Belgrade Media Report 23 June
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia cannot be neutral and join EU – German official (Vecernje novosti)
• “Opening of two chapters by end of month not uncertain” (Tanjug, Beta)
• Serbia’s envoy to EU says his replacing was ill-considered (B92)
• Dacic “Shocked” by some reactions to the Declaration on enhancing relations with Croatia (VIP)
• Ambassador Dittmann: Accusations against the EU Delegation in Serbia “Absurd” (Danas)
• Dacic: SPS is waiting for Vucic’s invitation (VIP)
• Part of the opposition unhappy with distribution of seats in Parliamentary Committees (Blic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• EUD: Publication of census only for RS is illegal (TV1, Fena)
• Director of FB&H Statistics Agency: Jukic’s decision cannot be revoked (TV1)
• Covic: Previous agreement violated, mistake to be corrected (Srna)
• Dodik: Proposed adaptation of SAA unacceptable (Srna)
• We must find a solution for elections in Mostar! (Vijesti.ba)
• President Grabar-Kitarovic issues message on Anti-Fascist Day (Hina)
• Marovic, Radjenovic and Pavicevic are no longer DPS officials (CDM)
• Gjorge Ivanov: We were on brink of civil conflict (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia: With no new announcement for Leader meeting, election date issue is far from settled (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Debunking the myth of Russia’s “Military Base” in Serbia (Sputnik)
• Bosnia MPs try to change Mostar’s Ustasa street names (BIRN)
• Croatia’s political chaos (New York Times)
AAK and NISMA agree to be part of demarcation committee (RTK)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) said today they will agree to be part of a committee that would review the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, only if the government dismisses the current committee led by Murat Meha. NISMA representatives told Radio Kosova today that they are […]
Read More →No exit strategy from Kosovo for us (Lajmi)
Kosovo Assembly MP Blerim Shala writes in an opinion piece that the media and political storm that accompanied the decision of the Kosovo Assembly to extend the mandate for the EU rule of law mission showed the lack of understanding of what the move really encompasses. Shala points out that it was Kosovo institutions that […]
Read More →Selimi cannot be deputy minister and coordinator of millennium challenges at the same time (Koha)
Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency director Hasan Preteni sent a letter to Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, saying that holding the post of the deputy minister and coordinator of Millennium Corporation Challenges constitutes a conflict of interest. In his letter, Preteni recalls that Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest provides that “public officials cannot be […]
Read More →Visa liberalisation depends on Kosovo Assembly and political parties (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s European Integration Ministry officials told the news site that if the Kosovo Assembly fails to ratify the border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro, it would jeopardise the visa liberalisation process. The ratification of this agreement, according to European integration officials, is a condition for this process and it is now in the hands of the Kosovo […]
Read More →Kosovo extradites Sulejman Osmani to FYROM (Indeksonline)
Sulejman Osmani also known as Commander Sula was extradited yesterday from Kosovo to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The 55-year-old was arrested in Kosovo in July 2015, following an international arrest warrant issued by FYROM for his involvement in the armed incident in Kumanovo last year.
Read More →Four Serbs in the working group for drafting the Statute of the ZSO (RTK2)
Ten days ago the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi announced in Vienna that soon will start formation of working groups that would work on the draft of the Statute of ZSO (Association/Community of Serb municipalities). However, there is no official confirmation in Pristina about what “soon” meant. The attitude of the Government of Kosovo was […]
Read More →Serbia cannot be neutral and join EU – German official (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
Serbia needs to declare itself in accordance with the foreign policy positions of the EU; a country that wants to join cannot have a neutral position. Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth told this to Belgrade-based newspaper Vecernje Novosti. “The EU and its member states come first for […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 21 June
• No representatives of Serbia in the working group for Association’s statute (RTK2)
• Mayor Bahtiri urges citizens to be calm(Klan Kosova)
• Srpska List addresses Government’s decision to the Constitutional Court (KTV)
• Veseli considers parliamentary ethics as an urgent institutional need (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Kuçi commends judiciary institutions (Most monitored broadcasters, RTV21)
• Court fines two Serbs and extends 48-hours detention measure to four others (RTK2)
• Serb candidates for position of KJC member interviewed (Klan Kosova)
• Former Partes/Partesh mayor sentenced (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 23 June
• Kuçi: National consensus needed for demarcation (Epoka)
• EULEX to handle high-profile cases (Koha)
• Hoxhaj to Russia: Kosovo rightfully member of PCA (RTK)
• Roth: Kosovo, condition for Serbia’s membership in EU (Kosova Sot)
• KSF suspends its officer after he was arrested in U.S. (media)
Balkans bemused by possible British Brexit (Reuters)
As the Brexit referendum goes down to the wire, some in the Balkans are bemused by the possibility of Britain voting to leave a club they are banging on the door to join. Backing for the EU in Kosovo and Albania is between 80 and 90 percent, levels that British supporters of EU membership can […]
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