Belgrade Media Report 17 June 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Top state officials welcome Chinese president (B92/Beta/RTS)
• Dacic: Migrant crisis serious challenge for region, Europe (Tanjug/Politika/RTS/Beta)
• Stefanovic receives Belgium’s federal prosecutor (Tanjug)
• EU Parliament investigating case on exhibition devoted to Stepinac (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Ivanic: Republika Srpska should publish its own census results (Srna)
• RS representatives meet with most influential people of Russia (RTRS)
• Crnadak meets with Kovac and Dacic (FTV/BHT1)
• Mostar citizens will most likely be unable to vote in this year’s local elections (TV1)
• Moore: Issue of City of Mostar represents biggest problem in regards to local elections (TV1)
• Grabar-Kitarovic urged the Parliament Speaker to convene a session at which the 151-seat legislature would be dissolved (Hina)
• Croatian Government falls after no-confidence motion (Hina)
• Oreskovic: Snap election best solution (Hina)
• Petrov: Bridge in favor of early election, hopefully in autumn (Hina)
• Rocen: We did not expect Russia to applaud our decision (Pobjeda)
• Blocked Bridges: Dozens of cars of “Colorful Revolutionaries” paralyze Skopje traffic (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Applications deferred (The Economist, 18 June 2016)
• Kosovo Hacker Who Aided ISIS Pleads Guilty and Awaits Sentencing (Softpedia)
Thaçi in Vatican speaks of interfaith harmony in Kosovo (Koha)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met today in Vatican the Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Richard Gallagher, and spoke of interfaith, ethnic, and political tolerance in Kosovo. “Kosovo enjoys good relations with all countries in the region and now, under the European Union’s facilitation, is in dialogue with Serbia in a process that is […]
Read More →Mustfa: EULEX’s presence strengthens war against corruption (Koha Ditore(
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa, has requested from the Assembly to vote the draft-law on extension of EULEX’s mandate, being that this would help on strengthening the justice in Kosovo. During the plenary session which is going on right now, Mustafa expressed the position of the government and of the Democratic League of Kosovo […]
Read More →Serbian List requests withdrawal of the Law on verification of property (KiM radio)
The head of the parliamentary group the Serbian List Slavko Simić submitted to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo a request for withdrawal of the Law on Agency for Comparison and Verification of Property. The request was signed by the MPs of the Serbian List and MPs from Gorani community. The main reason for filing a […]
Read More →Agani expects justice to confirm his innocence (Koha)
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ferid Agani, indicted by the prosecution of Kosovo for abuse of position, responded to allegations against him by claiming he is innocent. “The only statements on this issue until it comes to an end will be provided by the justice authorities. The issue is being dealt with by the […]
Read More →Božović: People in the north are not interested in a census (Kim radio)
“In the Kosovo north, no one thinks about the census. This topic does not interest them, at all,” said in the talk show “Dogovor” Ksenija Božović, Vice president of the Civic Initiative SDP. Božović believes that carrying out the census in four Serbian municipalities in northern Kosovo, as Pristina announced, is not necessary because, there […]
Read More →Djurić: 2.4 million for Kosovo from China (Kontakt plus radio)
People’s Republic of China is willing to donate 2.4 million euros for the construction of “Sunny Valley”, the returnee settlement in Kosovo, reports Kurir daily. Although the total value of the project is not yet known, since the exact number of residential units that will be built is not known, so far China is the […]
Read More →Rašić about EULEX: We need a ‘big brother’ even if he is fancied (KiM radio)
Member of the Kosovo Parliament Nenad Rašić believes that politicians need EULEX in order to comply with the moral standards. “EULEX could do the more important things in every sense, but still we need it because of operational reasons, because they are the only link with the EU, but also because they present our common […]
Read More →Another attack on family Zdravković (Kontakt plus radio)
Unknown assailants yesterday around 18 o’clock opened fire with automatic weapons on family Zdravković, from Paralovo village, in the municipality of Novo Brdo / Novobërdë. The attack took place while the brothers Zdravković looked after the cattle near their houses. According to the TV Puls this is the fourth attack on the family Zdravković. Just […]
Read More →No Association without removal of the barricade at bridge (Lajmi.net)
The government of Kosovo has conditioned establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities with removal of the barricade over the Mitrovica bridge and Serbia’s unblocking of international telephone code for Kosovo. Furthermore, Faton Abdullahu, adviser to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, said that with the current stance, Serbia is risking continuance of the dialogue. According […]
Read More →Orlović: 3,000 suspects who committed war crimes in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia are living in Serbia (media)
Several media report that Sandra Orlović, executive director of the Human Rights Fund, told the Belgrade-based Danas newspaper, that according to her estimates at least 3,000 people suspected of committing war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, are living in Serbia. Orlović said that Serbia has become an oasis of not convicting war crimes given […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 16 June
• Lack of quorum postpones discussion on EULEX to Friday (Klan Kosova)
• Voting for visa liberalisation in early fall (RTK2, RTK1)
• No Association without implementation of agreements from Serbia (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• MPs demand accountability for the tragic death of Prizren girl (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Tërmkolli wants revision of demarcation with Montenegro (KTV)
• Shaip Havolli to head Anti-Corruption Agency in the next five years (Most monitored broadcasters, TV)
• KACA to make scrutinize checks of senior public officials (Klan Kosova)
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