UNMIK Headlines 31 July
• PAN: Assembly President and Government to be voted on same day (Koha)
• Mustafa: Resolving Serb issue in Kosovo, knot in our European future (Koha)
• Vucic: Serbs and Albanians must live like friends (media)
• Palokaj: No normalization of relations without mutual recognition (Koha)
• Hoyt Yee: Balkans must be very careful from Russian influence (Kosova Sot)
• Kucan: Western Balkans remains a powder keg (Epoka e Re)
• “We have lost €90 million!” (Zeri)
Belgrade Media Report 28 July
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 28 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Significant opportunities to strengthen cooperation with Nigeria (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Dialogue doesn’t imply Serbia’s readiness to recognize Kosovo’s independence (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Radeta: We will not take part in the dialogue (FoNet)
• New EU Delegation Head in Serbia presents credentials (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Aftermath of rejection of report on work of B&H CoM before B&H parliament (TV1)
• Izetbegovic: There is need to stabilize authorities (Fena/Nezavisne)
• Genjac: SDA supports work of B&H CoM (BNTV)
• Dodik: B&H CoM works without existence of parliamentary majority (RTRS)
• Cvijanovic: Blockade both of Law on Excise Duties in B&H and Transport Community Treaty occurred in B&H institutions (Srna)
• Majkic: It is odd that Serb member of B&H Presidency adopted conclusion on speeding up registration of prospective military locations (RTRS)
• Covic: Next elections under amended law (Nezavisne)
• OSCE closes its temporary office in Stolac (Dnevni avaz)
fYROM
• Poposki: In order to receive support from VMRO-DPMNE the Agreement with Bulgaria will have to be corrected (MIA)
• International arrest warrant was issued for Grujovski and Boshkovski (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• China determined to take European Union under political and economic control (Pravda)
Read More →“Dialogue does not mean Serbia’s readiness to recognize Kosovo” (Tanjug, Klan Kosova)
Head of Serbia’s Parliamentary Commission for for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun said today that the initiative to start an internal dialogue on Kosovo, does not mean that Serbia is ready to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, but to deal with proposals and see final solution of the problem. According to him, Serbia’s proposal for the […]
Read More →Mitrovica North Municipality, Office for Kosovo condemned incidents (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Mitrovica North Municipality in the strongest terms condemns any incident that jeopardizes “peace and tranquility of citizens,” Kontakt Plus Radio reported. The statement further said such events have confirmed the rightness of the stance of the Mayor Rakic to cease work on the Ibar River Bridge. At the same time, the municipality called upon security […]
Read More →Osmani: We do not vote Veseli and Haradinaj (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vjosa Osmani expressed her conviction that MPs from the LAA coalition will not vote Kadri Veseli for Assembly Presidemt or Ramush Haradinaj for Prime Minister of Kosovo. She also added that statements from the PAN coalition that they have the sufficient votes to create the […]
Read More →Mayor Rakić to Apostolova : Publish the contracts! We do not want a war of press statements (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakić issued a press statement early this morning in which he said that he was surprised by the statement of the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova that the European Union was not responsible for the cancellation of financial assistance to North Mitrovica, but the local government. Rakić called upon Apostolova […]
Read More →Konjufca: We do not want blockade, but name of Assembly President is important (Koha)
Vetvendosje MP, Glauk Konjufca said today that “the PAN coalition does not have the numbers to create the government or to vote the Assembly President, however he added, it can happen that some MP decides to join this coalition. After his registration as Kosovo Assembly MP, Konjufca said “Vetevendosje is not for blockade of any […]
Read More →Srpska Lista condemns torching of car belonging to Oliver Ivanovic (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Srpska Lista in the strongest terms condemns the latest incident in Mitrovica North, in which a vehicle owned by the leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy and Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic was burned down and calls upon the international community and security structure to swiftly resolve the case. They also called upon the […]
Read More →“Serbia lost Kosovo, Kosovo Serbs got state” (Danas)
It is certainly good that President of Serbia talks about facing reality, but Vucic and his associates would have to do much more to convince people they are honest when they talk about some historic reconciliation with Kosovo and Albanians, stated Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief of Koha Ditore to Danas daily. According to Bajrami, there were […]
Read More →Europe’s Next Crisis: The Balkans (Wall Street Journal)
At a recent closed think-tank meeting, a well-informed German official was asked what problem in Europe caused him the most worry. His answer came without hesitation: the Western Balkans, where a new crisis is brewing as Turkey and Russia stir the pot. https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-next-crisis-the-balkans-1500937579
Read More →German soldiers after 18 years leave base near Prizren (Tanjug)
The German Army after 18 years has handed over to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo to use the base at the Cviljen hill near Prizren. KoSSev portal, referring to the report of Pristina-based daily „Bota Sot“ said the German Bundeswehr, as a part of KFOR Mission, established this base in 1999 and used it […]
Read More →Kosovo faces energy collapse with coal reserves down to two weeks (Reuters)
Kosovo is on the verge of an energy collapse with its power corporation holding only two-weeks worth of coal reserves. The problem is there for all to see in the village of Shipitulle where large and rusted excavators, resembling Transformers, stand idle. They can’t get to the coal, even though there is lots of it. […]
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