Belgrade Media Report 19 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Mihajlovic: Goal of protest in Pristina is not to form the war crimes court (RTS)
• Drecun: Serbia has good cooperation with NATO (Beta)
• Serbia-EU inter-government conference planned for 15 December (Novosti)
• Vulin: Economic migrants cannot enter Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• NSPM: Euro-enthusiasm dropping, support to Russia growing (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Man kills 2 soldiers in Sarajevo, commits suicide; PM says Bosnia will protect itself (Hina)
• B&H Prosecution: Shooting in Sarajevo qualified as an act of terrorism (Klix.ba)
• Jerinic: Everything alludes to a terrorist attack (Srna)
• Dodik: Radical Islam motivated attack in Sarajevo (Srna)
• NATO and OSCE B&H express their condolences to the families of killed solders (Fena)
• Zvizdic launching the procedure of dismissal of DF ministers (Klix.ba)
• Serb community pays its respect to Vukovar’s innocent victims (Hina)
• Constitutional and legislative amendments must be done in spirit with the Ohrid Framework Agreement (Mkd.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Riots in Kosovo deepen crisis over Serbia accord (Reuters)
• Balkan states start filtering migrant flow to Europe (Reuters)
• EU Membership No Longer Attractive for Serbs (Sputnik)
A state – hostage of commanders (Koha Ditore)
Adriatik Kelmendi says that Kosovo has become hostage of the war commanders, even though the war is over 16 year ago. Some of these commanders are enriched by being in power, the others enriched in opposition. These commanders might have known to lead or help the war, however now they are failing Kosovo with their […]
Read More →Violence spiral leads to tragedy (Koha Ditore)
Veton Surroi criticizes the coalition government parties, for the approach towards the created situation in Kosovo. He considers that the case of deputy Donika Kadaj-Bujupi and demolition of the door of Albin Kurti’s apartment are a dead–end road in spiral of violence. Response by throwing stones, confrontation with the police and destruction of public and […]
Read More →Protest march demanding release of AAK MP Kadaj-Bujupi (Koha)
The women presidencies of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Vetevendosje Movement and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), will hold a protest march in Pristina today at 14:00 hrs demanding the release of AAK MP Donika Kadaj-Bujupi who was arrested on Wednesday in relation to the recent events in the Kosovo Assembly. The […]
Read More →Thaci: Opposition publicly threatens top government officials (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said that the opposition representatives have made public threats against the most senior government officials. In a Facebook post, Thaci said further that the opposition’s decision not to hold protests today is because they want to buy more time “to find violent people anywhere they can […]
Read More →Prime Minister Mustafa advises institutions not to use official vehicles (Klan Kosova)
Arban Abrashi, spokesman for the Kosovo Government, confirmed to the news site that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has advised all state institutions not to use official vehicles. The decision comes after Wednesday’s incidents, when supporters of the opposition demolished several official vehicles.
Read More →Opposition to the government: Stop before it’s too late (media)
The leaders of the three opposition parties, the Vetevendosje Movement, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), told reporters in Pristina today that there will be no protest until November 28. Referring to the actions of the government and police on Wednesday, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj said: “they carried […]
Read More →Hyseni: Violence will not be tolerated, police did its duty (Telegrafi/Koha)
Kosovo’s Interior Minister Skender Hyseni said in a press conference today that the Kosovo Police will never be subject to political orders and that it handled yesterday’s protest in Pristina “marvelously.” Hyseni said that violence directed at the police is unacceptable and that no one will be amnestied from responsibility. He called on the opposition […]
Read More →OSCE strongly condemns opposition’s violence (Lajmi)
The Head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger has strongly condemned the violence in Pristina yesterday and called on the opposition to abandon violence and engage in dialogue to resolve political issues.
Read More →ROSU members sentenced due to violence against Serbs (RTK2)
Panel of judges of the Basic Court in Pristina announced yesterday a verdict in case Konjuhi and others, referring to ROSU members and events that took place on 7 and 8 January 2013, when nine Serbs were arrested and taken to police station in Gračanica/Graçanicë, and later transferred to detention center in Pristina. The following […]
Read More →Police raises security measures in northern Kosovo (TV Most)
Security measures have been raised in northern Kosovo and Metohija, particularly in multiethnic areas where incidents used to take place before, said director of the regional Kosovo Police in the Kosovo north Nenad Djuric to TV Most. He further said that situation is carefully monitored by police who is ready to act in any moment. […]
Read More →Serbs fear the new pogrom (Vecernje Novosti)
Until there is an on-going chaos on the streets of Pristina, because Albanian opposition parties launched battle against the establishment of ZSO by tear gas, pepper-spray and Molotov cocktails, representatives of Serbs in the province fear that unrest could spill over into areas where Serbs live. Therefore, they invite people to be cautious, and also […]
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