Belgrade Media Report 07 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Parliament finishes debate in principle on budget bill (RTS/Tanjug)
• Miscevic: I hope chapters 25, 26 to be opened next week, along with Chapter 5 (Beta/RTS)
• Serbia has made progress, but much more left to do (Tanjug)
• Belgrade approves 383 dialing code for Pristina (Novosti)
• US Embassy expects “justice to be served” in the case of torching Embassy building in 2008 (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• PIC SB starts two-day session to discuss current situation in B&H (N1)
• Yee meets B&H Presidency members, calls for reform of election system (TV1)
• RS CC: RSNA’s decisions re referendum violate VNI of Bosniak people (RTRS)
• Croatian President: Thousands of IS fighters returning to B&H (Hina)
• Macedonia Parliamentary Election 2016: VMRO-DPMNE rallies in Delcevo, SDSM in Kumanovo (Telegraf.mk)
• Dimitriev – SEC: All conditions for fair elections in place (Republika)
• Gruevski in Delcevo: On Sunday we will score another great referendum victory, victory for Macedonia (Republika)
• Almodóbar: There is no better option than government led by Gruevski (Republika)
• Macedonian diaspora in Switzerland: We are ready to go out to vote and protect the national interests (Voice of the People)
• Albanian Diaspora President Lamallari to Gruevski: Zaev is our savior and a good visionary (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Balkan War Crime Suspects Maintain Political Influence (BIRN)
• Monitors: Bogus Voters Remain on Macedonia’s Electoral Roll (BIRN)
• Opinion Poll: Gap Narrows Between Macedonia’s Parties (BIRN)
• Macedonia Prosecution at Risk if Ruling Party Wins Polls (BIRN)
• Why Macedonia’s Discredited Rulers Will Win Again (BIRN)
Rakić denies the construction of the wall along the Ibar/Ibër River (KIM radio)
North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakić has rejected claims of the Mayor of South Mitrovica Agim Bahtiri that a wall is being built along the Ibar/Ibër River, that supposedly was not a part of the agreement on the revitalization of the bridge. Rakic says it’s not about wall but the promenade along the river. “All works […]
Read More →Vetevendosje calls for extraordinary Assembly session regarding PISA results (Koha)
Vetevendosje Movement has called for an urgent session of the Kosovo Assembly to discuss the recent result of the survey of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) which ranked the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in Kosovo on the 68th place out of a total of 70 countries assessed. Vetevendosje MP Mytaher Haskuka […]
Read More →Government of Kosovo approves establishment of Western Balkans Fund (media)
The government of Kosovo has approved proposal for establishment of the Western Balkans Fund designed to act as a cooperation platform between Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia.
Read More →Tahiri: Wall in north of Mitrovica, contrary to Kosovo laws and Brussels agreement (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio, Edita Tahiri, today held an urgent meeting with the government working group for Brussels agreement for the removal of the barricade of the Iber/Ibar Bridge and its revitalization. Tahiri stressed that this meeting aims to address some concerning developments in the northern part of Mitrovica related to wall that is being […]
Read More →Protest in Sočanica because of construction of the health house (RTV Puls)
Yesterday in the municipality Leposavić/Leposaviq in Sočanica a protest was organised due to the construction of the health house that has been initiated by the decision of the Mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanović and funded by Pristina, which in their opinion allows infiltration of Pristina into Serbian health system in the north of Kosovo. Interim […]
Read More →Dragan Jablanović politically no longer exists for us (TV Most)
The political representatives of Serbs from northern Kosovo tonight have accused the mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanović to lead anti Serbian politics and that his task is ”breaking the unity of the Serbian people in the north Kosovo and Metohija”. The statement, signed by the Minister Ljubomir Marić, representatives of local governments from northern Kosovo […]
Read More →Shpend Ahmeti the nation builder (Politico.eu)
Kosovo may have taken an important step toward international recognition this year, when it joined FIFA and won Olympic gold in Rio. But for Shpend Ahmeti, the mayor of Pristina, building a nation begins on the ground. Since his election in 2013, the 38-year-old Harvard graduate, former World Bank economist and university professor has been […]
Read More →Internationals: PISA test results are concerning (media)
The EU Office in Kosovo /EUSR, German Development Cooperation, Austrian Development Agency, The Embassy of Switzerland in Kosovo and World Learning issue the following statement: “The results published yesterday of the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) revealed that out of 72 participating countries Kosovo ranks in the group of the three least performing […]
Read More →Mustafa speaks about the PISA result (media)
The government of Kosovo endorsed today several draft laws and decision, among them the strategic plan for the development of the education in 2017/2021. According to the Education Minister, Arsim Bajrami, this plan will help Kosovo to attain more qualitative education. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said that assessment of the level […]
Read More →Black and White Peony for (non) cooperation with the media (Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian journalists, members of the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) in Kosovo, and this year will hand over White and Black Peony, awards for the best and worst cooperation with media. Recognition is awarded based on the votes of the Association members; a vote is taken until Thursday. The award was founded by the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 6 December
• OSCE Mission in Kosovo concludes Apprenticeship Programme (RTK2)
• PM Mustafa feeble toward Srpska List (KTV)
• Reforms affect the system, threshold, zones and lists (KTV)
• Jablanovic: We will not stop cooperation with KFOR (KTV, RTK2)
• Rakic denies building of a wall dividing Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north from the south (Klan Kosova)
• Five-day election campaign for run-off elections in Gllogovc/Glogovac (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
– International community is pushing Kosovo institutions to fight violent extremism (Summary of KTV – Rubicon show)
Read More →LINKS
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From Google News- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 SeeNews
- The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results - Sarajevo Times 26/04/2024The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results Sarajevo Times
- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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