Belgrade Media Report 29 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I am discussing platform on Kosovo with Nikolic (Tanjug)
• Ban continues to act in line with UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug)
• How to prevent Kosovo’s UNESCO membership (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: We are prepared for agreement on insurance (Beta)
• Radiologist Olivera Jovanovic dies from malaria (Novosti)
• Day of remembrance of the suffering and persecution of Serbs (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Halilovic: Principle agreement reached for coalition in FB&H (Fena)
• RS Council of Peoples without consent on Bosniak veto (Nezavisne)
• B&H court and prosecutor’s office lost public’s trust (Srna)
• Dodik: Referendum in RS will be held (RTRS)
• Ivantsov: Russia continues to support RS (Srna)
• Mogherini, Hahn: Adopting reform agenda key step to move B&H forward (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU-mediated agreement between Kosovo and Serbia likely to ensure decentralisation and shared responsibility over disputed assets (IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review)
• Serbia’s economic measures show impressive results: PM (Xinhua)
Opposition parties planning to block vote on special court (Lajmi)
The news site reports that the opposition parties, with the initiative of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) are planning to block the work of the Kosovo Assembly in the session when they are expected to vote for the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court. “The goal is that the opposition MPs […]
Read More →Thaci: EU and NATO membership, irreversible way for Kosovo and the region (Zeri)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, in an interview with the Germany-based Handelsblatt said that Kosovo’s membership in the European Union and NATO is an irreversible way. “The European Commission has called on the EU to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Kosovo and this is the best evidence that Kosovo has met […]
Read More →Vucic: I discussed the platform with Nikolic (TV Most)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that he discussed and will discuss with President Tomislav Nikolic the platform for Kosovo and Metohija, which Serbian President proposed. “We talked and we’ll talk in the future, we are waiting for the completion of the Brussels talks, and we will continue,” said Vucic. Vučić said that Serbia will […]
Read More →FM: Terrorism makes Kosovo “special challenge” (Dailies)
Serbia is “ready to contribute to fight against terrorist threats and foreign terrorist fighters on the national, regional, European and global level.” According to Ivica Dacic, Serbian foreign minister, his country is ready to make this contribution ” in coordination with partners worldwide.” Serbia is firmly committed to the response to contemporary security challenges, including […]
Read More →Kosovo government allocates additional funds for lobbying to join UNESCO and CoE (Lajmi)
Kosovo government will allocate additional funds to engage international consultants that would help Kosovo to join international organizations. At the government meeting held today, it was announced that this project, initiated by the British Council, aims to provide lobbying for the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU and joining the Council of Europe and […]
Read More →US Criticises Balkans over Human Trafficking (Balkan Insight)
All Balkan countries except Macedonia do not meet minimum standards in combatting human trafficking and some fail to punish the perpetrators adequately, the US State Department said. Most Balkan countries do not meet the “minimal required standards” in fighting human trafficking but are demonstrating substantial efforts to achieve them, said the annual report published by […]
Read More →Families of persons killed in Kosovo against UNESCO membership (Blic)
The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija announced that it is disappointed with decisions of some states of the UNESCO Executive Board, which supported Kosovo’s application for membership in that organization of the United Nations. Victims’ families are against the “shameful request submitted by Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci.” “Is it […]
Read More →Thaci confirms: Kosovo Assembly to vote on special court next week (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Hashim Thaci, said today that next week the Kosovo government will submit to the Assembly the constitutional amendments for the formation of the special court. After a meeting of the PDK parliamentary group, Thaci said he was confident that the Assembly will vote […]
Read More →Source: Kosovo Assembly to vote on special court next week (Lajmi)
An unnamed source within the Kosovo government told the news site that the Kosovo Assembly will vote next Monday or Wednesday on the constitutional amendments that make way to the formation of the special court. According to the source, the government will submit the constitutional amendments to the Assembly this week.
Read More →Ban continues to act in line with UNSC Resolution 1244 (Dailies)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will continue to act in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, while the matters of UNESCO membership are decided by UNESCO’s General Conference, Eri Kaneko of the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General told Tanjug on Tuesday. Kaneko confirmed that Ban had received a letter from Serbian […]
Read More →Can Kosovo join UNESCO without Serbian votes? (Politika)
If UNESCO accepts Kosovo application for membership that does not mean that it will become 205th member of this organization. As stated by Rada Trajkovic, president of the NGO European movement of Serbs, membership in the UNESCO could be prevented by the Serbian MPs in Kosovo parliament. As she claims, and as stipulated by the […]
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