Belgrade Media Report 06 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Ivanovic remains in custody (Tanjug)
• Belgrade and Pristina agree on vehicle insurance memorandum (Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: Serbia will know how to protect Trepca (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Council of Ministers dismissed Zubac (klix.ba)
• SDA – HDZ coalition again without majority? (Nezavisne)
• Government crisis in Brcko (Nezavisne)
• Izetbegovic: Labor law part of reform agenda (Fena)
• Police operation against IS members (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo’s New War Court: How Will it Work? (BIRN)
• Operation Storm Anniversary Shows Bosnia’s Ethnic Divisions (BIRN)
• Macedonian police arrest 9 suspected IS fighter, seek 27 (AP)
Ceku: Special court is a political issue (GazetaExpress)
The former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander, Agim Ceku, told the news site that the establishment of the special court was a political issue. According to him, this court is being established to make a balance in the Balkans so no one appears a winner. He said that no one from the locals knows the names […]
Read More →Kosovo Police start boat patrols on Badovc Lake (Telegrafi)
The Kosovo Police have started patrols by boat on Badovc Lake. The decision came after the recent incidents on the shores of the lake where several people were arrested who are suspected to be associated with terrorist organizations.
Read More →Đurić congratulates Miners Day to “Trpeča” miners (KIM Radio)
The director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić congratulated Miners Day to “Trepča” miners, and miners throughout Serbia. “Hard and honoring is the job you are doing and all our citizens are proud of you. That’s why we have permanent task to provide you better and safer work conditions and […]
Read More →“Croatia to stay empty until Serbs return” (TV Most, B92)
All who lost their loved ones and homes in ‘Oluja’ ask that this is never forgotten, said Kosovo Minister for Local Government Administration Ljubomir Marić. “Like Serbs from Croatia, we will request return of our property and insist on responsibility of politicians to call on equality and condemn crimes and criminals, instead of awaking nationalism […]
Read More →Who will investigate corruption? (Kosova Sot)
The paper on its front page editorial writes that a special court is being established to address alleged war crimes, but that this court doesn’t have competencies to address a very big problem in Kosovo, corruption. “The fight against corruption is considered a challenge already lost for Kosovo, while the main responsible are high level […]
Read More →Kosovo for the first time participates as a state in UNESCO activities (KosovaPress)
Kosovo from 18 July until 1 August participated in the “World Heritage Volunteers” in Weimar, Germany. The first representative from Kosovo was Jusuf Koci from the Kosovo Council for Cultural Heritage. World Heritage Volunteers is an initiative which started in 2008 and functions within UNESCO. The purpose of this initiative is that young people and […]
Read More →“Not easy to collect evidence of war crimes in Kosovo” (Vesti)
“Experience has shown that in Kosovo is not easy to collect evidence based on the testimonies due to insufficient protection of witnesses,” considered an Austrian law professor Joseph Marko. He warns that when prominent politicians are under the suspicion, it was always difficult to find evidence and witnesses willing to accuse them. Marko for Deutsche […]
Read More →Gnjilane/Gilan municipality to appoint a Serb for Deputy Mayor for Communities (RTK2)
Post of the Deputy Mayor for Communities has not been filled yet after the formation of the new municipal authorities in Gnjilane/Gilan municipality. Legal conditions for appointing a Serb to that position have not been met since Serbs make only 2 percent of the local assembly, out of 10 percent needed by the law, that […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Suspend the initiative on border demarcation with Montenegro (media)
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), has sent a letter to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, Assembly President Kadri Veseli, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, calling on them to suspend the initiative for the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro. Haradinaj argues in […]
Read More →UNMIK/PR/1816 Thursday, 06 August 2015 UNMIK moves to new premises PRISTINA – The relocation of the headquarters of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to new premises was completed today. The Mission is now located in the buildings formerly occupied by Bucaj in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. UNMIK’s mailing address and telephone numbers remain unchanged. […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 5 August
• Agreement on mutual recognition of vehicle insurances to be implemented as of August 12 (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Government approves agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• State Prosecutor reacts to allegations against Prishtinë/Pristina Basic Court President (KTV)
• FOL: Mustafa government met only one objective, out of 160 planned ((Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• KDI: Prishtinë/Pristina municipality increased its transparency (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
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