Belgrade Media Report 5 April 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Serbia is a militarily neutral country (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Elections to be held in European spirit (RTS/Tanjug)
• EEAS: Serbia and Kosovo confirm agreement on mutual recognition of degrees (RTS)
• Djuric and Tahiri meet in Vienna (Beta)
• Ivanovic’s defense receives written verdict (Tanjug/RTS)
• 8,378 polling stations at elections (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Prosecutor’s office working on the case of crimes against Vozuca Serbs (Srna)
• Dodik: Attacks on the police of RS from the state level (Srna/Fena)
• Lukac: Preservation of RS is our main goal (Srna)
• RS police – a quality security agency (Srna)
• Covic to Inzko: to agree on the election rules for the City of Mostar as soon as possible (Srna)
• Jewish communities in Croatia to boycott Jasenovac commemoration (Hina)
• Montenegro: Preparation for NATO – Defense system reform (CDM)
• NATO Day observed in Skopje as international community voices support for Macedonia’s Membership (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian PM Vows to Ease Croatia Tensions (BIRN)
• Montenegro-EU: Ambassador – road to accession still long (ANSAMed.it)
The constitutional court contradicts itself, but not enough (Koha Ditore)
The paper runs an opinion piece by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela: The constitutional court of 2016 has said that the constitutional court of 2011 was wrong. These are not the words one can read in the judgement that yesterday upheld Thaci’s election, but this is what they mean. For the court rejected the challenge against his […]
Read More →Mustafa: Coalition with AAK, maybe after 2018 (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said today that for the time being his party is not open to a coalition with the Ramush Haradinaj-led Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK). “Maybe this can happen after the general elections in 2018,” Mustafa said during a visit […]
Read More →Collaku tells a group of German MPs that he expects a positive visa liberalization decision (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, said in a meeting today with a delegation from the German Bundestag that Kosovo has fulfilled all necessary criteria for visa liberalization and expects a corresponding decision from the EU on the matter. Collaku also spoke about Germany’s support for Kosovo’s European integration agenda.
Read More →The Law on Velika Hoca must be respected (RTK2)
During the visit of MPs from the Serbian List to Velika Hoca, residents and members of the Council for the Protection of this place complained that the Law on the protection of Velika Hoca is not fully implemented. As an example they mentioned the illegally constructed premises on the territory of the village where building […]
Read More →Negative reactions of Kosovo officials and Serbian opposition on Vucic’s visit to Kosovo (KoSSev)
Kosovo media have covered the visit of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo on Sunday, and mainly focused on places he paid a visit to and key messages he conveyed. However, following the visit, negative comments of Kosovo officials and politicians, as expected, have been published as well. In those comments Kosovo officials say […]
Read More →Kosovo prosecutor sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribe (Kosovapress)
The Basic Court in Pristina has sentenced Vahide Badivuku, prosecutor in Mitrovica, to three years in prison for accepting bribes under article 428 of the Kosovo’s Criminal Code. Badivuku has also been fined with 5,000 euros and banned from public service for a period of three years. Two other persons involved in Badivuku’s case were […]
Read More →Humanitarian assistance for the soup kitchen in Prekovce (KIM Radio)
The District of South-Bačka, in cooperation with the Novi Sad Red Cross, Institute for farming and the Juice Producer Nektar, yesterday handed over a humanitarian aid to the soup kitchen in village Prekovce in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë Municipality. The head of the South-Bačka region, Zoran Milošević, promised that this way of assistance will continue to be […]
Read More →Stojanović: There is only one division among Serbs (TV Most)
“Persons who used to represent Serbs earlier in Pristina and who benefited from stilling from the Serbian budget are anxious because they are aware that this times will not return, and this is why they are doing this,” said Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic while reflecting on the attack on the house of […]
Read More →Selimi: Vucic has not promoted better neighbourly relations (Danas)
Prime Minister Vucic has requested permission from the Kosovo Government to visit Kosovo Serbs with dual citizenship, who will vote in Serbian elections. Such permission is given, and we regret that this opportunity has not been used to promote better neighbourly relations but to spread the false statements in connection with the property, said to […]
Read More →Pantović: Lawyers from abroad offered help to Ivanovic (RTS)
Ljubomir Pantovic, one of the lawyers in the case against Oliver Ivanovic, says that Ivanovic is optimistic and believes that the Appellate Court will rule according to the evidence. Yesterday, EULEX judges submitted a written decision to Ivanovic defence lawyers, and in next 15 days they will submit an appeal. Lawyers from abroad and central […]
Read More →Democratic Party of Serbia: The bomb in Zubin Potok is mounted diversion in Vucic’s organization (RTK2, Blic)
The Committee of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) in Kosovo says that the explosion in Zubin Potok, on the eve of the visit of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, actually is “mounted diversion”, and “directed” the Prime Minister himself. “That it was about the mounted diversion, speaks cheerful face of the Prime Minister during his […]
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