new round of the Brussels dialogue. Rakic criticized the decision of local Albanians to resume the construction works in the suburb Brdjani in North Mitrovica, until the issue of the return […]
Read More →Humanitarian aid arrives today in North Mitrovica (KoSSev)
Humanitarian aid in equipment for the Maternity Department of the Hospital in North Mitrovica, that was earlier prevented from entering Kosovo at the administrative crossing Jarinje, will be dispatched today to the North Mitrovica Hospital. The head of the North Mitrovica administrative office, Adriana Hodzic, confirmed that documentation for the shipment has been cleared, whereas […]
Read More →Dacic: We will not recognize Kosovo in any way, shape or form (IRS)
In the eve of the next round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels, Serbian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated that Serbia’s positions remains unchanged, that the Serbian side will be constructive but will not recognized unilaterally proclaimed Kosovo’s independence in any way, shape or form. We expect progress but not at the expense […]
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