OSCE Broadcast 1 April
• Three KP members wounded in ambush, Zubin Potok (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Institutions find security situation calm (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi: Agreement on justice close to finalisation (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• KDI: New mayors non-transparent (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 1 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Possible new resolution on Kosovo in Serbian parliament (RTS)
• Dacic: Without objections to Serbia’s stand towards Russia (Politika)
• Stefanovic: Ratio of judges in northern Kosovo means that Albanians got what they wanted (Beta)
• Shooting in Zubin Potok (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemned wounding of three police officers (FoNet)
• DS to appoint new leadership (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Spriric: Amendments to the law for the sake of returning Brcko District to system (Srna)
• Ivanov: No one has the right to change Macedonia’s name (Utrinski Vesnik)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Crimean scenario mustn’t occur in Bosnia, says Croatian defence minister (Hina)
• Macedonia President Spurns TV Debate With Rivals (BIRN)
• Albania Greets EU Decision on Pre-Accession Funds (BIRN)
Nikolic: Parliament could adopt new resolution on Kosovo (B92,Beta,Tanjug)
BRUSSELS — Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić has announced the possibility of a new resolution on Kosovo and Metohija to be adopted by the Serbian parliament. He stressed that it was “necessary that Belgrade has a clear position.” “Justice is the zone in which we do not have all the relations regulated even in Serbia. Over […]
Read More →Serb MPs seeking meeting with international community over reserved seats (KIM radio)
Serb MPs in the Kosovo parliament are seeking meeting with the president of Kosovo and representatives of the international community in order to discuss reserved seats. Serb MPs have forwarded a letter to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, US Ambassador to Kosovo Tracey Jacobson and Special EU Representative to Kosovo Samuel Zbogar requesting a meeting where […]
Read More →Difficult economic zones (Zeri)
In an editorial for the paper, Enis Veliu remarks how just before the end of mandate, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has launched an intensive campaign for “economic” development of Kosovo. In this light, he is taking various decisions to allegedly boost economic progress and is meeting businesspeople and makes them all sorts of promises, writes […]
Read More →Condemnation of attack on police (TV Most)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija strongly condemns last night’s wounding of three policemen of Serbian nationality in the village of Banja, in the municipality of Zubin Potok. We request that those responsible immediately are found and punished, who treacherously, ambushed and fired the car in which were police officers, members of the Border police, said […]
Read More →The new Tribunal liberates and rescues Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
According to Enver Robelli, statements against the establishment of the Tribunal which would deal with serious war crimes in Kosovo, come mainly from some politicians, false patriots, deceivers who became wealthy from the state budget, pretending journalists who can be sold and enemies of the rule of law. The crimes were committed, the murderers and […]
Read More →Transport cut off for Albanians in the north (Telegrafi)
Albanian residents in the “Kodra e Minatoreve” neighbourhood in the north of Mitrovica have been facing another problem in the recent days as the transport service from the north to the south of the city has been cut off. The residents asked for the municipality in the south to assist in the matter. Neighbourhood representative, […]
Read More →Vucic: The question of the recognition of Kosovo is impossible question (DW,Beta)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia no one so far has set recognition of Kosovo’s independence as a condition for EU membership, adding that the issue at this moment is impossible question for Serbia. “I cannot talk about what it will be,” Vucic told Deutsche Welle answering the question of […]
Read More →Kosovo Court Backs Creation of Regular Army (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court on Monday approved the government’s request to change the current lightly armed Security Force into a proper army. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina Kosovo’s Constitutional Court on Monday declared that the government’s request to change the constitution in order to transform the current Kosovo Security Force into a regular army was “acceptable”. The […]
Read More →Gunmen Injure 3 Border Police In Kosovo (RFE/RL)
Three border police officers have been wounded in northern Kosovo when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. The attack occurred late on March 31 near the village of Banja in a predominantly ethnic Serb part Kosovo. Police spokesman Besim Hoti said a border police vehicle was “ambushed” while it drove along a road leading to […]
Read More →Thaçi requests from Rexhepi that perpetrators of the attack in Zubin Potok to be brought before justice (RTKlive)
Kosovo Government harshly condemned ambush attack towards Kosovo policemen in duty in Zubin Potok. This is a cowardly attack headed towards security of Kosovo citizens and institutions of Kosovo and as such punishable, says in the announcement of Kosovo Government In the announcement it says that Kosovo Prime minister, Hashim Thaçi, after the information about […]
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