OSCE Broadcast 27 March
• Serb MPs quit Assembly session (RTK2)
• Assembly again fails to elect Ombudsperson (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• CDHRF accuses MP Trajkovic (Klan Kosova)
• Bahtiri fails to meet Rakic (KTV, Klan Kosova)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 27 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Pristina opposes statute of Serb municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns Thaqi’s statement (Beta)
• Gudeljevic: Lawyers Vasic and Korenica released (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Presidency without consensus on Ukraine (Oslobodjenje/Srna)
• Izetbegovic: B&H obliged as UN member to support Ukraine’s sovereignty (Fena)
• New government of Tuzla Canton appointed (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo and Montenegro to Sign Border Deal (BIRN)
• NATO’s barbaric assault on Serbia and Monica Lewinsky (Pravda.ru)
• Sarajevo Withdraws Award For Zagreb Mayor (BIRN)
• Bosnia’s NATO Hopes ‘Depend On Serbia’ (Balkan Insight)
• Rushed ‘Name’ Talks ‘Reflect NATO’s Balkan Worries’ (BIRN)
Thaçi is following Berisha’s path (Zëri)
Lavdim Hamidi says today that PM Thaçi’s campaign resembles to a great extent that of Albania’s former Prime Minister, Sali Berisha. Two or three months prior to the elections, Thaçi has opened the budget of Kosovo distributing money to different categories of citizens, convinced that he would be rewarded with their votes. By increasing salaries […]
Read More →Haradinaj doesn’t want PDK in the next government (lajmi.net)
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) should not be part of the next central government, if Kosovo wants a different kind of governance. He said the current government lacks arguments for another mandate and that it would be useful […]
Read More →Draft law on KLA veterans fails to make it to Assembly’s agenda (Koha/Lajmi)
In today’s session, members of the Kosovo Assembly voted against inclusion to the agenda the debate on the Law on KLA Veterans. Out of 93 MPs present in the session, 62 voted in favour, 31 against, and 2 abstained. The procedure needed two-thirds of the votes, namely 64. The initiative to incorporate the draft law […]
Read More →Tenderomania (Kosova Sot)
It appears that there is no ending to the abuse of public funds says the front page editorial of this daily. Delays on nominations of the board at the Procurement Review Body, appear to have been intentional in order to reach the date when the legal deadline to consider the appeals, expires. Institutions once again […]
Read More →Tahiri: Dialogue with Serbia brought results (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo Assembly started session with polemics between opposition and Kosovo Government. Opposition deputies accused the government that they have continuously made concessions to Serbia in damage of Kosovo. Deputy Prime Minister, Edita Tahiri has faced with opposition. She said that Kosovo for a short period of time has achieved great successes, in internal plan as […]
Read More →Belgrade should accept the position of the EU towards the Crimea (Vecernje Novosti)
The European Union will call Serbia to harmonize politics with Brussels regarding Russia (in the light of Crimea crises), but it is up to the Belgrade to bring the final decision. This results from the official EU position stated Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton:” The […]
Read More →National Security Center: Serbia could attack Kosovo (RTK)
The National Security Center in Albania, which operates under the Albanian Ministry of Defense, has prepared a lengthy report on possible implications that the Ukraine crisis can have in the Balkans. The report notes that Serbia could launch a military aggression against Kosovo as a result of Russian expansion in Crimea. The 20-page report, secured […]
Read More →Lunacek in Kosovo today (Kosovapress)
Ulrike Lunacek, member of the European Parliament, will visit Kosovo today and on the occasion of Women’s Week will discuss on the role of Kosovar women in the process of European integration. This is the third year that the National Democratic Institute is organizing the Women’s Week in cooperation with the Group of Women MPs. […]
Read More →Municipal statutes expected to undergo 12 amendments (RTK2)
Municipal statute of Zvečan/Zveçan is expected to undergo 12 amendments, one of them refers to the municipal seal which should be harmonized with the Kosovo law, carried Novosti. Being under pressure of Pristina to amend their recently adopted statues or to get ready for new local elections, Serbian municipalities in northern Kosovo expect support from […]
Read More →Thaci is bothered by the stamp of Serbian municipalities (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian municipalities from Kosovo north are pressed by Pristina request to change recently adopted Statuses or, as stated, there will be new elections. Municipal officials are expecting support of the government in Belgrade, in order to find the solution. Namely, Kosovo Ministry of local governance expects that majority Serbian municipalities harmonize their documents with Kosovo […]
Read More →