Belgrade Media Report 13 November 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 13 November 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Cooperation with RS high on list of priorities of government of Serbia (Beta/Politika)
• NATO’s liaison in Belgrade hears about Serbia’s neutrality (Beta/B92)
• Djuric: I don’t believe Pristina is stalling ZSO on its own (Beta)
• Round table on Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: RS supports Serbia’s proposal on demarcation (BHT1)
• Dodik: Court of B&H informed me that I was being wiretapped by B&H security agencies (TV1)
• OHR urged political parties to open constructive discussion, EU Delegation: Leaders should agree through dialogue and consensus (Dnevni list/ Oslobodjenje)
• Serbs still not constituent (Nezavisne)
• ICTY Trial Chamber rejects Mladic defense’s motions (RTRS)
Croatia
• Plenkovic government survives no confidence vote (HRT)
• Plenkovic to Grabar-Kitarovic: We’ve got problems, but Croatia isn’t in state of emergency (HRT)
Montenegro
• Political observers agree Lavrov’s confession shouldn’t be expected (Pobjeda)
• DF for protest, URA against interim government (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Macedonia and Albania on the right path to the EU, concludes Hahn (Meta)
Albania
• European integration requires concrete results in fight against organized crime (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Volker and Surkov to meet in Belgrade (TASS/Wall Street Journal)
• Serbia Declares Mladic Aides’ Indictment a State Secret (BIRN)
• Kumanovo’s case aggravates relations between Kosovo and FYROM (IBNA)
UN Security Council to discuss situation in Kosovo tomorrow (Lajmi/RTK)
Situation in Kosovo will be the focus of tomorrow’s meeting of the UN Security Council where the member states will discuss the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, covering the period from 16 July to 15 October. Serbia will be represented at the session by Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic whereas the UN […]
Read More →Commission: There is no agreement on demarcation, only on border (media)
Head of the State Commission for Demarcation and Maintenance of the State Border, Shpejtim Bulliqi, reported today to the Assembly Commission for European Integration, on the findings on demarcation of the border with Montenegro. Members of this Commission stressed that the previous commission did an unprofessional job and that they were not transparent. Blerta Deliu-Kodra […]
Read More →KSF promotes members of non-majority communities (RTK/Koha)
Three members of the Serb community have been promoted in rank with the Kosovo Security Force (KSF). On the occasion, President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said KSF has professionally and successfully carried out all tasks and has become the most trusted security institution in Kosovo. He said KSF is ready to take on new responsibilities […]
Read More →Dacic travels to NYC for UN Security Council Kosovo session (B92)
Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic will represent Serbia at a UN Security Council session dedicated to Kosovo tomorrow, Serbian media reported. The meeting at the UN headquarters in New York will consider the UN secretary-general’s latest report on the work of the UN Mission (UNMIK) in Kosovo, covering the period between […]
Read More →Hodza left meeting on demarcation over lack of translation (KIM Radio)
Srpska Lista MP, Adem Hodza left the Assembly Board for the European Integration session as there was no translation in Serbian language provided, KIM Radio reported. Chair of the Government Commission for the Borderline Demarcation with Montenegro, Shpejtim Bulliqi was presenting the report at the session. Bulliqi stated last week, the Commission found out that […]
Read More →Delawie: Find ways to fight corruption (RTK)
The United States Ambassador in Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said today that Kosovo has improved the climate for doing business and added that entrepreneurs must fight corruption. “It is apparent that your interest in developing entrepreneurship coincides with the 2018 Doing Business Report, moving from 60th to 40th place. This is evidence of progress and shows […]
Read More →What “hampers” continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (TV N1, Novosti)
Stalemate in the Brussels dialogue lasts for four and a half months now, TV N1 reported last night. There are no official information neither from Brussels nor from Belgrade or Pristina when the next meeting could take place. While Belgrade insists that the establishment of the Association of the Serb Municipalities should begin before the […]
Read More →Continuation of internal dialogue on Kosovo without opposition also today (Insajder)
Second roundtable within the internal dialogue on Kosovo would be held today at the Palace of Serbia, announced the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Insajder portal reports. Director of the Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Mladen Sarcevic and Secretary General of the Serbian Presidency, Nikola Selakovic would attend the […]
Read More →Serbian FM – “They thought Balkan borders could be redrawn” (Tanjug, Sputnik, B92)
World power centers have overplayed their hand when they thought it was possible to redraw borders in the Balkans since it is not a part of the EU. Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said this in a statement for the Russian daily Izvestia, Sputnik and other Serbian media are reporting. […]
Read More →The Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue is Just ‘Lose-lose’ (Balkan Insight)
By: Haki Abazi Both countries, and both people, stand to lose out in the long term from a ‘dialogue’ that has never advanced beyond leaders shaking hands and photops in Brussels. In the international school of diplomacy, dialogue and negotiations are approached from a “win-win” theory. However, despite the terrible wars and conflicts that the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 13 November
• Hoxhaj: Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia to have a deadline (Express)
• Bulliqi to present findings on demarcation today (RTK)
• Jevtic: No more justifications, time to establish association (Tanjug/Telegrafi)
• Simic: We are part of Serbian team in Brussels dialogue (Epoka)
• Government alarmed by threat from Kosovars returning from Syria (Koha)
• FYROM reacts against Haradinaj’s decision on Kumanova case (Telegrafi)
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