Belgrade Media Report 20 June
LOCAL PRESS
• Coalition members must toe line on PM, or face “exclusion” (B92)
• SPS to “expand” Brnabic’s cabinet (Tanjug)
• EU-Serbia talks: Serbia opens chapters – intellectual property law and customs union (Beta)
• Belgrade is preparing for a provisional administration (Danas)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Zvizdic meets EU officials (TV1)
• Dodik: No representative of RS has mandate to force B&H path to NATO (Srna)
• PIC considers moving Inzko to Vienna (EuroBlic)
• Banja Luka is new target of attack (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Marija Pejcinovic Buric confirmed as Foreign Minister (Vecernji list)
• Border dispute arbitration decision to be announced on 29 June (Vecernji list)
fYROM
• Zaev’s addressing from Sofia: The Agreement on Good Neighborly Relations shall be signed on Ilinden in Macedonia (Meta)
• Hahn arrives next Monday, while Priebe on Tuesday (Meta)
• Government discusses reform priorities, EU and NATO integration; PM Zaev meets DPA leader Thaci (MIA)
Albania
• Rama: The essence with DP’s agreement is opening negotiations to EU (ATA)
• MP Xhafaj: The judicial reform, a one-way path (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• US Congress looking into Ex-CIA officer’s involvement in Montenegro coup attempt (Sputnik)
• American Interest: Why should the Balkans matter to the West? (American Interest magazine)
Haradinaj: PAN will form new government (Kosovapress)
Ramush Haradinaj, candidate for Prime Minister from the PDK-AAK-NISMA coalition (PAN), said today this coalition is ready to form a new government and that MPs from other parties have also expressed their readiness to support a new government that he would lead. In an interview to Pristina-based Kosovapress news website, Haradinaj said he was already […]
Read More →Selimi: We won’t cooperate with PDK or Serbian List (Kosovapress)
Vetevendosje’s Rexhep Selimi in an interview to the news website said that his party is the biggest parliamentary entity and that they are ready to form a new government. “It is now evident. The Vetevendosje Movement is the biggest parliamentary party. It has a number of MPs that gives it advantage over every other political […]
Read More →An Old Nightmare Returns: The Balkans Simmer Again (The National Interest)
One of the problems that emerges when U.S. officials and the news media are focused on a small number of foreign-policy issues is that troubling developments can occur below the radar in other areas. That appears to be happening in the Balkans, a region that was a foreign-policy priority of the Western powers in the […]
Read More →KFOR crucial for peace in Kosovo (KIM radio)
KFOR a key factor in maintaining peace and protecting religious facilities, deputy prime minister Branimir Stojanovic and Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO Operations John Manza have agreed, reports KIM radio. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the situation in Kosovo, discussing security, protection of religious facilities and the current political situation after parliamentary elections. […]
Read More →“Serbs and Albanians lived not as neighbors, but together” (B92)
A review of Petrit Imami’s “Serbs and Albanians Through Centuries,” published by Samizdat B92, and supported by the Kosovo Office of Community Affairs and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pristina. “The need to write the book ‘Serbs and Albanians Through Centuries’ arose in me from the deep motive to face the history of the two […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo Army will be formed in line with NATO standards (media)
Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci met today in Pristina with Slovenian Defence Minister, Andreja Katic. Thaci thanked Katic for Slovenia’s continuous support and expressed readiness to further the fruitful cooperation between the two countries. “We have good bilateral, political, economic and cultural cooperation with countries in the region, even with those that have not recognized Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Ismaili: New government led by Haradinaj will be formed very soon (Ekonomia Online)
Uran Ismaili, deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), told Ekonomina Online that the PDK’s vision for Ramush Haradinaj as Prime Minister of Kosovo has been approved by the people’s vote and that their project will not be stopped. He said he was confident that a new government led by Haradinaj will be […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 19 June
• Haradinaj announces Government formation in record time (KTV)
• LDK removes red lines to coalition with PDK (RTK)
• Additional 280 ballot boxes to be recounted (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Manza: Unilateral transformation of KSF might jeopardise cooperation with NATO (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Inter-municipal declaration to promote inter-community dialogue signed (Klan Kosova)
• Bahtiri urges internationals to put pressure on Rakic (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 20 June
• Mustafa: No coalition with PDK (media)
• LDK against coalition with PAN (Zeri)
• PAN keeps secret name of Assembly President, Serbs aim for the post (Koha)
• Sejdiu: We won’t join PAN coalition in forming a new government (Epoka)
• Zogaj: We won’t unite with those that brought down the government (Bota)
• CEC orders recount of 280 ballot boxes (dailies)
• NATO: KSF transformation following constitutional changes (Zeri)
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