Belgrade Media Report 8 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic going to Srebrenica, resolution probably not passed in UNSC (RTS)
• Nuland also pressuring Pristina to form special court (Politika)
• Serbian parliament ratified status of armed forces agreement (Tanjug)
• Kosovo authorities wish to take over university in Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti)
• Vadepul: Concerning that Serbs want alliance with Russia (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Britain will likely withdraw resolution (Oslobodjenje)
• Dacic says Serbia will closely watch who will attend military parade in Croatia (N1/Hina)
• Tomorrow voting at the plenary session in Strasbourg, the EP has agreed text of the resolution on Srebrenica (Dnevni avaz)
• MPs to discuss referendum on July 14 (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Holds Out for ‘Package Deal’ with Serbia (BIRN)
• Serbian PM to attend Srebrenica massacre anniversary (Telegraph/AFP)
• UN Divided on Calling Srebrenica ‘Genocide’ 20 Years On (Agence France-Presse)
• Gruevski Fights Shy of New Macedonia Talks (BIRN)
Jahjaga supports women MPs (KosovaPress)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met on Monday the representatives of the Board of the Group of Women MPs, headed by Blerta Deliu-Kodra, Time Kadrijaj and Shukrie Bytyqi. Jahjaga congratulated the new board emphasizing the importance of its work and expressed her commitment to support the group of women, in all activities on the empowerment of […]
Read More →Paquet: EU concerned over Assembly’s failure to adopt special court (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today at the fifth meeting of the dialogue on the Stabilization/Association Agreement (SAA) that the SAA is the foundation of Kosovo’s path toward European Union integration, economic development, the rule of law and poverty alleviation. Mustafa said that public administration reforms are among the priorities of the Kosovo government […]
Read More →Establishment of special court affirms state sovereignty (Koha Ditore)
According to the writer of this editorial peace, Halil Matoshi, the request of Kosovo allies to establish the special court for the alleged war crimes is a confirmation of Kosovo’s sovereignty as a subject of the international justice. If the opposite was the case, considers Matoshi, then, based on Resolution 1244, the United Nations together […]
Read More →Families of Kosovo victims display photographs of loved ones (B92)
Panels with photographs and names of more than 2,500 Serb civilian, military and police victims have been installed in front of the parliament building. The campaign, dubbed “The Serb Wailing Wall,” has been organized by the Association of the Families of Kidnapped and Murdered Persons in Kosovo and Metohija, and is aimed at convincing the […]
Read More →Pristina takes the Serbian faculties (Vecernje Novosti)
Pristina government does not give up the idea to take from the Serbs the University of Pristina, temporarily relocated in Kosovska Mitrovica. Kosovo Minister of Education Arsim Bajrami, at a ministerial meeting in Vlora, Albania, said that they are ready for “the integration of Northern Mitrovica University in the higher education system in Kosovo.” Bajrami […]
Read More →Hodzic: ZSO agreed thing and cannot be an NGO (Kontakt Plus radio)
Head of Administration in the municipality of North Mitrovica, Adriana Hodzic said yesterday that the formation of Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) was an “agreed thing” and a compromise solution must be found for the implementation. Hodzic has stated that, according to her knowledge, the topic of the ZSO was very seriously considered in Brussels […]
Read More →Janjic: Brussels wants to integrate Serbs into the Kosovo system (Blic)
Political analyst from Belgrade Dusan Janjic said in Pristina that the aim of the Brussels Agreement was the integration of Serbs, especially those from northern Kosovo into the Kosovo system, and that in the ethnically divided societies the existence of “ethnically pluralistic institutions” is normal. “It is important to realize that there is the problem […]
Read More →Merkel’s visit is in favour of good relations in the region (RTS)
Director of the Government Office for Cooperation with the media Milivoje Mihajlovic hopes that the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Belgrade will be in favour of good neighbourly relations in the region and good relations between Serbia and Germany. “The interest of Germany for the regional cooperation is huge and it will be […]
Read More →Kosovo Likely to Dominate Merkel’s Belgrade Visit (Balkan Insight)
Belgrade officials expect relations with Serbia’s ex-province to dominate talks with Angela Merkel, while Albania hopes the German Chancellor will bless the country’s recent reforms. Relations with Kosovo are expected to dominate meetings between Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Serbian officials on her visit to Belgrade on July 8-9. Aleksandra Joksimovic, director of the […]
Read More →Kosovo Holds Out for ‘Package Deal’ with Serbia (Balkan Insight)
While the last Kosovo-Serbia talks ended with no agreement signed, sources say this is because the Kosovo side wants all four outstanding issues wrapped up in one agreement. Latest talks between Serbia and Kosovo brokered by the EU on June 29 ended with no signed agreements – but after Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa met […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 7 July
• Assembly not to discuss Special Court this week (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Figliuolo: KFOR can provide security in Kosovo north (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Kosovo Police arrests a Serb suspect for damaging the Orthodox Church (RTK2)
• Mayor Ahmeti denies construction of Bërnicë e Ulët road in exchange for a vote (KTV)
• Police arrested one suspect in Viti/Vitina in relation to Kumanovo incident (KTV)
• Bahtiri: Ibër Bridge will be released for all citizens and vehicles (Klan Kosova)
• PCK approves Devolli Company complaints against Kosova Sot newspaper (Klan Kosova)
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