Belgrade Media Report 28 April 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djordjevic at Moscow Conference on International Security (Tanjug)
• RIK begins recount of votes from 99 polling stations (Tanjug/RTS)
• Pajtic: SNS demonstrated that it would do anything in order to win another 27 mandates (Blic)
• Tadic: SNS wants to usurp opposition votes (RTS)
• Opposition discovers irregularities of voting in Kosovo and Metohija (Blic)
• OSCE: Electoral process in Kosovo regular (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• None of three amendments for Mostar received support (klix)
• B&HPA HoR adopts bill on amendments to B&H Election Law (Nezavisne/Srna)
• Cubrilovic: Opinions of B&H Parliament violates RS vital interests (Srna)
• Stevandic: B&H not ready to face radical Islam in B&H (Srna)
• Lawyer Crnalic on Radoncic’s hearing (klix)
• Izetbegovic: Croatia a bright example of relations between the state and the IC (Fena)
• Admiral Ferguson visits Camp Butmir (Patria)
• Gruevski: 5 June elections vital for putting an end to political crisis (MIA)
• Veljanoski meets PACE delegation, calls for maturity from political leaders (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia will support EU’s position on fighting against illegal migration — defense minister (TASS)
• Austria and Serbia (crikey.com.au)
Thaci to Admiral Ferguson: Kosovo expects establishment of political dialogue with NATO (Klan Kosova)
President Thaçi said that the North Atlantic Alliance remains the key to stability in Kosovo and in the region, adding that KFOR is the most trusted institution among the people of Kosovo. He said that Kosovo expects to establish a political dialogue with NATO and to enter into contractual relations with the alliance. “Kosovo Security Force […]
Read More →OSCE: Election process in Kosovo was regular (Tanjug, B92)
Last Sunday’s Serbian early parliamentary elections were conducted in Kosovo in a regular and incident-free manner, said Senad Sabovic, spokesman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo. The OSCE had personnel in every unit where the process was under way and they had clear instructions and precise training, Sabovic […]
Read More →Support to cooperation between students from North Mitrovica and Belgrade (RTK2)
The Deputy Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev, yesterday met with the delegations of students from Pristina University, with the seat in North Mitrovica, and Belgrade University. The main topic of discussion was ‘the importance of intensification of communication between young cadres who present the corner stone for survival […]
Read More →UNDP and EU Office launch cultural protection project in Kosovo (media)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kosovo and the EU Office in Kosovo on Wednesday have launched a project dedicated to cultural protection in five municipalities in Kosovo. The European Union has allocated over 1.5 million euros for this project. Alessandra Rocasalvo, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative acknowledged generosity of the EU and said, “This […]
Read More →Six arrested, lawmaker sought, over alleged Kosovo land scam (Reuters)
Police in Kosovo arrested six people as part of an investigation into an alleged land scam that cost the state 30 million euros ($34 million), European Union investigators said on Wednesday. Azem Syla, a prominent legislator from the ruling party, was the alleged leader of the fraud which is believed to have involved 40 people, […]
Read More →Thaci: We expect recommendation for visa liberalization (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci met on Thursday Sweden’s Ambassador to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, nonresident for Kosovo, Mats Staffansson. President Thaci said the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) has positively influenced the political dialogue within Kosovo, as all parties are participating in the discussion for the implementation of the […]
Read More →NISMA chairman in Drenas/Glogovac resigns (RTKLive)
The Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) chairman in Drenas/Glogovac branch, Izet Ibrahimi, has resigned from the party today. Along with the resignation of Ibrahim, also the council members of NISMA in Drenas/Glogovac, gave irrevocable resignation from the party. The resignation notes that NISMA branch in Drenas/Glogovac disagrees with the decision of this party to enter a […]
Read More →Kosovo: 6 arrested, President Thaci’s uncle escapes (Tanjug, B92)
Six persons have been arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of links to organized crime and activities that damaged the Kosovo budget and Serb families from Kosovo. The operation was carried out on Wednesday by the police of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, and the Kosovo police. Some 350 police officers searched 42 locations, in […]
Read More →Obradovic: In Kosovo they did and counted whatever they wanted (N1)
The chairperson of Dveri movement, Bosko Obradovic, said that representatives of the election list DSS-Dveri have recorded most irregularities, after having insight in the election material, in Kosovo where, according to him, they were doing and counting whatever they wanted. According to Obradovic, opposition did not have its representatives in Kosovo as observers of the […]
Read More →No spectacles, crime should be punished (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial argues that “surprising actions by EULEX do not bring much hope that the judiciary will punish the large-scale crime that took place in post-war Kosovo”. “There are numerous cases when media spectacles by the European mission were followed by disappointing developments and the key suspects were acquitted due to lack of […]
Read More →Hello, operator, Kosovo wants its own calling code (USA Today)
PRISTINA, Kosovo — As Europe’s newest nation, Kosovo has most of the symbols of other sovereign countries, such as a flag and a national anthem. What it still doesn’t have is its own international calling code, a political — and economic —- insult that infuriates people in this tiny nation of 1.8 million. Callers who dial someone in Kosovo on a […]
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