OSCE Broadcast 28 January
• Early general elections in March (Klan Kosova)
• Zbogar calls for independent IMC board (TV21, KTV)
• Electoral reform does not require amending Constitution (RTK1)
• Ivanovic put in one-month detention (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Preteni doesn’t disclose names of officials who threatened him (RTK1)
• Police arrests 27 student protesters (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Twenty-six applicants for Ombudsperson’s position (TV21)
• Selimi: Serbs with dual citizenship will be able to vote for Serbian elections (RTK2)
• CoE organized roundtable on privacy reporting (RTK1)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 28 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: I will slate elections in accordance with the Constitution (Tanjug)
• Government proposed dissolution of parliament (RTS)
• Selakovic: Belgrade to request data on detention of Oliver Ivanovic (B92)
• Vulin: Government requests Ivanovic to be released (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo condemns desecration of the church in Laplje Selo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Zukorlic: I’m thinking of running for RS presidency (FTV)
• Macedonia to join NATO when name dispute is settled (Dnevnik)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Government Formally Urges Early Vote (AP)
• Serbia to hold early elections to boost ‘legitimacy for reform’ (EurActiv)
• Serbian ruling party agreed to seek an early parliamentary election (World Bulletin)
• Nikolic Envoy Urges Serbs in Montenegro to Unite (BIRN, by Dusica Tomovic, 28 January 2014)
• Hagel, Serbia’s Defense Minister Discuss Enhanced Defense Cooperation (American Forces Press Service)
• Ratko Mladic condemns war crimes tribunal as satanic (Telegraph)
Pantic questioned for 20 minutes, then released (gazetaexpress.com)
Krstimir Pantic has been released after being questioned for 30 minutes, at the police station in northern Mitrovica. The motives of his arrest are not known, while members of Serbian gendarmerie were noticed around the police compound in the north. KosovaPress: Krstimir Pantic arrested? Few moments ago, EULEX Police arrested candidate for Mitrovica mayor, Krstimir […]
Read More →Pantic is not arrested (indeksonline.net)
The news that appeared in some media for alleged arrest of the candidate for Mitrovica mayor, Krstimir Pantic, appear to be untrue. EULEX Spokesperson, Blerim Krasniqi, said for Indeksonline that the news circulating in some portals, is not true at all and that EULEX Police has not undertaken any action in the north of Mitrovica.
Read More →Ratko Mladic refuses to testify for his former Serb political master, Radovan Karadzic (Independent/AP)
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has dismissed the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal as a “satanic court” and refused to appear as a defence witness for his former political master, Radovan Karadzic. A court reunion of the two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, lasted only about an […]
Read More →Without a mayoral candidate for Northern Mitrovica (Beta)
Member of the Central Election Commission of Kosovo Nenad Rikalo said that until 13:00 there were no candidates applying for the mayoral elections in Northern Mitrovica. Rikalo said to Beta agency that deadline for the application expires on Wednesday at 18:00. Mayoral elections for the mayor of Northern Mitrovcia are due to take place on […]
Read More →AAK calls on Ministers Rexhepi and Buja to resign (zeri.info)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK,) is deeply shaken after the news for the serious crime of murder of another student at the facilities of “Arkitekt Sinani,” school in Mitrovica. AAK requests immediate moral, institutional and political responsibility of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi and the Minister of Education, Ramë Buja, […]
Read More →Arrest of 25 students, confirmed (koha.net)
Kosovo special police has dispersed the crowd of protesting students who blocked today from 08:00 hours the entrance of Pristina University Rectorate, hampering anyone from entering the building. The police have already forced the students out of the compound and away from the gate of Rectorate, guarding and making it impossible for the students to […]
Read More →This year’s first round of dialogue ends with no agreement (Radio Free Europe)
Delegations of Kosovo and Serbia, led by prime ministers of the two countries, failed to reach agree on implementation of the agreement on the justice system in the north of Kosovo. On their 21st meeting as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and his counterpart from Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said […]
Read More →Serbian government wants “pretrial release” of Ivanović (B92,Tanjug)
BELGRADE, PRIŠTINA — The government of Serbia demands that the leader of Citizens’ Initiative “Serbia, Democracy, Justice” Oliver Ivanović be immediately released pending trial. This was announced Minister without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin, who spoke on Tuesday, noting that this arrest was “an attempt to destabilize the north of Kosovo and Metohija.” […]
Read More →Reformer or just power-hungry? (DW)
“Vucic defines himself as ‘protector of the little man’ who ‘risks its own life’ to counter the arbitrary tycoons, gangsters and corrupt politicians,” one of the comments in the German press about the elections in Serbia. In the photo of today’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung are the “first” and “second” men of the Serbian government. Both smiling. […]
Read More →Violations of the Law on Languages in all spheres (KIM radio)
Implementation of the Law on Languages in Kosovo is not satisfactory, however situation is improving, says Language Commissioner Slavisa Mladenovic. He says that violation of the Law is visible in all spheres of our lives and institutions, from traffic signs to names of institutions and poor translations. “From those reasons Office of the Language Commissioner […]
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