Belgrade Media Report 06 June 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 6 June 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Pristina’s only goal to take over Northern Kosovo in whatever way possible (Beta)
• Vucic and Ivanic discuss situation in region (Tanjug)
• Kuburovic, Bramertz meet in New York (Beta)
• Djuric: Pristina’s refusal dangerous and irresponsible (RTS)
• Djuric urges Tanzania to reconsider recognition of Kosovo as independent (Beta)
• Spain requests to be included Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Blic/RTV)
• Albanians harass Serb children in school playground (B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Representatives of international community encourage B&H politicians to continue negotiations regarding B&H Election Law (TV1)
• PIC SB convenes two-day session with Election Law of B&H on agenda (TV1)
• B&H HoP rejects technical amendments to B&H Election Law (TV1)
• Covic: Position of embassies, OHR and OSCE has nothing to do with reality (BHT1)
• OHR: Covic’s actions re Criminal Procedure Code confirm fears of international community (Oslobodjenje)
Montenegro
• Border demarcation deal finally enters into force (CDM)
• NATO starts air patrols over Montenegro (CDM)
fYROM
• Zaev again urges Ivanov to sign language law (MIA)
• Zaev on conversation with Tsipras: Matter of days (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Deal for Macedonia Name? High Treason, Some Greeks Say (The New York Times)
• Turkey’s growing influence in the Balkans has profound implications for the Middle East (The National)
Rakic: Srpska Lista asks for consultations with President Vucic (Tanjug, RTS)
Chairperson of Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic said due to the stances of Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, who are violating Brussels agreements and dialogue, as well as silence from Brussels, Srpska Lista addressed Belgrade and requested consultations with President Vucic in order to define forthcoming steps ahead, RTS reported. Rakic noted that frequent attacks against […]
Read More →Kocijancic: Mogherini regularly reports EU members on the dialogue (N1, Beta)
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini personally reports to the EU member states on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at the meetings of the Council of Ministers of the Union, and her team on information about the course of the dialogue gives to the representatives of EU member states and within the various working groups of the EU […]
Read More →Gracanica: Women with disabilities face double discrimination (KIM)
“Being a woman with disability means facing double discrimination,” Chairperson of an NGO Organization of Persons with Disabilities, Dragan Josifovic said today in a debate in Gracanica dedicated to promoting artistic development of women with disabilities, KIM Radio reported. There are 750 persons with disabilities registered in Gracanica municipality. Women make 40 percent of this […]
Read More →Serbian List: What does the statement of the EU chief in Kosovo means that attacks on Serbs ‘start to look like tit for tat’ (NMagazin)
Read More →Serbian List: What does the statement of the EU chief in Kosovo means that attacks on Serbs ‘start to look like tit for tat’ (NMagazin)
The Serbian List called on EU officials yesterday to publicly explain the statement made by EU Head of the Kosovo Office Nataliya Apostolova that ethnic-motivated attacks on the Serbs in Kosovo are starting to look as ‘tit-for- tat’, report Serbian media. Stating that since May 1 more than 20 attacks on Serbs and their property […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia status remains biggest challenge in Balkans – EU envoy (EURACTIV)
Normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia is “the most complicated process in the Balkans at the moment”, according to the head of the EU’s office in Pristina. But both sides need steady encouragement from the international community to reach a final solution and progress towards EU membership. Kosovo, one of the six Western Balkan states […]
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