Belgrade Media Report 09 November
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Encouraging statement by Juncker (RTS)
• Joksimovic: Juncker’s comment is very positive (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Dacic: We have big hole in diplomatic relations (Beta/B92/TV Pink)
• Antic: Serbia leader in energy cooperation with China (Tanjug)
• Todoric: Oath of Serb judges in Kosovo violates Serbian Constitution (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik wants to initiate adoption of changes to Constitution of RS (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: Serbia and RS are one, borderline is formality (Nezavisne)
• Washington and Dayton agreement have been violated mostly to detriment of Croats (Dnevni list)
• Any asymmetric solution is not acceptable for SDA (Radio Sarajevo)
• SBB B&H cannot support proposed changes and amendments to the Law on Elections of B&H; SDP, DF present their own proposal (Fena/Dnevni avaz)
• Doris Pack: Dodik is useful idiot for Russians (NAP)
• Self-proclaimed imam from B&H planed attacks in France (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• President sharply criticizes government (N1)
• Many issues brought up in parliament at last question time in 2017 (HRT)
Montenegro
• Djonovic convinced in DPS victory: Russia will try to influence the formation of the Montenegrin government (CDM)
fYROM
• Swiss Ambassador, NDI representatives hail Macedonia’s democratic progress (MIA)
• Zaev, Baily: Macedonia to focus on reforms after successful local elections (MIA)
• Dimitrov: Name negotiators set to meet by late November (Meta)
Albania
• Xhacka meets Stoltenberg: Albania, a worthy NATO ally (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian foreign minister recalls Belgrade’s envoy to Kiev for consultations (TASS)
• EU Commission Head Juncker Reveals When Serbia, Montenegro Will Join EU (Sputnik)
• Serbian, U.S. paratroopers to earn ‘wings’ during bilateral military exercise (Reuters)
Vucic: “A clear intention of the Albanian factor to weaken the position of the Serbian List” (Serbian media)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic told reporters during a visit to the construction site of the Belgrade-Waterfront Gallery that next week the SNS should adopt a position on calling parliamentary elections along with the Belgrade ones. Vucic also stated that the intention of the Albanian factor and the part of the international community was clear […]
Read More →Kosovo institutions reconfirm commitment to EU integration (Koha)
In a meeting with the head of the EU Office in Kosovo and Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova, Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Dhurata Hoxha formally submitted Kosovo’s Country Report. Hoxha emphasized the importance of the report as a key instrument through which the EU can measure progress made by Kosovo institutions since the last report […]
Read More →EU: Arbitrage is not a solution for visas (Koha Ditore)
The announcement of the government that demarcation of the border with Montenegro might end up at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, has not shaken the position of the European Commission. Officials of the EU institutions who assesses fulfillment of the criteria for visa liberalization, mentioned the two remaining criteria as inseparable. The Commission expects fulfillment […]
Read More →Published names of future councillors, the Serbian List has the most (Kossev)
The Central Election Commission has published the names of future councillors in the assemblies of municipalities in Kosovo. In all ten municipalities with a Serb majority, the candidates of the Serbian List won most of the councillor seats. Results were announced last night after re-counting about 700 ballot boxes. Possible complaints of election results can […]
Read More →In North Mitrovica declared an epidemic; the number of people suffering from measles in Kosovo grows (TV Most)
In northern Mitrovica, the number of people suffering from measles is growing, and the epidemic has been declared, reports TV Most. Since last week, the number of patients, according to the data from the infectious department, has risen from 14 to over 70 people. The Specialist Doctor in infectious diseases, Head of the Infectious Diseases […]
Read More →Government: Voices to bring down Haradinaj’s government, not serious (Radio Kosova)
According to the government political parties, filing a motion to bring down Haradinaj’s government, would not succeed. MPs from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), told Radio Kosova that such initiatives are not serious at all. “These initiatives are more in the spirit of election campaign, especially now on the verge of the […]
Read More →We have “big hole” in diplomatic relations – FM (B92, TV Pink)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic thinks Serbia has a “big hole in diplomatic relations, because it underestimates some countries” – that are her friends. Speaking for TV Pink, Dacic said this concerns those countries to whom “(Yugoslav president) Tito still means something,” and who have “great positive memories from past relations with Yugoslavia.” “If you never […]
Read More →Shala: “We sit together in the Assembly, why not a joint army?” (RTK2)
Advisor to the Kosovo President Blerim Shala told the RTK2, (the Show “Poglavlje” (Chapter)), that “the momentum of the historic agreement between Kosovo and Serbia must be defined,” and that there must be a time limit for the talks. “In principle, we have to agree that something that remained, we have to end once and for […]
Read More →Kosovo Equality Laws Remain Dead Letter, Report Says (Balkan Insight)
A policy paper concludes that although most directives and concepts from the EU gender equality ‘aquis’ have been transposed into Kosovo legislation, the laws are not being put into practice. A report by the Kosovo Women’s Network, assessing the extent to which Kosovo’s laws are aligned with the EU “acquis” on gender equality, says domestic […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 8 November
• Haradinaj meets Zannier, discuss integration of minorities (KTV)
• Jevtic and Zannier discuss protection of non-majority community rights (RTK2)
• Minister Jevtic: Serbian must be equal to Albanian language (RTK2)
• Britain promises support for Kosovo’s membership in EU (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Fifty-eight deputy ministers of Haradinaj Government, burden to budget (KTV)
• Only 6 per cent of women employed in Government of Kosovo (KTV)
• Legislation Committee asks Government to decide on Bar Commission names (KTV)
• Court of Appeal acquits its former President (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 9 November
• UN SG Guterres: Dialogue requires strong commitment (RTK)
• Yee: The U.S. continues to help Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (VOA, Epoka)
• Duncan: Britain to continue support for Kosovo (Koha)
• EU: Arbitration is no solution for visa liberalisation (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo expects CEFTA members to endorse UNMIK’s removal (Koha)
• Haradinaj met with Lamberto Zannier (Zeri)
• Djuric: We are ready to fight in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Association of Journalists condemns Veseli’s response (Koha Ditore)
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