Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 20 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• EU leaders set 21 January for launching talks with Serbia (RTS)
• Dacic: False asylum seekers threatening visa-free regime (Tanjug)
• EC grants 23.5 million Euros of assistance for Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Nikolic, Inzko: Serbia-B&H relations best so far (Srna)
• Nikolic, Radmanovic: Serbia’s relations with B&H and RS at a high level (Srna)
• Greek blockade in Brussels does not pass smoothly (Utrinski Vesnik)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bosnia’s Serbian President Visits Israel, Voices Solidarity (Israelnationalnews)
• Current Bosnian politicians out of their depth, says US diplomat (Hina)
• Two Croatian MEPs call for coherent EU policy towards Bosnia (Hina)
EU: Millions for the Serbian municipalities in Kosovo (Blic)
The European Commission today approved a package of 23, 5 million euros of pre-accession funds aimed at the development of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo, a major part of this amount will go to the municipalities in the north, and it was announced today from the headquarters of the EU. Together with the 15 million that […]
Read More →Inzko commends Serbia’s leaders (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko has commended Serbia’s leaders stressing that lately they have been sending the best messages in the last 20 years. Inzko lauded Serbia’s leaders in an interview to Belgrade-based daily Politika ahead of his official visit to Belgrade on Friday. He said that at the same time politicians […]
Read More →EU leaders confirm decision to start talks (B92)
BRUSSELS — EU leaders on Friday in Brussels decided to confirm the proposal of the Ministerial Council that the EU should start accession talks with Serbia in January. There has been no official discussion about Serbia during the first day of the summit on Thursday, but unofficially it could be heard that “it was time […]
Read More →Austria remains in missions including Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Politika)
Vienna-Main Board of the Austrian Parliament approved the extension of the mandate of the Austrian troops in international peacekeeping missions, including those in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Adoption of the decision was almost unanimous. This decision was opposed by only the Freedom Party of Austria, which in a discussion advocated for the creation of […]
Read More →Internationals don’t want political interference in PAK (Koha Ditore)
Members of the Privatisation Agency of Kosovo Board got split into two groups – internationals and locals – during the debate over the selection of a new PAK director, Ujkan Bajra, who is currently head of the Agency’s internal auditing department. The Board initially agreed on two candidates and was supposed to call both for […]
Read More →Beqiri: Let’s go with elections, we do not violate the Constitution (Epoka e Re)
Head of LDK parliamentary group Ismet Beqiri stated that it is better for the country to go with extraordinary elections, then to violate the laws and the Constitution of Kosovo, during the endorsement of the Law on budget and selling of 75 percent of PTK’s share. “To us, if it comes to this, it is […]
Read More →Lushtaku released in time for the swearing in ceremony (dailies)
Skenderaj municipality does not need to go to extraordinary elections for the head of municipality as the re-elected mayor, Sami Lushtaku, was granted temporary release from detention so that he can make the oath before the deputies of municipal Assembly. An Appeal Court panel decided last night to release Lushtaku from detention to attend the […]
Read More →Ivanovic: Serb municipalities begin work with Belgrade funds (Zëri)
Leader of the Civic Initiative in the north of Kosovo, Oliver Ivanovic, is quoted as saying that the money from the Serbian Government will be used by local leadership in the north of Kosovo until the Association of Serb Municipalities is up and running. He said Serbia did not agree during Brussels talks to stop […]
Read More →Zbogar: Reserved seats are necessary (Zëri)
EU Special Representative to Kosovo Samuel Zbogar said that extension of the mandate of reserved seats for community representatives at the Kosovo Assembly will have a positive impact on implementation of 19 April agreement and on integration of the Serb community. He told the paper that the decision is up to Kosovo not international community […]
Read More →Kuçi: It is difficult to build the future in peace with Serbia (Epoka e Re)
Official Pristina expressed concern regarding the statement of Serbia’s Prime Minister, Ivica Dacic, that the state that he represents is not responsible for the committed crimes in Kosovo. According to Kosovo officials, such position represents a problem on building normal relations between the two populations. “Such violent acts, to the extent of genocide and with […]
Read More →Illegals remain illegal (dailies)
Koha Ditore quotes Kosovo Government officials as saying that all the mayors that are not ready to respect the laws and constitution of Kosovo will be considered illegal. But they have asked the help from Brussels as a third party. Albanian elected deputies in north Mitrovica said that the mayor of Mitrovica, Krstimir Pantic, started […]
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