Belgrade Media Report 21 March
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic, Fleckenstein: Serbia factor of peace in Western Balkans (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbian state to preserve its institutions in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti/Beta)
• Will Serbs in Kosovo vote in presidential elections? (Tanjug/B92)
• New trial against Ivanovic to open on 24 March (Politika)
• EC resumes proceedings against Serbia over Russian gas (Beta)
• Russian electoral commission to monitor presidential elections in Serbia (Beta/Politika)
• Two suspects from Kosovo caught smuggling 13 kilos of drugs (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Session of B&H HoP postponed due to lack of quorum (BN TV)
• Covic: Political situation in B&H is concerning (FTV)
• Ivanic: Bosniak-Croat relations in Federation of B&H are creating crisis in B&H (Srna)
• Prosecutor’s Office of B&H receives criminal reports filed by NDP against Softic and Izetbegovic (TV1)
• Crnadak: Commission for investigating case of opening of ICJ’s letter to Ivanic continues its work (EuroBlic)
• Former ICTY Prosecutor requested one million EUR to work on revision of ICJ’s ruling in case of B&H’s lawsuit against Serbia (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• Citizen of Montenegro arrested for war crimes in Croatia (Hina)
Montenegro
• Coalition can be terminated (Dan)
• Russian influence without long term consequence (RTCG)
• Montenegro to join EU through urgent procedure? (Dnevne novine)
• Vote for demarcation (RTCG)
fYROM
• SDSM refuses proposal for early elections, wants to form a government (MIA)
• Brussels will not comment on “Gruevski’s platform”: We haven’t seen it and we won’t speculate (Meta)
• President Ivanov extends gratitude for Hungary’s initiative on rejecting so-called ‘Tirana platform’ (MIA)
• Hahn will not meet with “For a United Macedonia”, nor is there confirmation for Ivanov (Meta)
• Macedonia should remain on its EU and NATO path: French Ambassador (MIA)
Albania
• Xharra: The crisis in Macedonia is a result of the clash between Russia and the West (Zeri.info)
• Basha threatens PM: Resign or you will end like Mussolini! (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• In Serbian election, the comedy candidate is no joke (Reuters)
Read More →Ðurić: Investing in Education an investment in the future (Kontakt plus radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić says that investment in education is an investment in the future and survival of the Serbian people in Kosovo. Đurić said that during his visit to the Agricultural School in Lešak (which was relocated from Pristina), and whose construction was financed by the Government of […]
Read More →Kosovo, Albania Give ‘Common Market’ Call Thumbs Down (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister has dismissed calls for a Western Balkan ‘common market’ as a pointless diversion from the goal of EU membership – while an important union in Albania has reached the same conclusion. EU Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn’s support for the creation of a common market in the Western Balkans, raised during the […]
Read More →Kosovo at NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo delegation led by Kosovo Assembly Deputy Presidents, Xhavit Haliti, and Slobodan Petrovic, are participating at the works of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, in Sarajevo. During the three-day “Rose Roth” meeting, of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, they will analyze the political and security situation in the region and countries that are undergoing major security crisis, war against […]
Read More →The Serbian List refused 18 invitations to meet with the cabinet of the KSF Ministry (Telegrafi)
Minister of the Kosovo Security Force, Haki Demolli, said that the Serbian List refused 18 requests to meet with the cabinet of the KSF Minister. “From April to July 2016, our cabinet sent around 18 invitations, be them by e-mail, written and different invitations. We have sent the invitation to ministers as well as to […]
Read More →“Air Serbia” violates Brussels agreement (RFE)
Despite the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade for free and unimpeded movement, for those who carry Kosovo documents through Serbia as well as Belgrade and Nis airports, “Air Serbia” still does not accept these documents, reports RFE. This portal further brings concrete experiences of people possessing Kosovo passports, who were rejected to use this airline […]
Read More →“We’ve been redrawing borders too – think of Kosovo” (B92, Sputnik)
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon mentioned the issue of Kosovo when he spoke about Crimea joining Russia. “We have changed borders ourselves. Kosovo, for example. We think that because we are westerners everything is allowed to us – we can enter Iraq, we can bring order to any corner of the world… There is a […]
Read More →The Kosovo government appropriates and Serbian schools (KIM radio)
By appropriating the property of the former Yugoslavia, Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Government of Kosovo becomes the owner of the buildings, in which are placed Serbian schools and health facilities. “According to the decision of Pristina and this building, all the schools in central Kosovo are in their property. During UNMIK nobody […]
Read More →Thaci undertakes initiative for decriminalization of political scene (RFE, Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the “Launching Westminster program for democracy in Kosovo” that Kosovo institutions should not have positions for people who are under investigation. “They should not be included in the election lists either,” Thaci said. His initiative to adopt a code for decriminalization of the political scene in Kosovo […]
Read More →Will Serbs in Kosovo vote in presidential elections? (B92, Tanjug, Blic, KIM radio)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says that Pristina has not yet reached a decision with regard to the elections for the president of Serbia. And although the Kosovo institutions have not yet taken a position on the holding of the Serbian presidential elections in Kosovo, the OSCE have confirmed their readiness to provide technical help to […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 21 March
• Thaci says he has full support of Kosovars to transform KSF (Koha)
• KSF draft law does not fall in opposition with EU legislation (Koha)
• Delawie, O’Connell say Association/Community to be formed this year (Zeri)
• Foreign Ministry sends verbal note to EU over bus attack in Serbia (media)
• Election campaign starts early (Zeri)