Analysts: Pressure on Pristina to establish ZSO (Tanjug, RTS)
The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continuation, scheduled for Tuesday, 16 January 2018 in Brussels, is expected, as without dialogue there is no future for the entire region, Serbia and Kosovo Albanians, Tanjug news agency reported on Sunday. This is according to Tanjug’s interlocutors. Sociologist, Vladimir Vuletic thinks Pristina would need to showcase a political responsibility and openness […]
Read More →Bogdan Mitrovic again with his family (Kontakt plus radio)
Bogdan Mitrovic, after four and a half months of detention, is released, and says that justice has won. The representatives of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija welcomed Mitrovic in his home in Mladenovac. Mitrovic thanked for the help, and the special thank, as he says, he owes to the president of Serbia. Mitrovic says […]
Read More →Djuric: If Serbia was consulted, Special Court could really be international (BETA, Politika)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric told the BETA news agency, if Serbia was consulted, the Special Court for war crimes in Kosovo could really be international, and not a court established or dissolved by the Assembly in Pristina. Serbia was not consulted when it was discussed how the Special Court […]
Read More →Kosovo allocates emergency funds for domestic violence shelters (Prishtina Insight)
Domestic violence shelters that shut down due to budgetary delays are expected to reopen by Monday; meanwhile, only the shelter in Gjakova remains to be functional. On Friday, after reports that domestic violence shelters in Kosovo had been shut down for January and February due to budgetary delays, the Kosovo Government allocated 65,000 euros to […]
Read More →Parents of Albanian ISIS ‘Martyrs’ Abandoned to Grief (Balkan Insight)
Their sons went to fight for ISIS in Syria or Iraq, and some even had children in the conflict zone, then they were killed, leaving their impoverished relatives in Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia to suffer. Selim Demolli gripped the table with his hands, and his lip trembled with anger as he spoke. The previous day […]
Read More →Kosovo Requests Extradition of Organ Trafficking Suspect (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo authorities requested the extradition of Moshe Harel, an Israeli citizen accused of being involved in organ- trafficking from Kosovo’s Medicus clinic in 2008. According to justice minister Aberald Tahiri, Kosovo authorities filed an extradition request for Moshe Harel, currently held in detention in Cyprus after being arrested earlier this month. Harel, an Israeli citizen […]
Read More →World’s Eyes on Kosovo Amid Push to Halt War Crimes Court (The New York Times)
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Efforts by Kosovo to suspend a war crimes court set up to prosecute atrocities committed by ethnic Albanians during their independence struggle are threatening relations with Western allies who backed Kosovo’s split from Serbia, European and American officials have warned. The court, based in the Netherlands, was created in 2015 by Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 12 January 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 12 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia on good path owing to strategic choices (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Vulin: Unclear why Dikovic was denied US visa (Tanjug)
• Dikovic: I have never committed or ordered a crime (Tanjug)
• Russian Humanitarian Center in Nis not to get diplomatic status (Danas)
• EU sources: Juncker to push Belgrade and Podgorica faster; Mogherini favors package (Beta)
• US Senate report: Attack on Serbia, Trump, or Putin? (B92/Sputnik)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic announces candidacy for B&H Presidency (Oslobodjenje)
• Crnadak: I do not expect any change in relations between B&H and Georgia (BHT1)
• Ivanic: Position of US Assistant Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia is important to B&H (Dnevni list)
• Sofia hosts ceremony as Bulgaria takes over Presidency of Council of EU: Western Balkan will be priority (Al Jazeera)
fYROM
• FMs Dimitrov, Kotzias expect for UN mediator to offer initial framework for name row settlement (MIA)
• MP Grubi expects President Ivanov, VMRO-DPMNE to support language law (MIA)
• SDSM: Law on Use of Languages complies with Constitution (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE says law on use of languages unconstitutional (MIA)
• Kosovo commends Macedonia parliament on adopting language law (MIA)
• Rama welcomes adoption of language law in Macedonia (MIA)
• MoFA hosts EEAS – WB6 meeting in Skopje (MIA)
Albania
• Albanian 2nd language in Macedonia, Meta welcomes the decision (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Want stability in the Balkans? Then bring back Yugoslavia (RT)
• Macedonia 2018: All Eyes Focus on ‘Name’ Agreement (BIRN)
UNMIK Headlines 15 January
A decisive week for the special court? (media)
Assembly committee to discuss demarcation deal today (media)
Limaj: We’ll ratify a demarcation deal that is acceptable to all (media)
Beqiri: Vote in favor of demarcation, we don’t support court revocation (media)
Kosovo delegation to travel to Brussels tomorrow (media)
S. State Department warns of possible terror attacks in Kosovo (media)
Court extends Azem Syla’s detention (media)
Former PM Mustafa to travel to Germany for medical treatment (media)
Trepca mining complex board to be appointed this month (media)
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