Belgrade Media Report 9 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Kosovo not admitted to UNESCO (RTS)
• Nikolic: Just and moral victory in impossible conditions (RTS)
• Dacic: Great victory by Serbia (RTS)
• Serbian Orthodox Church welcomes UNESCO decision, urges dialogue (Tanjug)
• Reactions to non-admission of Kosovo to UNESCO (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Pristina doesn’t want to discuss UNESCO issue in Brussels (RTS)
• Drecun: Brussels will have to react over the ZSO (Dnevnik)
• Stefanovic and Djuric to meet with former Kosovo Serb policemen (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Bosniaks will react against the decision on referendum in the RS (Klix.ba)
• Foreigners should be advisors to B&H, not imposers of their own will (Novo vrijeme)
• Russia could block extension of EUFOR mandate to B&H (Bosna danas)
• Croatia election: Opposition HDZ conservatives claim victory (Bosna danas)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo fails in bid to gain UNESCO membership (Reuters)
• Montenegro Opposition: We’ll Protest as Long as It Takes (Sputnik)
Sava Janjic: No time for emotions, but for dialogue (Dailies)
After the rejection of Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO, Abbot of Visoki Decani Sava Janjic said that it is not the time for emotions, but for a dialogue establishment. As he said, now is the time for serious work on a possible dialogue adding that those people who refuse dialogue don’t have good intentions. “If you […]
Read More →Nikolic: Just and almost impossible victory (Tanjug, Blic)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic congratulated citizens of Serbia the outcome of voting at the UNESCO General Conference after Kosovo’ s request for membership failed, and said that this was a just and moral victory in almost impossible conditions. He also congratulated Serbian Government for investing huge diplomatic efforts and did not give up even when […]
Read More →These are the Muslim states that voted against Kosovo’s membership at UNESCO (Indeksonline)
UNESCO did not approve at today’s General Conference voting Kosovo’s membership in the organization. A part of Latin American states and many states with Muslim majority, voted against Kosovo’s membership at UNESCO. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Indonesia, Syria and Libya are the countries with Muslim majority which voted against […]
Read More →Former MUP members threaten with hunger strike (Kosovapress)
One hundred and fifty former members of the Serbian MUP (Ministry of Internal Affairs) in Kosovo who want solution to their judicial working status in accordance to the Serbian laws, protested today in front of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo in Mitrovica North. Their basic request is to reach a decision based on Serbia’s […]
Read More →From crisis to crisis (Kosova Sot)
The paper in a front-page editorial today writes that warnings of the opposition parties that they will block the Assembly session where the MPs are expected to review and approve the budget bill for 2016, is a signal for a new crisis, this time – financial crisis. “Blocking the Assembly due to the harmful agreements […]
Read More →On Kosovo MPs’ arrest (Koha Ditore)
The paper today runs an opinion piece by Andrea Capussela, former head of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, on the recent developments in the Kosovo Assembly. “I continually read that police and prosecutors plan to arrest the Kosovo Assembly MPs for throwing teargas in the Assembly and who are now not […]
Read More →Selimi: Arabs voted in favor of Kosovo’s membership of UNESCO (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, said today that Arab countries voted in favor of Kosovo’s membership of the UNESCO. Selimi said he needs to make it clear to the public that the Arab word “nam” means “yes” and that someone could have misinterpreted as “no”. “Saudi Arabia and countries of the Arabian Peninsula have […]
Read More →UNESCO refuses Kosovo’s membership bid (all media)
UNESCO did not approve at today’s General Conference voting Kosovo’s membership in the organization. Kosovo’s application received 92 out of the required 95 votes while 50 countries opposed the motion. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci wrote on his Facebook account that despite the vote result, the vast majority of countries did vote in favour of […]
Read More →Kosovo government greets incident-less visit by Serbian pilgrims to Gjakova (Kallxo.com)
The Government of the Republic of Kosovo issued a press release on Saturday greeting “the incident-less accomplishment of Serbian pilgrims’ visits at the church in Gjakova, as well as in churches, monasteries and cemeteries in several other towns in Kosovo”. The press release noted: “The Government of the Republic of Kosovo highly appreciates the conduct […]
Read More →Kosovo PM seeks support of Lithuania for visa liberalization (media)
Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, during his official visit to Lithuania, was hosted in a meeting today by the Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius. During the meeting between the two prime ministers, they discussed the strengthening of cooperation and relations between the two countries, as well as Lithuania’s support for Kosovo’s […]
Read More →“Serbia should apologize to Kosovo” (Kosova Sot)
Gender-based violence, protection of women’s rights, the treatment and psychological consequences of survivors of sexual violence during the war were some of the topics that were discussed in the International Conference dedicated to the protection of women’s rights and gender equality that was held on Sunday in Mitrovica. Participants said that Kosovo is still in the […]
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