Belgrade Media Report 23 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Anniversary of the crime in Staro Gracko (RTS)
• Vucic: We are ready to resume dialogue with Pristina (RTS)
• Kosovo government disbanding Serbian Civil Protection in northern Kosovo and Metohija (Danas)
• Srpska: Civil Protection in Kosovo and Metohija not a parallel structure (Tanjug)
• Decani Monastery being robed off 23 hectares (Tanjug/Vesti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Meeting of the SBB, DF and the SDP leaders (Fena)
• Security Minister: There are no terrorist camps in B&H (Nezavisne)
• Map of attack on Republika Srpska appears on Internet (Nezavisne)
• Kovacevic: Decision of the B&H court is a legal absurd (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian PM hosts Bosnian leaders, cools tempers after mob attack (Reuters)
• Serbia, Bosnia leaders pledge to boost fragile post-war ties (AP)
• Macedonia Govt Proposes Biggest Ever Budget (BIRN)
“Pristina confiscates Serb medieval monastery’s land” (Vesti, B92)
Pristina is “depriving the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) 14th century monastery of Visoki Decani of its right to property,” writes the daily Vesti. The Frankfurt, Germany-based Serbian language newspaper adds that this is taking place as the government in Pristina “aims to become a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)” […]
Read More →Fear from Jihadists in Mitrovica North (Vesti)
Many Serbs in northern Kosovo sent their children to the schools in central Serbia, because they are afraid that jihadists will attack Mitrovica North. “Wahhabis have a strong foothold in the Bosnjacka Mahala for years, which is just a step away from our houses. They are often sending us messages, through intermediaries or phone, to […]
Read More →“The Americans want Jahjaga to have another mandate as Kosovo President” (Gazeta Blic)
Citing unnamed international sources, the news site reports that Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga enjoys great support to have another mandate in office. “The Americans want to keep Jahjaga as President of Kosovo for another mandate. In fact, they’re already working on this,” the international source said. He also argued that international officials do not support […]
Read More →Thaci’s dangerous game with the special court! Internationals are angry (Gazeta Blic)
Delays in the establishment of the special court are seen as a dangerous game played by Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader Hashim Thaci. A senior foreign diplomat in Pristina told the news site that international officials are concerned over Thaci’s actions. The diplomat also said that although the PDK leader says in public and […]
Read More →COMKFOR: Kosovo is not immune from terror attacks (Lajmi)
KFOR Commander Francesco Paolo Figliuolo told a press conference today that Kosovo, same as other countries, is faced with the threat of possible terror attacks, but that local institutions have been successful in addressing such threats. “I am aware that even more can be done, but we are on the right track and this is […]
Read More →The Assembly of Kosovo endorses Vetevendosje’s Resolution on EULEX (Koha.net)
The Assembly of Kosovo has endorsed today with majority of votes, Vetevendosje’s Resolution for EULEX mission in Kosovo, debated on Wednesday. From the 63 deputies present at this session, 23 of them voted for, 23 abstained while 17 were against. The content of the Resolution is below. The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo calls […]
Read More →Brussels process: two-way, ambiguous, fatal or historic one? (KIM Radio)
Implementation of the reached agreements and reaching new ones in the Brussels process is sometimes unnecessarily delayed, said participants of the public debate dubbed “Implementation of the Brussels agreements, what has been accomplished, and what was not?”, that took place in the Media Center in village Čaglavica in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality. Member of the Pristina negotiation […]
Read More →Mustafa: Goran Rakic was part of Kosovo delegation (Zeri)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said that there were certain persons from the Kosovo delegation that wanted to join that of Serbia during the 17 June meeting in Brussels where the issue of Mitrovica barricades was discussed. However, Mustafa said this was not allowed. “Goran Rakic was part of the Kosovo’s not Serbia’s team”, […]
Read More →Belgrade: Everyone will be settled (Danas)
Based on the agreement reached in Brussels, Kosovo government yesterday adopted decision on ‘dissolution of the so called civil protection in municipalities in northern Kosovo and their integration into Kosovo institutions’. This decision follows the commitments of the Kosovo government deriving from the Brussels dialogue with Serbia and serves as a legal basis for integration […]
Read More →Commemoration service for murdered Serb harvesters in Staro Gracko (Blic)
Commemoration service will be served in village Staro Gracko in Lipljan/Lipjan municipality in Kosovo on 23 July to mark 16 years after the murder of 14 Serb harvesters. Commemoration service will be attended by the head of Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić, the chairperson of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo […]
Read More →The agreement on the free movement between Kosovo and Serbia, will be in power from Friday (KosovaPress)
Head of the Kosovo delegation for the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels, Rrahim Pacolli, told Kosova Press that the agreement for the free movement between Kosovo and Serbia will start to implement from the next Friday. He also stressed that the agreement means removal of the fees for the vehicles which means full […]
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