Revealing Corruption Remains Challenge for Balkan Media (Balkan Insight)
Reporters on corruption and organised crime in the Balkans are subject to a range of different pressures and challenges – as our comparison of reporting on such cases in Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia shows. Organised crime and corruption are among the key challenges facing the societies of the Western Balkans, with corruption in particular being […]
Read More →Prizren mosque holds prayer for Turkish intervention in Syria (Klan Kosova/Koha)
Klan Kosova reports that a prayer was held in the Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren in favour of the Turkish military operation against Kurds in Syria. Present in the prayer was also the Turkish Ambassador to Kosovo, Kivilcim Kilic, Turkish general consul in Prizren, Eylem Altunya, members of Turkish army part of KFOR, as well […]
Read More →Bozovic: Individuals to refrain from comments on Ivanovic (FoNet, Vreme, N1)
Deputy leader of Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice, Ksenija Bozovic told Vreme weekly, that she appeals to individuals, both in Kosovo and Belgrade, to refrain from comments on Oliver Ivanovic, as they know very well what Oliver Ivanovic thought of them and to stop using his murder and tragedy for political marketing. “We saw it […]
Read More →Pristina requests information from Serbian prosecution on Ivanovic’s murder (RTS)
Kosovo bodies have sent two requests to the Serbian Organized Crime Prosecution asking for specific information within the investigation of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder, Serbian Justice Minister, Nela Kuburovic told RTS, adding the Ministry would respond to these requests. Speaking for the RTS main news edition, Kuburovic also said that a written response came from Pristina […]
Read More →Paunovic called on the UN to determine the human rights situation in Kosovo (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade based Tanjug news agency reports that Serbia from 2013 until now requested from the eight contracting bodies of United Nations that UNMIK reports on the application of the standards of valid conventions on the territory of Kosovo. Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic said yesterday and called on the […]
Read More →Milena Ivanovic: It is not true Vucic refused to meet my husband (Danas,Tanjug, RTS)
Wife of murdered Oliver Ivanovic, Milena Ivanovic told Danas daily it is not true that the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic refused to meet with her husband, a few days prior to his murder. Following the statement of the Serbian President Vucic “that he helped Ivanovic more than some other politicians,” speculations appeared in higher political […]
Read More →Compromise with Pristina unlikely this year – Vucic (B92, Sputnik, Beta)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says he supports the dialogue with Pristina and is hoping for a compromise solution. But Vucic, speaking for Sputnik in Davos, added that he did not have much hope that this would happen by the end of 2018. https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=01&dd=25&nav_id=103343
Read More →“We could join EU together if Serbia recognizes Kosovo” (B92, Beta)
Edi Rama says although Serbia is ahead of Albania in the process of EU accession, the two countries could join the EU together. Speaking in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, the Albanian prime minister said this could happen “under the assumption that Serbia recognizes Kosovo.” “This is a performance-based process. Serbia has advantage because it is […]
Read More →What do we know so far about the Enlargement Strategy? (European Western Balkans)
The Enlargement Strategy, entitled “Credible Perspective of Enlargement to the Western Balkans”, will be presented on 6 February during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Following of the adoption of the official text of the document by the College of Commissioners, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, […]
Read More →Montenegro PM to Visit Kosovo as Border Dispute Continues (Balkan Insight)
Despite the announced visit of the Montenegrin Prime Minister to Pristina, it is not clear if Kosovo’s parliament will ratify the controversial border demarcation deal between the two countries. Days ahead the visit of the Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic to Kosovo, it remains unclear if and when Kosovo’s parliament will vote to ratify the […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 24 January
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia’s priorities include EU, economic growth and regional stability (Beta)
• Jevtic: Vucic’s visit calmed down tensions (RTS)
• EU working on resumption of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• Kuburovic: Parliament no longer has role in election of judges, deputy public prosecutors (RTS)
• Serbian Patriarch decorates Gouillon and Ritsoudis (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Lavrov: Russia is against Dayton II (RTRS)
• Dodik: I know about request of Sarajevo sent to Serbia to detain me (RTRS)
• Mektic denied claims of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (ATV)
• Representatives of political parties met on Tuesday to discuss new model for election of B&H Presidency members (Glas Srpske)
• Colak: HDZ B&H is ready to accept election of two members of Presidency from Federation of B&H in B&H Parliament and direct election of member of Presidency from RS (N1)
• Ambassador Berton: Our position is clear from very beginning – Bosnian language is language of Bosniak people (Fena)
Croatia
• Croats from Serbia meet with Plenkovic (Hina)
Montenegro
• Markovic: After joining NATO, the European agenda is the most important topic (CDM)
• PACE sends a delegation to the presidential elections (CDM)
• Presidential and local elections cannot be scheduled for the same day (CDM)
fYROM
• Government adopts its 2018 working program, sets economy, EU and NATO membership as priorities (MIA)
• Macedonia’s European perspective – main topic of FM Dimitrov’s meetings in Brussels (MIA)
• Kosovo’s President Thaci criticizes Macedonia’s counterpart Ivanov’s language bill veto (MIA)
Albania
• Rama and Tsipras meeting in Switzerland (ADN)
• Judicial reform, SMI appeal to the US and EU Ambassadors (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Challenges Facing Serbia in 2018 (BIRN)
• Zakharieva: EU is not sufficiently present in the Western Balkans (RFE/RL)
• US Pulling the Strings of Power in Kosovo – Expert (Sputnik)
UNMIK Headlines 25 January
Haradinaj: We are accountable only to MPs not ambassadors (media)
Apostolova: Abrogating specialist court makes Kosovo unreliable partner (Koha)
Thaci: I do not interfere in the specialist court initiative (dailies)
PDK MP Haxhiu: Kosovo cannot be more isolated than it already is (Koha)
Hoti: Haradinaj is leading the country towards complete isolation (media)
Rama: Special court, irreversible process (Epoka)
Haley: Kosovo and Serbia should engage for peace (RTK)
Decision making on border demarcation stalls, solution being sought out (Koha)
Haradinaj blames LDK and Assembly for demarcation (Kosova Sot)
Intensive investigation on Ivanovic’s case (RFE, Zeri)
Report on the state of judiciary presented in Pristina (dailies)
Kosovo officially takes over CEFTA chairmanship (Bota Sot/Zeri)
Ivanovic murder discussed in CoE Parliamentary Assembly (Koha)
Haradinaj on power supply situation: Someone is lying (Koha Ditore)
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