Belgrade Media Report 18 September
LOCAL PRESS
• More EU chapters could be opened this year (Beta)
• Vulin: KFOR to be sole armed force in Kosovo (Beta)
• SPC Patriarch: I believe that Vucic thinks about Kosovo the same as the people and SPC (Vecernje Novosti)
• Deputy Prime Minister asks SPC not to pressure Vucic (Blic)
• McAllister: Serbia’s EU accession depends on relations with Kosovo (Kurir)
• Vucic, Scott Discuss situation in the region (VIP)
• Aleksandar Vucic is traveling to New York on Monday, where he will stay until September 23 (Tanjug)
• Dacic to attend meeting on UN reform chaired by Trump (Beta)
• Jeremic: Jankovic Deserves to Lead the Opposition (Danas)
• SNS will not announce candidate for Belgrade Mayor (Danas)
• Pride march led by organizers, Prime Minister, officials (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Minister Mektic: I support “Macedonian scenario” in RS (BNTV)
• B&H Minister Crnadak: No government can be maintained with violence (TV1)
• Republika Srpska is changing Law on Referendum (EuroBlic)
fYROM
• PM Zaev at 72nd UN General Assembly (MIA)
• Bujar Osmani announces municipal election cooperation between DUI and SDSM (MIA)
• Macedonia joins NATO’s Defense Education Enhancement Programme (MIA)
• Karakachanov: Bulgaria supports unity and territorial integrity, offers help in resolving name issue (MIA)
• Kotzias discussed Macedonia name issue with Guterres (MIA)
Albania
• NATO Military Committee Chairman: Alliance is grateful for Albania’s strong commitment (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Ana Brnabic: ‘Germany is a model for us’ (DW)
Formerly radicalized teens denied access to education (Prishtina Insight)
An investigation reveals that a discrepancy between the Kosovo Correctional Service and the Ministry of Education is leaving teenagers who attempted to join terrorist organizations out of school. With little money, two 16-year-old boys, one from Viti and the other from Gjilan, checked into Prishtina International Airport to board a flight to Turkey, hoping to […]
Read More →“Russia’s preparing for big war; as for W. Balkans…” (Tanjug, B92
Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee Petr Pavel says there are reasons for concern over Russia-Belarus military maneuvers Zapad (West) 2017. According to him, the exercise “could be seen” a “serious preparations for big war,” Serbian media reported In addition, Pavel also said that NATO was “not competing with Russia for the Western Balkans”. He told […]
Read More →Mustafa: This government should be short-lived (RTK)
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said that a government led by “creators of isolation” and “dictated by the Serbian List” should be short-lived. In a meeting with the party’s candidates running in upcoming local elections, Mustafa said LDK kept its promise of not entering a coalition government with the Democratic […]
Read More →Kosovo Slates Serbian Film Attacking its UNESCO Bid (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo prime minister’s office has condemned a Serbian documentary film that attacks Pristina’s bid to join the UN cultural body UNESCO as offensive. http://bit.ly/2y90xoI
Read More →Vucic goes to NYC, to address UN General Assembly (B92, Tanjug)
Aleksandar Vucic is traveling to New York on Monday, where he will stay until September 23. The Serbian president will have a series of meetings, and participate in the UN General Assembly. According to Tanjug, Vucic will attend the Sustainable Development Summit of the World Economic Forum and is also expects to meet with Philipp […]
Read More →Petrovic family property devastated (Radio Kontakt Plus)
The property and a house of the Petrovic family located at the entry of the village Musnikovo, near Prizren, is jeopardized with unauthorized reconstruction works, Radio Kontakt Plus reported. A road has been built just above the house and an annex object, which resulted in a huge amount of soil and rocks falling down to […]
Read More →“Serbia’s EU accession depends on relations with Kosovo” (B92)
EP rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister says negotiations on Serbia’s EU accession EU require “constant movement towards better relations with Kosovo”. He told the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir that “this process should gradually lead to the normalization of relations between the two sides, with both being able to exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities.” “The […]
Read More →President Thaci travels to New York, scheduled to meet President Trump (RTK)
Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, has travelled to New York today and is scheduled to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly. A press release issued by the Office of the President notes that Thaci is scheduled to have a brief meeting with United States President Donald Trump.
Read More →Tahiri: I have initiated amendment of law for confiscation of illegal wealth (media)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, has initiated amendments to the legislation forthe confiscation of illegal wealth and said he will soon submit these amendments to the government. Tahiri made this announcement during a workshop in Pristina on the management of confiscated wealth. “I will soon submit these amendments to the Government of the Republic […]
Read More →Pacolli: There are Albanians that have committed war crimes, they will be sentenced (Koha)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behxhet Pacolli, said in an interview for SRF that there are Albanians that have committed war crimes in Kosovo and that they will be sentenced. “It is good that there will be indictments against those that have really committed war crimes and there are Albanians among them. They […]
Read More →Rikalo: Allegations that I mistreated Albanians ill-intended (Beta, KIM Radio)
Kosovo Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Rural Development, Nenad Rikalo rejected accusations that he mistreated Albanians during the war in Kosovo, calling them untrue and ill-intended. Rikalo said the aim of such accusations is to discredit him, Srpska Lista and the newly established Kosovo Government, Serbian media reported. Rikalo also added that from 2001 to […]
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