Belgrade Media Report 27 July
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 27 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Small chances for Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO (Politika)
• Dacic, Stefanovic to discuss Kosovo’s membership in international organizations (Danas)
• Strong US support to development of Western Balkans (RTS/Beta)
• Russian Humanitarian Mission helping Serbian healthcare (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Zvizdic presents report on work of B&H CoM to B&H parliament (FTV)
• B&H HoR MPs do not give support to Work Report of CoM for 2016 (Hayat)
• Covic: Only through talks we can resolve crises and that is why I feel sorry the meeting got cancelled’ (Vecernji list)
• Izetbegovic says deals and statements of Dodik, Covic and Radoncic represent constant disputing of B&H institutions (Al Jazeera)
• B&H HoR removes Spiric from post of Chairman of Commission (BNTV)
fYROM
• Zaev: The agreement for good neighborly relation with Bulgaria is in accordance with the national interest (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The Croatian-Slovenian Spat Has Far-Reaching Implications For EU Unity (Orient Review)
• Change of guard atop ‘disastrous’ Balkan state (Politico)
“Our region, three main challenges and three solutions” conference underway in Gjilan/Gnjilane (Koha)
The conference “Our region, three main challenges and three solutions”, supported by the Office of the UN Special Representative to Kosovo, is underway in Gjilan/Gnjilane. The conference gathers five mayors of municipalities in the east region as well as officials from the Office of the UN Special Representative to Kosovo, OSCE and civil society. Mayor […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: I hope Serbian List will join PAN in forming new government (Zeri)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) deputy leader, Enver Hoxhaj, said PAN coalition will have enough votes to form the new government and that he hoped the Serbian List would join it. “We will have sufficient number to elect Assembly Speaker and our preferred choice is Kadri Veseli”, Hoxhaj said. “We are the parliamentary majority and […]
Read More →Selmanaj: LDK will have no communication with PDK (Klan Kosova)
Elected MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Driton Selmanaj, said after his registration at the Kosovo Assembly that Kosovo needs a stable government, which in no version depends from prime ministers or presidents of countries in the region. He also said that LDK would in no way be in a government where PDK […]
Read More →Dacic: Kosovo will not become UNESCO member, but it will join Interpol (Danas, Zeri)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, said that the situation with Kosovo’s membership at Interpol is more complicated than UNESCO membership. It is clear that Kosovo does not have more than two thirds of votes for UNESCO membership,” he said. He added that he would meet on Friday with Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic, to […]
Read More →Serbian List has not decided how to vote for Assembly President (RTK)
Elected MP from the Serbian List, Sasa Milosavlevic said that his party does not yet have an official position on the new Assembly President or on the Prime Minister of Kosovo that would come from PAN coalition. Milosavlevic said that they expect to discuss with different parties and present their conditions that they would expect […]
Read More →Kosovo recognition would be high price, said German politician (Politika, Tanjug, B92)
If a demand to recognize Kosovo were to be “delivered” as a condition for Serbia’s accession to the EU that would “be a high price to pay.” Tanjug is reporting this quoting philosopher and senior official of Alternative for Germany, Marc Jongen, whose party, according to estimates, will not only enter the German parliament in […]
Read More →AKR’s Sejdiu: We will not vote for PAN coalition (Koha)
New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) deputy leader, Korab Sejdiu, said today upon submitting registration as Assembly member that despite pressure, the party will remain faithful to the position of the coalition it is part of and will not vote for PAN. “I believe the confusion is with some other parties, not AKR”, he said.
Read More →Checking ground, sharing responsibility for recognition of Kosovo or call to dialogue? (Voice of America)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in his recent op-ed published in Blic daily called for a wider social dialogue on Kosovo. His invitation was accepted by the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SANU), Serbian Orthodox Church and part of the opposition, Voice of America reported. Some see this invitation as a sharing of the responsibility, […]
Read More →Eight Signs of Hope From Kosovo’s Election (Balkan Insight)
Jeta Xharra, Country Director of BIRN office in Kosovo and editor-in-chief of TV programme, Life in Kosovo, lists in an opinion piece the key upsides and downsides of the June 11 general election, as she anticipates they are likely to be echoed in the local elections due on October 22. Read more: http://bit.ly/2v9Wvz0
Read More →Srpska Lista: Peace and security prerequisite for normalization of life in Kosovo (TV Most)
Srpska Lista in the strongest terms condemned incidents by which someone tries to bring disturbance among Serbs in Kosovo, TV Most reported citing Srpska Lista press statement. “It is obvious someone is bothered over the peace that with heavy efforts, we have achieved during the previous time (…). We call upon all responsible institutions to […]
Read More →Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS) condemns incident in Zvecan, criticizes police (KoSSev Portal)
After the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo condemned the setting on fire a vehicle belonging to Doctor Dragisa Milovic and former President of Zvecan Municipality, Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS), headed by Aleksandar Jablanovic also condemned this incident, KoSSev reported. “This attack is yet another alarm for all international structures in Pristina that crime and […]
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