Belgrade Media Report 13 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Attack on Vucic – attempt to destabilize the region (RTS)
• Dacic: Building Helsinki Final Act principles and trust among OSCE member-states (RTS/Tanjug/Politika/Beta)
• Pajtic: Merkel praising Vucic only because of Kosovo (Blic)
• Weber: Opening of chapters only if agreement on the ZSO is reached by summer (Kurir)
• Serbia claims Hollywood support over Kosovo (Novosti/Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Presidency apologizes to Vucic (Nezavisne)
• Attack on Vucic will set B&H back for years (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Attack on Serbia and its given hand (Srna)
• SDA condemns attack on Vucic: Desecrated act of brutality, disgraced Bosniaks (Oslobodjenje)
• Moore and Mogherini condemn attack on Vucic (Oslobodjenje)
• Serbs in eastern B&H remember their victims (Glas Srpske/B92)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Srebrenica Ceremonies Marred by Attack on Serbia’s Premier (AP)
• Balkans: Serbia calls for investigation of violent Srebrenica snub (morningstaronline.co.uk)
• Attack shows Balkan wounds still deep (Agence France-Presse)
• Nuland: Macedonia, Bosnia to Toe US-EU Line or Face Decades in Isolation (Sputnik)
One month detention for terror suspects (RTK)
The Basic Court in Pristina has issued a thirty-day detention period for five men arrested over the weekend on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. The court found that there is credible suspicion that Besnik Latifi, Enis Latifi, Milazim Haxhiaj, Gazmend Haliti and Fehmi Musa are responsible for planning terrorist acts in the territory of […]
Read More →Jevtić: Return of 100 families ongoing (KIM Radio)
Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić said to TV Pink that he will make efforts in providing all necessary conditions for those who wish to return and stressed that a process of return of 100 families, that is 583 individuals, is ongoing. “When it comes to return there are problems […]
Read More →Radosavljević: Serbs in Metohija frightened due to incidents (Tanjug)
The head of the Peć district (Republic of Serbia’s administration) Vinka Radosavljević stated that Serbs in Metohija are frightened following the latest incidents, which took place in that part of the province and that poor security situation influences the process of return of displaced persons. Radosavljević said to Tanjug that Serbs are frightened and that […]
Read More →Đurić honorary citizen of Zvečan (Blic)
The director of the Serbian Government’s Office in Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić yesterday was declared the honorary citizen of Zvečan/Zveçan. Đurić said that the reward he received at the very Day of the Municipality is a sort of advanced call for what has to be done in future and that he feels additional responsibility […]
Read More →Veseli: We will not tolerate rotters in Kosovo (telegrafi)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, called the individuals who are trying to destabilize Kosovo “rotters.” He made this announcement after the meeting of the Assembly chairmanship. “I would like to convey a very special message: such rotters, who tend to lead Kosovo which has western orientation, towards an abyss, primitivism and manipulation with Islam faith, […]
Read More →Serbia’s double play with Srebrenica (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes today that the Government of Serbia on one side, with the help of Russia, blocks the United Nations Resolution on Srebrenica and refuses to accept that the massacre of more than 8,000 men in Srebrenica was genocide, while on the other side the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic […]
Read More →Two weeks without special court – no big deal (Gazeta Blic)
The news site published an editorial writing that so much was discussed about the consequences that would bring the rejection of the establishment of the special court, that it was created an impression that everyone was afraid of what was going to happen next. “However, the rejection of the special court didn’t bring the apocalypse […]
Read More →Special court will not be discussed at the Assembly this week (Klan Kosova)
The Presidency of the Assembly held a very brief meeting today at which it was decided that at the next parliamentary session scheduled for Thursday, to be discussed only the Kosovo budget. Klan Kosova reports that the special court will not be in the agenda of the plenary session for this week.
Read More →Hoxhaj: There is no agreement on demarcation with Montenegro (Telegrafi)
Head of the Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs, Enver Hoxhaj, denied during the meeting of the commission for demarcation of the border, the news reported by Montenegrin media that Kosovo and Montenegro have reached an agreement on definition of the borders.” According to Montenegrin media, Kosovo and Montenegro reached agreement on border demarcation 20 days […]
Read More →National Investment Council will begin work this month (KosovaPress)
The first meeting of the National Council for Investment, which was set up a few days ago by the government, is expected to be held in late July. This Council will manage the process of financing of infrastructure projects in Kosovo. This was announced by the Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku. According to him, […]
Read More →Decision on the terrorism suspects, today (KosovaPress)
Decision on the five suspects for terrorism who were arrested close to Badovc lake, will be taken today. The hearing session was held yesterday, and the suspects were questioned by the trial judge. Bajram Tmava, lawyer to Milazim Haxhiaj said after the session that there is no single evidence that would implicate his client to […]
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