Simic: Changes to the Law guarantee the rights of the SPC in Kosovo (Serbian media)
The members of the Kosovo Assembly adopted in principle a proposal for a Law on Religious Freedom, which for the first time clearly and legally guarantees that the Serbian Orthodox Church will remain in Kosovo in its full form, report the Serbian media. – It is significant that the law states that the Orthodox Church […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 November
• Haradinaj: Kosovo ready to repatriate citizens who fought for IS (Zeri)
• Pacolli discusses demarcation and dialogue in Washington (Indeksonline)
• Hoxhaj: Agreement with Serbia can happen within next two years (RTK)
• Ministry of Interior confirms security failure at Pristina Airport (Koha)
• Tahiri: Border with Albania, in consultation with EU (Epoka)
• Vulin: Association/Community is not an NGO” (Kosova Sot)
• Great Britain’s Minister of Armed Forces to visit Kosovo (RTK)
• University of Pristina presses charges against church (RTK)
Vulin: Brussels agreement will not be renegotiated (BETA, B92)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said today that agreements reached with Pristina in Brussels will not be renegotiated, Serbian media reported. Vulin added that the Brussels agreement itself would not undergo any changes. Vulin was visiting the town of Arandjelovac when he was asked by a journalist to comment on Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 29 November 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 29 November 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Pristina’s plan B: Unification with Albania (Politika)
• US Embassy: We have no information on Rice’s potential engagement (Tanjug)
• EU: No change of format without consent of both sides (Tanjug)
• Internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija: Resolution 1244 is the only legally binding document (Politika)
• Dodik: I can have different stances than Vucic, but this does not bother our good relation (RTRS/Srna/Alo)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• ICTY Appeals Chamber renders second-instance verdict to Herzeg-Bosnia leadership; session adjourned (Klix.ba)
• Ljubic: Hague Tribunal judgment is slap in the face of Croatia (Nezavisne)
• Pandurevic: I feel bitter because Croatia is not condemned for aggression (Nezavisne)
• Brammertz: I am satisfied with sentence given to Mladic (BHRT)
Croatia
• Praljak died in a hospital in The Hague (Hina)
• Reiner: ICTY verdict is historically untrue, unjust and inconceivable (Hina)
• SDP leader calling for the PM to declare a state of emergency if Croatia is at war (HRT)
Montenegro
• Local election analysis: Who was right and whose campaign boomeranged? (CDM)
fYROM
• Ivanov: There must be responsibility for 27 April, but human rights must be respected (Meta)
• Gruevski: They are spreading bad blood and we will fight for justice (Meta)
• Mickoski’s statement about the protests at the Criminal Court (Meta)
• US High Representative Hoyt Brian Yee the new US ambassador to Macedonia (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Li pledges to expand cooperation with Serbia, Slovenia, BiH (Xinhua)
• Address by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: “The U.S. And Europe: Strengthening Western Alliances” (Wilson Center)
• Germany: Keeping an Eye on the Balkans (Geopolitical Futures)
Serbian media: Maybe Condoleezza, and possibly Lavrov; EU: Belgrade and Pristina decide on the format
The Belgrade based daily Blic, in yesterday’s edition, reported that if the US introduced Condoleezza Rice in the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, Serbia would be then suggesting Russia to enter the scene, along with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian head of diplomacy. A source of Blic from the top of the government said that there […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly approves on principle draft law on religious communities (RFE)
Kosovo Assembly approved in principle draft law on religious freedoms in Kosovo. The new draft law is to replace the present one and recognizes six instead of previous five religious communities. Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said the legislation has been drafted in line with international conventions and the opinion of the Venice Commission. […]
Read More →AAK’s candidate for Istog mayor announces appeal against revote decision (Klan Kosova)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) candidate for mayor of Istog, Gani Dreshaj, said he plans to appeal against the decision of the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) for a revote in the municipality. Dreshaj, whom the runoff election results showed as winner, said he strongly believes the Supreme Court will overturn […]
Read More →EP Rapporteur: I hope Kosovo will make the big step on visas (Express)
International officials continue to make it clear that without ratification of the demarcation with Montenegro, Kosovo will not become part of the countries that enjoy free movement. Igor Soltes, new Rapporteur for Kosovo, says the “ball” is already on the hands of Kosovo. “I hope that Kosovo could leave aside its internal political differences and […]
Read More →ECAP rules on revote in Istog municipality (Telegrafi)
The Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) has approved the request by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) to annul results of runoff mayoral elections in the municipality of Istog. Head of ECAP, Mule Desku, confirmed the decision and said that the Central Election Commission is now tasked to organise a revote in the municipality. […]
Read More →Report Urges Permanent US Military Presence in Balkans (VOA)
The Washington-based Atlantic Council is calling for a permanent American military presence in the Balkans to stabilize southeastern Europe amid increased Russian efforts to exert political influence across the region. In a report published Tuesday, the nonprofit international affairs group said that announcing the arrival of U.S. troops, ideally at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, “would […]
Read More →Vehicle of well-known Gorani man, owner of grill & bar set on fire (KoSSev portal)
KoSSev reported that last night, Audi vehicle with KM plates, owned by A.A., from Gorani community, was set on fire in Mitrovica North. Kosovo police suspects this is an arson case. “The vehicle was set on fire on Ivo Lola Ribar Street, with the use of an unknown flammable substance. Since the investigation is ongoing, […]
Read More →Firewood stolen from Zociste Monastery (KIM Radio)
Monks from the Serbian Orthodox Church Zociste Monastery noticed yesterday around 13.00 hrs that certain amount of firewood is missing, KIM Radio reported. The brotherhood assumes the firewood got stolen over the last couple of days, as they recently covered it with a plastic sheet to protect it from the precipitation. When they checked the […]
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