Belgrade Media Report 15 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Jeremic in favor of strengthening UN role (Tanjug/RTS/B92/Beta/FoNet)
• Miscevic: It is realistic to see chapters opened in June (RTS/Tanjug)
• Joksimovic believes that chapters will be open (Beta)
• Djordjevic: Serbia maintaining intensive military cooperation with United Kingdom (Tanjug)
• Jovic: Djuric banned from entering Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• EULEX to stay in Kosovo (RTS)
• Orthodox Church in Pristina desecrated again (RTS)
• PIK declares final electoral list (B92/Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• When will there be a decision on calling local elections? (Klix)
• Decision taken by B&H Court: Radoncic released pending trial (Dnevni avaz)
• Wide disappointments that a meeting of the Central Census Bureau was not held (Srna)
• Salkic: RS trying to decrease the number of Bosniaks in census results (Radio glas Drine)
• Ivanic speaks about the Russian debt (Klix)
• Reiner: Bosnian Croats must have cultural and national autonomy (Hina/Vecernji list)
• Croatia, Albania will prevent new migrant route across Adriatic (HRT)
• Croatian ruling coalition’s party: Vesna Pusic doesn’t have our support for the UN job (Hina)
• Djukanovic: We are close to signing the agreement – misunderstanding will be overcome (Radio Tivat)
• Veljanoski slates early parliamentary elections (MIA/Tanjug)
• More than 15,000 people protest for defense of Macedonia (Telegraf.mk)
• Kerim presents his program for UN Secretary General (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Flexes Muscles by Banning Serbian Politicians (BIRN)
Read More →Albanian and Kosovar flags burned in Podgorica (Lajmi.net)
Unidentified individuals have burned down during the last night the flags of Albania and Kosovo, at the Montenegrin capital city, Podgorica. The case happened at “Capital Plaza” where the offices of the Embassy of Kosovo are situated. “The Foreign Ministry of Montenegro expresses regret and strongly condemns the vandal act of burning of the flags […]
Read More →Haradinaj’s three reasons for participation at the protest (Ljami.net)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj, has presented three reasons for participation at the 14 May protest, organized by the party that he leads. He wrote on his Facebook page that there are thousands of reasons to protest, however, according to him, three are the strongest ones: “Honorable […]
Read More →Mustafa: Opposition obstructed government’s work (Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said at the meeting of the government today that the opposition has prevented it from carrying it out its work. In a presentation of the annual work report before the members of his cabinet, Mustafa said that they have so far implemented up to 95 percent of the government […]
Read More →OSCE: Manner of voting and number of polling stations soon to be known (RTK2)
The date of Serbian early elections is approaching whereas final decision of the OSCE about the polling stations in Kosovo is still pending. Representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo have visited Belgrade on Tuesday and consultations have continued in Pristina yesterday, whereas they promised that manner of voting and number of polling stations – […]
Read More →Jevtic: Better and more certain future for Serbs in Kosovo (Radio Gracanica, TV Puls)
Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić said to Radio Gračanica that Serbs in Kosovo need strong and stable Serbian Government that will respond to all challenges in the next four years, and that early elections in Kosovo are permanent topic discussed by the opposition parties. “Most important thing for Kosovo […]
Read More →Secret night training in Kosovo (Blic)
Armed members of the Albanian National Army (ANA) in the region of Mitrovica have called its members on mobilization, reported web portal Veriu.info. A video, published on this portal, calls ANA’s members on fight and swearing in. “I am calling fighters to be ready for additional fight for protection of our national interests because parallel […]
Read More →McCain: United States will continue to support Kosovo (media)
The President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, during his visit to Washington, met with U.S. Senator John McCain and thanked him for his personal support for all phases of Kosovo’s state-building process. Veseli briefed McCain on developments and challenges in Kosovo and asked McCain to keep Kosovo at the focus of the U.S. Senate. […]
Read More →Whom should we trust? (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial today argues that Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa says that his government doesn’t have any scandals or corruption affairs, while the United States report on human rights concluded that the endemic corruption in government and businesses in Kosovo is very worrying. “The US report is yet another confirmation that corruption has […]
Read More →Kosovo Flexes Muscles by Banning Serbian Politicians (Balkan Insight)
Ban on entry of the head of Serbia’s Kosovo Office – one of several recent bans – is designed to remind Belgrade that Kosovo does not want the Serbian election campaign conducted on its territory, experts say. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/entry-ban-s-to-serbian-officials-kosovo-s-force-demonstration-04-14-2016
Read More →“Mountaineers” desecrate Serbian Orthodox church in Pristina (B92, RTS, KIM radio, TV Most, KoSSev)
Pristina-based Albanian language website indeksonlajn has published photographs of two young men climbing an unfinished Orthodox temple. Serbian state broadcaster RTS is quoting local media as reporting that the scene was one of “a climbing challenge, to the top of the Orthodox church in Pristina.” The two unknown persons climbed up to the highest dome of […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 15 April
• EULEX to remain in Kosovo beyond June (Koha)
• EU plans to adopt special court’s budget by June (Koha)
• Mustafa is waiting for Veseli’s proposals on changes at government (Lajmi)
• Thaci: Committed to justice reforms and combating corruption (dailies)
• AAK doesn’t rule out prospects of coalition with NISMA (Bota Sot)
• Opposition: Elections prior to election reform (Zeri)
• Thaci promises to Delawie to fight corruption (Epoka e Re)
• KLA war veterans to protest on Monday (Lajmi)
• Deda: Majority of Kosovo political elite do not understand Serbia (Lajmi)
• Rasic: Without Serbia’s intervention, my word is not heard in Kosovo (Lajmi)
• Kosovo’s two mistakes on UNESCO (Epoka e Re)
• Basic Court judge Agim Kuci threatened by a defendant (RTK)
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