Belgrade Media Report 07 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Region’s success in EU integration barely halfway (Beta/RTS)
• Exhibition dubbed “Kosovo and Metohija – Ten Steps” opened in Paris (RTS/Novosti)
• Tachi invites the Pope to Kosovo (Politika)
• Pope Francis could soon visit Belgrade and Pristina (Danas)
• Military-technical cooperation between Serbia and Russia (Politika/Beta)
• Mihajlovic: Highway to Pristina to be completed by 2020 (Tanjug)
• New round of Belgrade-Pristina technical dialogue opens (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Ambassadors of USA, UK and France meet with Izetbegovic; Izetbegovic: It was necessary to heighten tensions in order to prevent referendum (RTRS/N1)
• RS Assembly sends its response to B&H CC (RTRS)
• Referendum on the Day of the RS will be held in Srebrenica (RTRS)
• OHR: PIC SB Ambassadors convened on Tuesday morning; HR Inzko meets with B&H Presidency Member Covic re letter on inequality of Croats (BHT1)
• Steven Meyer: Republika Srpska has the right to hold a referendum (Srna)
• Bled Strategic Forum: EU must find more efficient solutions to crises, challenges (Hina)
• Djukanovic: After 18 years of coalition, DPS likely to run in the elections independently (CDM)
• Djukanovic: Opposition defended Milosevic and now presents itself as the bearer of progress (Pobjeda)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Budget Gap May Come in at Half of Government’s Plan (Bloomberg)
• EU Facing Risk of Collapse (Strategic Culture Foundation)
Arifi: Thaçi and Mustafa are committing collective deceit with visas (Lajmi)
Head of the Pristina branch of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Avni Arifi, assessed that the debate with the people of Kosovo that they would move freely without visas, is a debate to keep alive government’s collective deceit. He called Mustafa and Thaçi deceivers, saying that both of them deceived Kosovo with […]
Read More →Exhibition on Kosovo and Metohija opens in Paris (Tanjug)
The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Đurić, opened an exhibition titled “Kosovo-Metohija – 10 steps” at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris Tuesday, noting it best reflected the nature and the value of the Serbian heritage in Kosovo-Metohija. Addressing a large number of ambassadors to UNESCO in attendance, Đurić said the […]
Read More →Pope Francis “to visit Belgrade and Pristina” – report (B92)
Pope Francis “should visit Belgrade and Pristina within the next year,” the Belgrade-based Danas daily reported on Wednesday. The paper was quoting “unofficial Western diplomatic sources” when reporting this, Tanjug said. According to the report, the sources said Pope Francis had been invited by Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic to pay a first official visit to […]
Read More →Team tasked with establishing Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities revealed (Klan Kosova)
Klan Kosova claims to have secured the list containing the members of the managing team tasked with establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and they include: Igor Kalamar, Dejan Radojković, Vinka Radosavljević, and Svetislav Durlević. The team is expected to work closely with the Kosovo’s Ministry for Local Government and Administration as well as the […]
Read More →Two stolen vehicles in Ajnovce village (TV Most)
Last night, unknown perpetrators stole two vehicles of Stojan Tasić from the village Ajnovce, municipality of Kamenica/Kamenicë. Police conducted an on-site investigation. “This is not the first case of theft in the village Ajnovce. Thieves steal everything from cows to cars and agricultural machines, and everything else that can be sold on the black market,” […]
Read More →“We don’t mind visa liberalisation for Kosovo, but we have one condition! (Indeksonline)
The Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo told the news website that one of the key conditions for visa liberalisation for Kosovo is the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. The office, which is led by Marko Djuric, said in a reply that European and U.S. officials have made it clear that the Association/Community is […]
Read More →Mustafa: We won’t meet anyone’s conditions in exchange for votes on demarcation (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that the government will very soon resend to the Assembly the draft law on the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Mustafa said that he would call a meeting with opposition representatives before sending the bill to the Assembly. Mustafa said he would schedule a meeting with the Serbian […]
Read More →Janjić: It is important to prepare indictments well (Vesti)
Dusan Janjić, Director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, says that it is important to prepare well indictments. – It is about the prosecutor who is familiar with the region and the work. For the situation in Kosovo and among the Albanians, it is very important that this is a citizen of USA. Objectively, trials […]
Read More →First indictments prepared for war crimes of the KLA (KoSSev, TV Most, KIM radio, Politika)
The first indictments for war crimes of the KLA likely to be raised by year-end, writes daily Politika. According to unofficial information of the Fund for Humanitarian Law, Politika writes, so far have been prepared indictments against eight persons. “The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for war crimes committed against Serbs in Kosovo from […]
Read More →Plane Headed To Kosovo Crashes In Macedonia, Killing Six (RFE/RL)
A private plane traveling to Kosovo from the north Italian city of Treviso crashed in a mountainous region of Macedonia, killing all six people onboard. http://www.rferl.org/content/plane-headed-kosovo-pristina-crashes-macedonia-skopje-six-dead/27971445.html
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 6 September
• Hoxhaj assures Fajon regarding demarcation of ratification (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Djukanovic: Demarcation is an internal issue of Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Gecaj: Government will reach agreement with coalition partners, not Djuric (Klan Kosova & RTK1)
• Çollaku leaves Ministry of Integration, becomes Thaçi’s advisor (KTV)
• North remains a challenge for Kosovo Police (RTK1)
• Kosovo Police marks 17th anniversary of establishment (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Brussels dialogue resumes on Wednesday (RTK1)
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