Belgrade Media Report 20 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia to observe three days of mourning (B92)
• EU to monitor elections (Beta)
• Vojackova Sollorano: UN will help in rebuilding Serbia (RTS)
• EU: Much less than one billion Euros for Serbia (Tanjug)
• Ambassadors in Obrenovac: Serbia needs aid (Tanjug)
• Aid from all over the world arrives in Serbia (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Erdogan: Turkey will send most urgent aid to B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Livne: Future generations need to know what happened (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo to Ensure Smooth Elections also in North (BIR)
• Serbia needs help to repair flood damages: FM (Xinhua)
• Russian Helicopters to Fight Balkan Fires (RIA Novosti)
• Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction “terrifying” (Reuters)
• Mladic ‘never ordered me to open fire on civilians’ (AFP)
The voice of the low (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily is a rebuttal to Arbana Xarra’s opinion piece written for Zëri. “Immediately after the engagement of the editor in chief of Kosova Sot in politics, some media started unloading their arsenal of slander and insults through pseudo-journalism, cultivated for years. We understand newspaper crisis such as the one faced by Zëri. […]
Read More →PDK and SHIK are part of a criminal network (Koha Ditore)
Enver Robelli writes in his opinion peace that documents of NATO observing services, are revealing the bloody and terrible truth about the Democratic Party of Kosovo and its secret service SHIK, to Kosovo society. Robelli says that there are good people among PDK members, who considered that they are serving their country. “Everyone can make […]
Read More →EU: Much less than EUR 1 billion for Serbia (Tanjug)
Despite Monday’s announcement about EUR 1 billion in aid from the EU solidarity fund, Serbia can hardly count on more than around EUR 10 million from this fund, Tanjug learns from a source in the European Commission. The stir was caused by EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Kristalina Georgieva who said during a midday press […]
Read More →Serbia to observe three days of mourning (B92)
The Serbian government on Tuesday decided to declare three days of mourning in the country due to the number of victims in the disastrous flooding. The proposal came from Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić. The days of mourning will be observed on May 21, 22, and 23. The decision, adopted unanimously, will be published in the […]
Read More →Ambassadors tour town devastated by flood, express support (B92)
Some 70 ambassadors and diplomatic corps representatives toured the flooded Obrenovac with reporters and Serbian officials on Monday. The Beta news agency is reporting that they voiced great solidarity with the endangered people and announced assistance in alleviating the consequences of the worst floods Serbia has seen in the last 120 years, since records exist. […]
Read More →UN will assist renewal of Serbia (RTS, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Coordinator of the United Nations in Serbia Irena Vojácková-Sollorano said today that UN will help the country to rebuild when water withdraws from flooded areas, and after performed analysis shall direct appeal for global aid donors. “We will certainly help, first by offering support to the new Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
Read More →To elections without reform, EU disappointed (Lajmi)
EU Special Representative in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar said the EU is disappointed Kosovo is heading to elections without passing the new law on elections. However, he said Kosovo can nevertheless have free and fair elections under the current law, if there is political will. “We are disappointed the Assembly was not able to approve the […]
Read More →Pacolli: AKR will be part in the next government (Radio Kosova)
AKR will not be entering a coalition with any other party said for radio Kosova, first Deputy Prime Minister at the same time the head of AKR, Behgjet Pacolli. However, he emphasized that they will be part of next government. He said that election campaign has started before sometime in Kosovo and he expresses his […]
Read More →Kosovo President Urges Support for War Rape Victims (Balkan Insight)
President Atifete Jahjaga said that Kosovo will join a global initiative on wartime sexual violence in a bid to address the problems of women raped during the late 1990s conflict. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina Jahjaga said on Tuesday that Kosovo will take part in the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict next month […]
Read More →Kosovo to Ensure Smooth Elections also in North (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo authorities are drawing up plans to ensure that the June national elections are held across the country, the Serb-dominated northern part included. BIRN Pristina The Kosovo state prosecution and police on Monday said they were preparing a joint action plan for the general elections due on June 8. The prosecution system will be […]
Read More →Water in Gracanica not potable (KiM Radio)
Based on laboratory tests conducted by the Institute of Public Health in Mitrovica it was found that water in Gracanica is not drinkable. As for KIM radio confirmed Dr Ljiljana Andjelkovic from the Institute of Public Health, water samples that were taken on Friday showed that the water is not potable. “The results of the […]
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