Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 6 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Difficult position of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija continues (RTS)
• Drecun: Formation of Kosovo armed forces would create discomposure (RTS)
• Failures in the investigation of the disappearance of journalist Ljubomir Knezevic (Politika)
• Naryshkin: Russia will support Serbia’s stand on Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Battle for the B&H Presidency: Ceric challenges Izetbegovic, Radoncic considers, SDP still a mystery (Patria)
• Council of Ministers gives consent for sixth meeting of the Subcommittee (klix.ba)
• New round of name talks in New York (Republika)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Füle: This is the first time we talk business with Serbia (New Europe)
• Serbia not to impose sanctions on Russia: Vucic (New Europe/Xinhua)
• Kosovo leaders agree early election after vote on army nixed (Reuters)
• Croatian Courts Accused of ‘Nationalist’ Anti-Serb Justice (BIRN)
Very far from the EU (Tribuna)
LDK MP Vjosa Osmani argues in her opinion piece that a large number of agreements negotiated within the Stabilization/Association Agreement between Kosovo and the European Union will enter into force after several years and that the effect of the SAA will not be noticed immediately. “The very signing of the SAA faces a question mark […]
Read More →Albanians in Dragodan, Serbs in Belgrade (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that “it is difficult to imagine what Kosovo politicians would do if it were not for the U.S. Embassy to bring them together. It is disappointing that in crucial times, our leadership lacks the force and courage to reach consensus, but have to wait for the signal from our ally, […]
Read More →OSCE encourages women and communities to join the police force (Tribuna)
From 5 to 12 May, the OSCE and Kosovo Police will organise a series of workshops aimed at encouraging women and communities to join the police force. “Representation of different ethnic communities in the Kosovo Police, with the exception of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, is currently at a satisfactory level, while the representation of […]
Read More →Hoyt Yee: Kosovo belongs in NATO (Kosovapress)
Kosovo belongs in NATO and everyone should make efforts in making this happen as soon as possible, said the US Deputy Assistant of State, Hoyt Yee in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Edita Tahiri who is in an official visit to the US. The two also spoke about strengthening of bilateral relations […]
Read More →Fule expects fair and democratic elections (Telegrafi, Koha)
National Council for European Integrations held a meeting today in Pristina which was also attended by the European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule who said he expects fair and democratic elections. He also hailed successful completion of Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations. “I would like to commend the political maturity the state of Kosovo […]
Read More →Kosovo PM proposes dissolving parliament after vote on army nixed
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA Tue May 6, 2014 6:51am EDT (Reuters) – Kosovo’s prime minister proposed dissolving parliament on Tuesday and holding early elections on June 8 after Serb minority lawmakers nixed a vote on creating a national army by failing to show up. Kosovo’s Western backers, which recognized it as independent in 2008, had […]
Read More →In Kosovo elections with one list (Vesti online)
In Belgrade, yesterday for the first time gathered Serbian MPs from the Kosovo parliament, representatives of the Serbian parties north and south of the Ibar River. They agreed to create a joint list that will have a national, non- political connotation. The same semi-formal meeting was aimed at “checking the pulse” of MPs regarding their […]
Read More →North Mitrovica needs to amend the statute (Akter, RTV)
Mitrovica – In northern Mitrovica today will be resumed session of the Municipal Assembly, which was discontinued on April 26, and on the agenda will be re-adoption of the amendments to the Statute of the Municipality. The president of the Municipal Assembly Ksenija Bozovic told Beta news agency that to date “a response was not […]
Read More →Belgrade-Priština relations “far from normalized” (B92,Blic)
VIENNA — First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić says that Serbia cannot impose sanctions on Russia, because that country never made a similar move aimed against Serbia. Dačić, who also serves as foreign minister, spoke for the Vienna-based daily Presse and stressed that Serbia was “trying to have a balanced view.” “We try to have […]
Read More →SDP: The idea of a Kosovo army romantic and harmful (KiM radio)
CI SDP – Oliver Ivanovic announced that the idea of the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into the armed forces is causing serious concern among the Serbs in Kosovo. CI SDP announcement emphasizes that particularly worries almost no reaction of the international community and NATO, which reportedly “very romantic and harmful ideas had to […]
Read More →EU to praise the government until they settle the Kosovo issue (Beta)
Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDS) Boris Tadic stated that European Union will praise incumbent government of Serbia until they accomplish the implementation of the Brussels agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina, after what the critics will come. “They will praise them until they settle the Kosovo issue, that is, until the Brussels agreement […]
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