OSCE Broadcast 19 March
• Assembly fails to elect Ombudsperson (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Assembly appoints three IMC members (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• IMC: RTK violated Code of Conduct with story on Koha Group (KTV)
• Serb journalists demand Ivanovic’s release (KTV)
• Protest in Prizren with clashes and arrests (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Courts facing backlogs (TV21)
• AI calls on Kosovo Assembly to guarantee rights of victims of war crimes of sexual violence (KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 19 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vulin: Musliu’s statement – threat to territorial integrity of Serbia (Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo condemns explosion in northern Kosovska Mitrovica (RTS)
• Crimea doesn’t change Russian position on Kosovo (RTS)
• Bobic: Dynamic European agenda for Serbia’s new government (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic: Vucic is welcome in Sarajevo (Klix.ba)
• Botsan-Harchenko: Crimea referendum legitimate (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Early parliamentary elections in Serbia respected fundamental freedoms, say international observers (Panorama.am)
• Serbia nets alleged Balkan drug boss with help from CIA (Reuters)
• Serbia catches Swedish woman with grenades (The Local)
• Putin Says Kosovo Precedent Justifies Crimea Secession (Balkan Insight)
• Russia stoking Bosnian Serb separatism in echo of Crimea : Ashdown (Reuters)
• NATO Chief Urges Bosnia And Herzegovina To Push Ahead On Reforms (RTT News)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – acknowledging the crimes of the past (TransConflict)
Election fails, position for Ombudsperson re-announced (Koha online)
None of the two candidates for Ombudsperson managed to receive the sufficient number of votes to be nominated as head of this institution. Hilmi Jashari and Gjyljeta Mushkolaj, passed the first round of secret votes, however they did not manage to receive the 61 votes of Kosovo Assembly deputies, required by the Law. Jashari, who […]
Read More →About Prizren (Tribuna)
The paper’s editor, Arben Ahmeti, says the decision of the Prizren Mayor, Ramadan Muja, to freeze his post following the court’s ruling that found him guilty of abusing official position lacks legal basis but while none of political parties in Prizren, except PDK, want Muja to remain in his post, none of them want his […]
Read More →Senior LDK official to be arrested soon (Indeksonline)
A senior official of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) will end up in handcuffs soon. Sources in the prosecution told the news agency that the LDK official will be arrested over misuses at the Kosovo Privatization Agency. Investigations were launched recently and they will conclude in a matter of days. Indeksonline claims to know […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Government to be dismissed before elections (evropaelire.org)
“I am trying and I have not given up on efforts to increase pressure on the government to resign before we go to elections. I don’t understand their hesitation to use this political right in parliament, to go to elections by dismissing the government,” Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo […]
Read More →Hundreds of citizens at “Ramadan leave” march (Gazeta Blic)
Hundreds of citizens have gathered today at ‘Shatervan” square in Prizren, and marched towards the Municipal Assembly, requesting resignation of the mayor of this city, Ramadan Muja. Citizens of all ages gathered for the march which started at 12:00 hours. “Ramadan go,” and “Resignation,” were some of the calls of protesters. The Court found Muja […]
Read More →Bosnian Serb Chief Hails Crimea Secession From Ukraine (Balkan Insight)
Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska, said that while the separation of Crimea from Ukraine is defensible, that of Kosovo from Serbia was not. Belgrade Milorad Dodik hailed Crimea’s secession from Ukraine and its decision to join Russia as legal – unlike Kosovo’s secession from Serbia. “The decision on Kosovo’s illegal declaration of independence […]
Read More →Putin Says Kosovo Precedent Justifies Crimea Secession (Balkan Insight)
Russian President likens Crimean secession from Ukraine to Kosovo’s secession from Serbia – and accuses the West of rewriting its own rule book. Bojana Barlovac BIRN Belgrade Addressing the Russian parliament on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to ratify a treaty that would make Crimea part of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin compared Crimea’s secession from […]
Read More →Budget theft as government policy (Zeri)
Vetevendosje leader, Albin Kurti, in an opinion piece for the paper writes that not only is there no decrease of unemployment in Kosovo but even those people who do have a job, barely make ends meet. Having a small number of employed people and even less producers, citizens of Kosovo have little self-esteem. They normally […]
Read More →Ceku and Minxhozi discuss continuance of cooperation (Koha)
Minister of Kosovo Security Force, Agim Çeku, met today with Albania’s Ambassador to Kosovo, Qemal Minxhozi. They discussed regional and international cooperation of Kosovo Security Force with Albania’s Defense Ministry. Deputy Ministers Muhamet Latifi and Bejtush Gashi also participated at the reception which Çeku organized for Albania’s Ambassador. Minxhozi, reconfirmed continuance of cooperation between the […]
Read More →Self-determination, change of borders “road to hell” (B92)
PRAGUE — Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek has strongly condemned the referendum on independence of Crimea, held on Sunday. He believes it is “a hellish concept that can have dire consequences.” “The idea that we will organize a referendum about borders based on ethnic minorities that live there is hellish, not only for Europe but […]
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