OSCE Broadcast 22 January
• Kuçi: Elections may postpone visa liberalisation (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Haradinaj: We should work quickly to hold elections in June (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Screening of Chapter 35 starts in Brussels (RTK1)
• HRW criticises human rights situation in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Fifteen private enforcement agents took oath (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Two more month detention for Drenica Group (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 22 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Openly about chapters; we will never recognize independent Kosovo (B92/Beta)
• Vulin expects understanding regarding screening of Chapter 35 (Tanjug)
• Belgrade counts on new political elite (Danas)
• Who is delaying investigation into the fate of missing Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija? (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Sorensen: Elections are necessary for all (Srna)
• Bevanda: Start of Serbia’s EU accession talks can have positive effect on B&H (Fena)
• B&H holds regional record with 183 political parties (Dnevni Avaz)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian EU Entry Talks Pose Challenging Path With Kosovo Key (2) (Bloomberg)
• Serbia kicks off EU membership talks, sets 2020 as target for completion (DPA/AFP/ AP)
• Serbian Prosecutor Urges Harsh Sentences for Kosovo Killings (BIRN)
• Macedonian Albanians Demand ‘Consensus’ President (BIRN)
Kosovo Political Leaders Challenge Islamists (Koha Ditore)
Stephen Schwartz’s editorial in Koha Ditore today, was initially published in The Weekly Standard: The young state of Kosovo—with an Albanian majority of more than 90 percent, of whom 80 percent are Muslim—declared its independence in 2008, but now faces a “risk from extremist religious currents, which requires . . . counter-measures at a strategic […]
Read More →Integration (Tribuna)
Vetëvendosje deputy leader, Aida Dërguti, writes in her regular column of this daily that Kosovo citizens are used to hear at least a sentence on European integration, during each news edition. “This subject intensifies during the election campaigns, when in order to gain votes deadlines on visa liberalization are promised. Visa liberalization for many citizens […]
Read More →Degradation (Kosova Sot)
The front-page editorial of this daily writes that after the start of the negotiations, thank to the successful dialogue with Kosovo Government, Serbia expects to become an EU member state in four years, while Kosovo needs the same amount of time, only to get visa liberalization. “Our citizens will continue to wait in front of […]
Read More →Kosovo’s spectre looms over EU-Serbia talks (EurActiv)
“Serbia will be the next member state of the European Union,” Ivica Dačić, the prime minister of Serbia, confidently concluded his address to the press, after having officially launched accession negotiations for his country with the EU. Seen as the “most important event since World War II” in Serbia, the negotiations are not expected to […]
Read More →Nikolic: We won’t hide anything from citizens (RTS)
“Serbia, in the course of negotiations with the European Union, will not hide anything from its citizens and will not recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo,” stated President of Serbian Tomislav Nikolic. “As we keep opening chapters one after another, we will keep informing you. We will not hide anything,” said Nikolic to journalists during […]
Read More →Kosovo imposes visas for Bosnia and Herzegovina nationals (Lajmi.net)
Government of Kosovo has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to impose visa regime to the nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina wishing to enter Kosovo. The decision was taken by the Government in today’s meeting. The reason for the decision is failure of Sarajevo authorities to reflect in enabling free movement for […]
Read More →Positive atmosphere at the screening (Akter)
Screening of Chapter 35 takes place in a positive atmosphere, and the goal of the delegation is to show that the Brussels agreement is success story, said Marko Djuric, Advisor to the Serbian President. “Discussion started in a good way, and positive atmosphere from yesterday’s intergovernmental conference is continuing,” said Ðurić during a break of […]
Read More →Cliff: Not known when the Association will be established (Telegrafi)
British Ambassador, Ian Cliff, said in Gracanica that it is very important to draft a good and practical statute for the Association of Serb Municipalities. But he also said that “there is no rush in drafting this document because Kosovo, and perhaps Serbia too, are close to parliamentary elections”. Cliff said he doesn’t know when […]
Read More →Russia’s illegal office in Kosovo (indeksonline.net)
Russia opened a human rights center in Kosovo on Monday as part of a public action to assist the Serb population. The office however was opened illegally because its managers failed to submit a request with Kosovo institutions, namely with the Ministry for Local Government. “The Russian center, in January 2014, was not registered as […]
Read More →Simic: It will be much harder for Serbia compared to the others (RTS)
Professor of Political Sciences, Predrag Simic believes that Serbia will have a harder path in membership talks with the European Union compared to the other states, because as he says “slat is permanently lifting.” Professor Simic noted that the last member, Croatia, had to adopt 200,000 documents during the negotiations, but that is now changed […]
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