Belgrade Media Report 24 August
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic to attend UNSC meeting on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo condemns attack on RTK, demands attackers be found (Beta)
• Merkel: Important tasks ahead for Vucic (B92)
• Nazarbayev decorates Nikolic with Order of Friendship (Tanjug)
• Belgrade, Zagreb “must solve issues without confrontation” (Tanjug)
• Seselj: I’ll head to Croatia with my new diplomatic passport (Tanjug)
• Croatian PM: Seselj will be arrested if he tries to enter Croatia (Tanjug)
• Will Belgrade dissuade Dodik from referendum (Politika)
• NUNS criticizes Vucic for unsubstantiated accusations of RTS journalists (VIP, Danas)
• Mt. Kopaonik: Leftover NATO bomb injures deminer (Vecernje novosti)
• Stefanovic, Scott on fight against organized crime (Beta, Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Decision on a coordination mechanism adopted (Srna)
• Dodik: Izetbegovic radicalizing situation needlessly (Srna)
• Ambassador of the Russian Federation to B&H: tensions over a referendum need to be reduced (Srna)
• Inzko: There are disagreements among PIC members regarding the referendum in RS (RTRS)
• Preda, Pack call on Vucic to persuade Dodik that referendum on RS Day is against DPA (N1)
• Izetbegovic to file motion with B&H CC to settle dispute between B&H and RS (TV1)
• Durakovic: I will not allow implementation of RS Day referendum in Srebrenica (FTV)
• Croatian FM tells Serbian PM to present list of warrants against Croats (Hina)
• PM’s participation in Croatia Forum “doesn’t make sense” (Jutarnji list, RTL)
• Plenkovic: Ideological rows consequence of SDP-led government decisions (Hina)
• Luksic gave up trying to succeed Ban Ki-moon (CDM)
• FYROM: Elections likely as foreign ambassadors urge political leaders to make decision (Telegraf.mk)
• UN, European Union and World Bank Join Forces to Help Macedonia Flood Victims (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia: About two million square meters mined (BIRN)
• Over 103,000 migrants transited Serbia since January (ANSAmed)
Conflicting politics makes Kosovo insecure (Kosova Sot)
According to the front page editorial of this daily, abuse with power in Kosovo is not stopping while judicial reflection or moral reaction of the incriminated protagonists is desperate. “Abusive government officials do not feel the slightest regret for the major harm caused to Kosovo, while competent officials appear to be competent only to remain […]
Read More →Kosovo Says No New Cases Of Citizens Joining IS In Iraq, Syria (Radio Free Europe)
Kosovar Interior Minister Skender Hyseni says there have been no recorded cases in the past year of citizens joining the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq. “It is now a year that we did not record any case of the departure of the citizens of Kosovo in foreign wars,” Hyseni said on August […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Thaci Seeks New ‘Peacemaker’ Image (Balkan Insight)
Hashim Thaci has been under fire in his own capital Pristina after he recently paid tribute at memorials to Serbs who were killed during the 1990s war. His pledges to solve their murders were seen as no more than rhetoric by Serbs, while Albanians believe that Thaci effectively admitted that his own people were responsible for the […]
Read More →War invalids warn LDK MP not to vote in favor of demarcation deal (Indeksonline)
The Association of KLA War Veterans, the branch in Podujevo, has called on Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP, Nuredin Ibishi, not to vote in favor of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Avni Ajeti, a KLA war invalid, told Indeksonline: “Nuredin Ibishi knows that the border delineation with Montenegro is wrong and yet again […]
Read More →Çollaku: Decision on visa liberalisation by year’s end (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Bekim Çollaku, met today with the outgoing Special Representative of the European Union and head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar. Çollaku thanked Zbogar for his contribution and tireless work in promoting the European agenda for Kosovo. Çollaku also said that cooperation and the work done over the […]
Read More →Dačić to attend UNSC meeting on Kosovo (media)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will on August 25 attend a UN Security Council session in New York. The Council will meet to discuss a regular report on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, filed by the UN secretary-general, and covering the period between April 16 and […]
Read More →Simić: We have not promised our votes (Večernje Novosti)
Representatives of Kosovo Serbs deny that an agreement was reached to support the demarcation of the border with Montenegro. Serbian list did not talk with the representatives of the ruling Albanian political parties about support for the agreement on the demarcation of the border with Montenegro, and which would lead, in return, to the formation […]
Read More →UNMIK condemns attack on RTK (Tanjug, B92)
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, condemned the attack on the premises of the Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) in Pristina that took place on Monday evening. “Violent attacks of this kind are never justified, and such acts are only detrimental to the future of Kosovo,” said Tanin. He calls for the perpetrators to […]
Read More →Serbian journalists: Perpetrators of the attack on RTK to be found and punished (Kontakt Plus Radio)
The Association of Journalists in Kosovo and Metohija yesterday condemned the attack with explosive device at premises of a public broadcaster RTK and called authorities to find and punish the perpetrators. An explosive device has exploded in the yard of RTK seat in Pristina, around 09:50 pm on Monday, no injuries were reported. This serious […]
Read More →Case ‘Billboard’: Serbs did not leave destroyed houses and churches (Vesti)
The Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović, called everyone on restraint and urged institutions to closely follow what is happening in the village Mušutište. Stojanović addressed journalists at a press conference on the occasion of the appearance of a billboard in the village Mušutište in Suva Reka municipality, with images of killed civilians and members […]
Read More →Merkel: Important tasks ahead for Vučić (media)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Aleksandar Vučić on his election as Serbian prime minister. She “affirmed the German government’s future support for Serbia and noted that important tasks – continuation of reforms, regional reconciliation and normalization of relations with Kosovo – were ahead for him.” The German federal government will also in the future […]
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