Belgrade Media Report 21 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• No concrete progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• Agreement on stickers (Politika)
• Vucic: Serbia on EU path (Tanjug)
• Davenport: EU continuing to play its role in dialogue (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Sanctions have no effect (Beta/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia has nothing to do with developments in Montenegro (RTV)
• Vucic congratulates Plenkovic on appointment as Croatian Prime Minister (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Djukanovic: We will do everything to bring the case of terrorist attempt to an end (CDM)
• Markovic: We expect swift government formation because we have a stable majority (CDM)
• Stojanovic remains the head of Police Directorate, the government did not accept Danilovic’s proposal (CDM)
• Covic: Neither authorities at B&H level nor authorities at FB&H level are functioning (TV1)
• Dodik: SNSD will not join state authorities (Vecernji List)
• B&H CEC rejects 25 requests for recount of ballots (RTRS/Dnevni avaz)
• SDA, Durakovic file complaints with B&H CEC demanding recount of ballots in Srebrenica (N1)
• Niksic and Radoncic file appeals related to elections in Srebrenica (TV1)
• RS Assembly adopts Information on coordination system in European integration process in B&H (RTRS)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Paradox of Western Support for Montenegro’s ‘Godfather’ (BIRN)
Read More →Đurić not going to Pristina because of the government session (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić cancelled participation in the seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Pristina because at that time he will be at the session of the national and provincial governments in Novi Sad. As previously RTK reported, Đurić has cancelled participation in this seminar because the invitation had […]
Read More →Davenport: EU continuing to play its role in dialogue (Tanjug)
The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is continuing and the EU is continuing to play its role in it, the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, Michael Davenport, said Friday. The delegations of Belgrade and Pristina have been in Brussels to discuss concrete implementation of several aspects of the Brussels Agreement and other agreements in the dialogue, […]
Read More →Rašić: Law on Trepča to go back for revision (Blic, Srna)
MP of the Serbian List in the Kosovo Parliament Nenad Rašić told Srna that the problem of Trepča can be solved only through negotiations and with experts’ arbitration, and stressed that the Law on Trepča must be returned for reconsideration. He recalls that Serbian MPs have filed a request to review the constitutionality of the […]
Read More →Veseli: Trepca issue is over (Lajmi)
The President of the Assembly of Kosovo spoke today during a visit to the children who are following education programs for democracy, about the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović in Brussels. Stojanović is meeting European Union officials and discussing Trepca Law endorsed by Kosovo Assembly on 8 October. Based on Serbian media, […]
Read More →No concrete progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (media)
This week’s round of the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina ended in Brussels Thursday without concrete progress. Addressed over two days of discussions were implementation of agreements on vehicle registration plates and university degrees and other topics that are part of the dialogue, the Belgrade delegation said. It said the Serbian side had initiated, […]
Read More →Lekaj optimistic that MPs will agree on visa liberalisation declaration (Indeksonline)
The Kosovo Assembly’s foreign affairs committee will meet today at 15:00 to discuss the final version of the declaration on visa liberalisation for Kosovo that will be sent to the European Union. Pal Lekaj, head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, said this is a good opportunity to convince the […]
Read More →Veseli: EU not giving visa liberalisation to Kosovo, meaningless (media)
Several news websites report that Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said today in Pristina that it is meaningless for the European Union not to give visa liberalisation to Kosovo. Veseli made these remarks at a conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Fight for Freedom and Revolution. The Hungarian Ambassador to Kosovo, Laszlo Markusz, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 20 October
• NATO PA changes Rose Roth seminar’s agenda, Djuric annuls his participation (KTV)
• Kosovo and Serbia discuss implementation of Agreement on Diplomas (Klan Kosova)
• It seems that Kadri Veseli started election campaign (KTV)
• Thaçi blames Albanian Government of incapacity (RTK – Life in Kosovo show)
• Fajon doubts that Kosovo lawmakers’ statement will change anything about visas (KTV)
• MoJ suspends 10 officers without knowing what they were being investigated for (KTV)
• Laws against cyber-crimes requested (RTK1)
• Apostolova impressed with work of Women Caucus (RTK1)
• Pejë/Pec official for return and communities arrested (TV21)
Headlines 21 October
• Pristina refuses to discuss Trepca in the Brussels dialogue framework (dailies)
• Simic: Return to Kosovo institutions at this time, meaningless (Zeri)
• EU Office head urges Serbian List to return to Kosovo institutions (Koha)
• Ruling coalition not working on government reshuffling (Koha)
• President Thaci comments on U.S. presidential elections (RTK)
• Djuric to boycott NATO seminar in Pristina (RTK/Gazeta Express)
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