Belgrade Media Report 8 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Full EU membership – first priority for new government (RTS)
• Dialogue frozen until fall (Novosti)
• Belgrade calling Serbs to take part in elections? (Novosti)
• Illegal state would like to obtain attribute of statehood (Tanjug)
• Welcome and goodbye (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• EU, U.S. and OHR: Solution for residence issue to be found at state level (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• After ethnic Serb lawmakers sit out vote on army, Kosovo dissolves parliament (Deutsche Welle/Reuters/DPA/AP)
• Serbia Unexpectedly Lowers Main Rate to 9% as Economy Slows (Bloomberg)
• Bosnian civic groups call for new mass protests on Friday (Dalje.com)
• Pendarovski Denies Macedonia Opposition Leadership Ambitions (BIRN)
• Charges: Minnesota Man Hid Bosnian War Crimes (Associated Press)
The issue of the northern municipalities’ statutes, to be sent to the Constitutional Court (rtklive)
Despite all the statements and sufficient deadlines offered by the Ministry of the Local Government, northern municipalities have not harmonized their statutes according to the judicial order of Kosovo. After four months, the Ministry of local Government has finally decided to apply a softer version. If the statutes of the northern municipalities do not resemble […]
Read More →Daka’s mesage to parties for fair elections (lajmi.net)
Head of Central Election Commission, Valdete Daka, stated that she will undertake all the required measures for the elections of 8 June to be free, fair and democratic. She wished to all political parties and population of Kosovo successful early elections. During a press conference, she said that CEC expects help of a major number […]
Read More →The decision of Constitutional Court of Serbia about diplomas damages Albanians from the Valley (Radio Kosova)
Constitutional Court of Serbia through a decision has confirmed that Regulation for the special way to accept Kosovo university diplomas in Serbia, as a product of talks between Pristina and official Belgrade in Brussels, is not in accordance with constitution and the law of Serbia Against this decision have reacted Albanian political institutional representatives and […]
Read More →An unstable state (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial notes that instability has characterized Kosovo’s path six years after the declaration of independence. “The dissolution of the Assembly yesterday, which came as a result of the crisis of the coalition and poor governance, is the second critical moment in the political history of our state. Three years ago, the government […]
Read More →Kosovo calls snap election after failing to create army (AFP)
AFP , Thursday 8 May 2014 Kosovo’s president on Thursday called snap elections for June 8 after lawmakers failed to agree on the creation of an army for the former Serbian province. “I intend to ask from the European Union, in the coming days, to send a mission of observers to closely monitor the electoral […]
Read More →Kosovo General Elections Set For June 8 (Balkan Insight)
The President has urged authorities and political parties to prepare for early national elections due on June 8 in a dignified fashion. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina The date of the next parliamentary elections in Kosovo was made public on Thursday by President Atifete Jahjaga. “Pre-term parliamentary elections must demonstrate our readiness to guarantee the free […]
Read More →Montenegro “threatens” Kosovo with international arbitrage regarding the borderline (Telegrafi)
Director of Montenegrin real estate administration, Dragan Kovacevic, said Montenegro has a problem with Kosovo regarding the borderline. There is a border dispute between Kosovo and Montenegro in the areas of Rugova, Plava and Cakorr. “Border demarcation commissions have so far held 12 unsuccessful meetings and all information suggest there should be no stalemate because […]
Read More →Jahjaga and Krasniqi request fair elections (koha online)
President Atifete Jahjaga met today with the outgoing Speaker of the dissolved Assembly of Kosovo, Jakup Krasniqi. They discussed about the up to date work of the Assembly and the processes that Kosovo is going through. Jahjaga valued the work of the Assembly, as well inter-institutional cooperation with her Office. “The country has now entered […]
Read More →Ilir Deda joins Vetevendosje (Koha)
Ilir Deda has decided to join Vetevendosje Movement. Sources told Koha that Deda will officially join Vetevendosje on the day it is set to present its governing alternative at the premises of the American School of Kosovo. Deda, who was a co-founder of the political party “Fryma e Re”, carried out his main activity with […]
Read More →Army of Kosovo will have 5,000 men under arms (Politika)
It is possible that Kosovo gets and one regiment of tanks and that these tanks are more modern than our M-84. The Kosovo Assembly was dismissed because members of parliament could not agree on how to rename Kosovo Security Force into the Kosovo army, i.e. the armed forces of Kosovo. The Serbian deputies refused to […]
Read More →Belgrade urges Serbs to vote? (Vecernje Novosti)
MPs of the Kosovo parliament voted for dissolution of the Assembly and in such a way gave the green light for calling early parliamentary elections, which should be scheduled for 8 June. Contrary to the elections which were held in December 2010, when Belgrade officially announced that “there are no conditions for calling Serbs to […]
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