Belgrade Media Report 14 November 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 14 November 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic at UN Security Council session in New York (RTS)
• Vucic: Some think that Serbia hasn’t been sufficiently humiliated (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Dangerous statements by Izetbegovic (RTS)
• Drecun: Izetbegovic is not up to the situation (RTS)
• Djuric: Izetbegovic’s statement shocking and scandalous (Beta/TV Pink)
• Djuric: We need to enable the Serbian Orthodox Church access to sanctities in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Izetbegovic’s cabinet calls Tanjug out for “fake news” (B92/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic says he hopes B&H will recognize Kosovo (RTRS/BN TV)
• Izetbegovic promotes violence in the Balkans (Srna)
• Serb representatives called to leave joint institutions due to threat with war to the RS (RTRS)
• SBB B&H, NDP and PDP not to attend meeting of political leaders organized by Inzko (N1/TV1)
• RS Center for Research of War and War Crimes: 6,313 Serb civilians killed in past war in B&H (BN TV)
Croatia
• Croatia signs on to EU defense pact (HRT)
Montenegro
• Opposition agrees on general elections, but not on presidential candidate (CDM)
fYROM
• Cerar: Macedonia’s EU-accession talks to be launched next year (MIA)
• Macedonian and Greek FMs discuss communications modes at Brussels meeting (MIA)
Albania
• Former intelligence director proposed as ambassador in NATO (ADN)
• Preventing radicalization in prisons, MoJ and OSCE sign understanding memorandum (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russia, US thoroughly discuss possibility to deploy UN mission to Ukraine (TASS)
• Four Serbs get suspended sentences for 2008 attack on U.S. embassy (Reuters)
Gender equality overshadowed in local elections (RTK/Telegrafi)
RTK and Telegrafi both carry a statement issued by the Prizren-based initiative for women’s rights, FEMaktiv, saying that gender equality was overshadowed in local elections while the entire campaign was dominated by men. “In 2013 local elections only 9 of 224 mayoral candidates were women. In 2017 elections, only 8 of 204 candidates were women. […]
Read More →Srpska Lista to freeze communication with Hashim Thaci (RTS)
RTS reports Srpska Lista sent a letter to the Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, saying that his politics, in the segments related to the position of Serbs in Kosovo, is anti-constitutional, anti-legal and to the detriment of the Serb population. Therefore, as Srpska Lista announced they would freeze any form of communication with Hashim Thaci. The […]
Read More →Dugolli: We oppose court’s decision in favour of Orthodox Church (Koha)
Bujar Dugolli, dean of Philological Faculty of University of Pristina, said they consider the decision of the Appeals Court to uphold a previous ruling giving the Orthodox Church ownership over a plot of land within the university campus to be “shameful” and “unjust”. Dugolli said the UP’s opposition to the court ruling is not an […]
Read More →Second round table within internal dialogue on Kosovo completed (RTS, Politika)
The second round table within the internal dialogue on Kosovo held yesterday in Belgrade gathered representatives of 22 Serbian institutes of social sciences and more than 50 scientists and researchers, Serbian media reported. Directors and associates of accredited institutes of humanities and social sciences in Serbia, including the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts spoke […]
Read More →Kosovo at risk of attacks by returning Islamist militants: report (Reuters)
Kosovo’s government considers the possibility of attacks by Islamic State fighters returning from Iraq and Syria one of the main threats to national security, according to a new strategy document. Around 300 Kosovars have gone to Syria and Iraq since 2012 to fight with the Islamic State group for the establishment of a caliphate ruled […]
Read More →UN: Security Council to discuss Kosovo (RTK)
The United Nations Security Council will debate today the quarterly developments in Kosovo, from 16 July to 15 October of this year. The report of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, which will serve as grounds of discussion of the members of Security Council, stresses among other things, praise for “the efforts of the Kosovo […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We deserve to become NATO members as soon as possible (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said today during the regional security conference “NATO and Western Balkans” that he hopes that Kosovo will become a NATO member by 2020. “We see the NATO role on prevention of war and extremism, and help for peace and security in the world,” Haradinaj said. He also spoke […]
Read More →Veseli: We will continue dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, said during the regional security conference “NATO and Western Balkans” that the dialogue with Serbia will continue in order to achieve good neighborly relations. “We hope that Serbia will recognize Kosovo state in the future,” he said. He also said that Kosovo Security Force will soon […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: Cvetkovic has nothing to offer to citizens (KIM Radio)
Srpska Lista, reacting to the allegations of a candidate for Partes mayor, Nenad Cvetkovic leader of the Civic Initiative “Peoples Unity” that “votes are being paid for” in this municipality, refuted its claims, saying that “Srpska Lista convincingly won elections in Partes on 22 October, and everything else is a consequence of Cvetkovic’s lies and […]
Read More →Djuric: Enable SOC access to its holy shrines in Kosovo (Tanjug, TV Pink, RTV Puls)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric, commenting on the decision of the Court of Appeals in Pristina to uphold the right of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) over the land, where the Christ the Savior Temple is located, said it is good that the SOC at least got a paper confirming the ownership […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 14 November
• Thaci: Border agreement, accurate and professional (Telegrafi)
• Mustafa: New commission must present facts it said it has (Koha)
• Analysts: Demarcation causes rift between coalition parties (Zeri)
• Orthodox Church wins court battle for land in Pristina (Kallxo/Insajderi)
• EU disagrees with Kosovo’s threat to leave CEFTA (Koha)
• Orthodox Church wins court battle for land in Pristina (Kallxo/Insajderi)
• Serbia alarmed: Izetbegovic claims Bosnia might recognize Kosovo (Epoka)
LINKS
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