Belgrade Media Report 16 October
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 16 October 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Government sets up working group for dialogue on Kosovo (Tanjug/B92)
• Vucic on pressures, Kosovo (Novosti)
• Covic, Vucic agree to hold trilateral meeting of B&H, Serbia and Croatia (Beta/RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Extend deadline for holding referendum on B&H Court and Prosecutor’s Office (Srna)
• Stevandic: Referendum should be postponed if ruling coalition and opposition fail to reach an agreement on it (ATV)
• SDS calls on Dodik to resign (TV1)
• Cvijanovic: We still hope that Law on Excise Duties could be adopted by end of October (RTRS)
• B&H CEC sends proposal of changes to Election Law for which there may be consent in B&H parliament (Dnevni avaz)
Montenegro
• DPS ready for a dialogue (CDM)
fYROM
• Zaev: Victory is an expression of the free will of the citizens (Meta)
• 45 municipalities get mayors after first round, runoff is slated in 35 municipalities (Republika)
• Zijadin Sela declared victory in the first round in Struga and Gostivar (Republika)
• Gruevski claims there were irregularities during the entire campaign (Meta)
• Ahmeti: It is important that all participants accept the results of these elections (Meta)
• Srbov: Election day with over 100 irregularities, public witnesses what elections organized by SDSM look like (Republika)
• MOST observers to present report on Macedonia’s local election (Republika)
Albania
• SMI, Vasili warns of parliamentary collapse (ADN)
• Parliament votes pro-electoral reform and minorities law (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bieber: More inward-looking Austria expected, WB might lose a reform partner (European Western Balkans)
Read More →Serbian judges taking the oath before the President of Kosovo tomorrow? (KoSSev Portal)
According to the information published by KoSSev informative portal, 42 judges of the Serbian judicial system in Kosovo are invited to take the oath of office before the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci tomorrow. According to KoSSev, they are supposed to start working within the Kosovo judicial system on October 23, which is the date […]
Read More →Serbian Government sets up working group for dialogue on Kosovo (Tanjug)
The Serbian Government on Monday adopted a decision to form a working group tasked with supporting internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija. All ministries will be included in the working group’s activities, and it will be headed by Marko Djuric, director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, a statement said. The working group […]
Read More →Bishop Irinej: Maximum compromise is already offered (Tanjug, Blic)
The Bishop of Backa Eparchy and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Spokesperson, Irinej Bulovic said that the invitation for internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija is „fully appropriate and useful“ expressing belief that the stance of the SOC would be not to offer additional concessions to Pristina, since „the maxim compromise from the Serbian side […]
Read More →CEC: Over 20,000 commissioners to monitor local elections (Telegrafi)
The Central Election Commission (CEC) will employ over 20,000 commissioners to monitor local elections throughout Kosovo, said head of CEC Valdete Daka. She added that over 1.9 million people are eligible to vote this Sunday and that the entire voting process will cost the Kosovo budget anywhere between 4.5 and 5 million euros.
Read More →LDK’s Osmani to chair parliamentary committee on foreign affairs (Kosovapress)
Vjosa Osmani from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has been appointed chair of the Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Osmani said foreign affairs require a great deal of cooperation between political parties and that she hoped this would be achieved during her tenure.
Read More →Pavlopoulos: Albania undermines its path to the EU over its relations with Pristina (Blic, ANA, RTS)
Daily Blic reports that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said that Albania undermines its own process of joining the European Union with “attitudes of international opportunism, as seen in relations between Tirana and Pristina,” and said that Greece would not remain with “folded hands” before such actions. Pavlopoulos sent a message to Albania from Corfu Island, […]
Read More →Munter on USA participation in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug, B92)
Former USA Ambassador to Serbia, Cameron Munter, who is now heading the The East-West Institute, said he is an optimist, seeing the people in the region having the spirit and willingness to resolve the issues, shared by all, Tanjug news agency reported. In that sense, he particularly mentioned Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic. Munter believes that […]
Read More →Milanka Terzić from Istok in home detention (Kontact plus radio, RTS, Vesti, KIM radio)
The Kosovo Prosecutor’s Office ordered Milanka Terzić, a displaced person from Istok, a measure of compulsory reporting to the police, and it allowed her to be in the Pec Patriarchate after being arrested at the Jarinje checkpoint in northern Kosovo, reports Serbian media. The indictment against Milanka Terzić was filed on February 21st by the Prosecution in Pec […]
Read More →Molotov cocktails thrown at the billboard of the Serbian List (RTS, Kossev, TV Most)
Serbian media reports that last night unknown persons thrown Molotov cocktails at the billboard of the Serbian List in Leposavić. The incident happened sometime after 9 pm. Perpetrators demolished the billboard, and then at the high speed left the scene, the media reports. The KPS teams conducted the investigation. There are no injuries and material […]
Read More →Tanaskovic: USA will support Pristina from shadow (Tanjug, Blic)
If request for Kosovo’s accession to UNESCO becomes the topic again, USA would support it from the shadow, through other states it has close ties with, said the Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic, Serbian media reported. Tanaskovic, also said that the withdrawal of USA from UNESCO in any case does not go in favour […]
Read More →Brnabic: I plan to visit Kosovo (Beta, Blic)
Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, said on Friday she plans to visit Kosovo, Serbian media reported. In a statement to TV Prva, while presenting the work of the government for the first 100 days, Brnabic mentioned this possibility without giving precise date. The PM Brnabic, also mentioned that Brussels has welcomed an internal dialogue on […]
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