The fight for Kosovo’s vanishing rivers (Prishtina Insight)
Hydropower has long been sold as a renewable and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but this myth could endanger Kosovo’s rivers and destroy its national parks. See more at: https://bit.ly/2KcqaPm
Read More →Dialogue round on Sunday will be “difficult,” says Vucic (Serbian media)
Aleksandar Vucic says the dialogue with Pristina on Sunday will be “difficult” – but that Belgrade will “defend its position.” Vucic added that Belgrade will strive for a compromise. It will be, as he says, “yet another opportunity for our position to be heard, yet another opportunity to fight for our country and our people, while […]
Read More →Serbian PM receives Liberia’s FM (B92)
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received on Friday in Belgrade Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia Gbehzohngar Milton Findley. During the conversation, Brnabic said that Liberia’s decision to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo represented “confirmation that Serbia’s efforts to preserve stability of the region and reach a compromise solution through dialogue have been recognized.” According to […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 22 June 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 22 June 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic says will go to Brussels, not optimistic due to statements from Pristina these days (Beta)
• Djuric and Arifi today in Brussels, mediator Angelina Einhorst (RTS)
• Vucic thanks Liberia for decision on Kosovo, invites President Weah to visit (Beta)
• Dacic: At least 10 countries reexamining their recognition (Tanjug)
• German Ambassador: We support both sides in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Beta)
• Tadic: In Vucic’s Serbia it is no longer possible to tell the truth from the lies (Danas)
• “Now what” – Serbian minister asks Europe (TV Pink)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Federation of B&H HoR adopts amendments to Law on Constituencies and Number of Mandates in Federation of B&H Parliament (TV1)
• Operational HQ for Issue of Migrations in B&H discusses activities and measures in dealing with influx of migrants (TV1)
• RS President Dodik: RS will not accept stationing of migrants who were intentionally let into B&H (N1)
• Covic: I consider that EU will not adopt any decision that would result in creating migrant centers on B&H territory (TV1)
Montenegro
• Montenegro must face the migrant crisis bravely (CDM)
fYROM
• May: Agreement with Greece opens doors to EU and NATO for Macedonia (Meta)
• Athens Mayor Kaminis to visit Skopje today (MIA)
• Sugareski: No refugee camps will be built on Macedonian soil (MIA)
Albania
• Netherlands blocks Accession Talks for Albania (ADN)
• Fleckenstein: Germany will say ‘yes’ to the opening of negotiations (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• VMRO-DPMNE calls for a coup (IBNA)
Read More →Cuoci: Belgrade and Pristina need to think how to shape future, important to find solution for people living here (Radio kontakt plus)
Read More →Cuoci: Belgrade and Pristina need to think how to shape future, important to find solution for people living here (Radio kontakt plus)
COM KFOR, Major-General Salvatore Cuoci said yesterday in Mitrovica North that both Belgrade and Pristina need to think how to shape the future, and at the end it is important to find a solution for the people living here, Radio kontakt plus reported. General Cuoci made these remarks in the Rectorate of University of Pristina, […]
Read More →Blic: Knocked out the main feature for intimidation of the Kosovo authorities
Belgrade based daily Blic today writes that although for some years now the Kosovo Army has been announced as a finished issue, apparently, ”a whole decade” awaits the Army. Blic recall all the attempts of Pristina authorities, and the attempt to change laws, due to the impossibility to change the Constitution and thus through ”small […]
Read More →Kuci: There will be elections, but alternative is required (RTK)
Considering the situation in Kosovo, deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Hajredin Kuci, expressed conviction that early elections will happen. He told Kosovapress that a tradition of holding elections in regular terms should be created in Kosovo. “Let us not work under the pressure of elections. Elections will be held, it is […]
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