Belgrade Media Report 21 November 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 21 November 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Serbian, Macedonian governments to hold session in 2018 (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Vucic: Serbia committed to develop relations with Russia (Tanjug)
• Matviyenko: Serbia forced to make an artificial choice between the West and Russia (Beta/Tanjug/B92)
• Djuric: Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija realized that salvation is in unity (RTS)
• Jankovic: We don’t want dialogue with current authorities (RTV)
• Georgia will not recognize Kosovo (Tanjug/B92)
• Next year in Prizren (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Despite agreement, opposition and ruling parties in RS continue exchanging accusations (N1)
• Zvizdic discusses EU integration and NATO MAP activation with US Ambassador Cormack (Oslobodjenje)
• Brussels: Delegation of B&H HoR at senior level round table dedicated to European integration of Western Balkans (Fena)
• Mladic’s case: ICTY is scheduled to render verdict on Wednesday (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Serwer sees opposition boycott as pointless (Dnevne novine)
• Moscow’s meddling made EU enlargement a priority (Pobjeda)
• US requires Haradinaj to resolve demarcation issue with Montenegro as soon as possible (CDM)
fYROM
• Hahn commends Macedonia’s progress (MIA)
Albania
• Meta met with Zaev (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic’s Cabinet Declines to Annex Bosnian Serb Territories (BIRN)
• Bosnia Marks Dayton Anniversary Amid Growing Crisis (BIRN)
Vetevendosje: Offering transport to voters on elections day, normal (media)
The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Visar Ymeri, said today during a press conference that his political party has offered transport to those that he claimed to be identified as Vetevendosje voters. “Of course we identify our voters and these voters accept to be called on election day and be offered by Vetevendosje whatever service […]
Read More →Peterle: Tight races for Kosovo’s second round of mayoral elections (Prishtina Insight)
Despite instances of aggressive campaigning, election day was overall calm and orderly, said EU election observers in the preliminary report on Kosovo’s mayoral runoffs. “These were highly competitive elections,” said Alojz Peterle, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Kosovo, EUEOM, at the publication of the mission’s preliminary report on the second […]
Read More →Political Pressures Taking Toll on Kosovo Journalists: Report (Balkan Insight
Some media owners are using their outlets for political ends, Kosovo’s public broadcaster has been subjected to political interference, while working conditions for journalists remain poor, a new report says. Freedom of the media in Kosovo is increasingly being threatened by political pressures which include direct interference by politicians, according to a study entitled ‘Media […]
Read More →EU on US involvement in Kosovo dialogue: “We work closely” (B92)
We are working very closely with the United States in the Western Balkans, Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the European Union, told b92.net on Tuesday. According to her, this also applies to “the question of (Belgrade-Pristina) dialogue on the normalization of relations.” Kocijancic said this when asked to comment on Pristina officials’ calls for the […]
Read More →EU Observers: Improvements in voting and counting process required (RTK)
The European Union Election Observation Mission for Kosovo local elections 2017, presented today the report on the election runoff held last Sunday. They assessed that despite some problems, the elections were successful. Head of the EU Observation Mission, Alojz Peterle, said that EU observers noticed that there were tensions in Gjakova/Djakovic and Mitrovica municipalities. He […]
Read More →LDK requests officially recounting of votes in Pristina (RTK)
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), has submitted several requests to the Election Complaint and Appeal Panel (ECAP) with regards to the run-off election process in two municipalities. Head of Election Complaint and Appeal Panel (ECAP) Mul Desku, confirmed that the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has expressed dissatisfaction and suggested through appeals to consider […]
Read More →“Serbia does not want unification with RS” – Vucic’s cabinet (B92, Danas, N1)
Serbia does not want to unify with the Republika Srpska (RS), the Belgrade-based daily Danas says was told by President Aleksandar Vucic’s cabinet. Vucic’s cabinet said this when asked about RS President Milorad Dodik’s map, drawn during his interview for DW, which showed his vision of the map of the Western Balkans. In it, the Serb […]
Read More →Peterle: The support of the Serbian List to the opposition candidate is an unusual event (KIM radio)
Head of EU Monitoring Mission Alojz Peterle says for the KIM radio that the support of the Serbian List to its opponent in Klokot in local elections was an unusual event that could cause technical problems. “In my, not that little experience in monitoring elections in different countries, I do not remember that such a […]
Read More →Djuric: Belgrade has legal grounds to object Kosovo army (SRNA, Blic)
Serbia is against the establishment of the so-called Kosovo army and has strong legal grounds for such stance, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric told the SRNA news agency. These grounds are based on the UN SC Resolution 1244 and Kumanovo Military-Technical Agreement. He reminded that KFOR is the only army in Kosovo […]
Read More →Komentarpress portal: From the Office for KiM has arrived untruth about the elections (NMagazin)
According to the preliminary results of the Central Election Commission (CEC), the candidate of the Serbian List Strahinja Spasic has won, a candidate for whom the Office for Kosovo and Metohija claimed that he had given up his candidacy, NMagazin writes by quoting portal Komentarpress. According to CIK data, 1,030 voters voted for Strahinja Spasic, […]
Read More →Djuric: Serbs in Kosovo realized salvation is in unity (RTS)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said for the RTS morning news edition that the victory of the Srpska Litsa is a good foundation for the struggle to further improve the position of Serbs in Kosovo. Djuric added that Srpska Lista won in 10 municipalities, LDK in 8, AAK in 7 and Self-determination […]
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- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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