Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 29 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Ashton in the Serbian parliament: Serbia is an example to others in the region (RTS/Radio Serbia)
• Davenport: Still much work to do in normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations (Tanjug)
• Kirby: Serbia won’t get reparations for NATO bombing (B92)
• Nobody protects Natasha (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Radoncic’s dismissal confirmed (Srna)
• Ljubic leaves HDZ 1990 (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia will not be pressured to choose between Russia, EU membership: Ashton (Xinhua)
• EU to back Serbia’s difficult reforms (EUbusiness)
• Who Can Restart Bosnia and Herzegovina? (euinside)
OSCE Broadcast 29 April
• Konjufca: Cooperation between Assembly and civil society was formalized (RTK2)
• Thaçi: We will not tolerate conditions for establishment of KAF (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Mustafa calls for consensus on dissolving Assembly (KTV)
• PDK in favour of early elections (RTK1)
• Twenty-five Serb families willing to return to Suharekë/Suva Reka (KTV)
• KIA Oversight Committee requests Smakaj’s dismissal (KTV)
Serbia will never join sanctions against Russia (B92, Blic)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that Serbia will maintain its neutral position when it comes to the crisis in Ukraine. Dačić repeated that the country would never join any sanctions introduced against Russia. “We respect the territorial integrity of each UN member-state, Ukraine included, but on the other hand, […]
Read More →Davenport: Progress in dialogue, there is still work to do (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Significant results have been achieved in the implementation of the Brussels Agreement, but there is still work to do, the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said on Tuesday, welcoming Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s announcement that he will be representing Belgrade in the dialogue with Pristina. It is a […]
Read More →Scandals at AKI, Smakaj’s dismissal is not ruled out (Kosovapress)
The Kosovo Assembly’s committee for oversight of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (KIA) has expressed concern over frequent scandals in the agency, saying that these incidents have a negative impact on the image and credibility of this institution. Some members of the committee even said that Prime Minister Thaci should brief them on developments in KIA. […]
Read More →Soon Councils for Velika Hoca and historical centre of Prizren (RTK)
Spatial Planning Minister Dardan Gashi of the Kosovo government signed two administrative instructions on Velika Hoca and historical centre of Prizren. Instructions include the start-up process, election, responsibilities and functioning of the Council for the village of Velika Hoca, and the Council for the Cultural Heritage of Prizren and the Historic Centre of Prizren. As […]
Read More →University church – a museum of war crimes (Koha Ditore)
Azem Vllasi, senior Kosovo Albanian politician and lawyer, argues in an opinion piece that “instead of demolishing it, the illegal building of the Serb Orthodox Church in the campus of Pristina University should be transformed into a museum dedicated to all victims of the war”. Vllasi argues against the idea to demolish the illegal building […]
Read More →To be protected residential and property rights (Lajm)
From 11 April until 27 April 2014, OSCE mission in Kosovo has organized a series of five workshops to raise awareness for protection of residential and property rights for non-Albanian communities, in particular, expropriation of land, illegal usurpation of land and taxes for estate property. In this workshop participated, 115 officials from municipalities, ministries, Kosovo […]
Read More →Mustafa seeks allies to dissolve the Assembly (kohaonline)
The leader of the biggest opposition party, LDK, Isa Mustafa, appealed on the political parties to unite on unblocking the political and institutional stalemate, in order for Kosovo to move towards the elections. LDK appeals to the other opposition parties, but also to the current governing coalition, to unite on finding a solution. The solution […]
Read More →USA in favor of KAF establishment (RTKlive)
US Ambassador in Kosovo, Tracey Jacobson said that USA is in favor of KAF establishment. In a press statement, she said that her country has always supported Kosovo in security sector. US Ambassador added that Kosovo government has fulfilled its tasks in transformation of Kosovo Security Force KSF into Kosovo Armed Forces KAF.
Read More →Serbia won’t get reparations for NATO bombing – ambassador (B92)
“If Serbia expects reparations for the 1999 bombing that is not something we will do, but we will continue to assist as before,” says Michael Kirby. The U.S. ambassador in Belgrade told B92 TV on Tuesday that since 2000, Serbia was given a lot of support, and that “in money alone that support is measured […]
Read More →Thaci: No political force has the right
“No political force at the Assembly of Kosovo has the right to condition establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces” stated the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi. During the government meeting today, he appealed on all deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo to vote the establishment of KAF next Monday. “The Army of KOSovo is beyond […]
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