Belgrade Media Report 15 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• US supports Serbia’s reforms and EU path (RTS)
• Shultz: Serbia key country in region (FoNet)
• Djuric: I expect dialogue to resume soon (Tanjug)
• Progress made regarding status of employees in ZSO (Novosti)
• Pavicevic: I do not believe that the incidents are an accident (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDP proposes no confidence vote in FB&H government (Dnevnik.ba)
• With anti-SDS campaign, Dodik could cause conflicts among RS Serbs (Oslobodjenje)
• Joint statement on the planned RS referendum (Dnevni avaz)
• Zeljka Cvijanovic welcomes the message of international representatives (Srna)
• Bosniak politicians covering up the case of attack on Vucic (Srna)
• Prosecution opens investigation into Boska privatization by Milorad Dodik (BN TV)
• New terrorist threat: Bosnia and Herzegovina, mujahedeen’s are coming! (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Macedonia PM to go as part of EU-brokered deal (EUobserver)
• Macedonia parties agree on path to April 2016 election, defusing crisis (Reuters)
• Bosnian Serb seeks court referendum in fresh challenge to Bosnian state (Reuters)
• Balkan journalists face threats and intimidation, says report (The Guardian)
KDI: MPs facing pressure on special court (Koha)
In a presentation about the work of the Kosovo Assembly, Driton Selmanaj from the Kosovo Democratic Institute said that the continuous statements of Kosovo leaders that the constitutional amendment paving way for establishment of specialist chambers will be once again put to vote at the Assembly present pressure on MPs. Selmanaj said that while it […]
Read More →Minister Maric: Around 60 attacks on Serbs this year (Koha)
The Minister of the Local Government in Kosovo, Lubomir Maric, rose today during the meeting of the government, concerns about the attacks on Serbs in Kosovo. He said that 60 attacks against the members of this community are registered since January of this year, while the most serious case was burning of a house in […]
Read More →Meeting over the lasting solutions for displaced persons in Kosovo (KoSSev)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, with the support of the UNHCR, yesterday organized in Pristina a preparatory meeting of the intergovernmental technical working group on lasting solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo, communicated the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. During the meeting representatives of Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje will present priorities and action plans on […]
Read More →OSCE and UNHCR organize workshop on displaced persons from Kosovo (Indeksonline)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, with the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is organizing a preparatory meeting today in Pristina for the technical working group to find sustainable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo. Representatives of the governments in Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje will present the priorities and action plans […]
Read More →Organized intimidation of Serbs in Peć/Peja municipality (RTK2)
Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtić, said to RTK2 that he is worried about the current security situation in Peć/Peja region. “There is obviously a certain sort of organization for destabilization of the situation in Goraždevac and places in Peć municipality populated by Serbs, aiming at intimidating them,” said Jevtic, […]
Read More →Agreement over the A/CSM on sight (Novosti, Politika)
Belgrade has accepted Pristina’s proposal that future employees of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities have the status of ‘employees in the public sector’, learned the paper. Even though Serbian side insisted that A/CSM employees have the status of ‘state employees’ formulation ‘employees in the public sector’ is also acceptable for Belgrade, since it clearly stipulates […]
Read More →A law that serves the interests of the mafia-political oligarchy (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial argues that Kosovo government officials are adjusting the law on the prevention of conflicts of interest to their own interests. “Stubborn and corrupt politicians, together with their advisors, who are part of the oligarchic chain that has usurped democracy and the state, are not interested in establishing law and order in […]
Read More →HRW: Media freedom under threat in Western Balkans (Telegrafi/HRW)
Journalists in the Western Balkans work in a hostile environment that directly affects their ability to do critical, independent reporting essential to a democratic society, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia should take immediate steps to create safe working conditions for the media […]
Read More →Kosovo to Reform Taxes To Help Businesses and Poor (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo MPs will vote on significant tax reforms on Thursday, expected to lessen the burden on the poorest members of society as well as boosting businesses and investors. The Kosovo government is pushing for significant tax reform, aimed at stimulating investment, as well as lowering VAT on basic consumer goods, aimed at the helping the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 14 July
• Greece supports Kosovo in its membership to international organizations (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Calls for establishment of Special Court continue (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Kosovo Police officer wounded (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21&KTV)
• Draft law on conflict of interest discussed (Klan Kosova)
• Many citizens sign petition for visa liberalization process (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 15 July
• Thaci: Special court, after we secure the necessary votes (dailies)
• Opposition rejects return of special court amendments to Assembly (Epoka)
• Mustafa: EU to take a decision on visa liberalization for Kosovo (dailies)
• Package agreement held “hostage” by the Association/Community (dailies)
• Kotzias: Kosovo can open an office in Athens or Thessaloniki (Koha)
• Civil Protection refuses to abandon Ibar Bridge observation point (Koha)
• Kosovo government to adopt anti-radicalism strategy (Kosova Sot)
• Residents expect release of disputed property in Decan (Bota Sot)
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