Land expropriation over Pristina-Bujanovac highway reconstruction (KIM Radio, RTV Puls)
Read More →Land expropriation over Pristina-Bujanovac highway reconstruction (KIM Radio, RTV Puls)
Works on reconstruction of Pristina-Bujanovac highway, near Lipljan should start on Monday, RTV Puls reported today. The Manager General of the Kosovo Ministry of Infrastructure for this project, Qemal Jonuzi told gathered inhabitants in Novo Brdo municipality the aim is to start and finish the work as soon as possible. He presented the path of […]
Read More →“No water or electricity connection without construction permit” (KIM Radio)
Gracanica Municipal Assembly members at today’s session made a decision that prohibits the connection of premises to water and electric networks, if there is no municipal construction permit issued, KIM Radio reported. Directors of municipal public services department Vladica Trajkovic and inspections department, Milos Aritonovic while elaborating on this decision said that “illegal construction” represents […]
Read More →Cuoci: NATO does not plan to reduce number of soldiers in Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Read More →Cuoci: NATO does not plan to reduce number of soldiers in Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
KFOR Commander, Major-General Salvatore Cuoci said in an interview to Radio kontakt plus, that NATO does not plan to reduce the number of soldiers in Kosovo or change the mandate of KFOR, adding that KFOR has more than 4000 members. The interview is scheduled to be aired on Saturday, at 11.05. “KFOR is NATO’s success […]
Read More →Youth Forum creates action plan for youth in north of Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Read More →Youth Forum creates action plan for youth in north of Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
NGO Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture (ACDC) gathered yesterday representatives of the Local Youth Action Councils, NGOs dealing with youth issues, representatives of institutions and young people, in order to make first steps for creating a Local Action Plan for Youth in the four northern municipalities, Radio kontakt plus reported. This activity is a continuation […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 18 May 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 18 May 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia will have numerous problems unless Kosovo issue is resolved (Beta/RTS)
• Brnabic: Serbia best presented in Sofia (N1)
• Borisov: Different views on speed of EU expansion (Beta)
• Tusk: Western Balkans has problems and EU prospects (Beta)
• Fabrizi: Accession is merit-based (N1)
• Djuric to Keefe: Serbs in Kosovo need institutional protection (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• EU-Western Balkan Summit in Sofia (BHT1)
• Cvijanovic: Europe is not ready for B&H and vice versa (Dnevni list)
• DF accuses SDP of wanting to form coalition with HDZ B&H and SNSD (TV1)
• Candidates for the post of a Bosniak member of the Presidency of B&H may be known in the mid of June and the race has never been this uncertain (N1)
• B&H CEC: Deadline for submitting application for verification of participation in general elections expires on May 25 (Hayat)
• Unconfirmed information indicate that B&H delegation attended recent opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem (N1/Al Jazeera Balkans)
Croatia
• New emails prove Plenkovic met with Agrokor’s “Borg Group” (Hina)
• Opposition leader demands Prime Minister’s resignation (Hina)
• Prime Minister on Agrokor Affair: “I sleep peacefully” (Hina)
• Croatia and Serbia present joint flood prevention project (Hina)
Montenegro
• Hahn: Western Balkans immature for the EU (CDM)
• Djukanovic: Montenegro is a step away from EU membership (MINA)
• Tajani: Montenegro could join EU by 2025 (CDM)
• General Dakovic at the NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels (CDM)
fYROM
• Greece says negotiations with Macedonia over name row at crucial stage (MIA)
• Hahn optimistic that Macedonia and Greece will solve name dispute (MIA)
• Zaev: Identified option is complete solution to name issue (MIA)
• Macedonia’s success story needs to continue, Zaev and Merkel agree (MIA)
• A stronger parliament means stronger Macedonia, PM May tells Speaker Xhaferi (MIA)
• Jean Monnet process kicks off in Ohrid (MIA)
Albania
• Prosecution requires imprisonment for Tahiri (ADN)
• Witness speaks against Interior Minister’s brother (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• No time soon: EU dashes membership hopes of Balkan states (The Guardian)
• Europe Needs Sway Over Western Balkans to Stem Russian Influence – Macron (Sputnik)
• British premier visits Macedonia (Anadolu Agency)
“Putin is Serbia’s friend but he respects our path towards the EU” (El Pais)
President of Serbia talks to EL PAÍS about the Balkan country’s efforts to join the bloc, and how Kosovo is proving a sticking point The existential journey that has taken Aleksandar Vučić to this point has been a long one. As a young man, the current president of Serbia was an ultra-nationalist of passionate rhetoric, […]
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