Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 30 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vulin: Serbs have final word in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Serbian Political Scene – Serbia in 2013 (Radio Serbia)
• The year 2014 replete with challenges (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: B&H Court and Prosecution permanently illegal (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo: Serb Election Turnout Makes History (BIRN)
• Seven Bosnian Former Soldiers Arrested over Wartime Killings (Agence France Presse)
• 2013 in Bosnia ‘A Year of Missed Chances’ (BIRN)
• Macedonia: In the Shadow of a Political Crisis (BIRN)
• Bomb targets Montenegrin newspaper critical of government (Reuters)
Epilogue of a year (Koha Ditore)
Editor in chief of this daily, Agron Bajrami, writes that it appears to be some kind of prophecy that a year ago, Koha Ditore’s holidays’ issue was entitled “the citizen speaks.” It came out to be true, he says and adds that elections of November and December delivered the clearest message for Kosovo’s political elite: […]
Read More →Kosovo should improve its image in Europe (Kosova Sot)
Daniel Server writes that 2013 was a good year for Kosovo. He mentions the reach of the agreement with Serbia, receiving if the green light for Stabilization Association Agreement, and successful elections in the entire territory, among the achievements of the country. “These are not spectacular achievements,” he says, but they are going in the […]
Read More →Thaçi, optimistic about visa liberalization (Koha)
Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo, expressed optimism about fulfillment of objectives, as he said, “of what we have ahead”. He expressed this position at the meeting of the Steering Committee for Visa Liberalisation in Pristina. According to him, during the year-in-going, officials of relevant departments have demonstrated commitment and efforts in implementing visa liberalization […]
Read More →Peci and Deda deny joining the LDK (Kosovapress)
Lulzim Peci, former Kosovo ambassador to Sweden and former liaison officer in Belgrade, denies reports that he has joined Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Alike Deda, he doesn’t even consider reports to be newsworthy. “The ‘news’ is speculation. It is trendy recently to stir up some fog”, he said. Earlier, Ilir Deda, director of Kosovo […]
Read More →Roadmap for foreign policy drafted (Lajmi.net)
A document that outlines priorities and activities of the Kosovo foreign policy as well as the multilateral aspect such as membership in international organizations has been drafted upon conclusion of the Republic of Kosovo Ambassadors’ Conference that took place in Pristina. The conference titled “Foreign policy and multilateralism: Strengthening the role of the Republic of […]
Read More →To become EU member, Serbia must normalize relations with Kosovo (UPI)
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 27 (UPI) — Serbia must normalize relations with Kosovo, not necessarily recognize the breakaway state’s independence, to gain European Union membership, officials said.Michael Davenport, head of the EU delegation in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, said it is realistic for the initial chapters, or steps, toward membership could take place in early 2016, Tanjug […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Year 2013 has clarified the European path of Kosovo (Radio Kosova)
President, Atifete Jahjaga, has evaluated the year 2013 as successful for Kosovo. In her last meeting with journalists for this year, President Jahjaga emphasized that the year which we are leaving behind, it was successful year for Kosovo, a year which has opened new paths and that has clarified the European path. According to the […]
Read More →Ashton: Full implementation of April agreement is EU priority (Radio Kosova)
The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton has announced second round of talks. In a meeting with journalists, known as reticent diplomat, said that if the parties are ready to start negotiations, she is more ready to do so “They know that I have a limited mandate and if they want me to […]
Read More →Haradinaj: SHIK and intelligence services caused AAK to lose (Kosova Sot)
The head of AAK, Ramush Haradinaj, in an interview for Kosovapress, accused political opponents for incorrect campaign saying that information service of PDK, SHIK, and of other parties have caused AAK to lose in recent local elections. Although he said 3 November elections were successful for Kosovo, this was not the case for his own […]
Read More →Overall normalization of relations is the key phrase (Danas)
The goal is to reach legally binding agreement at the end of the process Belgrade – Promise of Prime Minister Ivica Dacic is encouraging that in 2014 dialogue will continue in Brussels and I hope that and Albanian side is also motivated to do so, said to Danas Henry Bone, Director of the office of […]
Read More →Krasniqi: 2014 will bring novelties on political plan (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, assessed 2013 as challenging for Kosovo. He stated that policy making in Kosovo should change completely in 2014. “The Assembly was not itself each time that instrumentalized solutions were made and responsibilities were given to people who did not deserve it. We have made many such solutions during this year. […]
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