Belgrade Media Report 28 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Kosovo special challenge over terrorism (Beta)
• Kozarev: Stefanovic caused irreparable damage to Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)
• UNMIK as letter carrier (Politika)
• Disputable Serbian license plates from northern Kosovo and Metohija? (Danas)
• Patriotic bloc: Small chances (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• FB&H government adopted reform agenda (Nezavisne)
• Alliance of Independent Unions of B&H seek dismissal of the FB&H government (Oslobodjenje)
• Russian government offers guarantees for Ratko Mladic release (Press/Nezavisne)
• Russian intention to apply Ukrainian scenario of frozen conflict on B&H (Bosna danas)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Parliament Rejects Serb Minister’s Cyrillic (BIRN)
• Serbian ‘Asylum Seekers’ Want Only Money From Germany – Prime Minister (Sputnik)
• Preacher Harun Mehicevic believed to have bought land in Bosnia near suspected Jihadi training camp (Australia Sunday Herald, by Stephen Drill and James Dowling, 26 July 2015)
PDK MPs will meet on Wednesday (Telegrafi)
The head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, Adem Grabovci, said that PDK MPs will meet on Wednesday and not today as was initially reported in the media. PDK MPs will discuss the establishment of the special court which will address war crimes allegations in Kosovo.
Read More →Kosovo Serbs confident they can block Kosovo’s membership of UNESCO (Lajm)
The Gracanica-based European Movement of Serbs in Kosovo, led by Rada Trajkovic, issued a communiqué on Monday arguing that Kosovo cannot become a member of the UNESCO without the help of Serbs. The communiqué recalls that Articles 17 and 18 of the Constitution of Kosovo note that membership of international organizations requires 2/3 of votes […]
Read More →PDK’s plan to establish the special court! (Gazeta Blic)
The news site reports that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has developed a detailed plan on how to resubmit the constitutional amendments and to make sure that the Kosovo Assembly will adopt the special court. A source close to the process told Gazeta Blic that the constitutional amendment will most probably be resubmitted to […]
Read More →Diplomatic fight of Serbia for votes in UNESCO (Politika)
Possible Kosovo membership in the UNESCO would not change the status of the Serbian cultural heritage which is located in that area, because legally it is ownership of the Serbian Orthodox Church. But Serbia would then have to initiate diplomatic struggle, in order to certify the precise formulation of the orthodox cultural heritage in that […]
Read More →International law, politics and panic (Danas)
Whether Kosovo will become a member of UNESCO depends on the member states of this organization. Instead of panic, Serbia should welcome entering Kosovo in UNESCO, as another mechanism for the protection of heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo, said Kosovo Deputy FM Petrit Selimi, commenting the letter which Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Read More →Britain demands progress in dialogue from Pristina (B92)
After Germany, Britain has also been criticizing Kosovo politicians, demanding from them progress in the dialogue with Belgrade, according to the daily Blic. The paper said it learned “from diplomatic sources” that such a message was given to Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and President Atifete Jahjaga by Baroness Joyce Anelay, special advisor of British […]
Read More →Kosovo parliament does not accept the Cyrillic script (KIM Radio)
A document written in Cyrillic script, which Ministry of Communities and Returns handed over to Kosovo Parliament, was rejected by the Commission for legislation because of “untypical format.” The document in Cyrillic was rejected yesterday at a meeting of the Parliamentary Commission for Legislation, chaired by Albulena Haxhiu, from Self-Determination. “As you can see the […]
Read More →Stojanovic: No serious dialogue in Pristina about ZSO (RTK2)
There is no serious dialogue on the establishment of the Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) between Serbs and Albanians in the Kosovo government, and Kosovo Albanians do not have a united position which competencies the ZSO should have, said Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic. “If there would be a serious dialogue, maybe […]
Read More →Serbia Vows to Stop Kosovo Joining UNESCO (Balkan Insight)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saying that Kosovo’s request to become a member of UNESCO is unacceptable under international law, Serbian public broadcaster RTS reported on Sunday. “Kosovo, as a territory under the UN’s administration, in line with the current and binding UN [Security Council] resolution […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 July
• Assembly will not deal with Special Court this week (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Opposition criticizes Government of empowering UNMIK’s role (Klan Kosova & KTV)
• Stojanovic: Prishtinë/Pristina does not have a clear idea about the Association (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• Salih Mekaj suspended from his post (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• About 30.000 persons have signed visa liberalization petition (KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 28 May
• Grabovci: We are working with MPs who voted against special court (Zeri/Kosovapress)
• US Embassy invited Mustafa and Thaci to an urgent meeting (Top Channel)
• Rexhepi: Kadri Veseli – the evil of the PDK (Zeri)
• UN “recognizes” Republic of Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Defense of Drenica group to address the Court of Appeals (Epoka e Re)
• US State Department: Kosovo doesn’t meet criteria to fight trafficking (dailies)
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