Belgrade Media Report 7 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Fule: Create conditions for Union of Serb Municipalities (Politika)
• Unconstitutional diplomas (Novosti)
• Amendments to the statute of North Mitrovica municipal assembly (Beta)
• Pupovac: Emergency measures for the protection of Serb returnees (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Inzko: No progress in key reforms (Srna)
• Verification of residence in RS before B&H Constitutional Court (Politika’s correspondent in Sarajevo)
• Nimetz: No significant progress in the name talks (Republika)
• Russian MP: If Montenegro enters NATO it will be a target of Russia missiles (In4s)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Brussels sets priorities to aid Serbia’s EU bid (EUbusiness)
• Serbian Leaders Confirm Warm Ties to Russia (BIRN)
• Russia to support Serbia’s stance on Kosovo – Duma Speaker (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine Crisis Hitting Serbia, Bank Chief Warns (BIRN)
• Cash-strapped Bosnian region sells 6-month T-bills at lower yield (Reuters)
• World War I History Divides Balkan Schoolchildren (BIRN)
Assembly of Kosovo dissolved (Koha/Lajmi)
With 90 votes in favour, 4 against and 3 abstentions, assembly decided to dissolve the fourth legislation. The motion for dissolving the assembly required 80 votes. The move paves way for early elections. Kosovo Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said the assembly is being dissolved for the fact that neither the ruling parties nor the opposition […]
Read More →Thaci says dissolving the assembly is a necessity (Lajmi/Telegrafi)
In his address to the Assembly of Kosovo, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci asked MPs today to vote in favour of the motion for dissolving the assembly. He argued that the decision is in the interest of Kosovo. “I think it is a necessary decision at this stage. Decision for dissolving the assembly is being taken in […]
Read More →We will tackle the issue of diplomas during negotiations (TV Most)
Minister in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic, commenting on the decision of the Constitutional Court that the Decree on the Recognition of University documents from Kosovo is unconstitutional, said that the issue will be resolved during the negotiations … “What is important is that Serbia remains committed to continuing the dialogue. Dialogue between Belgrade […]
Read More →Krasniqi: Motion for dissolving the government cannot enter today’s agenda (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said the motion for dissolving the government, initiated by the AAK and supported by Vetevendosje, cannot be included in today’s agenda as it is in conflict to the Constitution of Kosovo. He said article 100 of the Constitution stipulates that the motion of no confidence can enter the Assembly agenda […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Parliament Being Dissolved, Early Elections Scheduled
Radio Free Europe (RFE) 07 May 2014 | http://bit.ly/1jzPQ3t Kosovo’s parliament is being dissolved on May 7, a day after leaders of the country’s main political parties agreed to hold early parliamentary elections on June 8. The decision to dissolve parliament came after lawmakers from Kosovo’s Serb minority blocked a vote on creating a national […]
Read More →Joksimovic: Europe understand our relation with Moscow (Vecernje Novosti)
Interview: Jadranka Joksimovic, minister without portfolio in charge of the EU Message which arrived from the Brussels is that the key chapters 23 and 24, related to the rule of law, most probably will not start before 2015? We are doing everything possible to start negotiations on the chapters in October, although it does not […]
Read More →An Assembly to be forgotten (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the PDK, LDK and AAK have agreed on the dissolution of the Assembly, but minority communities and the Vetevendosje Movement can block this option. Minority communities can decide to block the process because their request for extending the mandate of reserved seats was not accepted, whereas Vetevendosje believes that […]
Read More →The trap (Tribuna)
Aida Derguti, deputy leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, writes in her opinion piece that the 2010 national elections, in addition to the industrial-scale fraud, will also be remembered for their outcome: the continuous institutional crisis and decisions that seriously damaged the state of Kosovo. Derguti argues that whenever faced with crisis, most political leaders opted […]
Read More →One list keeps Serbian votes (Vecernje Novosti)
Serb parties from Kosovo and Metohija could participate in the central provincial elections jointly. What will be the outcome of that idea and will be known after the negotiations between parties, which unofficially already begun. The estimates are that with the combined forces the Serbs could win more seats in the Kosovo Assembly, while the […]
Read More →No one answers when all are worried! (Vesti)
After the formation of the new government of Serbia in which there is no department for Kosovo, and the promise of Prime Minister Vucic that in future “all the ministries will take care” of the southern province, the leaders of the municipalities in the north are hoping that at least the Office for Kosovo and […]
Read More →Leaders meet the President, Haradinaj does not go (lajminet)
Party leaders have just started a meeting with President Atifete Jahjaga, in their efforts to assure the required votes to dissolve the Assembly. According to the sources of lajmi.net, the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj is not participating at this meeting which is being held at Presidency. This portal […]
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