Pacolli: Luxembourg supports visa liberalization for Kosovo (media)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, met his counterpart in Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, today and discussed Kosovo’s European perspective with special focus on the visa liberalization process which Luxembourg supports. Pacolli said in a Facebook post that Asselborn is an old friend of Kosovo. “Luxembourg is a great supporter of Kosovo’s membership […]
Read More →Hoxha: We expect a positive recommendation for visa liberalization (media)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, said today that she expects the European Commission will make a positive recommendation for visa liberalization for Kosovo in June. During her address at a roundtable in Pristina, Hoxha said Kosovo’s institutions were working on all directions to move forward in the European integration process. She said the […]
Read More →PDK calls on parties to reach consensus on election reform (media)
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the biggest party in the ruling coalition, called on political parties today to reach consensus on election reform. Abelard Tahiri, member of the PDK chairmanship, said his party wants to remind other parties that cooperation and consensus is needed to find solutions for many outstanding issues. “The PDK platform […]
Read More →Survey: 63 percent of Serbs support frozen conflict in Kosovo, 9 percent for agreement at any cost (Tanjug, RTV)
Read More →Survey: 63 percent of Serbs support frozen conflict in Kosovo, 9 percent for agreement at any cost (Tanjug, RTV)
Significantly more than half of Serbian citizens, 63 percent precisely, think that the frozen conflict in Kosovo is the best solution at the moment. Every second citizen believes the Kosovo status would not be resolved in the next 5 to 10 years. These are the results of „Factor Plus “Agency survey carried out this month. […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 08 June 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 8 June 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: You think Albanians won’t move to occupy North? (B92/Beta)
• Kocijancic: No date for Vucic-Thaci dialogue, 7 June technical meeting was not even scheduled (Beta)
• Joksimovic: EU seriously counts on Serbia (Beta/Tanjug)
• Vucic, Chepurin discuss Kosovo (Beta)
• Radojicic appointed Belgrade mayor (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Political parties fail to reach agreement on B&H Election Law (N1)
• Covic meets Cormack and Wigemark (Vecernji list)
• New round of negotiations on issue of local elections in Mostar held (TV1)
• B&H authorities meet to discuss influx of migrants (N1)
• B&H CEC ends process of verification of applications of political parties and independent candidates for participation in 2018 (FTV)
fYROM
• MoFA: Sustainable name solution far more important than any deadlines (MIA)
• Zaev: Name row settlement ‘anytime soon’ (MIA)
• Osmani: Preserving of Skopje-Athens confidence – vital for name row settlement (MIA)
• Kukan says constitution and language – most difficult issues in name talks (MIA)
• Baily: Name solution positive for Macedonia, Greece, entire region (MIA)
• Greek proposal Severna Makedonija, with no English translation, means completely new name of the state (MIA)
Albania
• US Ambassador meeting with Minister Xhafaj, what was discussed? (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• No Change Seen on Kosovo Under Spanish Socialists (BIRN)
Read More →EULEX Kosovo: new role for the EU rule of law mission (Council of the EU website)
Read More →EULEX Kosovo: new role for the EU rule of law mission (Council of the EU website)
On 8 June 2018, the Council decided to refocus the mandate of the EU rule of law mission EULEX Kosovo. The mission, established 10 years ago, has had two operational objectives: a monitoring, mentoring and advising objective, providing support to Kosovo’s rule of law institutions and to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, and an executive objective, supporting the […]
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