Belgrade Media Report 20 February
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: ICJ should not take consider initiative to launch revision of its verdict (RTS)
• Kuburovic: Serbia to use all legal means (Beta/Blic)
• Drecun: Big step backwards for the region (RTS)
• Vulin: Revision is act of hostility towards Serbia (RTS)
• Nikolic to Kern: Talks with Pristina conducted under almost impossible conditions (Beta/B92)
• Pak: Nikolic not founding party (Beta)
• Jevtic: Without any dilemma we support Vucic’s candidacy (RTS)
• Gojkovic: Decision on what elections will be called due next week (RTS/Tanjug)
• Cupic: A rift occurred within SNS (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic prevents Crnadak’s letter to reach ICJ (BN TV)
• Ivanic and Crnadak hold meeting, discuss revision of lawsuit (BN TV)
• SNSD-DNS-SP leaders discuss revision of lawsuit (RTRS)
• Dzaferovic: Motion for revision of ICJ’s verdict will be filed by February 26 (TV1)
• Moore: There is doubt whether all conditions for successful revision of lawsuit against Serbia have been fulfilled (Glas Srpske)
• HDZ B&H’s Boskovic wins repeated elections in Stolac according to first preliminary results (FTV)
Croatia
• Vojvodina institutions hold conference on Bunjevci’s non-Croat ethnic background (Hina)
Montenegro
• Grabar-Kitarovic: Montenegro was exposed to a coup (CDM)
• Katnic: We were on the brink of civil war (CDM)
fYROM
• The meeting between Albanian political parties without Besa’s party leader (META)
• Zaev says SDSM will accept everything that is in line with the Constitution (MIA)
• Congressman Franks joins call for probing US funding of Soros groups, left-wing causes in Macedonia (MIA)
• US Congressman Rohrabacher offers apology for his recent remarks on Macedonia (MIA)
Albania
• DP condition: Parliamentary elections only with a caretaker government (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russia Stirs Friction in Balkans, as NATO Keeps an Uneasy Peace (The New York Times)
• Macedonia Govt Talks Stuck Over Albanian Language Demands (BIRN)
• Albanian opposition protesters demand PM Rama’s resignation (Intellinews)
Russia is trying to have negative impact in the region (lajmi.net)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said during her speech at the European Countries Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees Summit that Russia is trying to impact negatively in the region. “In addition to the internal agenda of the countries of the region, we are also dealing with some geopolitical ambitions. Here I am speaking about Russia, […]
Read More →Isa Mustafa responds to Hashim Thaçi: Customs director is legal (lajmi.net)
Two weeks after the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, sent a letter to the Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, to inform him that the appointment of the Customs Director based on the memorandum signed with the British Embassy, is illegal, the Ministry of Finance came out with a clarification which stresses that all foreseen parameters for […]
Read More →Vucic foresees “new turbulent times” ahead of Serbia (B92)
“New turbulent times are ahead of Serbia, many can’t wait to undermine and destabilize it,” says Aleksadar Vucic. However, added the prime minister and the presidential candidate of the ruling SNS – “our message is that we will protect Serbia.” Vucic made the comments as he spoke with citizens welcoming him in the town of […]
Read More →Big Powers Clip U.N. Secretary-General’s Wings (Foreign Policy)
In early challenge to Antonio Guterres’ independence, the United States and other veto-wielding powers insist on filling U.N. jobs with their own picks. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres may be the world’s most visible diplomat. But he is quickly learning that he is far from the most powerful. The former Portuguese prime minister is facing […]
Read More →Thaçi: EU risks becoming a bureaucratic institution (Klan Kosova/Koha)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the summit of European countries Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees taking place in Pristina that the EU often lacks vision and leadership and thus risks becoming a bureaucratic institution detached from its citizens. “One of those speaking strongly about Brussels lacking vision is me but there is no other […]
Read More →Apostolova: Kosovo politicians have the key for visa liberalisation (Klan Kosova)
Head of the EU Office in Kosovo and the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova said that visa liberalisation is in the hands of Kosovo politicians and called on them to fulfill the last two remaining conditions – ratification of border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and fight corruption. “European agenda needs to be implemented by the […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Belgrade does not have the political will to establish ZSO (RFE)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said in Zagreb that the Kosovo government is committed to setting up a community of municipalities with Serbian majority (ZSO) but the mere fact that Serb political representatives did not come to the two meetings, shows that Belgrade has no political will for that to happen. After talks with Croatian […]
Read More →Fajon: Visa liberalisation depends on Kosovo politics (RTK)
European Parliament Rapporteur for visa liberalisation for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, said today at the summit of European countries Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees taking place in Pristina that Kosovo needs to ratify border demarcation agreement with Montenegro to pave way for visa-free travel. “I would like to offer support for demarcation. I urge the legislators not […]
Read More →Ivanović: I believe in justice despite everything (Večernje Novosti)
Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović told Večernje Novosti that he expects to be released on Wednesday, after three years of detention. “Despite everything, I believe in justice and that truth always overpowers all injustices. I am pleased with the decision of the Court of Appeals of Kosovo, which reversed the first instance verdict […]
Read More →Simić discussed with US congressmen about the problems of Serbs in Kosovo (KIM radio)
Simić met with the US two-party delegation of Congressmen in the Kosovo parliament, who arrived in a two-day official visit to Kosovo. He said to a group of congressmen that the Serbian List continues with the political protests of non-participation in Kosovo’s institutions. – I explained that we do not participate because of the laws […]
Read More →Russia Stirs Friction in Balkans, as NATO Keeps an Uneasy Peace (NYT)
In the densely forested mountains along the contested frontier between Serbia and Kosovo, a patrol of American soldiers under NATO command trudged through snow and mud, keeping an eye out for smugglers or anyone else trying to cross the border. Given the bloody legacy of this area, the situation is quiet now, at least up […]
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