Belgrade Media Report 13 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Rama: Serbia to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible (Beta/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Trepca surprised us all, I don’t know what to do (Tanjug)
• Dacic: KFOR guarantees implementation of Brussels agreement (RTS)
• Miscevic: EU should be more agile regarding issue of property in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta)
• Government decision on Trepca has legal effect (Politika)
• Vucic: Serbia wants best possible relations with B&H (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H CEC rejects requests for annulment of elections in Srebrenica and Bijeljina, still no decision on Stolac (BHT1)
• Grujicic in lead for post of Head of Srebrenica Municipality (Fena)
• EUROSTAT’s Everaers: IMO concluded census results in BiH are valid and in line with intl. standards (TV1)
• RS’ officials react to EUROSTAT’s validation (RTRS)
• Djukanovic and Lajcak: Elections results to confirm Montenegro’s progress towards the EU (CDM)
• DPS: Electoral process endangered by DF (CDM)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Keeps Key Rate as Fed Outlook Outweighs Slowing Inflation (Bloomberg)
• Croat President Highlights Russian Threat in London (BIRN)
Mišćević: It’s not all about Kosovo (Danas)
European integration is a question of reforms, and in this process not all is about Kosovo, said tonight, head of Serbia’s team for negotiations with the EU, Tanja Mišćević speaking at the Belgrade Security Forum. – There is frustration with chapter 35, in the negotiations of Serbia with the EU on Kosovo, because there is […]
Read More →Đurić met with the representatives of Serbs from Kosovo (TV Most)
The Serb representatives in the Kosovo government have informed the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the reasons for freezing their participation in the government, inter-ministerial committees and other government bodies, and today’s submission of the request to the constitutional court in Pristina for the assessment of the constitutionality of the law […]
Read More →The Serbian list handed the request to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to assess the constitutionality of the law on Trepca (media)
Slavko Simić, the head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List, said after the submission of the request that on the occasion of adoption of the Law on Trepča, Articles 79 and 81 of the Constitution of Kosovo were violated, which relate to the Serbian community in Kosovo. Simić also announced that the Serbian […]
Read More →Trepca: Kosovo “nationalizes” bankrupt mining complex in Serbian enclave (New Europe)
Kosovo’s parliament voted last Friday to nationalize a huge mining complex, Trepca, and save it from bankruptcy; bankruptcy proceedings would have otherwise begun on November 1st. Economic crisis turns political Creditors have claims against Trepca to the tune of €1,4bn. That is more than 20% of Kosovo’s GDP. However, the mining complex is one of […]
Read More →Kosovo prosecution indicts two persons from Peja on terrorism charges (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Special Prosecution has filed an indictment against two persons from Peja/Pec on terrorism charges. The suspects are accused of managing a radio station and a web portal in the territory of Kosovo for spreading of terrorist propaganda aimed at encouraging the Kosovo youths to join terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq. They are also […]
Read More →Djuric: Level of trust, capacity for negotiations lowered (Tanjug)
Following unilateral acts by the Pristina authorities, the level of Belgrade’s trust in Pristina and its capacity to negotiate in good faith is understandably lower, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric on Wednesday told Simona-Mirela Miculescu, the representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Office in Belgrade. […]
Read More →Simic: Thaci cannot sign the Law on Trepca (Indeksonline)
The leader of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic, told media today in Pristina that the adoption of the Trepca Law by Kosovo Assembly has violated the rights of Serbs living in Kosovo. According to him, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci cannot sign this law as long as the Constitutional Court does not issue a decision on […]
Read More →The deadlock in the search for the missing (TV Most, Blic)
At this moment, 1 644 persons are missing from the conflict in Kosovo, throughout the region, 10 753 of missing persons. Searching for missing persons is in serious deadlock and there are no quality activities, said President of the Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalović.
Read More →Istok/Istog: Broken into five returnees’ houses (KIM radio)
Unknown persons in the last few days broke into five houses of returnees in the village of Ljug, municipality of Istok/Istog and have made material damage, reports RTS. Burglaries in houses of returnees were reported to the police that conducted the investigation.
Read More →Đurić today with representatives of Serbs in the Kosovo government (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will meet today in Belgrade with the Serb representatives in the Kosovo government. As announced by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Đurić will discuss with the Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, Minister for Local Government Ljubomir Marić and Minister for Communities and Returns […]
Read More →UN expert on cultural rights: Bridges, not walls through culture (Koha)
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Cultural Right, Karima Bennoune, who is currently visiting Kosovo, held a series of meetings with government officials, civil society and international representatives in Kosovo. However, a press conference called for Wednesday did not happen because her visit to Kosovo has not yet ended. She addressed the media only with […]
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