Belgrade Media Report 22 May 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia needs donors for reconstruction (Radio Serbia)
• CIK rejects Kostic’s candidacy (Novosti)
• EULEX requests arrest warrant for three members of Drenica Group (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Rasmussen: NATO ready to help B&H (Fena)
• Batteli appeals for further aid to flooded-affected people (Tanjug)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Gathers Donors for Post-Flood Aid as Fiscal Gap Swells (Bloomberg)
• Worries Turn to Disease as Waters Recede in Balkans (The New York Times)
• Record Bosnian floods raises danger of moving mines (euronews)
• Bosnia authorities under fire over flood response (BIRN)
• Drowning in the Balkans (counterpunch.org)
• Dobrica Cosic, First Friend Then Foe of Serbia’s Milosevic, Dies at 92 (The New York Times)
• Jihadist Threat to Europe Worries Macedonia (BIRN)
Serbian Assembly called Kosovo Serbs to turn out as many as possible on Kosovo central elections (Tanjug)
Serbian Assembly today appealed on Kosovo Serbs to turn out as many as possible on Kosovo central elections set for 8 June. Political representatives of Kosovo Serbs are called to present themselves united in order to achieve bigger political influence in Pristina. The chairperson of the parliament’s Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun stated […]
Read More →Police in search of „Drenica Group“(RTKlive)
Kosovo police, referring to received information in connection with the escape of few persons called “Drenica Group” from Kosovo University Clinical Center, informs that it has immediately undertaken necessary measures to search for them. In connection with this case are contacted persons from competent relevant institutions, Prosecution, Kosovo University Clinical Center and Correctional Service and […]
Read More →Jashari: Ministry of Justice needs to solve Drenica Group problem (RTK)
Xhavit Jashari, representative of the war associations, told RTK today that the Ministry of Justice needs to intervene and resolve the problem with the Drenica Group. Jashari suggested that the ministry led by Hajredin Kuci needs to find a solution with international officials in order for members of the Drenica Group not to be sent […]
Read More →LDK: Drenica Group should not hide, they must appear in court (Indeksonline)
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) issued a press release today on developments surrounding the Drenica Group. The LDK criticizes the prime minister and the outgoing government for failing to take action on the matter. “Everyone is innocent until found guilty in a court of law. The same goes for the three defendants who are […]
Read More →Minimal damage caused by flooding is billion Euros (Blic)
The damage caused by flooding is six times larger than the limits of the EU funds from which Serbia is expecting to get so much needed help. According to the first assessments, the damage is at least a billion of Euros, the Blic learns at the Serbia Government. The message from Brussels is that we […]
Read More →CEC refused Kostic as candidate for MP (Vecernje Novosti)
Central Election Commission (CEC) member, Nenad Rikalo said that CEC decided not to accept the nomination of Vladeta Kostić from Srpska list for MP in the Kosovo parliament. In a statement to Mitrovica Radio Contact plus, Rikalo said that Kostic had deadline till testerday to resign as MP in the Serbian parliament. That’s why Srpska […]
Read More →Kosovo Ex-Guerillas on Run After Escape (Balkan Insight)
After three former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas accused of war crimes during the 1990s conflict went on the run, the Justice Ministry has blamed EULEX for allowing their escape. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina The Ministry of Justice said the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, was at fault for not preventing the escape of three former KLA […]
Read More →Kuçi’s open prisons (Zëri)
Lavdim Hamidi recalls the case when Kacanik mayor Xhabir Zharku escaped justice, and went to Sweden. “However he did not lose his contacts with the Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuçi,” says Hamidi adding that Zharku has even sent a telephone message for the New Year, wishing Kuçi success in his work, “even though bringing former […]
Read More →Prosecution demands arrest warrant is issued for Lushtaku, Haxha and Jashari (Koha)
The prosecution has demanded an arrest warrant is issued for Sami Lushtaku, Ismet Haxha and Sahit Jashari. Prosecutor Jonathan Ratel in today’s session in Mitrovica North said article 307 of the Kosovo Penal Code should be respected and this stipulates that when the accused do not show up in Court and have no justification for […]
Read More →Families of missing persons to travel to Raska on Friday (Tribuna)
Families of missing persons will travel once again this Friday to Raska of Serbia to see how the exhumation process is going, announced members of the government’s commission on missing persons. They appealed to the media to be cautious when reporting on unconfirmed mass gravesites which was the case last week with a location in […]
Read More →Žbogar: The case of ‘Drenica group’ justifies the need for EULEX (RTK2)
“Rule of law is another important issue and EULEX is present here because of it and I hope that you don’t see this mission as an obstacle but as assistance in removing the obstacles. Each day we are getting assured how much EULEX is present here,” said Žbogar while addressing students at the private faculty […]
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