Belgrade Media Report 11 April 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: We still haven’t decided on Jeremic (Politika)
• Dacic expects dialogue to resume (Politika/Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: Ball in EU’s court (Beta)
• Miscevic: Croatia changing already defined conditions (B92)
• Djuric: Struggle for survival in Kosovo is conducted with concrete deeds (RTS/Tanjug)
• General Bojovic to remain in detention (Novosti)
• Eighteen electoral lists declared valid, 11 to be amended (Tanjug)
• Faktor plus: SNS 50.9%, SPS 12.3%, SRS 7.8% (New Serbian Political Thought)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Serbs to support one candidate for head of Srebrenica municipality (Srna)
• Dodik: Suffering of Serbs in fascist NDH should be declared a genocide (Srna)
• RS Assembly unanimously on 9 January referendum (Srna)
• B&H Chief Prosecutor: There is no case against Dodik (Nezavisne)
• Serbs from Mostar for unique Mostar and equality of all three nations (Klix)
• OHR: International Community will never support a divided Mostar (Patria/Novo vrijeme)
• Draskovic: Montenegro has realized that without joining NATO there can be no EU integration (Pobjeda)
• Race for the UN Secretary General: Luksic to officially present his agenda on Tuesday (Pobjeda)
• Three policemen injured in clashes with migrants at Macedonia’s southern border (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Rise in Blank Ballots Predicted in Serbian Election (BIRN)
• Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Serbia After Balkan Route Closure (AP)
• Don’t let them in: As Bosnia bids to join EU, experts say ex-Yugoslav state is now ’breeding ground’ for terrorism (The Sun)
Pantović: Intensive work on the appeal (KIM Radio)
Oliver Ivanović’s lawyer, Ljubomir Pantović, said that the team of lawyers are working intensively on writing the appeal to the Appellate Court in relation to the verdict that sentenced him to nine years of imprisonment, and added that he expects a releasing decision. “The deadline expires on 19 April, however we won’t wait until the last day to […]
Read More →Former mayor of Strpce/Shterpce: Reasons for my arrest are political (KIM radio)
After his release from detention, former mayor of Strpce/Shterpce and the SRS candidate for deputy in the Serbian Parliament Zvonko Mihajlovic says that his apprehension by the special units of the Kosovo police was politically motivated. Mihajlovic was apprehended on suspicion of possession of weapons. “They have done their job, they have searched and, of […]
Read More →Jevtic: Thaci to go from words to action (RTS, RTK2)
Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić said that it is good to hear from newly elected Kosovo President Hahsim Thaci that dialogue with Belgrade has no alternative, however he added that Serbs expect things to move from words to action. “It is good to hear that dialogue has no alternative, […]
Read More →General Bojovic to be released by the end of the week? (Vecernje Novosti)
General Milovan Bojovic will remain in custody in Gnjilane/Gjilan until the final judgment of guilt. General Milovan Bojovic, who was arrested by Kosovo police on Thursday afternoon in the area of the administrative crossing Merdare, who is charged with illegal crossing of the administrative line, will remain in custody in Gnjilane/Gjilan until final judgment of […]
Read More →Montenegrin Liberal Party supported the SNS and Vucic (Kontakt plus radio)
Montenegrin Liberal Party (CLS) fully supports the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its president Aleksandar Vucic, in the next elections, said Snezana Karadzic, founder of the CLS. Karadzic states that the CLS sincerely appreciates the policy of cooperation, a policy of unity and reconciliation in the region, for which advocates the SNS and its President.
Read More →Serbian Nationalist Seselj Barred From Entering Kosovo (RFE/RL)
Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj has been declared a persona non-grata in Kosovo and banned from entering the country, just days after he was acquitted on war crime charges. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-nationalist-seselj-barred-kosovo/27663852.html
Read More →Kosovo people must separate from the degrading politics (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial today stresses that democracy and rule of law have lost their meaning in Kosovo at a time when everyone is thinking about how to get away. “There cannot be democracy or rule of law with the current government and current politicians. It is the duty of all the citizens to stand up […]
Read More →Deda: Low chances for opposition’s joint election list (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje Movement MP Ilir Deda said today that chances are very low for opposition parties to create a joint election list. “It is now clear that chances are low for opposition parties to come up with a joint election list. This is of great regret since the opposition could win the elections only if united […]
Read More →Four candidates from Balkans for the position of UNSG (Kosova Sot)
The most significant portal in Germany, Spiegel Online, reported that eventual candidates for the seat of the United Nations Secretary General, are mainly from Eastern Europe and former Yugoslavia. According to Spiegel Online, this major presence of politicians from Europe comes as result of the unwritten tradition to nominate a candidate from Europe, respectively from […]
Read More →Selimi: Seselj is persona non grata in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s acting-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Petrit Selimi, commenting on Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj statements that he might visit Kosovo soon, said that Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared Seselj as persona non grata, and that now it is up to the prosecution not to allow Seselj to enter Kosovo’s territory.
Read More →“Bosnia situation worrying; no conflict potential in Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
Aleksandar Vucic will travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday “to meet with Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic in an effort to defuse recent tensions.” The Serbian Prime Minister also announced that he may make a similar trip to Croatia in the coming weeks, the Politico website said on Monday. “My biggest worry is the situation in Bosnia… […]
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