Worse for Serbs in Kosovo (Vesti)
The Brussels agreement is “successful”, and in the part that mainly meets the interests of Kosovo. The fact is that the formation of the Union of Serbian municipalities is much delayed. On the other hand, Serbian institutions are abolished or are passive, which creates depressing effect on the Serbian people in Kosovo. The Serbian resistance […]
Read More →Serbs in Orahovac are selling their houses (Blic)
Serbs increasingly leave Orahovac/Rahovec and only in recent days in one the part of this municipality were sold 15 Serbian houses, reads Frankfurt based daily, adding that remaining Serbs from that municipality are very worried. “If this trend continues, until the end of the year there will be none of the remaining 300 Serbs in […]
Read More →Carla del Ponte: There is no need for a new court on Kosovo (rtklive)
Former Swiss prosecutor at the Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, in Hague, Carla del Ponte, was surprised with the decision to establish a special court for Kosovo. In an interview for Swiss Radio, SFR, she stated that “there is no need for another court to judge alleged war crimes in Kosovo,” reported Swiss […]
Read More →Petrovic meets the OSCE Commissioner on National Minorities (RTK2)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and President of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) Slobodan Petrovic yesterday conferred in Hague with the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Astrid Thors. Commissioner Thors reaffirmed the OSCE’s support to the process of integration of minorities in Kosovo and protection of their rights and freedoms. Minister Petrovic has praised […]
Read More →Serbs will leave Kosovo institutions if the church is ruined (RTK live)
Minister of Labor and social Welfare, Nenad Rasic, called on Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Dardan Gashi, not to ruin the Orthodox church in Pristina, and added that if this happens, Serb community would leave Kosovo’s institutions. Belgrade authorities and officials of the Serb Church are also against destruction of this church. According to […]
Read More →Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 24 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Burkhalter on a visit to Belgrade (RTS)
• Bujanovac – university town (Novosti)
• Court for KLA – step closer to the truth (Tanjug)
• Organ trafficking court in Pristina expected to bring criminals to justice (Tanjug)
• Orahovac soon to remain without Serbs (Tanjug)
• NATO supports Kosovo forces (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Moscow preparing sanctions to Podgorica? (Beta)
• Pageant for Miss Albania in Ulcinj (Politika)
• Radmanovic: FB&H politicians invoke anarchy in B&H (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Story of residence finished (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Gojkovic elected Serbian parliament speaker (Xinhua)
• Dacic Tipped For Foreign Ministry in Serbia (BIRN)
• Reluctant Kosovo approves war crimes court (SBS)
• New Kosovo war crimes tribunal criticized (swissinfor.ch and agencies)
• Intervenir en Syrie ? Le mauvais exemple du Kosovo (Le Figaro)
• Croatia summons Australian ambassador over MP’s speech (SBS)
MUP, EULEX officials discuss wounding of police officer (Tanjug,Blic)
BELGRADE – Secretary of State at the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) Vladimir Bozovic met with new chief of the EULEX mission’s regional office in Belgrade Axel Jaenicke Wednesday to discuss a recent incident in Novi Sad when a police officer was shot by a man from Kosovo-Metohija (KiM). Bozovic, who is in charge of coordinating […]
Read More →Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 23 April
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Inhabitants of Kursumlija villages request return of gendarmerie and organize village guards (Beta)
• Over 7.000 signatures for Ivanovic’s release pending trial (RTS)
• Freedom of Bishop John condition of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Novosti)
Croatia hosts the far-right of the EU (Novosti/Jutarnji List)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Putin awaits B&H’s answer to gas letter (Patria)
• Botsan-Harchenko: RS to be included in South Stream (Srna)
• Bosniaks attacking RS, hiding behind Inzko’s back (Politika)
• OHR: Unilateral decision (Novosti)
• Radojicic: FB&H law also disputable (Fena)
• Attempt at reducing salaries to B&H officials fails (Novosti)
• B&H violates obligations from Agreement on energy community (EuroBlic/Srna)
• If DF comes to power, it will try Milo (Beta)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian President Asks Vucic to Form New Government (Bloomberg)
• Kosovo parliament votes for a new war crimes court (Reuters)
• EU’s Ashton Due to Meet Serbian Leaders (BIRN)
• Serbia Probes Suspected Kosovo Mass Grave (BIRN)
• NATO Chief Encourages Montenegro To Maintain Reform Momentum (RTT News)
• Russians in Montenegro – second homeland (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Assessment of northern municipalities’ statutes, next week (Epoka e Re)
The general secretary of the Ministry for Administration of Local Government, Besnik Osmani, stated that they will learn next week if the statutes of the northern municipalities are in accordance with Kosovo’s laws. “The three municipalities have respected the deadlines on endorsing their statutes. The Legal Department is assessing if they are in accordance with […]
Read More →Pendarovski: Borders in the region won’t be touched anymore (Tribuna)
During a lecture at AAB University in Pristina, Stevo Pendarovski, candidate for President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, said borders in the region would not be touched anymore. “All main countries in the world have said that the borders in the region will not be touched anymore. I know that some people are […]
Read More →Bajrami: State should defend liberation war (Epoka e Re)
The Deputy of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Arsim Bajrami, said yesterday after the decision of the Assembly to establish the special court, that the government should offer help to all those individuals who will face this court. He added that the state is obliged to prove that the KLA war was clean and just. […]
Read More →Williamson, the first prosecutor of the Special Court (Botapress)
Professors Ismet Salihu and Riza Smaka, legal experts in Pristina, believe that the first prosecutor of the special court will be Clint Williamson, who for three years led the team that investigated war crimes allegations made by Dick Marty.
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