OSCE Broadcast 14 April
• CEC: Elections in May or June challenging (KTV)
• Unclear if Assembly will discuss Special Court on Thursday (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Minority communities condition transition of KSF into KAF (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Borchardt: Special Court’s set up shows that Kosovo does not fear justice (RTK1)
• BD municipal councillor accuses Prizren mayor Muja (Klan Kosova)
• Klan Kosova TV camera operator physically attacked (Klan Kosova)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 14 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic and Davenport discuss Pristina dialogue (Beta)
• Dacic: I will not head negotiations on Kosovo (Politika)
• No compromise on Union of Serb Municipalities (Novosti)
• NATO admitted bombing FRY without approval of UNSC (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Vucic gives full support to Bosic (RTVBN)
• Progress made – FB&H slowing down certain projects (Srna)
• Cvijanovic receives letter Putin sent to B&H Presidency (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Asks EU to Set Up New Tribunal (BIRN)
• Turkey seeks to restore dialogue with Serbia with FM’s visit (Today’s Zaman)
• Ivanov Takes Lead in Macedonia Polls (BIRN)
Merkel in Belgrade, with focus on Kosovo-Serbian dialogue (koha online)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to pay an official visit to Serbia soon to support the new Serbian Government on its way towards normalization of the relations with Kosovo. According to the Serbian daily Danas, further procedures and the agenda of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, will be determined after Merkel’s visit to […]
Read More →Liberation war will not face the trial, its abusers will! (Koha Ditore)
According to Enver Robelli, Kosovo’s image will not be blemished if the war crimes suspects face trial and receive their deserved sentences. Robelli ass that the image of Kosovo will be harmed if this society continues to bear and accept the suspects for war crimes as deputies, mayors, and senior state officials. He said Kosovo […]
Read More →HRW warns on accusations against important Kosovo politicians (koha online)
Human Rights Watch’s report again referred to the establishment of the special court in Kosovo, with its headquarters in EU. The report says that the Parliament of Kosovo should approve the establishment of the special court with headquarters outside Kosovo to handle the serious accusations regarding crimes committed during and after the conflict, in the […]
Read More →Orahovac: Life in the reservation (Vesti)
Serbs living in Orahovac/Rahovec in Metohija valley are limited to an area measuring 150 by 150 meters. What was originally five thousand Serbs living in the small town, now reside only 800. Their future is quite unimaginable considering there were only 16 marriages in last three years. “There is no life out of that Serbian […]
Read More →No compromise on Community of Serbian municipalities (Vecernje Novosti)
The modified statutes of the Serbian municipalities in northern Kosovo remain status neutral. Mitrovica ordered that the statute reads “representative associations” instead of ZSO. Serbian municipalities in northern Kosovo will adopt amended statutes this week, since they received comments on the original text from the Kosovo Ministry of Local Government. But these documents will remain […]
Read More →Repatriated persons from Sweden have difficulties socializing in Kosovo (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo Red Cross through projects of social welfare is helping repatriated persons from Sweden. Officials of Kosovo Red Cross, say that until now have been repatriated about 150 families. Meanwhile, few returned family members say that the integration is not easy as it was promised from Kosovo institutions. Ministry of Internal Affairs, with different social […]
Read More →Assembly will not discuss special court (RTK)
The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly did not decide today if the issue of the special court, which would address war crimes allegations, will be discussed in Thursday’s session of the Assembly. Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said members of the presidency did not have enough material to make a decision on the matter. Krasniqi also […]
Read More →Dacic: I will not negotiate on Kosovo (Blic)
Serbian PM and leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said that after the establishment of the new government he will not lead the talks on Kosovo. “I will not negotiate on Kosovo, because there is a consensus that the issue is on the Prime Minister’s level. Therefore the talks will be probably […]
Read More →Dacic: We said some things to Ashton, though she did not want ask us (Blic)
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said that Serbia will not join the measures taken against the Russian Federation and will not spoil relations with Russia. ”They will probably pressure us, but we will not spoil our relations with Russia,” Dacic told reporters after a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the Srem front and the […]
Read More →Lukic: The court will prove painful facts (KiM radio)
Novak Lukic, a member of the Serbian legal team in The Hague, believes that the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes in Kosovo will bring painful facts to light. During an interview, Lukic told FoNet that it would be ideal if the international court, which will be established for the prosecution of war crimes in […]
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