Belgrade Media Report 28 May 2018
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 28 May 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Everyone forgets I am a technocrat Prime Minister (FoNet)
• Dacic on Kosovo partition, Ivanovic murder, lobbying (B92/TV Prva)
• Stefanovic: No readiness of Pristina to resolve case of Ivanovic’s murder (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: We must never give up from Brussels agreement (Radio Belgrade)
• Ghana will reconsider issue of status of Kosovo (RTS/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CEC: 72 political parties, 39 independent candidates submit application for taking part in October elections (N1)
• Businessman Pavlovic to run for post of RS President (TV1)
• RS President Dodik meets with Russian President Putin (RTRS)
• Kosarac: If SDA wants unitary B&H, we will fight for independence of RS (Oslobodjenje/ Srna)
• Croatian parliament adopts Law on Management of State Property, B&H could lose valuable property in Croatia (TV1)
Croatia
• MPs vote in Tolusic and Horvat as new Deputy PM and Economy Minister (HRT)
• B&H protests Croatia’s state property management plans (Hina)
Montenegro
• Montenegro’s ruling party wins Podgorica elections (CDM)
• Wilson: Djukanovic will lead Montenegro into the EU (TV Pink M)
fYROM
• Dimitrov and Kotzias defend national interests in New York, head to Brussels to continue dialogue (MIA)
• Majority of the EU member states support opening accession negotiations with Macedonia (MIA)
• A year after Zaev’s win, Cabinet to reshuffle on Friday (MIA)
Albania
• DP, urgent meeting with allies after the latest protest (ADN)
• US Ambassador denounces pressures on judges for Tahiri case (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• BiH’s SDP party elects candidate for upcoming general elections (Xinhua)
Read More →Jevtic: It is shameful and inadmissible to block displaced people to visit their sanctuary (Serbian media)
Read More →Jevtic: It is shameful and inadmissible to block displaced people to visit their sanctuary (Serbian media)
The blockade of roads and the prevention of displaced persons to visit to at least a day the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Petric near Kline is a shameful act that brings nothing good to anyone living in Kosovo, said Dalibor Jevtić. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Return […]
Read More →Police dispersed Albanians, they returned and attacked Serbs (B92, Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev, Blic)
Read More →Police dispersed Albanians, they returned and attacked Serbs (B92, Radio Gorazdevac, KoSSev, Blic)
Three Serbs were injured in the village of Petric, after they were attacked by Albanian population, Serbian media reported. According to Serbian media, group of Albanians, previously dispersed by the Kosovo Police gathered again and surrounded displaced Serbs who managed to reach the Church of Holly Trinity in the village, although Albanians blocked the road […]
Read More →Apostolova: Kosovo needs reforms on implementation of laws (RTK)
Head of the EU Office in Pristina, Nataliya Apostolova, said during the “European Reform Agenda” roundtable, that it is important for Kosovo to continue with work on legal field while working on fulfillment of the criteria for visa liberalization. “It is very important now for Kosovo to draft a priority list related to the implementation […]
Read More →Djuric condemned violence against Serbs in Petric near Klina (KIM Radio)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric in the strongest terms condemned violence against Serbs intending to mark Christian holiday of the Holly Trinity in the village of Petric, near Klina, KIM Radio reported. Djuric added he expects from “provisional institutions in Pristina and international organization to enable rights to freedom of […]
Read More →Kosovo Halts Road Work After Serbian Monastery Protests (Balkan Insight)
A decision to halt construction work of a road from Kosovo to Montenegro, following protests by a Serbian Orthodox monastery, has sparked conflicting responses in Kosovo. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-road-construction-near-orthodox-monastery-spark-controversies-05-28-2018
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