Belgrade Media Report 20 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: We are prepared for dialogue but are not giving up property (Tanjug)
• Pristina refuses talks on Trepca (RTS/Beta)
• Russian planes to take off from Nis to Aleppo in the evening (Politika)
• Dacic: Unacceptable EU pressures over Russia (Novosti)
• Djordjevic: Cooperation with UN for further reforms (Tanjug/Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Cvijanovic: RS Assembly should pass final proposal of Coordination Mechanism (RTRS)
• B&H CEC fails to discuss elections in Srebrenica and Stolac (N1)
• SDA to demand recount of Srebrenica votes (Fena)
• Moore: Democracy must be returned to Stolac (TV1)
• Bosniaks to consults with HGI and Forca (Mina)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Western Balkans need to tackle energy poverty – SEE SEP (SeeNews)
• Albania, Macedonia and Bosnia are more corrupted than Kosovo (Albeu.com)
OHCHR: “Stop denying the cultural heritage of others,” UN expert says after first fact-finding visit to Serbia and Kosovo*
BELGRADE / GENEVA (14 October 2016) – “I am concerned at the high level of politicization of cultural heritage issues in Serbia and in Kosovo,” said United Nations human rights expert Karima Bennoune at the end of her first fact-finding mission to Serbia and Kosovo. “This reduces cultural heritage to a tool and produces monolithic […]
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“Mos e mohoni trashëgiminë kulturore e të tjerëve,” thotë ekspertja e OKB-së pas vizitës fakt-mbledhëse në Serbi dhe Kosovë* BEOGRAD/GJENEVË (14 tetor 2016) – “Jam e brengosur me nivelin e lartë të politizimit të çështjeve të trashëgimisë kulturore në Serbi dhe në Kosovë,” tha Karima Bennoune, eksperte e OKB-së për të drejtat e njeriut, në […]
Read More →OHCHR: “Zaustavite negiranje kulturne baštine drugih,” ekspert UN-a kaže, nakon utvrđivanja činjenica tokom prve posete Sbiji i Kosovu*
“Zaustavite negiranje kulturne baštine drugih,” ekspert UN-a kaže, nakon utvrđivanja činjenica tokom prve posete Sbiji i Kosovu* Beograd / Ženeva (14. Oktobar 2016) – “Zabrinuta sam visokim nivoom politizacije pitanja kulturnog nasleđa u Srbiji i na Kosovu “, rekla je stručnjak za ljudska prava Ujedinjenih nacija Karima Bennoune na kraju svoje prve misije utvrđivanja činjenica […]
Read More →Serb party pushes Belgrade’s agenda in Kosovo (Balkaninsight)
The main Kosovo Serb party’s boycott of parliament shows that its decisions are guided by Belgrade, while also highlighting Pristina political leaders’ inability to integrate the country’s Serb minority. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/highs-and-downs-in-relations-between-listasrpska-and-kosovo-institutions-10-11-2016
Read More →Investigation of corruption a difficult and painstaking work (KIM radio)
Serbian journalists in Kosovo lack resources to deal with corruption and investigative journalism; it was said in the round table in Media Center in Čaglavica. Does it make sense for journalists to deal with the corruption in Kosovo when there is no rule of law? It was one of the major issues with which dealt […]
Read More →Fayon skeptical that visas will be removed due to Kosovo Assembly’s declaration (RTK
The European Parliament Rapporteur for removal of visas for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, told Radio Free Europe that she is aware of the initiative of the Assembly of Kosovo to endorse a declaration with regards to the liberalisation of visas for Kosovo. “I am afraid that it is difficult to say that this (declaration) is sufficient, […]
Read More →Mišćević: No changes to the negotiating position on Chapter 35 (KIM radio)
The head of the Serbian negotiating team Tanja Mišćević says, at the session of the parliamentary committee for European integration, that there were no changes in negotiating positions of the EU on Chapter 35. At the insistence to explain the statement of the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić that Tahiri’s […]
Read More →Technical dialogue: Pristina refuses to talk about Trepča (B92)
The first day of a new round of dialogue at the technical level between Belgrade and Pristina ended in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon. During the negotiations, the Serbian side insisted on discussing the issue of the Trepca mining basin, which Pristina refused to do. Therefore, this issue was discussed with the EU – the mediator […]
Read More →Haliti: Police in the north receive dual salaries (Zeri)
Assembly of Kosovo Vice President, Xhavit Haliti, said today that Serb Kosovo Police officers in the north also receive salaried from Serbia’s budget. In addition, they are also in possession of two different police uniforms, one of Kosovo and the second, which they keep at home, of Serbia. In a meeting with a delegation from […]
Read More →AAK’s Lekaj challenges PM Mustafa over Stojanovic’s visit to Brussels (Telegrafi)
The head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, has penned an open letter to Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, asking him to provide clarifications over his Deputy Branimir Stojanovic’s trip to Brussels where he is reportedly lobbying against Kosovo Assembly’s law on Trepca mining complex. Lekaj asked Mustafa […]
Read More →EULEX is the only one to possess lists of Serb criminals (Indeksonlie)
Kosovo security bodies do not possess any list of the suspected individuals for crimes committed in Kosovo during the war period, 1998-1999. Indeksonline reports that such list of soldiers or armed individuals identified that they participated in commitment of serious crimes such as massacres, slaughter of civilian population, rape of women, are only possessed by […]
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