Belgrade Media Report 21 September
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic at the UN: Peace and stability in the Western Balkans is a condition for development (Tanjug,UN News)
• Vucic says Trump accepted his invitation to visit Serbia (B92, O2)
• Vucic: Macron plans to visit Serbia in 2018 (Beta)
• Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Serbia on October 10 (Tanjug)
• Dacic in New York with Plenkovic, Morales, ministers of Belarus, Trinidad, Lebanon (Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia against interference in sovereign states’ internal affairs (Beta)
• “Return Kosovo to Serbia – then talk about sovereignty” (Tajug)
• Vucic wants Parliament to elect President in future (Danas)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Decision on calling referendum on Court and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H published in RS Official Gazette (TV1)
• SDA reps welcome Dodik’s decision to suspend referendum on work of B&H judiciary (BHT1)
• Crnadak: Dodik’s decision on annulling of referendum is slap in face of RS people (Klix)
• HR Inzko: RSNA’s decision on referendum on B&H judiciary represents violation of DPA (TV1)
• B&H Presidency Chairman Covic: B&H will continue meeting obligations towards reaching EU candidate status (N1)
• B&H HoR rejects proposed amendments to B&H Election Law and B&H Criminal Code (FTV)
Croatia
• Slovenian Prime Minister to visit Zagreb next Wednesday (Jutarnji list)
• Is B&H OSA wiretapping Croatian officials? (HRT1)
• Oleg Butkovic: Construction of Peljesac bridge to begin by end of 2017 (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
• The EU to opposition: Resolve political situation in Parliament (CDM)
• Abazovic: Either the EU is on the side of the totalitarian regime or on the side of democracy (CDM)
• SNP clear: Boycott won’t be ended, now it’s PM’s move (CDM)
fYROM
• PM Zaev at UN: Governments wishing to serve citizens are open (MIA)
• FM Dimitrov’s activities on sidelines of UNGA in New York (MIA)
• PM Zaev: Let’s put behind old Balkan policy, divisions (MIA)
Albania
• Prime Minister Edi Rama meets with U.S. President Donald Trump (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian media under political pressure (Euractiv)
• Skopje might change name of “Alexander the Great” Airport (Greek reporter)
UNS in Kosovo: Local authorities not to make selection while inviting media (KIM Radio)
Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo, called upon local authorities to openly present their work and timely inform the media about the organization of events and public hearings, without selection, so the citizens can have insight into their work, KIM Radio reported. As UNS press statement reads the municipality of Mitrovica North, invited only […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: Scandalous behavior of RTK2 journalists (TV Most, Kontakt Plus Radio)
Srpska Lista (SL) said today that yesterday’s protest in Vitina, held with the aim of a political promotion of anonymous individuals before local elections, brought to light, as SL said it, unthinkable and unprofessional behaviour of the TV RTK2 journalists, which as SL said it, was directed against Srpska Lista, Serbian media reported. Srpska Lista […]
Read More →Pacolli to visit Montenegro next week (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, met in New York Montenegro’s Foreign Minister, Srdjan Darmanovic. In a Facebook post, Pacolli said the two diplomats reconfirmed excellent relations between Kosovo and Montenegro and discussed issues of joint interest. “I will set on an official visit to Podgorica next week,” Pacolli wrote.
Read More →Quint countries call for peaceful election campaign (Telegrafi)
At the outset of local election campaign, the embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States called on all political parties and their candidates to commit to free, respectful, and peaceful campaigning. “Citizens deserve an open and transparent election process where all candidates have the right to be heard by the […]
Read More →Pacolli: Kosovo has enough votes for UNESCO but could postpone its Interpol bid (Koha)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, said Kosovo has managed to secure enough votes to gain membership in UNESCO. He said that in meetings with foreign diplomats in the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Kosovo delegation has secured the necessary votes for UNESCO although he admitted that Kosovo would still […]
Read More →EU reconfirms enlargement perspective for the Western Balkans (Koha)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, met Western Balkans leaders in New York and reconfirmed the region’s European perspective. “We reconfirmed the unequivocal support of the European Union for the enlargement perspective of the Western Balkans, as most recently expressed […]
Read More →Local elections: Much ado and expenses about nothing (Pristhina Insight)
By: Agron Demi The issue of limited municipal powers to address major issues will not be mentioned during the local election campaigns, nor will the problem of bloated assemblies and misused budgets. Today is the kick off of the election campaign for mayors in 38 municipalities and 1,002 representatives in municipal assemblies. A total of […]
Read More →Thomas Greminger: OSCE will not change its approach towards Kosovo (N1)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić talked with the new Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger about Serbia’s co-operation with the organization, the ministry said, reports regional TV N1. At a meeting on the side-lines of the session of the United Nations General Assembly, Dačić said that it […]
Read More →Vulin: Serbian List will not allow creation of Kosovo Army (N1, Politika)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin says that the Serbian List will not allow formation of Kosovo armed forces and that no one can persuade the Serbian government to agree with the formation of Kosovo Army. Vulin told Politika daily that “there is nobody who can convince us and make us accept that the Kosovo Army […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 20 September
• Supreme Court rules in favour of Berisha’s re-certification (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Democracy in Action calls for voter education campaign (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Not everything ready for Justice Agreement implementation (KTV)
• Special Prosecution collecting evidence on Rikalo case (KTV)
• Krasniqi: Rikalo should be dismissed (KTV)