OSCE Broadcast 16 January
• Janicijevic’s murder condemned (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Legislative Committee might be involved in election reform process (RTK1)
• EP adopts draft resolution on Kosovo (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Government: Murder of the advisor, a cowardly act (indeksonline.net)
Government of the Republic of Kosovo, condemns the murder of the municipal adviser of northern Mitrovica Municipality, Dimitrije Janjicevic, elected by citizens in the recent municipal elections, held for the first time in northern part of Kosovo. This murder is a serious and cowardly act and as such, it is condemnable by the citizens and […]
Read More →EP endorses the resolution for Kosovo (koha.net)
The European Parliament has voted the resolution for Kosovo, which derived based on the yearly report of Rapporteur, Urlike Lunacek. The Parliament voted with 485 voted for and 94 against Lunacek stated that non-recognition by the five European Union countries is preventing development of Kosovo, and creates to the citizens of Kosovo the feeling that […]
Read More →Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 16 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic condemned Janicijevic’s murder, offers help in investigation (RTS)
• Vulin: Murder is blow to dialogue and safety of citizens (Tanjug)
• Serbia begins accession talks on 21 January (Tanjug)
• SDPS submits draft law that would punish Serbian citizens who take part in wars abroad (Tanjug)
• Kostunica: Serbia needs early parliamentary elections (Novosti)
• EP adopts resolution on Serbia (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H, most ministers per capita (RTS, RTRS correspondents)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia makes progress in privatisation corruption probe (Southeast European Times)
• Serbian restitution deadline approaching (JTA)
• Medical Tender Angers Macedonia Opposition (BIRN)
• Montenegro Urged to Probe Media Attacks (BIRN)
Dacic: Murder will have political consequences (KIM radio)
Prime Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic most sharply condemned murder of Dimitrije Janicijevic and offered Serbia’s assistance to EULEX and KFOR in the investigation. “Any sort of destabilization of situation, along with violence threatens to undermine peace and safety of citizens,” said Dacic and added that motive for the murder is not known but stressed […]
Read More →Thaçi is drawing himself a ridiculous self-portrait (Koha Ditore)
Enver Robelli writes that the history of Kosovo, as trying to be presented by Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, resembles a parody and such was his recent interview for Tirana-based Top Channel when he tried to draw himself a historic self-portrait. “In this attempt, Thaçi failed colossally”, adds Robelli. The interview, notes Robelli, comes at a […]
Read More →Regional cooperation – how can it work? (Tribuna)
Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Goran Svilanovic, in an opinion piece for the paper observes that regional infrastructure and economy are not interlinked as much as they should be and that this has to change. He recalls that in September of 2013, representatives of Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav […]
Read More →Joint Embassies of Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo (koha.net)
Deputy Prime Minister for European Issues, Fatmir Besimi, stated that Macedonia will have joint embassies with Albania and Kosovo, if this kind of inter-diplomatic cooperation is welcomed by all the countries of the region. During the KTV Show Rubikon in Kosovo, Besimi denied Macedonia’s reach of such agreement with Serbia, because there was no official […]
Read More →Talks on EULEX transitioning and transfer of competencies (Koha)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Hajredin Kuçi during his stay in Brussels, held meetings with representatives of various European Union institutions responsible for strategic review of EULEX mission. EU representatives, led by Hansjorg Haber, chief of EU civilian operations, presented to Kosovo institutions their idea for transitioning of EULEX. The transition, which has […]
Read More →Spanish model for the Serbian community? (Vecernje Novosti)
Management team for the establishment of the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo will send soon a draft Statute of the ZSO to the newly formed assemblies in Serbian communities. According to Ljubomir Maric from the management team, establishing ZSO could procedurally last two days, and possibly twenty. New elections for mayor of Kosovska […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb Politician Shot Dead in North (BIRN)
A member of the assembly in the Serb-run half of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo was shot dead shortly after midnight on Thursday. Dimitrije Janicijevic, member of the municipal assembly in Mitrovica, was gunned down by an unknown person in front of his home in northern Mitrovica after he got out of his car. The 35-year-old’s […]
Read More →SLS and Office for Kosovo most sharply condemn murder of Janicijevic (KIM radio)
Independent Liberal Party (SLS) forwarded its sincere condolence to family of Janicijevic and most sharply condemned his murder. It the statement forwarded to media SLS called authorities to find and bring to justice perpetrator of this ‘cowardly act’. Dimitrije Janicijevic was a candidate of SLS in mayoral elections in Northern Mitrovica and councilors in the […]
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