Belgrade Media Report 1 February 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Specificity of Kosovo, according to UNSCR 1244 (Novosti/Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: Warning to Kosovo authorities (Beta)
• Another attack on Serb returnees in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Drecun: State will do everything to prevent terrorism (Tanjug)
• Stojanovic: Kosovo can become headquarters of religious extremism (RTS)
• Pressure increasing on EU member states not recognizing Kosovo (Novosti)
• Stefanovic: No threats from terrorism in Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• DS for two election lists (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Referendum will be held (Nezavisne)
• Prosecutor’s office, Sarajevo politicians speculating (Srna)
• Jonathan Moore: Radoncic told me he will be arrested (FACE TV)
• Dragan Barbaric: The SDA-SBB coalition stable (Dnevni Avaz)
• Covic: I am worried (Dnevni avaz)
• Naser Oric appointed as advisor to the Minister in Federation of B&H (Vecernji list/ Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Cuts 2015 Deficit by Almost Half Despite December Surge (Bloomberg)
• Montenegro Leaders Plot Ways Out of Crisis (BIRN)
Attacks are possible on Serbian symbols and civilians (Blic)
Aleksandar Radic, military analyst said to Blic, that the arrest of armed Wahhabis in front of the Visoki Decani Monastery in Kosovo, shows that ‘we are facing terrorism with motives different from previous Albanian nationalism.” “It is clear that what happened from 1998, including individual acts resulting in civilian casualties, until the Pogrom in 2004, was executed by Albanians and […]
Read More →Stojanovic: Kosovo could become a center of religious extremism (RTS)
Influence of religion and religious leaders is huge in Kosovo said the Chairperson of the Serbian Parliament’s Committee for Coordination of Security Services, Momir Stojanoivc, to RTS. He reflected on yesterday’s arrest of Kosovo Albanians in the vicinity of Visoki Decani Monastery and said that this confirms what has being known for a long time, that […]
Read More →The State will do everything to prevent terrorism (TV Most)
The chairperson of the Serbian Assembly for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, stated today that the incident in the vicinity of Visoki Decani monastery shows that a strong base of radical Islam has been established in the region and the State will do everything it can to prevent any terrorist acts. Drecun also said that there is […]
Read More →Jahajga: Political parties to overcome crisis through dialogue (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said today that the political parties in Kosovo must overcome the current crisis through dialogue alone. According the President, violence and vandalism are not solutions. “It is very important that the leaders of political parties start a dialogue as soon as possible in order to find solutions. I have been very active […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Agreement must be reached before 17 February (Klan Kosova)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, declared today that Kosovo needs a solution as soon as possible to overcome the current crisis. He added that a political agreement should be reached before the election of the President of Kosovo. “An agreement must be reached between political parties in Kosovo […]
Read More →War veterans protest against government’s decision on pensions (Kosovapress)
Dozens of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) war veterans gathered in front of the government building today to express their dissatisfaction about the government’s decision not to issue pensions for all veterans. The Chairman of the Council for the Protection of KLA veterans, Xhevdet Qeriqi, urged the government to form a commission to review their complaints […]
Read More →Father Sava: We do not trust the police (KiM radio)
Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery, Father Sava Janjic, believes that the security, political and economic situation in Kosovo is extremely unstable. An additional element of instability is the rising Islamic fundamentalism, which poses a threat to all inhabitants of Kosovo. “I think that regional cooperation on all safety measures is very important to minimizing risk. Premises that […]
Read More →Lessons to learn from diplomatic failures (Koha Ditore)
Augustin Palokaj, the paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, writes that last week was quite an eventful one for Kosovo in the international scene with three interlinked events happening around the same time. The first was the meeting of Kosovo and Serbia Prime Ministers in Brussels as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue for normalization of relations; the second was […]
Read More →Five EU countries are resisting (Vecernje Novosti)
Five EU members that have not recognized Kosovo’s independence are under pressure to change their position. Most recently the pressure has been from PACE resolution that has called upon the five member states to recognize Kosovo. As Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said to Novosti, one of the Serbian priorities is that Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Cyprus […]
Read More →Nikolic: Kosovo is unique according to Resolution 1244 (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in Adis Ababa that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo’s independence, but can recognize its uniqueness (clarifying that by uniqueness he refers to the status of autonomy according to UNSC Resolution 1244 , talks based on that Resolution and the Serbian Constitution). He added that negotiations between Serbia, Kosovo and the EU are in a […]
Read More →Tahiri to participate at SEECP meeting (RTKlive)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, traveled today to Sofia, Bulgaria, for a three day visit. Tahiri will participate at the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and she will also meet senior state representatives of Bulgaria, including Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Daniel Mitov, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, […]
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