Belgrade Media Report 9 February 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Austria supports opening of Chapters 5, 15, 25 и 26 (Tanjug)
• Dacic: We will close borders if others do so (Tanjug)
• Djuric: SNS to convincingly win in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• Djuric: Obligation of establishing ZSO lies on Pristina (RTS)
• Simic: ZSO will not be an NGO (Novosti)
• We collected evidence on KLA crimes during Djindjic’s government (Danas)
• RS Army general Tolimir dies in The Hague (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: Difficult prison conditions led to Tolimir’s death (Kurir)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• No changes, we will submit the application for EU membership on 15 February (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Referendum on B&H Court and Prosecutor’s Office on hold until full consensus (Fena/Srna)
• Dodik: B&H is not a legal state, and under the Constitution and the Dayton Peace Agreement, has no right to have the Court and the Prosecutor’s Office (Nezavisne)
• Dodik returned the law on police and internal affairs to the Assembly for review (Srna)
• Karadzic’s advisor Jovan Tintor arrested (Klix)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bosnia Police ‘Not Informed’ About Pressure on Witnesses (BIRN)
• At the Macedonian border, migrants know time is running out (The Economist)
• Greece struggles to hit EU migrant hotspot deadline (EUobserver)
Mustafa: Unreasonable to talk about Serbia’s return 17 years after the war (Koha)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa met with representatives of civil society organizations in Pristina today to discuss the political crisis. Mustafa said the government of Kosovo is greatful for the role that civil society, media and others are playing in emerging from the crisis. “The Republic of Kosovo is a state for all its citizens; a compromise made […]
Read More →Thaci: Constitutional Court allows establishment of Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities (Telegrafi)
In a meeting with representatives of Kosovo civil society, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci spoke about the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation with Montenegro. “With regards to the Association, the Government of Kosovo respects the decision of the Constitutional Court which noted that certain elements of the principles for its […]
Read More →Clash and rule (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of the paper says that yesterday’s meeting between party leaders at the office of the President did not offer anything new, instead, it only proved that the governing coalition has no intention to compromise with opposition, and that protests throughout Kosovo remain the only solution. According to Kosova Sot, the President failed […]
Read More →Đurić: A/CSM creation obligation lies with Pristina (Blic)
Representatives of the government of Kosovo and Kosovo Serb representatives agreed today that there is no doubt that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will be created and that the A/CSM creation obligation lies with Pristina now. The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric stated in Leposavić/Leposaviq that the idea behind […]
Read More →Deda anticipates imminent changes (Zeri)
Vetevendosje MP Ilir Deda wrote on his Facebook account that early elections will take place in Kosovo, with or without a political agreement beforehand. “Thaci and Mustafa will not govern until 2018 and early elections will be held,” said Deda.
Read More →Spahiu: Serbs are doing Thaci a favor (KiM radio)
By presenting a Serbian List representative as candidate for President of Kosovo, the Serbs would be helping Hashim Thaci, said analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu. He explained that in these circumstances the election of Thaci for President of Kosovo does not depend on the votes of the Serbian deputies in Parliament. However, according to voting procedure, elections must be […]
Read More →Tahiri: Statute of the A/CSM to be drafted by Pristina (RTK2)
The sooner Serbia disbands its parallel structures in Kosovo, the sooner the statute will be drafted for the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, stated Kosovo government Minister without portfolio, in charge of dialogue, Edita Tahiri in her interview with RTK2, and added that the statute will be drafted by Kosovo institutions. Tahiri went on to say […]
Read More →Gojkovic: Armenia’s principled position on Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
President of the Serbian Assembly Maja Gojkovic met with her counterpart Galust Sahakian, President of the State Serzh Sargsyan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, in Armenia. She thanked Armenia for its principled position regarding the non-recognition of Kosovo and for the support to Serbia during the voting for admission of Kosovo in UNESCO. It was […]
Read More →Maric: Serbs would rather have their candidate for President (KiM radio)
Kosovo Minister of Local Government Administration Ljubomir Maric said that the Serbs would rather present their own candidate for President of Kosovo, than support another candidate, stressing that the election of the President was never the subject of the coalition agreement. Maric said that no one spoke with Serb representatives about support for the presidential candidate, […]
Read More →OSCE trains former members of Civilian Protection (Kosovapress)
The OSCE mission in Kosovo has begun delivering a basic training for 378 former members of the Civilian Protection from northern Kosovo, on the institutional and legal frameworks in Kosovo, including community rights. The six-week training course has been organised upon request of the Kosovo Ministry for Dialogue. “The OSCE Mission is providing this training course as […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 8 February
• Jevtic and Schlumberger discussed return process (RTK2)
• OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains former ‘Civil Protection’ members (Klan Kosova & RTK2)
• No results from the leaders meeting called by President Jahjaga (KTV)
• President Jahjaga’s efforts supported by Delawie and Zbogar (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Political crisis is also reflecting at the municipal level (Most monitored broadcasters, RTV21)
• Tahiri: Prishtinë/Pristina will draft the statute of the Association (RTK2)
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