Belgrade Media Report 13 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: We do not accept Pristina’s game (Tanjug)
• EU motherly relationship towards Pristina (Politika)
• SNP: To freeze participation in Brussels agreement (RTV/Tanjug)
• Vucic treated “Kosovo” as an independent state in a TV show (New Serbian Political Thought)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Nikolic receives invitation to visit B&H next March (Nezavisne/Dnevnik)
• After donations to Srebrenica: When will Serbia return multimillion debt to B&H municipalities? (Klix.ba)
• Ustasha ideology in Croatia not defeated (Srna)
• Dramatic events on Croatian post-election political scene (Nova TV/Hina)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo: UNESCO rejection due to Serbia’s ‘appalling behaviour’ (EurActiv)
• Fr. Sava: Time to Go Forward and Start Dialogue (BIRN)
• Analysis: Mounting Security Risks Leave Bosnia Vulnerable (BIRN)
UNESCO membership won’t be discussed in Brussels – PM (B92)
Aleksandar Vucic has told Sputnik that the issue of Pristina’s UNESCO membership will not be brought up during the Kosovo talks in Brussels. The Serbian prime minister stressed that the Serbian delegation previously offered to discuss this issue there, but that this was “rejected, because Pristina’s representatives were convinced they’d join UNESCO.” The organization’s General […]
Read More →Prosecution launches preliminary investigation against unknown persons (TV Most)
War crimes prosecution has launched a preliminary investigation against unknown persons with regards to crimes connected with bodily remains of Kosovo Albanians found in a mass grave at location Rudnica, Serbia proper. Prosecution communicated, following the exhumation and identification of bodies, that it is about Kosovo Albanian civilians who were most probably killed in the […]
Read More →Djuric: Agreement on ZSO is not something Constitutional Court should deal with (Blic)
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court should not declare about any opinion related to the Agreement on the Community / Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO), since the highest political representatives agreed to it, with the mediation of the EU in Brussels. Pristina just needs to implement this agreement, said Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko […]
Read More →Excavations in Raska should not take place without the Kosovo side’s presence (Kosovapress)
The Serbian authorities’ decision to resume excavations works in the location of Raska in Serbia in search of human remains of Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict without the notification of the Kosovo authorities has led to the reaction of the Kosovo Government’s Commission for Missing Persons which called the action a provocation. Representatives of […]
Read More →Half of residents in northern Kosovo without opinion on Brussels Agreement (RTS)
Majority of residents in northern Kosovo are not satisfied with the current situation in that part of the province, whereas when it comes to institutions, Serbian Government is most trusted institution shows a poll conducted by the informal group of 14 NGOs from the north. The poll shows that Serbian Government is trusted by 14,3 […]
Read More →Kosovo Government: Ongoing preparations for census in northern Kosovo (KoSSev)
Preparations are ongoing for census that will be carried out by the Kosovo government in four municipalities in northern Kosovo with Serb majority. Preparations were discussed yesterday by the Minister without portfolio in the Kosovo government Edita Tahiri, Minister of Culture Kujtim Shala and the director at Eurostat Pieter Everaers, communicated the Office of the […]
Read More →Giving up a Brussels-based dialogue is not an option for the Government of Serbia (Blic)
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian delegation intensified diplomatic activities, so that the EU would react to Pristina’s violations of the Brussels agreement. According to sources from the cabinet of Serbian PM, giving up the Brussels dialogue is not an option. Belgrade remains committed to the implementation of the agreements reached in Brussels, but insist […]
Read More →Mustafa: Renegotiation of agreements depends on Constitutional Court’s decision (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said in an interview that the future steps with regards to the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will depend on the decision of the Constitutional Court. He said that the temporary suspension of the agreement to establish the Association is “natural” because it would make no sense to work on […]
Read More →Miric withdrew from the New Party of Kosovo (KIM Radio)
Dragisa Miric, one of the candidates in the last elections for mayor of Gracanica, withdrew from the position of the president of the New Democratic Party (NPK). As stated, Miric decided to handover party leadership to the younger members and to withdraw from the position after ten years of work in politics. Elections for the […]
Read More →Continuation of dialogue damages the state-building process (S’bunker)
Kosovo Assembly Vice President and Vetevendosje Movement MP, Aida Derguti, writes in an opinion piece that Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci is trying to blame everyone but himself on Kosovo’s failure to join UNESCO.“It is funny that when Kosovo failed to join UNESCO, Thaci said that Serbia is racist and fascist, but yet, he continues […]
Read More →UNEP offers information system for environmental status in Kosovo (RTKLive)
A delegation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) visited yesterday Kosovo Ministry of Environment. The UNEP delegation, headed by Pier Carlo Sandei, director of the UNEP Office in Vienna, was informed closely with the environmental situation in Kosovo. On this occasion, UNEP has offered free National Reporting System for Kosovo which will provide general […]
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