OSCE Broadcast 23 March
• Rattle announces high profile arrests soon (KTV)
• Assembly to discuss Draft Law on Elections this Thursday (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Former MUP members from Anamorava demand equal treatment with their north colleagues (Klan Kosova)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 24 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• From intervention to full independence (Danas)
• UN not ready to provide compensation to victims in Kosovo (Politika)
• Participation in Kosovo parliamentary elections with Serbian or Kosovo documents (Politika)
• Bozovic: UNMIK and EULEX to solve the problems of Serbs (Tanjug)
• European justice died in Serbia (Novosti)
• Venice sinking into independence (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• EC warns Sarajevo (Dnevni Avaz)
• RS authorities preparing arrest of opposition leaders (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Ex foes Serbia, Kosovo 15 years after NATO air war on EU path (EUbusiness.com)
• Serbia’s Snap Elections: A Crushing Progressive Victory And Increasing Demand For Reforms – Analysis (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• War is over – now Serbs and Bosniaks fight to win control of a brutal history (The Guardian)
• Good relations with Russia serve interest of Serbian people: Vucic (Xinhua)
• Opinions: To understand Putin, look to the past (New York Times)
• Republic of Macedonia – back to Yugoslavia? (EurActiv.com)
If we forget history, we will relive it (Vesti online)
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath at the “Glasnik” memorial on the Straževica hill in Rakovica on the occasion of the 15th anniversary when the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia began. “A nation that forgets its victims and its history is doomed to face the same history. We need to keep the memory of […]
Read More →Protest in front of the Palace of the United Nations against NATO (Vesti online)
On the occasion marking the 15th anniversary of the NATO bombing of Serbia, a protest rally organized by the International Action Center will be held today at 17:00 hrs. in front of the United Nations on 43rd street and First Avenue in New York. Under the slogan “No to the continuation of NATO expansion and wars” […]
Read More →NATO was the hope (Zeri)
Arbana Xharra’s editorial is one of the many covering the 15th anniversary of the NATO bombing in 1999. She says that she still remembers the tears of happiness in the eyes of people who were hugging each other: “We knew that those attacks meant our freedom,” she wrote, and continues to describe the difficult situation […]
Read More →Remains of 46 missing persons handed over to families (Telegrafi)
The Kosovo Government Commission for Missing Persons announced that after the identification of the remains of 46 persons missing since the 1998-1999 conflict in Kosovo, the Forensics Department will hand over the remains of 27 persons from the municipality of Suhareka to the families. Meanwhile, the handover of the remains of 19 other persons considered […]
Read More →Parliament to discuss draft law on elections on Thursday (Koha/Telegrafi)
The presidency of the Parliament of Kosovo decided today, after receiving a majority of votes, to include the draft law on elections in the parliament’s agenda for Thursday, 27 March. The vote on this draft law will pave the way to setting the date for parliamentary elections. Parliamentary Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, however, said that this […]
Read More →KOMF to Thaci: Increase monthly social welfare allowance (Kosovapress)
The Coalition of NGOs on Child Protection in Kosovo (KOMF) supports the establishment of a €5.5 million fund for the medical treatment of children suffering from serious illnesses and called on Prime Minister Hashim Thaci to make concrete steps to establish the fund. However, KOMF considers that attention should also be given to the children […]
Read More →Kuci and Rexhepi visit Brussels (Kosovapress)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuci, accompanied by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi, traveled officially to Brussels where they are expected to discuss the EULEX transitioning process. During the visit, Deputy Prime Minister Kuci and Minister Rexhepi will have meetings with senior officials of the European Union. Another topic of […]
Read More →Government will be “pro-Serbian,” says president (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić said on Monday that Serbia’s future government “will be neither pro-Russian, nor pro-European. Instead, it will be “pro-Serbian,” he said. Nikolić added that a new government will be established after consultations with leaders of the parties who will form parliamentary groups. “The one who proves to have a majority of MPs […]
Read More →Schmeling: European justice died in Serbia (Vecernje Novosti)
Interview: Admiral Elmar Schmeling, former head of NATO Counter-Intelligence Service The unprecedented European media hysteria against the “terrible Serbs” began in 1999, together with the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Among the few who stood behind those who were bombed was German Admiral Elmar Ludwig Schmeling, the former Head of the German intelligence service and later Head […]
Read More →Recognitions from five non-recognizing EU member states this year (Epoka/Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, said in an interview for Epoka e Re that some non-recognizing EU member states could decide to recognize Kosovo’s independence this year. Selimi said the Republic of Kosovo launched a very important process that will result in recognitions from Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Slovakia and Romania. Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign […]
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