OSCE Broadcast 25 March
• Draft Law on Elections against Kosovo Constitution (RTK2)
• Political leaders want elections within three months (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Elections in Kosovo too expensive (TV21)
• North Serb protesters block road (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• MLGA finds violations in constitution of north municipalities (KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 25 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Kosovo can’t leave Serbia in this century (FoNet)
• Vulin: UN to publish report on consequences of bombing (Tanjug)
• Fila: Hague scenario in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Lazanski: NATO committed a war crime in 1999 (Radio Serbia)
• Kurkulas: Crisis in Crimea doesn’t block Serbia (Novosti)
• U.S. and its European satellites will not admit the mistake of 1999 (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Events in Ukraine cannot be linked with B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Croatia trying to keep region on EU radar with Bosnia proposal (Dalje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Suspected Balkan drug boss pleads not guilty (The Associated Press)
• Kosovo and Crimea: US/EU Double Standards (Huffington Press)
• The pathology of power: A Bosnian account (Pakistan Today)
• “Black February” brings record unemployment in Croatia (Xinhua)
• Croatian Parliament approves revised budget aims to limit deficit (Xinhua)
• Opposing views between Austria and Slovenia (New Europe)
Pristina is seizing the voting rights of Serbs (Vecernje Novosti)
Seizing the voting rights of IDPs from Kosovo, which is envisaged in the new electoral laws designed in Pristina, will legalize ethnic cleansing. The controversial regulation would virtually abolish the reserved seats for minorities in the provincial assembly. The new law on general elections, in which the Parliament in Pristina recently debated, could produce grave […]
Read More →Two lawyers detained from Mitrovica (RTS)
EULEX police arrested two lawyers in Mitrovica North yesterday, Dejan Vasic and Faruk Korenica, RTS unofficially learned. Vasic and Korenica were representing several Serbs from Kosovo. EULEX spokesperson Irina Gudeljević confirmed that at about two o’clock this morning, EULEX police arrested two people in Mitrovica North. Jelena Vasic in a statement for Tanjug confirmed that her […]
Read More →Our millions, Thaçi’s millionaires (gazetablic)
According to Beqe Cufaj, there is something charming about Hashim Thaçi’s almost aggressive campaign: we have started to bet on the millions that he is going to promise today, or how many jobs he would promise tomorrow. Cufaj considers that Thaçi’s campaign would look completely different if U.S. Ambassador Tracey Jacobson did not interfere by […]
Read More →The abuse of freedom (Kosova Sot)
In a front page editorial, the daily reported that if one recalls the nightmare 15 years ago, when Kosovo citizens existed, breathed and moved at gunpoint, one cannot be anything but disappointed with Kosovo’s position after more than a decade. Expectations are always higher than reality, however, what happened to Kosovo is worse than that. […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Society cannot progress without gender equality (Koha Ditore)
Launching “Kosovo Women’s Week”, President Atifete Jahjaga said Kosovo society can progress only when it sees gender equality as part of its history. “It is our responsibility to change the course of history and together build a society, a more comprehensive world; a world where gender equality will no longer be a topic of discussion,” […]
Read More →Werin interested in KSF development (Kosovapress)
Sweden’s Military Representative to NATO, Rear Admiral Odd Werin, in a visit with the Ministry of the Kosovo Security Force, said there is a great deal of transparency in the security sector strategic review in Kosovo. The NATO official met with KSF Minister Agim Ceku and KSF Commander Kadri Kastrati in Pristina. Minister Ceku briefed […]
Read More →Thaci reconfirms candidacy for post of prime minister (Lajmi)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, in an interview for Tirana-based TV Klan, spoke about the Kosovo conflict, the NATO intervention, the post-conflict period, and his plans for the future. He also reconfirmed plans to run for another term and believes that the Democratic Party of Kosovo will win the upcoming elections. Speaking on justice in […]
Read More →Bill on KLA war veterans in parliament next week (RTK)
Kosovo Parliamentary Speaker Jakup Krasniqi met with a delegation of war veterans of the former Kosovo Liberation Army today, which is led by the organization’s chairman, Muharrem Xhemajli. The meeting focused on speeding up the adoption of the bill on war veterans in Parliament. The war veterans said that the majority of former freedom fighters […]
Read More →Thaci, Dacic to meet on 31 March (evropaelire.org)
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton’s spokesperson issued the following statement today: “The next meeting in the framework of the EU-facilitated dialogue will take place next week, on 31 March, in Brussels. High Representative Catherine Ashton is looking forward to continuing the discussion […]
Read More →Mustafa: National elections, latest by 15 June (Telegrafi)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), met today with representatives of Democracy in Action, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, to discuss election reforms. “Together with international stakeholders and political parties, we will discuss the date for national elections. I believe they should be held by 15 June the lastest,” Mustafa said. […]
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