OSCE Broadcast 8 January
• North Serbs breach Brussels agreement again (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• EULEX might be restructured as two more missions (KTV)
• Ivanovic: No symbols will be used in inauguration session (Klan Kosova)
• Vulin denies Kusari-Lila’s statement (RTK2)
• PDK insists that LDK promised its votes for reserved seats (KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 8 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• SNS leader promises “short campaign”(B92, Tanjug, 6 January 2014)
• Struggle for invitations without hallmark of Kosovo (Politika, 8 January 2014)
• Elections will complicate Serbia’s path to the EU (Politika, 8 January 2014)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Orthodox cemetery in Osijek desecrated (Danas, 7 January 2014)
• Split: Vandals stole Belgrade plates (FoNet, 7 January 2014 )
• Board on the building of the Council of the Serbian minority vandalized (Blic, 8 January 2014)
• Chair of the House of Representatives of FBiH resigned (SRNA, 6 January 2014)
• RS strengthens autonomy “as it moves toward independence”(RTRS, 6 January 2014)
• Skopje open to Serbian “joint embassies” proposal (Vecernje Novosti, 6 January 2014)
• Journalism – the most dangerous professions in Montenegro (FoNet, 7 January 2014 )
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Seeks Peace with Kosovo, Deputy PM (BIRN, 8 January 2014)
• Bosnia Federation President Sacks Finance Minister (BIRN, by Elvira M. Jukic, 6 January 2014)
• Bosnia Launches First War Crimes Indictments of 2014 (BIRN, by Denis Dzidic, 8 January 2014)
• EU funds to accelerate BiH war crime prosecution (Southeast European Times, By Ana Lovaković, 6 January 2014)
• Shaping education in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Deutshe Welle, 8 January 2014)
• Russia, Serbia and the New Balkan Geopolitics (New Eastern Europe, by Tony Rinna, 7 January 2014)
• Fuele Meets Macedonian Opposition Leader (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 8 January 2014)
Zvonko Veselinovic, protagonist of incident in the north (kosovapress.com)
Citing unnamed sources, Kosovapress reports that Zvonko Veselinovic, organized crime boss in the northern part of Kosovo, was the protagonist of a recent mass brawl in northern Mitrovica where nine people were injured and one was wounded with firearms. Sources told the news agency that the incident broke out at a bar in northern Mitrovica […]
Read More →Limaj, never again in PDK! (kosovapress.com)
Sources close to Fatmir Limaj told the news agency that his return to the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is out of the question. People close to Limaj said the decision of the former PDK deputy leader will be known very soon. They are saying that Limaj is not even considering returning to the PDK […]
Read More →No insurance fees at Jarinje, Brnjak (KiM radio,Tanjug)
JARINJE – The payment of cross-border insurance policies at the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo did not start on Monday, despite earlier announcements. The drivers who entered northern Kosovo from the direction of central Serbia were not required a cross-border insurance policy on Monday at Jarinje, Tanjug’s on-site correspondent reports. At other administrative crossings between […]
Read More →President Jahjaga supports process of dialogue (rtklive.com)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga met today with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci to discuss the current situation and institutional coordination and cooperation. Thaci briefed Jahjaga on the ongoing dialogue in Brussels between Kosovo and Serbia brokered by the European Union and with strong support from the United States of America, and about the implementation of agreements […]
Read More →Kosovo And Serbia Agree On Arbitration For Commercial Disputes (SETimes)
By SETimes January 8, 2014 By Linda Karadaku and Igor Jovanovic Serbia and Kosovo are improving commercial relations in an effort that officials consider mutually beneficial for economic growth and normalisation of relations. The countries’ chambers of commerce signed two agreements to promote arbitration to settle commercial disputes and build institutions to boost commerce. The […]
Read More →Serbia – win, win; Kosovo – neither, nor (Zeri)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti writes in an opinion piece that thanks to dialogue with Thaci in Brussels, Serbia does not have to choose between Kosovo and the European Union and that it is advancing in two directions: in the process of European integration and in its arrangements in Kosovo. “Serbia got both negotiations for membership […]
Read More →Shpend Ahmeti did not violate law on symbols (Koha Ditore)
Political analyst Halil Matoshi argues in an opinion piece that by swearing in before the official flag of the Republic of Albania (which is viewed by Kosovars as their national flag), Shpend Ahmeti [new Pristina mayor] did not violate the law on symbols. “Because in the legal-procedural aspect, his swearing in was the same as […]
Read More →The fight over invitations without Kosovo insignia (Politika)
If Pristina does not accept statements that we will sign, on which there will be no Kosovo insignia, municipalities in the north will again lead interim councils which are functioning in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Serbia, said Krstimir Pantic. Kosovska Mitrovica – Ceremonial sessions at which the mayors and councillors of […]
Read More →Bushati: The two governments will sign two agreements (rtklive.com)
The governments of Albania and Kosovo are expected to sign two important agreements at their upcoming meeting in Prizren on January 11th. Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati said the two governments will sign the statement for strategic partnership between the two prime ministers and there will be discussions on economic integration and on a more […]
Read More →Austria interested to resolve Kosovo-Serbia problems (rtklive.com)
Austria wants to increase its diplomatic interest and help in solving problems between Kosovo and Serbia. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz offered this assistance to European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton during their meeting in Brussels. “We agreed with Lady Ashton that I should visit Serbia and Kosovo,” Kurz said after the meeting. “The visit […]
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