Belgrade Media Report 05 June 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 5 June 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Great powers do not recognize UNSCR 1244 (Tanjug/Beta/B92)
• Vucic: How are we to resolve the issue of Kosovo and Metohija when the other side doesn’t want? (RTS)
• Vladisavljevic: There are still interested in the internal dialogue (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: We will acquaint Russia’s leadership with attacks on Serbs (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Venice Commission members discuss issue of Election Law with political leaders in B&H; No concrete agreement reached (TV1)
• Leaders of parties in SzP sign agreement on principles of joint participation in this year’s general elections (BNTV)
• Appellate Division of Court of B&H revokes acquittal to Oric (RTRS)
• Dzaferovic: Any attempt to tie Kosovo with RS in B&H is aggression (FTV)
fYROM
• Republic of Krusevo Macedonia and Modern Republic of Macedonia – some of the new creative solutions? (Republika)
• Mickoski: The only measure for us is the voice of the people (Republika/TV Sitel)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Greek FM: ‘New’, ‘North’, or ‘Upper Macedonia’ are the 3 Possible FYROM Names (Greek Reporter)
• Pro-Russian Serbia Will Have New Allies in Rome (BIRN)
The government withdraws from the Assembly the platform for dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
Read More →The government withdraws from the Assembly the platform for dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Skender Recica has submitted a motion for withdrawal of the Platform for the dialogue on normalization of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia, to give time to building of a consensus. “On behalf of the Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj with understanding, I request to remove the platform for […]
Read More →Soltes following the works of the Assembly of Kosovo (media)
The European Parliament rapporteur for Kosovo Igor Soltes is following today the works of the Assembly of Kosovo. His presence was welcomed at the beginning of the Assembly session by Vice-President of the Assembly, Xhavit Haliti. Soltes succeeded Urlike Lunacek in October of the last year.
Read More →Tahiri to propose bill for confiscation of illegally-obtained wealth (Klan Kosova)
Read More →Tahiri to propose bill for confiscation of illegally-obtained wealth (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, announced that he soon plans to propose to the Government approval of the draft law for confiscation of illegally-obtained wealth by public officials. “Being aware of the great weight of the responsibility I hold, I cannot remain indifferent to the essential need for reviewing and advancing the existing policies […]
Read More →Assembly adopts resolution for unification of Kosovo-Albania customs points (media)
Read More →Assembly adopts resolution for unification of Kosovo-Albania customs points (media)
Kosovo Assembly adopted today a resolution for unification of customs points between Kosovo and Albania. 67 MPs voted in favour of the resolution proposed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD). The party leader Spend Ahmeti hailed the resolution and called on the government of Kosovo to implement its provisions as soon as possible in order […]
Read More →Kosovo Police: The situation “calm and stable”; “incidents of a different nature” did not affect general safety (Kossev)
Read More →Kosovo Police: The situation “calm and stable”; “incidents of a different nature” did not affect general safety (Kossev)
The Kosovo Police states that security situation in Kosovo is “calm and stable”, reports portal Kossev. “Occasional incidents of a different nature” did not affect the overall security situation – the Kosovo Police said in a statement. The portal writes that this assessment of the situation followed a series of incidents in which the targets were […]
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