Belgrade Media Report 14 August 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• “15 countries lobbying for Kosovo’s UNESCO membership” (B92)
• Dacic: Kosovo in UNESCO would be hypocrisy at its worst (Tanjug)
• “Recognition of Kosovo condition for Greece” (Blic, Danas)
• FM: No indications Greece might recognize Kosovo (Beta)
• Marko Djuric conferred with Oliver Ivanovic’s defence team in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug)
• EULEX: Clinical treatment for Ivanovic in keeping with court ruling (Tanjug)
• Message to EULEX: Do not play with Ivanovic’s life (Tanjug)
• Government forms core team for negotiations with EU (Tanjug)
• Belgrade to host OSCE Ministerial Council in December (Tanjug)
• UN Refugee Agency increases support for Serbia (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Jerlagic: SB&H remaining in coalition, we will get the energy portfolio (Patria)
• Vujanovic: Vucic’s initiative noble, well-intentioned (RTCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hungary plans to extend anti-migrant campaign to Serbia (AP)
Read More →Dacic: Kosovo in UNESCO would be hypocrisy at its worst (Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic said Friday that Serbia will continue to fight against Kosovo’s joining the UNESCO, stressing that this would be hypocrisy at its worst. Dacic said that the final decision on this matter will be made by the organization in November. The next session of the UNESCO Executive Board […]
Read More →Clinical treatment for Ivanovic in compliance with court ruling (TV Most)
EULEX Spokesperson Dragana Nikolic Solomon could not confirm on Friday whether clinical treatment would be granted to Oliver Ivanovic whose condition aggravated after eight days of hunger strike in the Kosovska Mitrovica prison. Clinical treatment will be ensured in keeping with the court decision after a detailed medical examination of the defendant and in close […]
Read More →“Recognition of Kosovo condition for Greece” (Dailies)
Although Ivica Dacic recently announced that Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will visit Serbia in the fall, two Belgrade based newspapers say this will not happen Thus the daily Blic writes that the package of conditions that Greece must fulfill to receive financial assistance from the West includes recognizing Kosovo. Greece is one of five EU […]
Read More →Isa Mustafa’s Deputy in support of Ivanovic (RTKlive)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, was present at the organized protest in support of the leader of Citizens’ Initive SDP, Oliver Ivanovic and the other defendant, Dragolub Delibashic. Stojanovic even held a speech in front of the protesters, saying that they would never leave Oliver Ivanovic alone. “Oliver and […]
Read More →KAF, false dilemma (Koha Ditore)
Publicist Veton Surroi, in his series of articles covering the recent developments in Kosovo, writes today about the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF). He says that in the coming weeks and months, there will be an attempt to present to the Kosovo Assembly two constitutional amendments, both interconnected: the proposal for transforming the Kosovo Security Force […]
Read More →Djuric is in northern part of Mitrovica (Klan Kosova)
Head of the Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, has ignored Kosovo authorities, entering the territory of Kosovo, despite the rejection of the permission. Djuric is staying today in northern part of Mitrovica, and according to the sequences of the news agency Tanjug, he visited this morning the headquarter of the Citizens’ Initiative “Freedom, […]
Read More →For part of the opposition Serbs are not equal (Danas)
Self-Determination movement has announced that, if Kosovo government accepts to create Association/Community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo, they will stage most radical protests seen so far, “on the verge of a war”. Is it about a new wave of Serbophobia due to the creation of the special war crimes court in Kosovo, or about efforts […]
Read More →Hoti: Djuric is not participating at the protest in Mitrovica (lajmi.net)
Despite the announcement of Marko Djuric, chief of the Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, Kosovo Police has not registered his presence in Mitrovica. Deputy Director of Kosovo Police in the North, Besim Hoti, informed that Djuric is participating in the protest. According to him, reporting of some local media that Djuric entered […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo should hold national elections this year (RTK/Epoka)
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said in an interview with Epoka e Re that Kosovo should go to early national elections in October this year “in order to save itself from the bad governance of [Prime Minister] Isa Mustafa”. Haradinaj did not rule out the possibility of the […]
Read More →The hazy notion of safe countries of origin (DW)
In order to cut down the number of asylum applications, three Balkan states are set to be labeled as safe countries of origin. Yet Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro struggle with enormous problems. http://www.dw.com/en/the-hazy-notion-of-safe-countries-of-origin/a-18648450
Read More →Ivanović’s hunger strike enters eighth day, protests today in North Mitrovica (Kontakt Plus Radio)
The leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović has entered the eighth day of hunger strike in detention in North Mitrovica requesting to be released pending trial. Ivanović decided to go on hunger strike following EULEX court panel’s decision of the Basic Court in Mitrovica to extend his detention for another two months, until […]
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