Belgrade Media Report 26 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue resumes today; Pristina claims +383 code does not belong to Serbia, Belgrade denies (Beta/RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Instead of code, Tahiri will get a headache (Tanjug)
• Drecun: With her pugnacious statements, Tahiri is keeping her position (Tanjug)
• Serbia displeased with results of Migration Summit (Beta/RTS)
• Serbia seeks financial assistance (RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia will not introduce sanctions against Russia (RTS/Beta)
• FMs urge development of good Serbia-Turkey-B&H ties (Tanjug)
• Lavrov, Dacic meet in New York (Beta)
• Nuland, Vucic discuss region, dialogue, investments (Tanjug)
• Sutanovac new President of DS (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• 99.79% of citizens in RS support January 9 as RS Day (Srna)
• Dodik addresses media: this day will enter RS history (Klix.ba)
• Izetbegovic: Referendum on RS Day is blatant example of violation of DPA, Criminal Code of B&H and B&H CC’s decisions, it is matter of time when IC will react (TV1)
• HR Inzko: PIC should consider possible removal of Dodik from post of RS President (Dnevni avaz)
• US State Department: Organizers of referendum are endangering stability and they will suffer consequences (Dnevni avaz)
• Political leaders from Federation of B&H agree that referendum on RS Day is biggest attack on stability and sovereignty of B&H and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H is obliged to react (TV1)
• Ivanic: If sanctions for Dodik are introduced, it will only make him stronger (Dnevni avaz)
• Referendum successful in every way – congratulations to citizens (Srna)
• Oreskovic: Cooperation with Serbia in tackling refugee crisis excellent (Hina)
• Lekic: If there is no referendum, I will advocate not entering NATO (Atlas TV)
• Mustafa: We are gathering the votes need for ratifying Agreement on demarcation (Pobjeda)
• Macedonia is part of solution to Europe’s migrant crisis, PM tells Vienna Summit (MIA)
• FM Kotzias: Only Greece and Macedonia should discuss name issue (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Presentation of the publication “European Parliament and Serbia” (European Western Balkans)
Read More →Drecun: Tahiri deceiving the public (Blic)
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija says that Kosovo’s Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri “with her bellicose statements” is deceiving the public in order to preserve ministerial position because her shift is getting closer. Drecun says that it could be learned from Albanian political circles that Tahiri will be removed from the […]
Read More →“Perhaps none of current candidates will become new UNSG” (B92, N1)
Pusic is a former Croatian foreign minister and a former candidate in the race for the top UN job, who dropped out earlier in the year. She told the N1 broadcaster that there has been “more and more talk” about somebody who has not been in the selection process so far in the end becoming […]
Read More →Albanian students: The temple to convert into a museum (Kontakt plus radio)
Albanian students gathered in front of the temple of Christ the Saviour in Pristina, demanding to convert the facility of the Serbian Orthodox Church into a museum which would “represent a massacre and genocide committed by Serbia in Kosovo.” In front the unfinished temple of Christ the Saviour gathered around dozen of students of the […]
Read More →Veseli: Demarcation should pass (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, today announced that the Assembly Presidency decided to hold the next plenary session on Thursday, 29 September. However, he said, the demarcation agreement with Montenegro is not part of the agenda for Thursday’s session. “Whenever the government submits the demarcation agreement to the Assembly, it will be put into vote. […]
Read More →Islamic Community: We will reconstruct Mitrovica mosque, sooner or later (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Islamic Community insists that the mosque near the Ibër/Ibar river in the northern part of Mitrovica, destroyed during the conflict, will be reconstructed in its original place. Islamic Community’s Secretary General, Resul Rexhepi, said the reason why the mosque was not reconstructed by now has to do with security concerns. The media reported that […]
Read More →Delawie offers support for strengthening rule of law in Kosovo (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, met on Monday the United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie. Hyseni and Delawie discussed the cooperation between Kosovo and the US in the field of rule of law. “In all the processes through which we have passed, we always had the support of the US and for […]
Read More →Jevtić: Kosovo police acted by the political behest (KIM radio)
Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić says that he spoke with representatives of the international community and that they did not see the reasons for the actions of the Kosovo Police “around the attempts of expulsion of the representative of Serbia from Gračanica, as well as for the ban on a visit to Peć.” […]
Read More →Jevtić: Radical ideas of the opposition do not contribute to the dialogue (KIM radio)
We see the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina as a way of solving problems, and not to open some new ones, Dalibor Jevtić said commenting on the statement of Nataliya Apostolova that the opposition should be included in the Brussels negotiations. “If someone sees dialogue as a way of earning some political points and if […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 25 September
• PM Mustafa and UN SG Ban Ki-moon discuss progress in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Opposition refuses Mustafa’s invitation (KTV)
• Jevtic: Police received political orders to deport Djuric (KTV &Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo to reapply for membership in UNESCO (RTK)
• Handikos criticizes Law on Road Traffic Provisions (KTV)
Headlines 25 September
• Mustafa seeks support for Kosovo from UN SG Ban (dailies)
• Pristina, Belgrade to discuss Kosovo’s telephone code today (Zëri)
• Mustafa and Veseli to invite opposition to a meeting in October (RTK)
• Opposition doesn’t want to discuss current demarcation deal (Top Channel)
• Border demarcation to reach Assembly without any changes (Koha Ditore)
• Kouchner: Recognition from Serbia will take time (Epoka e Re)
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