OSCE Broadcast 15 January
• International community calls on political leaders to be generous regarding reserved seats (KTV & Klan Kosova)
• MLGA reluctant to comment on inauguration ceremonies in north (KTV)
• EP discusses draft resolutions on Kosovo and Serbia (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• War crime trial against Radivojevic starts (KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 15 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Unity in battle against crime (RTS)
• Djuric’s arrest increases tensions between Vucic and SPS (Politika/Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Fule to visit Sarajevo on 17 January (Srna)
• SDP expects series of meetings on implementing Sejdic-Finci (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian ex-security men held over Milosevic-era killing of journalist (Reuters)
• Bosnia may lose IMF funds after regional finance minister sacked (Reuters)
• Macedonia Tops Balkan Economic Freedom List (Balkan Insight)
• Croatia, Slovenia Demand Facts About Tito’s Safe (Balkan Insight)
Assembly of Provisional Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija dropped prefix ‘provisional’ (NSPM)
Provisional Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija yesterday decided to elect the government, but did not precise until when the government will be created and what would be its composition. Chairperson of the Assembly Slavko Stevanovic, until recently the Mayor of Leposavic, said that Assembly will continue to protect constitutional order of Serbia with all legitimate […]
Read More →Russians to take care about Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (VESTIonline)
Russian Judicial Center will commence with work in Kosovo and Metohija on 18 January with the aim to assist Serbian population – carried press office of the chairperson of the Judicial Committee of the Sankt Petersburg parliament Vitaliya Milonova. Opening of the Russian Judicial Center will kick off with the humanitarian action of Russian volunteers […]
Read More →Mrkic: Albanian PM to visit Belgrade in February (Tanjug)
Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama will visit Belgrade, most likely in February, as part of his regional tour, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic. The exact date of Rama’s visit has not been specified yet, considering that over the past weeks Belgrade was preoccupied with other important issues, such as the negotiations with Pristina […]
Read More →Gjilan will support returnees in their properties (rtklive.com)
Gjilan mayor Lutfi Haziri met today with Minister for Returns and Communities, Dalibor Jevtic, and agreed to coordinate their activities with the aim of supporting all returnees in Gjilan municipality. Haziri said the municipality of Gjilan would support all returnees and provide basic conditions for all those who wish to return there. Haziri and Jevtic […]
Read More →EULEX: Organ trafficking investigation continues (B92, Tanjug)
A spokesman for special investigator Clint Williams says the EULEX team investigating allegations of human organ trafficking has not completed its task. “The investigation is ongoing and we are determined to bring it to an end,” Joao Sousa told Tanjug on Wednesday, the news agency reported. The spokesman would not comment on a report in […]
Read More →“Srpska” is having replacement for Pantić (Vecernje Novosti)
New elections for mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica, could be held on 23 February, and the deadline for calling elections expires on 22 January. Citizens’ Initiative “Srpska” has not yet revealed who will be their ‘trump card’ instead of Krstimir Pantic, but Minister Aleksandar Vulin confirmed appointment of a new candidate. At the same time, Oliver […]
Read More →Dacic’s show (Zëri)
Milaim Shefkiu remarks that the Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic on his last trip to Kosovo showed the true face of fifteen years ago when he refused to express regret over crimes Serbia committed in Kosovo. “As if nothing had changed since Milosevic’s time, [Dacic] proved Serbia’s policy has remained unchanged in relation to Albanians […]
Read More →Misery wrapped in the Albanian flag (Koha Ditore)
Halil Matoshi observes that holding of joint meetings between governments of different countries, mainly regional ones, is a normal occurrence and the latest such gathering between the governments of Kosovo and Albania is no exception. For Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, the meeting in Prizren was used to come out of his government’s deficit while […]
Read More →Thaçi: With dialogue, we returned the north under Kosovo’s control (koha.net)
“Negotiations in Brussels are on interest of Kosovo, stability and peace in the region. My decision was just and when time passes, it will be understood that this was the only way to return the north of Kosovo under Kosovo’s control,” said Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaçi, at last night’s Top Channel show, Top Show. […]
Read More →Blomeyer: Mandate of reserved seats for minorities should be extended (rtklive.com)
German Ambassador Peter Blomeyer said he attended in the capacity of facilitator yesterday’s meeting between leaders of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK). Blomeyer said discussions focused on a speedy conclusion of election reforms that will contribute to Kosovo’s future. […]
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