Belgrade Media Report 16 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Brussels (dis)agreements (RTS)
• Greece doesn’t recognize Kosovo (Danas/Novosti)
• Vucic: Policy toward migrants insufficiently accountable (Radio Serbia)
• B&H Presidency visiting Serbia (B92/Tanjug/Fena)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Decision on a referendum adopted (Srna)
• Parliament has not exceeded bounds of its jurisdiction (Srna)
• Hadziomerovic: Bosniak Delegates will raise the issue of protection of vital national interest; Suljagic: Adoption of a decision on a referendum in the RS is a call to war! (Fena/ Dnevni avaz)
• OHR: Those supporting referendum against Dayton are pushing RS into isolation and crisis (Fena)
• Russian Embassy: Referendum B&H’s internal matter (Nezavisne)
• U.S. Embassy: Nothing good can come from this referendum (Oslobodjenje)
• Leaders of Macedonian parties reach agreement (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bosnia’s Serbs vote for referendum on national court (BBC)
• Commission hammers out Macedonia compromise (EurActiv with AFP)
• Pro-ISIS Video Calls for Balkan Caliphate (BIR)
Jahjaga: We should avoid establishment of special court by the UN (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met today in London with Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, with whom she discussed Kosovo’s challenges, rule of law, extremist threats and Kosovo’s European future. Jahjaga said that Kosovo institutions believe in the principal of justice for all, and that she hopes that Kosovo will soon fulfill international obligations by voting […]
Read More →Fear from attacks, police vigilance at the highest level (RTS)
Attacks on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are continuing, that causes worries and concerns, stated Minister for Local Administration in the Kosovo government Ljubomir Maric. He stressed that police vigilance has been stepped up to the highest level, that police wares bullet proof vests and that vehicle police patrols are more frequent. Kosovo government, at […]
Read More →17 years without justice for crimes in Orahovac/Rahovec (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Association for Missing Persons has expressed its dissatisfaction due to the fact that even after 17 years no one was brought to justice for attacks, maltreating, kidnappings and murders of civilians on the territory of Orahovac/Rahovec municipality in the period 1998-2000, and announced a commemoration service for victims on 17 July in Belgrade and Velika […]
Read More →Liht: Without compromise there is no EU membership (Jedinstvo, Kontakt Plus Radio)
European Union membership is not possible without compromise, Belgrade and Pristina should understand that without successful accomplishment of negotiations there would be no progress toward our joint European future, said chairperson of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Sonja Liht. Liht said to North Mitrovica-based paper Jedinstvo that this was and the message of the […]
Read More →Greece will not recognize Kosovo (Danas, Vecernje Novosti)
Statements of the Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias given to Pristina-based media are clear. Greece will not recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo, Greece Ambassador to Serbia Konstantinos Ikonomidis said to Belgrade-based daily Dans, when answering on question whether the statement given by the Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias that Athens will support Kosovo membership […]
Read More →Albanian PM Rama to visit Kosovo today (Lajmi/Koha)
Sources reported that Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, will pay an unannounced visit to Kosovo today and meet Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci. The visit will be brief, said the sources. According to Koha, Rama and Mustafa are expected to discuss relations between Kosovo and Albania and the situation in […]
Read More →Final goal – no Serbs in Metohija (B92, Kontakt Plus Radio)
Serbs from village Goraždevac, Peć/Peja municipality, have requested protection from Kosovo institutions and international community following the latest incidents. They fear that attacks in Goraždevac and returnee villages in Peć/Peja region are silently approved in order that remaining Serbs are frightened and leave Metohija region. Mladen Stevanović from the same village says that there is […]
Read More →Pristina manipulating population figures (Vesti)
The Mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviç Municipality Dragan Jablanović yesterday stated that Pristina is manipulating with numbers of Kosovo Serbs in northern Kosovo and with numbers of Albanians living in the south of the Ibar/Ibër River. He explained that thousands of Serbs are erased from the registers whereas thousands of non-existing Albanians are added to registers. “Ahead […]
Read More →Kosovo Neighbours Pledge to Work Harder on Returnees (Balkan Insight)
Representatives of Kosovo’s neighboring countries met in Pristina to coordinate efforts on returning around 20,000 persons displaced from the Kosovo war who are willing to return. Representatives from Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo, dealing with the issue of displaced persons from the 1999 conflict, met in Pristina on Wednesday to discuss regional solutions to a […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 16 July
• OSCE organizes meeting of technical working group on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo (Klan Kosova, RTK2)
• Queen Elizabeth II received Kosovo President Jahjaga (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovars are not more on target of terrorism than others (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Mustafa calls upon Ministers to be in Thursday’s session of the Assembly (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• RTK Independent Union elected its new representatives (RTK1)
• Police identifies a suspect for attack on the police officer in Gorazhdevc (Klan Kosova)
• Police arrests 12 suspects in alleged trafficking and prostitution case (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 16 July
• Ischinger: Do not fear special court (Kosova Sot)
• Hyseni: Kosovo is not immune from terror attacks (Zeri/Lajmi)
• Kosovo Mufti: ISIS is an enemy of Islam! (Epoka e Re)
• “You’re in no greater danger from terror than other countries” (RTK)
• President Jahjaga received by Queen Elizabeth II (dailies)
• Belgrade gives €10 million for the Association/Community (Zeri)
• Kosovo Police identifies a suspect on the attack in Gorazdevc (Klan Kosova)
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- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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