Tusk Urges Kosovo, Serbia To Work Harder At Normalizing Ties To Join EU (RFE)
European Council President Donald Tusk has urged Kosovo to work harder on normalizing ties with Serbia, as part of its European Union integration efforts. “Without a comprehensive normalization of relations with Serbia and full implementation of the agreements, I don’t see how a breakthrough in relations with the EU could be achieved,” Tusk said on […]
Read More →EU’s Tusk tells Kosovo to improve relations with Serbia (Reuters.com)
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, urged Kosovo on Thursday to improve relations with Serbia in order to progress towards its long-term goal of European Union membership. Kosovo and five other Western Balkan nations seeking EU membership must all tackle corruption and organized crime, improve human rights and media freedoms and […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 27 April 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 27 April 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: I would introduce reciprocity to everyone (RTS)
• Brnabic ready to sign what is necessary (RTS)
• Stefanovic: Maltreatment of Djuric will not remain unpunished (RTS)
• EU calls for urgent implementation of agreement on ZSO (Tanjug)
• Serbian government adopts reciprocity measures to Croatia (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
• Vulin: Krsticevic is right, we are two worlds, I am an anti-fascist (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Tusk meets B&H Presidency members (Hayat)
• Dodik: Bosniak politicians are asking foreigners for solutions, such mentality will bury B&H (Glas Srpske)
• B&H HoP session on changes to Election Law not held due to lack of quorum (TV1)
• Representatives of nine parliamentary parties fail to agree election rules for Mostar (BHT1)
• B&H is on right path to MAP activation (Oslobodjenje)
• US General Clark: Russia wants to increase its influence in Western Balkans (Dnevni avaz)
• Erdogan uses B&H to demonstrate strength to Europe (EuroBlic)
• Wartime Bosniak commander arrested for crimes against Serbs (Nezavisne)
• Will Croatia continue diplomatic war with Serbia? (Vecernji list)
Croatia
• Serbia declares Croatian Defense Minister “persona non- grata” (Hina)
• Prime Minister calls for joint commemorations at Jasenovac (Hina)
• Austria to conduct immediate trials for use of banned Ustasha symbols at Bleiburg (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
• Progress Report instructs Montenegro (MINA)
fYROM
• Ivanov, Grabar-Kitarovic: Bilateral issues to be solved in parallel with Euro-integration process (MIA)
• Xhaferi meets President Grabar-Kitarovic (MIA)
• Dimitrov and Kotzias end Vienna talks at a working dinner (MIA)
• Name issue needs urgent solution, Juncker tells Greek parliament (MIA)
• Bartol: NATO wishes to welcome Macedonia as its 30th member state (MIA)
• Stoltenberg: It’s not up to Russia to decide about Macedonia’s NATO accession (MIA)
• Sekerinska to meet US Defense Secretary Mattis in Washington (MIA)
Albania
• CDU/CSU MP’s reject Rama’s invitation to dinner (ADN)
• Rama returns from Germany, what was discussed with Merkel? (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Now is chance for Kosovo deal, says Serbian president – but at what cost? (The Guardian)
Read More →Thaci: The issue of the missing to be also discussed in Brussels (RTK)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said during a speech in front of the presidency that shedding light on the tragic past and bringing perpetrators in front of the justice enhances peace in Kosovo and the region. He added that Kosovo institutions will give their maximum to shed light on this human aspect. “Families of […]
Read More →Kosovo independence is reversible, Serbian FM says (TV N1, RTS, BETA)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that he would continue his efforts to convince other countries to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo. “We will continue to explain to everyone that the case of Kosovo is about secession by violence and separatism which runs counter to international law. We do not recognize that false […]
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