Belgrade Media Report 26 July
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 26 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Italy expects continued dialogue with Pristina and even better relations with Albania (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Thanks to friends, Kosovo will not join UNESCO (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej: What is given away is lost forever (RTS)
• Higher Court requests ‘valid’ indictment for continuing proceedings in ‘Srebrenica’ (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Presidency holds session (BHT1)
• B&H HoP fails to send amendments to B&H Election Law into further parliamentary procedure (BHT1)
• B&H HoR’s CLAC dismisses B&H CoM’s Work Report (BHT1)
• Meeting of party leaders in Mostar canceled (Srna)
• Izetbegovic rejects to attend meeting of leaders in Mostar (Dnevni avaz)
• Radoncic tells Covic he will not come to meeting if Izetbegovic does not come (Dnevni avaz)
fYROM
• Government accepts Agreement with Bulgaria (Meta)
Albania
• Rama: Mutual effort to understand fully one another (ATA)
• Bushati – Dimitrov: Joint meeting during fall in Pogradec (ATA)
• Haradinaj’s message to President Meta (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• New Movement Pledges to Tackle Bosnia’s Old Problems (Balkan Insight)
• Macedonia’s New Leaders Set Sights on NATO, EU Membership (VOA)
Marko Jakišić writes an open letter to Vučić: Seal of treason and dishonor is more important than money and Nobel Prize (NSPM Magazine)
In an open letter to Serbian President Vučić, which was published on 25 July in Nova srpska politicka misao magazine, Marko Jakšić, former prominent member of Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the leading member of “Fatherland” (Otadzbina) movement said that the reason for this letter is Vučić’s “intention to finally solve the status of […]
Read More →Thaci: Everyone in Kosovo will feel equal (Lajmi)
Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, assembled today the Consultative Council for Communities to discuss problems faced by minority communities in Kosovo. Thaci said he would continue to support minority communities and guarantee equal rights and opportunities for all. He said Kosovo is home to all its citizens. “I assure you that you have the support of […]
Read More →President Vucic won’t say if partition of Kosovo is “one option” (Tanjug, B92)
According to President Aleksandar Vucic, an agreement can be reached on Kosovo “only if both sides are dissatisfied, or at least a little satisfied.” Revisiting on Tuesday his idea about launching an “internal dialogue” about Kosovo, the Serbian president said it would be extremely important – “because afterwards, we will be much more objective and […]
Read More →Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej on Kosovo internal dialogue (Novosti)
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej, commenting the invitation of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on internal dialogue on Kosovo, stated that Kosovo must not be alienated nor bestowed. “We appeal to our statesmen they must never give consent to the alienation of Kosovo, because what was taken by force, can be returned, but what is […]
Read More →Vulin: As always there is no sincere interlocutor among Albanians (Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin stated to Tanjug, it was proven once more there is no sincere interlocutor among the Albanians when it comes to the crucial significance for both, the Serbs and Albanians. “As always when Vucic initiates topics of crucial significance and importance for the Serbs and Albanians, it shows there is […]
Read More →Haradinaj changes his answer on numbers (Kallxo.com)
The PAN candidate for the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, talked shortly to the journalists after his registration procedure at the Assembly of Kosovo. This time he avoided a direct answer to the question on whether he has the sufficient number of votes to create the government. “I do not understand what numbers you […]
Read More →Association of Families: First responsibility for what was lost, then dialogue on Kosovo (Sputnik)
The Association of Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered Persons in Kosovo stated it accepts the invitation of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on dialogue on Kosovo, but first it is necessary to identify the causes and consequences of the current situation, their press release reads. It further said, they would seek from the President […]
Read More →Deda: We will not vote Veseli and Haradinaj (Lajmi)
LAA coalition appears to be determined not to vote the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Kadri Veseli for the President of the Assembly of Kosovo, and neither the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, for the position of the Prime Minister of Kosovo. This was reiterated […]
Read More →Selimi: We are discussing program, not PM’s position with LDK (Lajmi)
Vetevendosje movement MP, Rexhep Selimi, said after his registration at Assembly administration that creation of the new institutions and process of registering MPs could have taken place much earlier. According to him, this was intentionally delayed by those who claim to have the numbers to create the government. Selimi said that they are discussing program […]
Read More →Zvecan: Vehicle of Doctor Dragisa Milovic set on fire (Kontakt Plus radio)
Vehicle Opel Astra owned by a Doctor Dragisa Milovic and former president of the Zvecan Municipality was set on fire, last night in Zvecan, Commander of the Kosovo Police North Region, Nenad Djuric confirmed to Kontakt Plus Radio. Djuric said that last night a fire broke in the parking lot in front of “M” restaurant […]
Read More →The depressing truth: No bright future for Western Balkans for decades to come (Igor Zlatojev, Prishtina Insight)
At the current pace of reforms, it is irresponsible to tell the people of the Balkans that they have a European perspective. No, they don’t. Their children do. Regardless of what anyone might say about the speed of the Western Balkans’ EU accession, such as Federica Mogherini claiming that “it is largely up to Serbia […]
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