Vucic “investing 80 percent of his time to Kosovo issue” (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic invests more than 80 percent of his time in finding a compromise for Kosovo and Metohija. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this on Thursday. “At least two are needed for a compromise, but now there are several factors. People in Pristina said they have no foreign policy of their own but […]
Read More →Serbian Government Launches NATO Bombing Probe (Balkan Insight)
Serbia’s health and environment ministries agreed to begin a state-sponsored investigation of the alleged effects on public health caused by the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar and Environment Minister Goran Trivan signed an agreement on Tuesday to start the state-sponsored investigation of alleged damage caused by the NATO air […]
Read More →Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Cynics and hypocrisy of Thaci inappropriate (KIM Radio)
Read More →Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Cynics and hypocrisy of Thaci inappropriate (KIM Radio)
“There is no way to justify violence exercised against Srpska Lista representatives and Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric in March, and those who ordered and carried out this heinous attack are responsible for the crime against peace,” Office for Kosovo and Metohija press statement said, Serbian media reported. The statement came as […]
Read More →Dacic:”It’s unrealistic to expect change Kosovo talks format now” (B92, TV Pink)
Ivica Dacic says that considering a change of the Kosovo dialogue format at this time – where someone would join the process – is “a utopia.” According to the foreign minister and first deputy PM, this is not realistic at the moment – “and if something like that were to happen, Serbia would ask for […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 14 June 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 14 March 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Serbian opposition accuses Vucic of preparing unrest in Kosovo (VIP)
• Brnabic: Vucic is fighting for the compromise and security of citizens (RTS)
• Vucic pleads with Germans to “hear Serbia out” (Tanjug)
• Czaputowicz: Both Serbia and Kosovo should be EU members (Beta)
• EP draft report calls for advancing rule of law, media independence, aligning foreign policy (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: 40 UK intelligence officers come to B&H masked into military unit and will be tasked to wiretap, monitor and draft information for media (RTRS)
• Ivanic too votes for path to NATO (Vecernje Novosti)
• Fuel prices expected to be reduced both in Federation of B&H and RS (N1)
Croatia
• President wants to chair EU together with Prime Minister (Hina)
fYROM
• Address of President Ivanov over Macedonia-Greece name agreement (MIA)
• Government: Citizens, not Ivanov, deciding on Macedonia’s future (MIA)
• PM Zaev: Government obliged to enable citizens to present their opinion on name agreement (MIA)
• FM Lavrov hopes name deal will be supported by the people of Macedonia and Greece (MIA)
• Joint press statement by NATO Secretary General and European Council President on solution to name dispute (MIA)
• Austria’s Kurz says sees clear prospect for Macedonia in EU (MIA)
• Slovenia’s President Pahor hails Macedonia name deal (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Main opposition escalating attack on government deal with Skopje (IBNA)
• Macedonians Protest Against Name Deal with Greece (BalkanInsight)
Trajkovic: “Lord of the North” elected as SL deputy chair (Danas)
I am surprised with the impudence of Kosovo Office Director, Marko Djuric who came from Belgrade to take part in Srpska Lista (SL) electoral assembly, during which a man known by everybody as a mafia man was elected as its deputy chair, Rada Trajkovic, leader of the Serb European Movement told Danas daily. Radojicic, whom […]
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