Belgrade Media Report 19 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic to attend UNSC session (Danas)
• Stefanovic thanks UN for aid (TV Pink)
• International aid arrives in Serbia (Politika/Novosti)
• Russia sends another plane (Tanjug)
• Davenport: EU is ready to set aside funds to help Serbia (Beta)
• Zvonimir Stevic – joint ticket for better results (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik, Vucic press conference (Srna)
• U.S. government allocates $50,000 in aid (Patria)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia: floods turn into unprecedented disaster – gov’t official (Voice of Russia)
• Floods in Bosnia Trigger Landslides; Thousands Flee High Water (The Associated Press)
• 25,000 Evacuated in Serbian Floods (novinite.com)
Aid for Serbia coming in from all over the world (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The United Nations, the Russian Federation and several European and regional countries have sent relief aid and rescue teams to Serbia to help it deal with the consequences of the floods, the press office of the Serbian Interior Ministry said on Monday. The first shipment of UN aid, consisting of power generators, water […]
Read More →Serbs from Kosovo are helping the vulnerable people (RTK2)
Minister of Labor, Employment, veterans and Social Policy, Aleksandar Vulin visited today in Sabac group of 150 Serbs from Strpce, who joined the volunteers in rescuing the town from the floods. Minister Vulin expressed his gratitude to the compatriots who had arrived from the farthest Serbian enclave in Kosovo, together with the President of the […]
Read More →Police’s operational plan, same for all of Kosovo (Koha)
Kosovo’s chief prosecution along with the Kosovo Police presented coordinated activities that will begin as of today up to the counting of ballots for early parliamentary elections that will take place on 8 June. The chief prosecution office has already set up a working group with representatives from all municipalities and on election day, it […]
Read More →Daviet: It is important to be held democratic elections (Radio Kosova)
The Group for Judicial and Political Studies and Council of Pristina for Foreign Relations discussed about topic: “French Foreign Policy towards Kosovo”. Panelists recommended that France continues to give its contribution for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. French Ambassador in Kosovo, Maryse Daviet mentioned talks in Rambouillet, request of Kosovo for candidate status […]
Read More →UNHCR to construct four houses for Roma community members (Tribuna)
Mayor of Mitrovica Agim Bahtiri met UNHCR representatives and discussed with them the process of returns of Roma community and the construction of four houses for members of this community in Mitrovica. Nazan Zymberi from UNHCR said several Roma families have so far returned to their properties while another thirteen have expressed interest in doing […]
Read More →PDS hands over the list of candidates (KIM radio)
Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) handed over the list of candidates for MPs on the upcoming elections on 8 June. Principal candidate on the list of 24 candidates, handed over to the Central Elections Commission, is Nenad Rašić. PDS stated that around 2.000 citizens supported the list in a single day. “Candidates on the PDS list […]
Read More →Petrović: Elections important for survival of Serbs (Akter)
President of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) Slobodan Petrović stated that parliamentary elections in Kosovo set for 8 June are of the utmost importance for survival of Serbs. Petrović said in Leposavić/Leposaviç that he expect that Serb Ticket, whose part is and the SLS, will pass the election threshold and win more than 15 seats […]
Read More →Head of Kosovo Journalists Association Quits (Balkan Insight)
The head of the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo has resigned following accusations of over-close connections to businessmen and politicians. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina Liridona LLuka-Gashi resigned on Saturday, asking journalists to appoint a new head of the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo in the next two weeks. She resigned hours after journalists […]
Read More →More frequent thefts in Novake (KiM Radio)
Serbs are concerned about the safety of their families, because of frequent thefts in village Novake in Prizren. Mirce Gligorijević lives in Novake with his wife and a small child. He says that until a year ago there was no problem but now thefts are more frequent and attacks on Serbian houses. “They come at […]
Read More →Do we really want to be in the EU? (Tribuna)
Kosovo’s European Integration Minister Vlora Citaku writes in her opinion piece, “in the last couple of days as we were symbolically marking the day against homophobia, there were many debates and controversial topics and in several cases these escalated into insults and public expression of hatred. Most cases revealed there is lack of basic information […]
Read More →What is Brussels saying about our elections (Koha Ditore)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that Brussels seems less interested in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Kosovo compared to the 2010 national elections. “At the time, the EU was interested in a quick conclusion of elections, because their priority was the start of dialogue with Serbia. In fact, at the time, diplomats did not hide […]
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