Belgrade Media Report 10 May 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Moro, Valls, Desir congratulate Vucic on election victory (RTS/Beta)
• Spindelegger discuss challenges of migrant crisis with Dacic and Joksimovic (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Hunting season on Serbs constantly open (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Croatia should approach matters differently (TV N1)
• SNS and SVM generally establish principles of cooperation in Vojvodina (Novosti/RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Protests organized with the assistance of the UK and Turkey, supported by Izetbegovic (Srna)
• Pro-Europe that does not violate rights and autonomy (Srna)
• Dizdarevic: Anti-fascism is in the foundation of the state of B&H (Novo vrijeme)
• Maric and Sadovic from SDA again proposed dividing Mostar (Vijesti.ba)
• Montenegro: The first day of the parliament’s session passed in breaks and arguments over the agreement (CDM)
• General election in Macedonia: Lawmaker lists need to be submitted by Wednesday (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia marks first anniversary of Kumanovo’s Diva Naselba shootings (Telegraf.mk)
• Albanian protests in Skopje: Flags of EU, US, Albania, but not Macedonia (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Defectors Form New Civic Party in Bosnia (BIRN)
Read More →Stojanović condemned attack on TV Most crew (KIM Radio)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanović has strongly condemned this morning attack on journalist of TV Most and Radio Gračanica and requested from authorities to find and punish the perpetrators. “Journalists are attacked during their field work, what is inadmissible. Attacking with a shovel someone who is doing its job deserves full condemnation, but […]
Read More →Hoti: Talks with Belgrade to be held with approval of opposition majority (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports, Rexhep Hoti, said today that talks between Pristina and Belgrade should not continue without the approval of the opposition majority in Kosovo. In a Facebook post, Hoti advised Kadri Veseli, the recently-elected president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to involve personalities from the civil society and […]
Read More →Mustafa and Veseli discuss the ruling coalition (Insajderi)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Assembly President Kadri Veseli, met today to discuss the ruling coalition led by their respective parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). The Assembly issued a media communique after the meeting noting that discussions focused on the current developments, with special emphasis […]
Read More →Veseli: Elections in 2018 (Koha)
Despite constant requests by opposition parties, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and President Hashim Thaçi have denied the possibility of early parliamentary elections. Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, who was recently elected president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), said today that there will be no early elections. “Elections will be held in 2018” Veseli was […]
Read More →Rakić condemns the attack on TV Most crew (TV Most)
The mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakić, condemned the attack on a crew of TV Most in Obilić/Obiliq and demanded that perpetrators are found and punished. Only a few days after the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the journalists of Serbian nationality were attacked in Obilić/Obiliq while doing their job, said Raki. “We strongly […]
Read More →Ničić: Security, the biggest problem in Kosovo (KIM Radio)
“Security is one of the biggest problems faced by journalists and media employees in Kosovo, not only Serbs but all others,” says the chairperson of the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM), Budimir Ničić, while commenting this morning attack on the TV Most crew in Obilić/Obiliq. Ničić reminded that there were 27 attack […]
Read More →UNS and DNKiM condemned attack on TV Most crew (KIM Radio)
Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and its branch, Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) condemned the attack on the TV Most crew in Obilić/Obiliq. Both associations requested that attacker is apprehended, condemned and that his identity is made public. A communique released from UNS and DNKiM to media reads that the TV […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Serbia violated the Constitution (Kossev)
President of the European Movement in Kosovo Rada Trajkovic appealed to the Serbian authorities to begin issuing the “valid passports” to the Serbs residing in Kosovo. “The Serbian state put the Serbian community in Kosovo in a position to choose between Serbia and Schengen through its unconstitutional decision to issue passports of the Coordination Center to the […]
Read More →Montenegro: Six persons arrested for human trafficking from Kosovo (NMagazin)
Hina Agency reports that Montenegrin police have arrested six people, two residents of Montenegro, Russia and Kosovo, on suspicion of illegal transportation of hundreds of people from Kosovo to EU countries since 2013. Tamara Popovic, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Montenegro, says that these six people were arrested on suspicion of having committed the criminal […]
Read More →Bogovic: Enlargement into Western Balkans is Europe’s future (Tanjug)
Franc Bogovic, member of the European Parliament (EP) and Vice President of the ‘Friends of Serbia’ EP group, expressed on Monday the hope that current candidates for membership in the European Union – Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo – would all be accepted to the European family by the end of 2020. “I believe […]
Read More →Kosovo plans to open liaison offices in Greece and Israel (Zeri)
Reportedly, Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry is planning to open liaison representations in two countries that have not recognized its independence: Greece and Israel. Sources told the newspaper that the Foreign Ministry of Kosovo has already sent out requests to relevant authorities in the two countries and that their goal will be to foster economic but also […]
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