Situation in Balkans in focus of Vucic’s meeting with Lavrov (InSerbia)
The situation in the Balkans was in focus of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. “We hail any opportunity to hear your opinion about the developments in the regions, to coordinate our further steps on […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 20 September
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Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 20 September 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Best for Serbia to stay under the radar (PinkTV)
• Vucic holds series of bilateral meetings in New York (Beta)
• Russia is our true friend, Serbian president says (Tanjug)
• Mogherini meets with Vucic and Thaci in NYC (Tanjug)
• SPC Bishop: Church won’t remain quiet about Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
• US pushing hard to make Kosovo Interpol member (Vecernje Novosti)
• Extradition of Radicals makes it to EU’s list of conditions (Vecernje Novosti)
• Step closer to truth: How much has NATO bombing poisoned us? (Vecernje Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: The RS will give up on the referendum on state judiciary (RTRS)
• Leaders of the opposition: Decision to give up on referendum is obvious example of Dodik’s fraudulent policy (BNTV)
• Pendes: B&H will meet all conditions for activation NATO MAP (FTV)
• New York: Dragan Covic at Trump’s reception (Dnevne novine)
• Yee paid semi-secret visit to B&H to meet opposition leaders and some ruling parties’ reps (EuroBlic)
• Yee: US is fully dedicated to DPA; Malicious interference of Russia is unacceptable (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik and Serbian Minister Vulin discussed revival of companies of RS military industry (RTRS)
Croatia
• Slovenian President against bilateral talks with Croatia on border dispute (N1)
Montenegro
• Russians under scrutiny for laundering more than $1m for PzP (Pobjeda)
• Money laundering related to PzP: Pavlovic, Radunovic and Draskovic arrested (CDM)
fYROM
• PM Zaev resumes US visit (MIA)
• IRI: Rise of both SDSM’s and Zaev’s ratings and fall of Gruevski’s and VMRO-DPMNE’s ratings (Meta)
Albania
• Basha: Electoral reform, necessary for the country, May 18 agreement is “dead” (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Managing the last days of Milorad Dodik (Balkan Insight, by Jasmin Mujanovic)
Read More →Vucic with Trump, invited him to visit Serbia (B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with USA President Donald Trump in New York and invited him to come to an official visit to Serbia. According to unofficial information, Trump “has accepted the idea” to visit Serbia, B92 reported. The two presidents, following the UN General Assembly session, spoke several minutes at the reception Trump and […]
Read More →Serbia better be out of radar – says President Vučić (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said in New York late on Tuesday that the world is in a dangerous and complicated situation today. Vučić, who is attending this year’s UN General Assembly, added that at the UN headquarters, “many harsh words” could be heard in that context – and that, as a small country, “we better […]
Read More →“Internal dialogue without Serbs from Kosovo makes no sense” (KIM Radio)
Internal dialogue on Kosovo without Serbs from Kosovo makes no sense, concluded participants at the roundtable organized by the Serb National Forum, representatives of different political parties and non-governmental organizations in Gracanica yesterday, KIM Radio reported. As KIM Radio reported, although invited Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric, Chair of the Srpska Lista, […]
Read More →NGOs urge government to allocate budget for sexual violence victims in conflict (Koha)
A group of NGOs, authorized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to receive applications for recognition of status to the victims of sexual violence during the conflict, requested the government of Kosovo to allocate the budget for the process of verification and recognition. The NGOs said that despite all actions taken with regards […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo interested in fostering relations with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (RTK)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met in New York Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker and said Kosovo has managed to consolidate its international status and is gradually becoming fully integrated into the international community. “Our country has been recognised by 114 sovereign countries and […]
Read More →Uncertain implementation of the Agreement on the integration of judiciary (Kontakt plus radio)
Judge of the Basic Court in North Mitrovica Jelena Krivokapić participated in a conference that is part of the project “Consequences of postponing the integration of the judiciary – the situation and perspectives” that was held in the Civic Energy Centre in North Mitrovica on Tuesday. On that occasion, Krivokapić said that the integrated judiciary […]
Read More →Ivanović: Citizens and local self-government will suffer the damage caused by the pressures (KIM radio)
“It is unimaginable what kinds of pressure are suffering all the members of the SDP who were running for the forthcoming local elections,” Oliver Ivanović said after the resignation of Dr Zoran Spasojević’s candidature. Commenting on Spasojević’s decision to withdraw his candidacy for the councillor in front of the CI SDP list for the upcoming […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly forms parliamentary committees (Telegrafi)
The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly in a meeting today set up parliamentary committees. Vetevendosje will chair the committee on legislation, the committee for labour and social welfare, education committee and the committee for supervision of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) will chair the economic development committee, committee on […]
Read More →UNMIK chief calls for free municipal electoral campaign (media)
At the outset of the campaign for municipal elections in Kosovo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, emphasises the importance of the opportunity for all people and communities to elect representatives in a democratic and transparent manner. He calls for responsible action by all leaders and parties to ensure a campaign free of […]
Read More →SRS about Rikalo: Whose interests Srpska Lista and imposed Serb representatives are protecting? (KoSSev portal)
“How will Nenad Rikalo protect the interests of the Serb people in our southern province, when he proudly notes the fact that “for four years he was a member of a board of the SOROS foundation, together with Shpend Ahmeti, Ilir Deda and other prominent intellectuals from Pristina?”” Serbian Radical Party (SRS) said to the […]
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