Belgrade Media Report 17 October 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 17 October 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic on resolution of Kosovo knot (Novosti)
• Djuric: Most important debate seen in generations (RTS)
• Djuric: If the Serbs are not satisfied, there is no gain for the Albanians (Tanjug)
• Judges and prosecutors in north Kosovo didn’t take oath (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SDA welcomes EU Council’s conclusions (Fena)
• Croat representatives refuse to attend scheduled session of HNC Assembly (Vecernji list)
• Spiric: SNSD will be part of majority at B&H level after 2018 elections (N1)
fYROM
• SEC to release final results after lodging complaints ends (Republika)
• Ivanov-Markovic: No open issues between Macedonia and Montenegro (Republika)
Albania
• Albania and Macedonia to hold joint government meeting (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU Foreign Ministers Reiterate Commitment To Bosnia, But Call For Reforms (RFE/RL)
Read More →Optical cable cut during airing of TV show with mayoral candidates (KoSSev portal)
According to KoSSev news portal, on October 16, at about 20:45, a TV show, aired by the private cable operator “CD KiM” from Zvečan (Žerovnica village) was interrupted, because the optic cable was cut. At that time, this local TV station was broadcasting a pre-recorded show, in which four mayoral candidates took part: Oliver Ivanović, […]
Read More →EC regrets postponement of agreement implementation (RFE/RTK)
European Commission has expressed regret over delays in implementation of the justice agreement reached between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels. “Pristina has met all obligations relating to implementation of the justice agreement. Integration of staff is important as it contributes to the rule of law in Kosovo,” said European Commission spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic. She said […]
Read More →Apostolova: I did not say that one visa criterion is fulfilled (RTK)
Chief of the EU Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, met today with representatives of the parliamentarian group of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Apostolova said that she was interested to know what is the position of LDK as opposition party at the Assembly, on treating significant issues for fulfillment of visa liberalization criteria. Apostolova […]
Read More →Jevtic asks Turkish support for economic projects (Politika)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic spoke with the Turkish Ambassador in Pristina, Kıvılcım Kılıç on possible financial support from the Government of Turkey to economic projects that would significantly help Serbs and other non-majority communities in Kosovo and create new employment opportunities, Poliitka daily reported, quoting the Ministry’s […]
Read More →Discovering fate of missing “among top priorities” (B92)
Discovering the fate of the missing persons is an issue to which Serbia attaches great importance. This is according to a statement of the Foreign Ministry, published after a meeting in Belgrade on Tuesday between First Deputy PM and Foreign Ivica Dacic and Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross Yves Daccord. Daccord […]
Read More →Judges and prosecutors from Kosovo north did not take oath today (RTS)
Judges and prosecutors from the north of Kosovo did not take an oath today at the office of the Kosovo President, RTS reported. The ceremony was scheduled to take place today at 11.00. Kosovo Chief Prosecutor, Aleksandar Lumezi said to RTS that judges and prosecutors from the north did not come and the next date […]
Read More →Decreeing of Serb judges for the north fails (Klan Kosova/Koha)
The decreeing ceremony for Serb judges and prosecutors from the north of Kosovo set to take place today has failed, Klan Kosova reports. The judicial officials were supposed to take an arranged transport from Mitrovica to Pristina to attend the decreeing ceremony with President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, but failed to show up. The decreeing […]
Read More →Russian Minister Says Hague Tribunal ‘Should Be Closed’ (BIRN)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia should have been shut down long ago because it is biased against Serbs. Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that that the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, should have been shut down because it has “proved its […]
Read More →Deal on Unifying Kosovo Justice System Takes Effect (Balkan Insight)
The EU confirmed that on Tuesday the Kosovo-Serbia agreement on unifying the justice system in Kosovo is due to come into force. Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, told BIRN on Monday that a landmark agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, unifying the justice system in Kosovo, will come into force […]
Read More →New Phase in Kosovo ‘Internal Dialogue’ Puzzles Serbs (Balkan Insight)
While the Serbian authorities claim to have opened a second chapter in the announced ‘internal dialogue’ on Kosovo, the results of the first phase remain unknown. Serbia announced the formation on Monday of a “working group” for the second phase of the country’s “internal dialogue” on Kosovo, the former province that proclaimed its independence in […]
Read More →Peterle: Pressure on candidates&voters in Kosovo restrains campaign activities of entities competing with the Srpska Lista (KoSSev)
KoSSev interview with Alojz Peterle, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Kosovo. We are aware of pressure exerted on candidates and political entities and have been meeting with candidates and political entities concerned. The EU EOM has received credible reports about politically motivated dismissals of public workers. Pressure on […]
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