Belgrade Media Report 04 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Operation Storm anniversary at time of strained relations (B92)
• Vulin: Our reception of EU to depend on EC’s reply (Beta)
• Stefanovic: Serbs will not keep quiet to fascism and Ustasha crimes (RTS/Beta)
• Joksimovic: Regional stability not only our responsibility (Tanjug)
• Albanians (il)legally purchasing falts in Nis (Politika)
• Terrorist cells occupy Kosovo, Balkans under great threat (Kurir)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Reactions to the HDZ B&H – SDA failed meeting (TV1)
• Cavara: Federation of B&H is in crisis, talks between SDA and HDZ B&H are inevitable (Oslobodjenje)
• Izetbegovic disturbs relations between Dodik and Covic (EuroBlic)
• Dodik sends letter to Izetbegovic and Covic (Glas Srpske)
• Plenkovic: Serbia cannot lecture Croatia (Hina)
• Thaci: We trust NATO maps (RTCG)
• Paunovic: Kosovo’s parliament on the ratification in August (RTCG)
• Croatian political analyst Davor Gjenero Gjenero: Baresic’s monument an unfortunate act without justification (Pobjeda)
• Macedonia: 1,224 citizens have registered in State Election Commission (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The Balkans: Backsliding, Bankrupt, and Vulnerable (World Affairs)
• Stoltenberg’s cabinet: Reforms do not stop with membership (European Western Balkans)
‘Our Plan’ – from an idea to concrete solutions (RTK2)
Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović, Ambassador of Norway to Kosovo, Jan Braathu, and director of the Communities Office, Ivan Tomić, today paid a visit to the Project Bureau in Gračanica/Graçanicë, where they were presented with the projects dubbed ‘Our Plan’. After the presentation of the projects Stojanović and Braathu concluded that starting from ideas, […]
Read More →Demarcation to be ratified before US Vice President Biden’s visit (Gazeta Express)
The ruling coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) will try to ratify agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro before the visit of the US Vice President Joe Biden on 17 August, sources told the news website. Meanwhile, the draft law on border demarcation, passed today by […]
Read More →Gabovci: Not a crime to employ people (Koha)
Head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, Adem Grabovci, commented at today’s session of the Assembly the content of his wiretapped conversations. On the accusations of hiring people affiliated to the PDK through irregular procedures, Grabovci said it is not a crime to provide work opportunities. “I stand ready to answer to […]
Read More →Kosovo part of regional partnership for protection of children (Koha)
The European Union (EU) and UNICEF have broadened an important regional partnership that aims to protect children from violence and better include children with disabilities into society. Since 2011, UNICEF and the EU have been working together with countries currently in the process of joining the EU, such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and […]
Read More →Vetëvendosje’s protest ends peacefully (Telegrafi)
Tens of Vetëvendosje Movement activists protested today in front of the Kosovo Assembly building against the ratification of border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Vetëvendosje’s deputy leader, Dardan Sejdiu, said that Vetëvendosje is not against demarcation, but against giving Kosovo’s land to Montenegro. Sejdiu informed the protesters that the agreement on demarcation is not on the agenda […]
Read More →Demarcation between Montenegro and Kosovo completed (Kontakt plus radio)
The agreement is final, by which the border between Montenegro and Kosovo was established, says Chief of the Management Board for the borders of Montenegro, Milan Paunović. He told Television of Montenegro that the demarcation between Montenegro and Kosovo has ended, as well as that Kosovo’s parliament would ratify the agreement in August. According to him, […]
Read More →Kosovo Govt Backs Border Deal with Montenegro (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo government has finally adopted the draft law on border demarcation with Montenegro, following a debate in the Kosovo Assembly on Wednesday. For the legislation to come into force, parliament now has ratify the document with a two-thirds majority, however. The government adopted the legislation amid continued opposition protests against the deal, which they […]
Read More →AAK: Any attempt to smuggle demarcation can escalate into violent developments (Indeksonline)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) through a press release on Thursday noted that the current version of border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro was proven wrong by experts during the demarcation debate held yesterday. According to the AAK, “any attempt to put pressure on MPs, or even attempt to smuggle or buy the votes […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 4 August
• Government sends demarcation agreement to Assembly (Klan Kosova)
• Demarcation debate fails, Vetëvendosje calls for protests (dailies)
• Tahiri: Revitalisation of Mitrovica bridge to start before 15 August (Zëri)
• Delawie following PDK’s wiretapped conversations (Kosova Sot)
• Excavations of a suspected mass grave to begin in Zubin Potok (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Prosecutor Rules Out Indictment Over Wiretaps (Balkan Insight)
The Chief Prosecutor of Kosovo said there was no legal basis for issuing indictments over leaked wiretapped phone conversations that allegedly show how the ruling party influenced top jobs in the public sector. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/state-prosecutor-no-basis-for-inictment-on-wiretaps-08-03-2016
Read More →Judo champ throws Kosovo hopes into Rio Olympics mix (BBC)
The black eagle of Albania is on display all over the capital, Pristina. On the other hand, in Mitrovica, the Serbian shield flutters defiantly at the north end of the notorious New Bridge, which splits this ethnically-divided town. But eight years on from the unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, the official flag of the […]
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