Belgrade Media Report 19 December 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 19 December 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic, Rogozin: To strengthen cooperation (RTS)
• Vucic: Thanks to Churkin Serbs were not labeled as genocidal nation (Beta)
• Dacic: Boosting political cooperation, economic relations with Russia (RTS)
• Brnabic: Continuation of dialogue with Pristina essential (Beta)
• Selakovic: Insisting on property, continuing development of economic relations (Tanjug)
• When Putin schedules a press conference, it means he has something to say (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• US Embassy to B&H and OHR dismiss third entity as realistic option (TV1)
• B&H politicians, political analysts comment on Covic’s statement on third entity (N1)
• Dodik meets Hearne (TV1)
• Zvizdic attends meeting of PMs from region with Mogherini (BNTV)
Croatia
• Plenkovic: Croatia and Slovenia have to find middle ground over border dispute (Hina)
• Vukovar deputy mayor urges authorities to enable Serbs to exercise right to mother tongue and script (Hina)
• Ivan Vrdoljak returns as HNS President (T portal)
Montenegro
• EU to send encouraging message to Western Balkans (CDM)
fYROM
• Western Balkan leaders view 2018 as vital for their countries’ giant step towards EU (MIA)
• Zaev meets Siyarto (MIA)
• Gruevski has complained to Siyarto that in Macedonia human rights and freedoms are violated (Meta)
• There will be news on the name dispute after the holidays, says Dimitrov (Meta)
Albania
• DP-SMI announces massive protests after New Year’s Eve (ADN)
• Rama: Opposition’s protest shameful (ADN)
• US Embassy condemns violence during opposition’s protests (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia balances between Russia and the West (DW)
Read More →Local leaders in panic: first arrests by special court in January? (Gazeta Express)
The Pristina-based news website reports that “Kosovo’s leaders, or their friends from the war, are in total panic. The Special Court is in motion. The first arrests are expected immediately after the New Year holidays. Kosovo’s leaders, starting from the President, Assembly President, Prime Minister and former senior officials from the war period, are aware […]
Read More →Election body chief calls on President Thaci to initiate election reform (Indeksonline)
Valdete Daka, chairperson of Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC), called on Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to initiate the election reform after the certification of the results of local elections. During a conference in Pristina on “Improving Institutional Accountability for Enforcing the Law on Gender Equality”, Daka said: “the election reform awaits us. I use the […]
Read More →Parliamentary committee to decide tomorrow when to review border bill (media)
Kosovo Assembly’s committee on foreign affairs, diaspora and strategic investment has scheduled a meeting tomorrow and agree on the date for reviewing the draft law on ratification of border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Once the committee concludes the review of the bill, it goes up for vote at the Assembly.
Read More →Kosovo Witnesses Tell Belgrade Court of Relatives’ Murders (Balkan Insight)
Two witnesses told a Belgrade court how their family members were murdered during the May 1999 massacre of Kosovo Albanian villagers from the Cuska area by Serbian forces. http://bit.ly/2BLGCll
Read More →Split Threatens Main Kosovo Opposition Party’s Success (Balkan Insight)
Vetevendosje (Self-Determination), a street movement that became a strong political force known for its confrontational tactics in parliament, faces new internal elections after hidden divisions erupted into the public arena. http://bit.ly/2AVAu6i
Read More →Hoxhaj: Political consensus required on major issues (RTK)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said in a debate organised by the Pristina Institute for Political Studies that Kosovo needs a national consensus on the border demarcation issue with Montenegro, creation of a Kosovo army, application for EU candidate statue, and finalization of dialogue with Serbia which would end in a mutual recognition and […]
Read More →Surroi: Kosovo has not had political consensus since 2008 (RFE)
In an interview to Radio Free Europe, publicist and author Veton Surroi said Kosovo’s leading institutions are to a large extent politically controlled while Kosovo ‘is a captured state where crime and politics cohabitate marvelously.” Surroi also said he was skeptical that the visa liberalisation will be successfully concluded soon while the border demarcation agreement […]
Read More →Nearly seven million euros to return (KIM radio)
The Commission for the Rights and Interests of Communities and Return, chaired by Igor Simic, President of the Commission, held a session on which the main item on the agenda was the consideration of the Draft Law on the Budget for 2018 and in connection to budgetary allocations for the Ministry of Community and Return, reports […]
Read More →Mogherini with prime ministers: Vucic and Thaci dialogue important (Danas)
EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini hosted last evening dinner for the prime ministers from the Western Balkan in Brussels to discuss the situation in the region and continuation of European integration in 2018, Danas daily reported. Referring to the statement from Brussels, Danas reported that all prime ministers expressed full commitment and […]
Read More →Serbs in Kosovo to get driving licences without passing test again (RTS)
Responsible bodies in Pristina, allowed inhabitants in Kosovo to obtain driving licences without passing the test again, in case they possess Serbian driving licences issued until 2016, Kosovo Deputy Minister of Interior, Milan Radojevic told RTS. Radojevic also termed the decision as very important for Serbs in Kosovo, as their freedom of movement is directly […]
Read More →“Issues to resolve with dialogue” (KIM Radio)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric and Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu agreed yesterday it is necessary to continue resolution of all open issues in Kosovo with dialogue, KIM Radio reported. Referring to the Office for KiM press statement, KIM radio further said, Djuric and Braathu discussed the […]
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