Belgrade Media Report 03 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
•Nikolic: Serbia wishes EU membership, but will never recognize Kosovo (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
•Nikolic: If we become a funnel, we will have to shut the border (RTS/Beta)
•Djuric: We have not agreed to telecommunication enclaves for Serbs (Tanjug)
•30 Days for Kosovo Police Director (Novosti)
•Zukorlic: I voted for Durakovic (Tanjug/Alo)
•Bieber: EU enlargement policy brought into question (Politika/Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
•CEC announced first preliminary incomplete results (Oslobodjenje/Nezavisne)
•Local elections in Stolac halted after incident and assault on members of municipal election commission (TV1)
•Coalition ‘Pod Lupom’ monitors local elections (N1)
•Izetbegovic: SDA is strongest party in B&H (Dnevni avaz)
•Dodik: RS has won twice in seven days (Glas Srpske)
•Bosic, Pavic, Borenovic, Ivanic on elections (Glas Srpske)
•Izetbegovic, Zvizdic, Radoncic, Niksic on elections (BHT1/N1/Hayat)
•Cvitanovic warns of irregularities in Livno, Neum and Ljubuski (Dnevni avaz)
•Berton: I am impressed by voter turnout (Dnevni avaz)
•Moore: It is very important that people are voting (Hayat/FTV)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
•Hungary hopes to deploy thousands of ‘border hunters’ in bid to stop migrants (FoxNews)
•Macedonia Ruling Party Ducks Questions About its Wealth (BIRN)
Cultural rights: UN expert to assess the current situation in Serbia and Kosovo* – MEDIA ADVISORY ON BEHALF OF OHCHR
Cultural rights: UN expert to assess the current situation in Serbia and Kosovo* GENEVA / BELGRADE / PRISTINA (29 October 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune will visit Serbia and Kosovo* from 3 to 14 October 2016 to assess efforts to implement the right of all persons […]
Read More →UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights Karima Bennoune in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio,TV Most)
Special Rapporteur of the United Nations in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune begins today a ten-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo. She will assess efforts to implement the right of all persons to participate in cultural life and the right to access and enjoy the cultural heritage. She will also consider the destruction […]
Read More →NISMA; Consensus to defend the country, not to sell it (Indeksonline)
The Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) assesses that there should be a consensus to defend Kosovo and not to sell it. NISMA has accused the coalition government for the political crisis and calls for gathering of the political specter. “NISMA is convinced that the political culture for a consensus on national matters should lead the entire […]
Read More →President speaks from Tirana about Nehat Thaçi’s arrest in Serbia (Lajmi.net)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, spoke from Tirana about the arrest of the Kosovo Police regional director, Nehat Thaçi, by Serbian authorities. Thaçi said that Kosovo cannot respond to the arrests with arrests and to violence with violence. He added that Kosovo institutions are coordinating with international authorities in order to resolve this matter […]
Read More →Gračanica: Regional Conference on the Rights of Roma (KIM radio)
The regional two-day conference on the rights of Roma, with an emphasis on the use of the Romany language, was held in Gračanica, organized by NGO “Communication for Social Development”. At the conference it was emphasized that the main objective was to develop and increase the trust between the Roma and other communities, the institutions; the standardization […]
Read More →New Kosovo Court Confronts Witness Protection Fears (Balkan Insight)
“I am obligated to protect witnesses and to keep confidential and secure all information that should be protected to ensure that witnesses who give evidence are not intimidated or harmed or threatened,” US lawyer David Schwendiman told his first press conference last month as the chief prosecutor at the Specialist Chambers. This new court, based […]
Read More →Next Assembly session on Friday (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli, said today that the Assembly Presidency has decided that the next Assembly session will be held on Friday and that Trepca bill will be part of the agenda. He said he was confident that the bill will pass. Veseli also said that the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro will be […]
Read More →Stojanović disappointed with Pristina’s attitude toward the temple and the Orthodox cemetery (NMagazin)
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović says that he is disappointed with relation of the local self-government of Pristina towards the Temple of Christ of Saviour and because it does not maintain the Orthodox cemetery in the city. Stojanović has announced similar action as in the Temple of Christ the Saviour in order for IDPs to […]
Read More →Vice Presidents of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Marko Jakšić and Slaviša Ristić resigned (Kontakt plus radio)
The two vice-presidents of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and members of the Central Committee, Marko Jakšić and Slaviša Ristić, have resigned from the positions at the session of the Main Board, due to, as they say, the DSS cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). First to resign was Marko Jakšić, who then […]
Read More →Bajrami: Brussels didn’t make effort to clarify things (N1, FoNet)
In Pristina there are more perspectives on the current policy of the Government of Serbia, but the common is “huge suspicion that something essential has changed,” says the Chief Editor of the daily Koha Ditore, Agron Bajrami. In an interview with the FoNet agency, Bajrami explains that there is a belief in Pristina that the […]
Read More →Serbian List: Consensus first, then we will vote on demarcation! (Indeksonline)
Serb members of the Kosovo Assembly did not participate at the September 1 session that was scheduled to vote on the border demarcation agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro. Following the Serb boycott, the ruling coalition was forced to remove the border deal from the assembly’s agenda. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said a broad-based roundtable would […]
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