Belgrade Media Report 16 June 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Brussels must react to preserve credibility (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dittmann, Moro hope Chapters 23, 24 will be opened soon (Tanjug)
• Dacic vehemently condemns EP’s Stepinac exhibition (Tanjug)
• Miscevic believes EU-Serbia relations have not deteriorated (RTV)
• Serbian, Bosnian defense minister on cooperation and migrant crisis (Beta)
• Enduring Friendship and True Partnership (Politika, author text by Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Emergency session of the B&H PA on population census ended without conclusions reached (Srna)
• Zvizdic – Hahn: Doors of the EU are open for B&H (Fena/Patira)
• Sarovic confirmed: Adoption of the SAA by year’s end (Patria)
• Denying Bosnian language means denying Dayton Peace Accord (Patria)
• The 24th anniversary of the killings and expulsion of Serbs from the Neretva river valley marked (Srna)
• Karamarko resigns as First Deputy PM (Hina)
• Oreskovic calls for defusing tensions (Hina)
• Petrov: Bridge has not changed its stance (Hina)
• SNP to submit resolution on NATO referendum (CDM)
• Macedonia: Coup case resumes in Court (Telegraf.mk)
• Crisis in Macedonia to be resolved institutionally, says Russian Ambassador (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• China to strengthen partnership with Serbia (CCTV)
• Balkans Look to NATO as Russia’s Influence Wanes (Voice of America)
Kosovo Serbs unhappy with the security situation (Kim radio)
Three years after the signing of the Brussels Agreement, the majority of Serbs in municipalities where they are the majority population in Kosovo are dissatisfied with the current security situation and estimate it as very negative, showed research of the Human Center from Mitrovica North. The study, whose results were presented today at the Center […]
Read More →EULEX in Kosovo until 15 June 2016 (RTKlive)
The government of Kosovo has approved the draft law for ratification of the international agreement between Kosovo and the European Union, with regards to the extension of the mandate of the EU mission for the rule of law in Kosovo (EULEX), until 15 June 2018. The government approved changes of the laws related to the […]
Read More →Key witness in Enver Zymberi case brutally beaten in Zubin Potok (media)
Citing unnamed sources, Kosovapress news agency reports that several people have brutally beaten Slobodan Vučinić, a key witnesses in the assassination of Kosovo Police special unit member Enver Zymberi. Zymberi was killed during a police operation in northern Kosovo in 2011. Sources told the news agency that Vučinić, who was beaten on June 12 in Zubin […]
Read More →200 jobs from EU grants (Zeri)
EU Office in Kosovo/EUSR and Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) organized a one-day fair for recipients of their grants today in Pristina. The fair will showcase the innovations and products of the enterprises that were awarded grants through the joint EU-MTI programme “Support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Kosovo”. The MSME Grants […]
Read More →Kosovo reports to Brussels: No Association without implementation of prior agreements (Koha)
The Office of Kosovo Prime Minister announced it has submitted to European Union the regular report on the dialogue with Serbia. In it, the government of Kosovo says that the dialogue contributes to peace and stability in the region, good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation, as well as to the advancement Euro-Atlantic integration of Kosovo. With […]
Read More →Thaçi: Those indicted by special court must surrender (Dialog Plus)
Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaçi, during an interview with Austrian Press Agency said that all those that will be indicted by the special court for war crimes, must surrender to justice, even if they are politicians. The news site reports that during the interview, Thaçi avoided the question whether he would continue to hold the post […]
Read More →Construction works at “Sunny Valley” brought to a halt (Kosovapress)
The construction of 300 houses for Serb returnees in Zveçan/Zvečan funded by Serbian government has been brought to a halt today, sources told the news website. Sources added that the suspension of works came after a meeting the Zveçan/Zvečan Mayor Vučina Janković had with Kosovo’s Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Ferid Agani and that […]
Read More →Agani requested from Janković to respect the law (RTK2)
The Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning, Ferid Agani, yesterday met with the Mayor of Zvečan/Zveçan, Vučina Janković, and the Minister for Local Government Administration, Ljubomir Marić, with whom he discussed the project of construction of a returnee settlement for displaced returnees ‘Sunny Valley’ in Zvečan/Zveçan. Agani requested from Janković to stop all construction activities […]
Read More →Simić: Important that EULEX keeps current competences (Tanjug, RTK2)
Leader of the Serbian List, Slavko Simić, yesterday said that EULEX’s presence in Kosovo is still needed and that it is important for EULEX to keep current competencies for the next two years, during its extended mandate. Simić said to Tanjug that Serbian List will most probably support extension of the EULEX mandate by the […]
Read More →Application for verification of university diplomas kicks off in Gracanica (RTK2)
Graduates of the Pristina University with the seat in Mitrovica North can submit their documentation for verification of diplomas in the municipal administration building in Gračanica. Students who graduated at this University after 2001 are eligible to apply for verification of diplomas, whereas Kosovo government’s Commission for Verification of Diplomas will decided about the certification. […]
Read More →Kosovo doctors accused of bribery over referrals for dead patients (Reuters)
Prosecutors in Kosovo charged 64 people including a government minister and 44 doctors with taking bribes to refer patients with heart problems – some of them already dead – to private clinics, the office of the state prosecutor said on Wednesday. This is the biggest bribery investigation in the health sector since Kosovo became independent […]
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