Belgrade Media Report 03 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Marathon round of dialogue, good for Serbia’s interests (Tanjug/RTS)
• Kozarev: Does Pristina consider EU mediators also infidels (Tanjug)
• Chepurin: Agreements on Kosovo poorly implemented (Tanjug/TV Most)
• Dacic: Serbia will not amend laws pursuant to ICTY suggestions (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Pressure from ICTY (RTS)
• Ljajic: ICTY request unusual (Tanjug)
• Kocijancic: All must respect principles of reconciliation (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Discussions on government underway, SPS wants to join (Tanjug)
• Dikovic visits joint command of army and police in Nis (Beta/Politika)
• DSS appoints Marsicanin until new leader is elected (Tanjug/RTS/Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Delegations of SDA, HDZ B&H fail to meet; Izetbegovic criticizes HDZ B&H for not showing up (TV1)
• Cormack and Ferguson warn of importance to resolve Mostar issue before local elections (TV1)
• Inzko: It would be unforgivable to allow another local election to pass without elections in Mostar, Izetbegovic: I am not sure when SDA and HDZ B&H will talk about Mostar again (Klix.ba/Avaz)
• B&H MPs send letter to IC reps and Ambassadors due to announced referendum on RS’ Day (Oslobodjenje/Nezavisne)
• Inzko warns that decision on referendum on Day of RS is violation of DPA (Fena)
• Kovac: Serbia should publish criticisms by ICTY rather than send protest notes (Hina)
• Drago Prgomet returns to HDZ (Hina)
• Croatia will consider Montenegro’s letter of protest (RTCG)
• URA ready to take part in the elections by themselves (RTCG)
• Ivanov: We must put state before personal interests (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Vucic Defends Mideast Weapons Sales: “I Adore It When We Export Arms” (OCCRP)
• Serbian tabloid’s call for “mercenary” arrests criticized (BIRN)
• Yugoslav Spy Saga Puts Assassinations in Spotlight (BIRN)
Kozarev: Does Pristina consider EU representatives as infidels as well? (KIM radio)
Deputy director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev, asked Kosovo prime minister’s advisor Bajram Gecaj ‘if political representatives of Kosovo Albanians consider and EU representatives in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina as infidels as well since they promised, by signing the agreement on 25 August last year, that ZSO […]
Read More →Mustafa: Not proven that land was given away to Montenegro (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, in his address at the border demarcation debate today, said that it has not been proven until now that Kosovo is giving land to Montenegro through the demarcation agreement. Mustafa said that after the border demarcation agreement was signed a year ago, he made a call to all those […]
Read More →Vetëvendosje boycotts Thaçi’s speech at demarcation forum (Koha)
Members of Vetëvendosje taking part in the roundtable on border demarcation agreement with Montenegro walked out of the room when President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, took the floor. Donika Kadaj-Bujupi said the decision was taken because Vetëvendosje considers Thaçi’s place is in behind bars and not at the roundtable. “He sold Kosovo and this is […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Commission’s border demarcation report, wrong (Telegrafi)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, told the media today that the report of the Kosovo government’s commission on border demarcation with Montenegro is wrong as it relied on inaccurate records. “It was based on cadastral records and not state borders,” said Haradinaj.
Read More →Thaçi: The issue of demarcation, nonexistent (Koha)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi during the debate on border-demarcation with Montenegro today said that this debate will be a contribution to transparency in the process of border-demarcation with Montenegro. According to him, the issue of demarcation is nonexistent. “Since the beginning, the issue of demarcation was nonexistent. Kosovo has not lost even one centimeter of […]
Read More →Russian ambassador: Kosovo de facto protectorate, not state (B92, Beta)
Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin says it is “increasingly clear” the EU is lacks the strength to secure the implementation of Kosovo dialogue agreements. “The European Union, with the consent of Belgrade, assumed the role of a mediator in resolving the conflict. But today it is increasingly clear that it lacks the strength to ensure the […]
Read More →O’Connell: Decisions must be taken based on facts (Koha)
The British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, said on Tuesday that the process of border demarcation between Kosovo and Montengro is a bilateral issue. “Kosovo is a sovereign country; you decide for yourselves. But I strongly believe that your decision should be taken according to the facts,” O’Connell said. He also praised the idea of […]
Read More →The last round of dialogue good for our interests (media)
The last round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina at the expert level, which was completed early this morning after 19 hours of negotiations, was a good and positive for the interests of Belgrade, says Marko Đurić, the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija. “We fought for the proper and effective implementation of […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 August
• Montenegro doesn’t intend to renegotiate border demarcation deal (Koha)
• Veseli: I expect positive conclusions from demarcation debate (Zëri)
• Demarcation, not in arbitration (Zëri)
• Haradinaj: Experts to prove that demarcation was wrong (Epoka e Re)
• Vetëvendosje: Thaçi-Veseli, pillars of crime in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Rasić: Association/Community cannot be established this year (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo prosecution indicts a man for trying to join ISIS (Koha Ditore)
OSCE Broadcast 2 August
• Key political leaders meet a day before debate on demarcation (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• VV urges Prosecution to investigate the published wiretapping case (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• New round of Kosovo-Serbia talks continues in Brussels (KTV)
• RTK Board requests urgent solution for its property (RTK1)
• Kosovo to have a new strategy on protection of human rights (KTV)
• Rasic: Establishment of the Association during this year difficult (Klan Kosova)
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- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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