Belgrade Media Report 1 December 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: In search of an acceptable formulation for Chapter 35 (Danas/RTS)
• EU committees support opening first chapters with Serbia (Tanjug)
• Jevtic: Bomb in Gojbulja is a serious terrorist act (Beta)
• Criminal charges filed against Rodic? (Novosti)
• Unrest in Djevdjelija, army on alert (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Borenovic elected party leader (Srna)
• B&H Armed Forces celebrate 10th anniversary (Bosna danas)
• NATO ambassadors recommend invitation to Montenegro (TVCG/Radio Antena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Police in Italy, Kosovo detain 4 men in terror plot (AP)
• Once a target, Montenegro to get NATO invitation to join (Reuters)
• Echo of Wars: Guns Used in Paris Attacks Came From Balkans (Sputnik)
Donika is the hero, not Albin (Koha Ditore)
KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that the only true hero in these recent events in Kosovo is the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) MP Donika Kadaj-Bujupi and certainly not Vetevendosje’s former leader Albin Kurti. Kadaj-Bujupi stood up to defend a political cause through means and ways she saw necessary. She demanded the revocations […]
Read More →Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti sends second letter from prison (Gazeta Blic)
The news site reports that Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti, who was arrested by Kosovo Police on Saturday, has sent a second letter from the High-Security Prison. In his letter Kurti argues that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is the next and decisive stage of ruining the state of Kosovo. “The Association is a natural result […]
Read More →Four persons arrested in anti-terror operation in Italy and Kosovo (media)
The Tirana-based TV station Top Channel reports that the Italian Police, in cooperation with the Kosovo Police, launched an anti-terror operation in the city of Brescia. Italian authorities said the operation code-named “Van Damme” resulted in the breakup of a terror group that was using social networks to spread the Jihadi ideology. The mastermind of […]
Read More →Mustafa: The government will respect any decision of the court (KosovaPress)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said today at the meeting of the government of Kosovo that the government of Kosovo has taken over a major burden by signing the agreements that are being violently rejected. However, he added these agreements do not concern anything else but normalization of the relations with Kosovo’s neighbors, […]
Read More →Dacic: An acceptable formulation must be found (Danas)
The negotiating position of the European Union for Chapter 35, which refers to the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina has not been finished and has not arrived in Belgrade, was said today in the Serbian government. Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated that EU members should harmonize their negotiating position. “New formulation which […]
Read More →Italy, Kosovo police arrest four jihadist suspects (Reuters)
Italian and Kosovan police have arrested four Kosovars suspected of being part of a jihadist cell that spread Islamist propaganda and made threats against Pope Francis, justice officials said on Tuesday. Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/01/us-italy-security-arrests-idUSKBN0TK47620151201
Read More →Kosovo Albanian Arrested On Terror Charges (RFE/RL)
Police in Kosovo say they have arrested an ethnic Albanian suspected of trying to recruit fighters to go to Syria and Iraq and promoting “terrorist” activities on social media. Read more at: http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-albanian-arrested-terror-charges-islamic-state/27400156.html
Read More →Zbogar: Dialogue with Serbia has no alternative, but it should be transparent (Indeksonline)
Head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, said today that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade does not have an alternative; however, he requested from the institutions of Kosovo more transparency of the process. Zbogar made these comments during the promotion of the “Big Deal”report by BIRN, Internews Kosova and Advocacy Center for […]
Read More →Kerry to stop only at “Adem Jashari” Airport? (Koha)
The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, will visit tomorrow Kosovo. According to an agenda ensured by Kosovo Police, he is so far foreseen to meet only the Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa and Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. This agenda does not foresee the place of the meeting, however, there are rumors […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly: We do not have any more work for this year (Gazeta Expres)
Kosovo Assembly has completed the entire legislative program submitted by the government. A press release issued by the Assembly of Kosovo, informs that during Monday’s session, MPs discussed 16 draft-laws, ratified two international economic agreements and discussed a number of reports on the work of different state agencies. With these 35 points of the agenda, […]
Read More →Musliu announces protests of Albanians in Macedonia and Kosovo (Danas)
Although the end of the first semester in primary and secondary schools in the south of Serbia is close, the National Council of Albanians (NSA) still insists on “unblocking more than one hundred thousand copies of textbooks in Albanian language coming from Pristina, which are still stored at the customs terminal in Presevo.” “We do […]
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