EU sources comment on US diplomat’s statements about Serbia (B92, BETA)
Recent statements made by US State Department official Brian Hoyt Yee are “his views, that have not been not harmonized with the EU”. This is what EU sources in Brussels told Beta on Tuesday. Yee was in Belgrade in late October when he said that that Serbia will not progress on its path toward the […]
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LOCAL PRESS
Vucic receives letter from Chinese President (Tanjug)
Vulin: Serbia should consider participation in civilian missions (FoNet/RTV)
Drecun: Last international chance for those who committed crimes to be held responsible (RTS)
Stefanovic appointed secretary of National Security Council (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dodik calls on opposition to create, together with ruling parties, new decision regarding referendum (BN TV)
RS Assembly puts out of force all decisions on referendum on B&H Court and Prosecutor’s Office (RTRS)
International community reacts to Dodik’s announcement on procedure of adoption of new RS Constitution (BHT1)
Ruling majority in Brcko District resolves political crisis (Nezavisne novine)
52nd Report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on B&H to the Secretary-General of the UN (Fena/Oslobodjenje)
Brammertz meets B&H and international officials (BHT1)
ICTY offers three dates to Mladic’s defense team for two doctors from Serbia to visit him (TV1)
Memorial plaque to deceased Russian Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin solemnly unveiled in Istocno Sarajevo (TV1)
Croatia
HDZ: Parliament to take no confidence vote in gov’t Friday (Hina)
Slovenians against border dialogue with Croatia (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
Montenegro part of a strong response to Moscow’s actions (Pobjeda)
fYROM
Zaev expects strong reaction from Russia over Macedonia’s NATO accession (MIA)
Zaev: Macedonia expects a launch of EU accession talks by next June (MIA)
Osmani: 2018 key year for Macedonia’s EU integration (MIA)
Albania
Agency for dialogue and co-governance established (ATA)
Xhafaj meets EU ambassadors, says Albania to open new anti-crime chapter (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
IMF says its non-financing tool, one option for Serbia (Reuters)
Most EU hopefuls might not be ready to join before 2050, Study finds (EurActiv)
Belgrade Media Report 06 November
LOCAL PRESS
Cooperation, economic reforms key of European prospects of Western Balkans (Beta)
Brnabic: There are no more Serbs in Pristina; there are double standards (RTS/Tanjug)
Drecun supports idea of international conference (Novosti)
LDP: 12 stands in 12 years (Beta)
DSS: To open a debate on Serbia’s EU path (Tanjug)
Nigeria has never recognised Kosovo – diplomat (Tanjug)
Gojkovic slates local elections in Presevo, Mionica, Negotin and Pecinci (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dodik: RS authorities decided to put issue of referendum back before RS Assembly (RTRS)
Dodik’s announcement sparks various reactions (ATV)
Radoncic: SDA and HDZ B&H are to blame for crisis in Mostar (TV1)
SBB B&H, SDP and DF about to establish coalition to defeat Izetbegovic’s SDA in 2018 elections (EuroBlic)
Croatia
Opinion poll: Citizens choose “No one” as most popular politician for third month in a row (HRT)
Slovenia disappointed with US position on border arbitration with Croatia (T portal)
Montenegro
What will be Brussels’ reaction to Djukanovic’s statement? (RTCG)
Boycott staggered the opposition, not the ruling coalition (Pobjeda)
Defense Ministry denies Knezevic’s claim: NATO won’t build bases in Montenegro (CDM)
fYROM
They say I’m the target after Djukanovic (CDM)
Ivanov: EU’s failure in the Balkans is used by Russia and China (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
Volker to meet Surkov on November 13 in Belgrade (Ukraine International)
FBI to Help Albania’s New Crime Task Force (BIRN)
Veliu replies to Vucic regarding the “scenario” in Kosovo (RTK)
Deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Agim Veliu, said statements of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, that in the future the Serbian List will be expelled from the government of Kosovo due to strengthening of Kosovo’s Army and that LDK could become part of the government as part of this scenario, a […]
Read More →Minister: We will reexamine Kosovo’s presence in CEFTA (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, said to the members of the Kosovo Assembly’s committee on economic development that Kosovo should be represented as a country in the meetings of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) and no longer through UNMIK. “We will review the position on whether to pull out from […]
Read More →Supreme Court refuses Serbian List appeal on Partesh/Partes revote decision (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Supreme Court has refused the appeal from the Serbian List against the decision of the Election Complaints and Elections Panel (ECAP) to repeat local elections in the municipality of Partesh/Partes. Supreme Court spokesperson, Antigona Uka-Lutfiu, said the Serbian List’s request for annulment of ECAP decision has been rejected. Meanwhile, officials from the Central Election […]
Read More →Bulliqi to report to Assembly on demarcation findings soon (RTK)
Shpejtim Bulliqi, heads of Kosovo’s state commission on demarcation with Montenegro, will soon present his new findings to the Assembly’s Committee for European Integration, the news website reports. The news was confirmed today by Blerta Deliu-Kodra, head of the European Integration Committee. Dhurata Hoxha, Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, said she discussed the issue of […]
Read More →Kosovo government “kills” Serbia’s hopes for Association/Community (Indeksonline)
Serbian List representatives are adamant that the Kosovo government must by all means establish the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, the news website reports. Gracanica mayor and Serbian List member, Srdjan Popovic, called on the international community to pressure Pristina into forming the Association. “We all know who is blocking the establishment of the Association. I […]
Read More →Hoxha: Hahn advised us to ratify demarcation deal before EU elections (media)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, told the Kosovo Assembly’s Integration Committee today, that during her visit to Brussels she received clear messages from Commissioner Johannes Hahn that the demarcation deal with Montenegro needs to be ratified by the Kosovo Assembly in order to meet the final requirement for visa liberalisation. Hoxha also said […]
Read More →Drecun: Last chance for crimes in Kosovo (KIM Radio, RTS)
The chairman of the Committee on Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that the establishment of the list of defense attorneys and the injured for the Specialized Council in Pristina will be completed for the next two to three months and the first indictments of the Special Prosecutor’s Office should […]
Read More →They push defeated ones in the municipality of Partes (Vecernje Novosti)
Daily based in Belgrade Vecernje Novosti today writes, in a article entitled “The Pristina Plan: They push defeated ones at the helm of Partes,” that if the Constitutional Court of Kosovo is guided by political rather than legal arguments and it supports the Appeal Panel’s request for the repetition of the vote in the municipality […]
Read More →Simic: Serbs and Albanians pillar of peace and stability (KIM radio)
“Relations between Serbs and Albanians on the rise,” said Kosovo Parliament vice-president Slavko Simic during a meeting with Albanian Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruci, KIM radio reports today. Kosovo Parliament Vice President Slavko Simic met with Albanian National Assembly Speaker Gramoz Ruci during a two-day visit to Kosovo. Simic says that the reconciliation between the Serbian […]
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