OSCE Broadcast 7 April
• Serb MPs to vote against KAF establishment amendments (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• Veselinovic: Stefanovic ordered building of barricades in the north (Klan Kosova)
• Draft law on elections passes second reading of the Assembly committee (Klan Kosova, TV21)
• Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north incidents condemned (All monitored broadcasters, KTV&TV21)
• KJC and KPC start case management project (TV21)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 7 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Court in Mitrovica will have two “administrations” (Politika)
• Vekaric: Special court for KLA encouragement for victims (Tanjug)
• Majority understands Serbian stance on Ukraine (Beta)
• Partner relations with the EU and resolution on Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Council of Ministers adopts conclusion: B&H avoids Council of Europe sanctions (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• AP Exclusive: EU to set up court for Kosovo crimes (AP)
• EU to set up international court for Kosovo war crimes (EUbusiness)
• Serbia Mulls New Kosovo Resolution (BIRN)
• EU Condemns Threat to Serbian Peace Women (BIRN)
• Bodily remains of 6 Bosnian war victims found (Anadolu Agency)
• Srebrenica widows sue Dutch government (Associated Press)
• Presidential Poll Likely to Shape Macedonian General Election (BIRN)
Stojanovic: Pristina hampers Community of Serbian municipalities (Akter)
Gračanica/Graçanicë Mayor Branimir Stojanovic said tonight that authorities in Pristina are stalling the formation of the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO). While on the TV program “Slobodno Srpski” (Free Serbian), which airs tonight on the Serbian television network in Kosovo, he said that the problem is that institutions in Pristina do not have the political capacity or […]
Read More →Court in Mitrovica with two administrations (Politika)
Serbs will ensure that the president of the court and Serb judges will be placed in other courts south of the Ibar river, in municipalities where Serbs are either the majority or live in significant numbers. The Serbian delegation in Brussels practically reached the end of their talks over the judiciary with Pristina, while the […]
Read More →“Most countries understand Serbia’s position on Ukraine” (B92)
BELGRADE — Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić has said that a majority of EU member-states “demonstrated understanding for Serbia’s stand on the issue of crisis in Ukraine.” After an informal meeting in Athens which gathered 28 EU members and candidate countries including Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey late last week, Mrkić announced that High EU Representative […]
Read More →Stojanovic: Political background of Mitrovica shootout (Tanjug)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – The vehicle at which an unidentified individual fired several shots in Kosovska Mitrovica late on Sunday is the property of the wife of former Gracanica mayor Bojan Stojanovic who said that the attack was politically motivated. In downtown Kosovska Mitrovica, a shootout occurred some time after 8 p.m. and nobody was injured […]
Read More →The “new” Hague tribunal more serious than its predecessor (Politika)
The establishment of the court that would deal with crimes committed in Kosovo between 1998 and 2000 should focus on KLA crimes, except the period during the NATO bombing. It is more likely that the Hague will address another ad hoc criminal tribunal, which will deal with crimes committed in Kosovo only that KLA members […]
Read More →Krasniqi: Tribunal damages Kosovo’s image (RTK)
Kosovo Parliamentary Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said today that the establishment of the Tribunal would damage the image of Kosovo and its institutions. After the meeting of the parliament’s presidency, Krasniqi said local institutions need to have a unified position vis-à-vis the international community. Krasniqi said Pristina received clear instructions from the U.S. Department of State […]
Read More →Pristina purposefully destabilizing North (Vesti)
Zubin Potok Mayor Stevan Vulović said that there is no new information about the investigation of the recent attack on the Kosovo police patrol near the village of Banje, in which three Serb police officers were wounded; Olvier Kuzmanović hardly survived the attack. “If I would judge based on KP and EULEX’s ‘efficiency’ so far, I doubt […]
Read More →Will there be justice for true war veterans? (Koha online)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that it is remorseful that it has taken 15 years to solve the fate of war veterans. “War veterans and their families, especially those who lost their loved ones during the war, were in need of assistance the whole time. Most of them have become social cases and there is […]
Read More →Joint task force for illegal constructions in Pristina (RTK)
The municipality of Pristina and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning will soon set up a joint task force that will address the issue of illegal constructions in the city. The agreement was reached in today’s meeting between Pristina mayor Shpend Ahmeti and Minister Dardan Gashi. Ahmeti said the task force would have concrete […]
Read More →Ceku highly evaluatesdecission to accept Kosovo as observer in NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Radio Dukagjini)
Minister of Kosovo Security Force, Agim Ceku evaluated as very important the decision to accept Kosovo as observer member in NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He said that with this action Kosovo entered in the home of most powerful military force in the world.
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