OSCE Broadcast 17 March
• Reactions to Serbia’s parliamentary elections in Kosovo (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• MLGA gives deadline to north municipalities (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Zubin Potok Serbs protest against police commander suspension (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Nenad Rasic establishes new political entity (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Protesters demand Muja’s resignation (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Borchardt: There are claims for serious accusations for Kosovo (TV21, RTK1)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 17 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• RIK: Counted votes from 99.08 percent of polling stations (FoNet)
• Nikolic: Vucic – next prime minister (Tanjug)
• Kirby: Voters showed they expected economic reforms (Tanjug)
• Chepurin: New government to do what is best for Serbia (Tanjug)
• One decade since the pogrom of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Vulin banned from attending memorial service to murdered Serbs (Tanjug)
• Management Team opposes formation of Kosovo army (RTS)
• Krlic on protection of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti)
• Albanians usurp monastery in Zociste (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Sorensen: We want to include B&H in the EU, and we are here to help make that happen (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s centre-right to tighten grip on power in vote, promising reform (Reuters)
• Serbia’s Vucic Poised to Lead Cabinet With EU, IMF Vows (Bloomberg)
• Europe braces for Kremlin reprisals over Ukraine conflict (The Guardian)
• Promised Land:Serbia and Ukraine, Crimea and Kosovo (Antiwar)
European umbrella for the Serbian heritage in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Within talks between Serbia and Pristina authorities, soon will be discussed legal and physical protection of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo. The vast majority of Serbian monuments in Kosovo are churches, monasteries and Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) property, but it is not the only legacy of the Serbian people in the province. On the other […]
Read More →Illegal voting (Kosova Sot)
The paper in today’s front-page editorial focuses on Sunday’s Serbian parliamentary elections that also took place in the territory of Kosovo and claims that leaders of Serb parties campaigned freely in Kosovo despite it not being permitted by the Constitution of Kosovo. While the Government of Kosovo has said that Serbs with dual citizenship are […]
Read More →CeSID: SNS clear winner with 48.2 percent, 156 seats (Tanjug)
The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won 48.2 percent of the votes, or 156 seats in the parliament, at the early election on Sunday, while the coalition between the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) and United Serbia (JS) came in second with 13.6 percent, or 44 seats, according to […]
Read More →Kosovo should have an army (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, considers it’s a shame that transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into Kosovo Armed Forces is becoming an election campaign topic as the creation of an army for a new country would have to exceed political and party interest. While there are many uncertainties regarding the new force, NATO […]
Read More →Musliu: Putin encourages us to break away from Serbia (RTK)
Jonuz Musliu, former leader of the Liberation Army for Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (UCPMB) and current mayor of Bujanovac, said today “if Crimea joins Russia through its referendum, this will make the unification of Presevo Valley with Kosovo easier because we had this referendum earlier”. “If Moscow wants to have Crimea, Tirana and Pristina should […]
Read More →LDK, AAK: Serbian elections violated Kosovo’s constitution and sovereignty (Koha)
Opposition parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that Serbian elections in Kosovo have violated the sovereignty and constitution of Kosovo. The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), on the other hand, denied the claims. “Sovereignty has been violated. The government has proved irresponsible. […]
Read More →Analysts: Kosovo should be more careful in dialogue (RTK)
Political analysts in Pristina argue that Kosovo should be more careful in dialogue for normalization of relations with Serbia. Some analysts believe that the change of government in Belgrade will have no impact on talks between Kosovo and Serbia, while others argue that Aleksandar Vucic will focus on strengthening the role and status of Serbs […]
Read More →Another Serb political party in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Nenad Rasic, has formed a new political party. Rasic said the Democratic Progressive Party is open to all communities living in Kosovo. “The goal of the party is to integrate in political processes and international institutions. We are going to cooperate with everyone, including Belgrade,” Rasic said.
Read More →Rape victims forgotten!? (Tribuna)
The notion that only those who actually fought and helped the war are civilian war victims and that those who experienced sexual violence during this period are different, has made some women MPs feel morally burdened for betraying the cause of this war category. A year ago, there was a fierce debate on the topic […]
Read More →Schlumberger: Polls in Kosovo in keeping with regulations (Tanjug)
Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger said that the voting procedure in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija on Sunday was conducted in keeping with regulations and the data of the organisation show 34.42 percent of citizens with the right to vote cast their ballots in the course of the day. Schlumberger […]
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