Belgrade Media Report 12 February
LOCAL PRESS
• Serbian and Croatian presidents did not talk about the past (Tanjug/B92)
• Continued support of Austria to European integration of Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Building new relations with US on grounds of former cooperation (Beta/RTS)
• Dacic: Important visit to Suriname (Beta)
• Djuric: Positive trend in relations between Serbia and France (RTS/Tanjug)
• Kosovo Serbs: Wonderful to know that the state stands behind you (RTV)
• Serbian Justice Ministry: Pristina delivers documentation on Ivanovic murder (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Mektic says Serbs must acknowledge genocide in Srebrenica; Mektic denies allegations (Vecernji list)
• Dodik: Srebrenica is place of suffering of both Bosniaks and Serbs (Glas Srpske)
• Statements of Mektic on genocide in Srebrenica spark strong reactions (RTRS)
• Covic: Amendments to Election Law of B&H top priority issue for Croats (N1)
• Inzko: Changes to constitutional organization require agreement of constituent and other peoples (Slobodna Dalmacija)
• Konakovic announces leaving SDA, but not post of SC Prime Minister (TV1)
• Foreigners want formation of third bloc in RS (EuroBlic)
• Netherlands Embassy evacuated due to bomb threat (Fena)
Croatia
• Serbia to help Croatia in search for missing persons (Dnevnik.hr/Hina)
• Protest held on Ban Jelacic Square against Vucic visit (HRT)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic’s up on arms over Berane election results (CDM)
• Jovicevic gives up; Brkovic and Tadic-Mijovic opposition’s presidential candidates? (CDM)
• Democrats to provide full support to opposition’s candidate (CDM)
• Hahn: There are no additional conditions for Montenegro (CDM)
• Demarcation with Montenegro must not be overturned (RTCG)
fYROM
• Grubi meets with Nimetz in New York and tells him DUI want a dignified solution (Meta)
• Janushev: SDSM and DUI are competing with each other which party is going to make appeasements with the name (Meta)
• Russia wants its cooperation with Macedonia to flourish further (MIA)
• Russian MFA on Strategy for the Western Balkans: Our principle is not “with us or against us” (Meta)
• Over 64 percent of Macedonian citizens favor EU accession, 66 percent want NATO membership (MIA)
• Zaev-Yildirim: Turkey supports Macedonia for NATO membership, bilateral cooperation to be promoted (MIA)
Albania
• Has Albania fulfilled the criteria for EU accession? (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic Hands Files on Missing Serbs to Croatia (BIRN)
Read More →Jeremic: Vucic’s visit to Zagreb is a test for visiting Pristina (NMagazin)
National Party President Vuk Jeremic says that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s visit to Zagreb is “kind of a general rehearsal” for Vucic’s state visit to Pristina, which he plans after signing a legally binding agreement and after Kosovo becomes a member of the UN “with the blessing of the current government in Serbia”, reports NMagazin […]
Read More →Kocijancic: EU members on its own decide on the recognition of Kosovo (TV Most, Tanjug)
Read More →Kocijancic: EU members on its own decide on the recognition of Kosovo (TV Most, Tanjug)
European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic today did not want to comment the statement by Austrian Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strahe regarding the status of Kosovo, stressing that the issue of recognition concerns only the member states, reports TV Most. Answering the Austrian media’s question about the position of the European Commission towards the statement of the Austrian […]
Read More →Petronic: The arrest of policemen will not lead to those responsible for the murder (Kontakt plus radio)
Read More →Petronic: The arrest of policemen will not lead to those responsible for the murder (Kontakt plus radio)
Director of NGO “Human Center Mitrovica” Veroljub Petronic thinks that the arrest of two members of the Kosovo Police, suspected of manipulating with the evidence, will not lead to the clarification of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, reports Kontakt plus radio. Petronic points out that on the second day after the murder, it could be […]
Read More →Official Vienna: Kosovo’s recognition irreversible (Koha, Die Presse)
Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Karin Kneissl, told Austrian daily Die Presse today that recognition of the independence of Kosovo by official Vienna, is irreversible. Her statement comes as a reaction to the statement of the Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, who was quoted to have told Belgrade daily Politika that it would be a mistake […]
Read More →Montenegrin PM to visit Kosovo on Wednesday (Telegrafi)
The visit of the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic, which was planned for 6 February, and annulled at the last moment due to the fog at Pristina Airport, is expected to take place on Wednesday, 14 February. “Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Marovic will arrive at Pristina Airport on 14 February, at 16:00 hours,” Gazmend […]
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