Belgrade Media Report 26 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Belgrade is Europe’s diplomatic capital (Beta)
• Belgrade, Pristina should continue talks (Tanjug)
• Belgrade requests from EU control of airspace above Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/FoNet)
• SNS receives 2.500 new members (Novosti)
• Cultural monuments in Kosovo and Metohija in Serbia’s tourist offer (RTS)
• Serbian citizen arrested on suspicion of terrorism (Politika)
• Security officers watching 20 people on suspicion of terrorism (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Covic, Izetbegovic: B&H to take care of its security by itself (Nezavisne)
• Nizam: Elma Djusinac in immigration center, investigation underway (Patria)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• President Xi meets Serbian PM on ties (Xinhua)
• Anti-Schengen Clamour Holds Dangers for Balkans (BIRN)
Former ombudsperson Kurteshi joins Vetevendosje (Kosovapress)
Former Kosovo ombudsperson Sami Kurteshi has today joined Vetevendosje Movement. Kurteshi’s decision to join leading the major opposition party was announced by the Vetevendosje leader Visar Ymeri at a press conference today.
Read More →Kelani: Police to arrest MPs if they appear in 28 November rally (Gazeta Blic)
Kosovo Police spokesperson Baki Kelani, told the news site that the MPs for whom there are arrest-warrants issued, can be arrested by the police if they appear in the opposition’s rally on 28 November or in any other environment. “Kosovo police is obliged to implement all arrest warrants,” Kelani said. He said Kosovo Police is […]
Read More →Jahjaga seeks active engagement from US and EU in Kosovo (Koha)
President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga in her address to the Brdo-Brijuni Western Balkans summit said that Kosovo is committed in implementing reforms and determined to join the EU and NATO which she said is “a unique opportunity to place the region on an irreversible path of peace and prosperity.” Despite the progress, Jahjaga noted that […]
Read More →Djuric: Solution of disputable topics through dialogue (KIM Radio)
Serbia in continuity strives for finding solutions of disputable issues with regard to southern province, stated Marko Djuric, referring to writings of Pristina-based media that Serbian Governments had officially requested from the EU to monitor and manages services in charge for the air space over Kosovo. Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo communicated that issue of […]
Read More →Belgrade, Pristina should continue talks, implement deals (Tanjug)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in Zagreb on Wednesday evening that Belgrade and Pristina should continue negotiations, but in an open and sincere fashion, and that they should also implement the reached agreements. Serbia does not hide behind the decision of any other institution, if the president or prime minister agree on something – Serbia […]
Read More →Association urges Dacic to raise issue of missing people (Tanjug)
The Association of families of kidnapped and murdered in Kosovo andMetohija called on Thursday for tabling the issue of kidnapped and missing Serbs in Kosovo at the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Belgrade. “We, the families of victims, who do not know anything about the fate of our kidnapped members in Kosovo and Metohija, […]
Read More →Narrow-minded policy-making brings back Serbia to Kosovo (Koha)
KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes in his opinion piece that the visit by “Serbian General Ljubisa Dikovic, a person accused of war crimes in Kosovo, in addition to insulting the victims of war, a grave mistake by local institutions and the ignorance of KFOR, contains something even more terrible and with serious consequences”. “This involves […]
Read More →Serbian List in the parliament only if there are no incidents (KIM Radio)
Whip of the Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Slavko Simic stated that MPs from this list will take part in future parliament sessions only if there won’t be any danger for MPs from the Serbian List. Simic also voiced expectation that announced opposition’s protests on Saturday will be peaceful and pass without consequences for […]
Read More →Zubin Potok: Collective membership in the SNS (KoSSev)
At a public town hall gathering in Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok yesterday, 2.500 residents of this municipality had joined the ranks of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Marko Djuric, member of the SNS presidency and director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, took part in the event and said that new members of […]
Read More →Jevtic in Staro Gracko: To remind that the killers have not been found (KIM radio)
Minister of Communities and Return in the Kosovo Government Dalibor Jevtic yesterday in Staro Gracko village has laid a wreath at the memorial for the 14 Serbian reapers who were killed on 23 July 1999. “Not only the memorial service, but every day we have to remind that their killers have not been found to this […]
Read More →Ombudsman: Violence against women remains a big concern (Koha)
The Ombudsman in a statement on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women called as very important breaking the silence about domestic violence in order for relevant authorities to successfully combat this phenomenon. “Violence against women is one of the most serious violations of human rights and remains a […]
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