Belgrade Media Report 23 May 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikic new head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti)
• Serbs to take part in Kosovo elections in five columns (Politika)
• Government abolishes emergency situation (RTS)
• Nikolic appeals, Hollande: We must show solidarity (RTS)
• Kirby: Initiative for a donors’ conference encouraging (Beta/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Reconstruction of infrastructure plan in the next ten days (Radio Serbia)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Inzko: Russia rejected PIC statement (Srna)
• Gruevski-Rasmussen: Macedonia’s accession to NATO remains a joint interest (Republika)
• Deployment of Macedonian Albanians to Syria organized in Elbasan (Sitel/MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Floods inflict grievous blow on frail Balkan economies (Reuters)
• Mine explodes in Bosnia as floods clear-up begins (Global Post)
• The Importance of Helping Serbia (Huffington Post)
• Macedonian Police Action in Ethnic Riots Queried (BIRN)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina Protests a Response To Post-War Corruption, Impoverishment (insurancenewsnet.com)
Office for Kosovo condemns threats to Tanjug journalist (Tanjug)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija most sharply condemned threats sent via Facebook to the correspondent of News Agency Tanjug from Kosovska Mitrovica Željko Tvrdišić and requested from international representatives to take it serious. The Office requested from authorities to find perpetrators and punish those behind the threats, and stressed that pressure on Tvrdišić is a […]
Read More →Jacobson: Vote manipulation will not be tolerated! (Indeksonline)
In an interview for Pristina-based Rrokum TV, U.S. Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson said in the past political parties stole votes from one another, “but this time that will not be allowed to happen”. Jacobson said last year’s municipal elections showed that good elections can be held even without reforms. The U.S. ambassador repeated the position […]
Read More →Police maltreated the priest (KIM radio)
The priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Pristina Stevo Mitrić was maltreated and apprehended yesterday by Kosovo police in Suva Reka/Suharekë, learned KIM Radio. Mitrić was stopped and fined by the Kosovo police officer due to over-speeding, however when he complained that he doesn’t understand the ticket issued in Albanian language and requested in […]
Read More →State of emergency lifted (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The Serbian government has lifted the state of emergency in the territory of the country, and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic thanked all ministers for their efforts in previous days. The members of the government decided unanimously to end the national emergency, and the prime minister proposed that during Friday’s meeting the government also […]
Read More →Government gives additional 350 thousand euros to CEC (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo Government has given additional 350 thousand euros for Kosovo Central Election Commission for the preparations of 8 June elections. Despite from the CEC request for 493 thousand euros, Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Hajredin Kuçi said that government is ready if needed to give additional funds Today governing cabinet supports proposal-decision for the establishment of […]
Read More →The draw: PDK 58; LDK 54; VV 35; AAK 44 (Lajmi)
Central Election Commission has today selected randomly the positions political parties will have in upcoming elections of 8 June. According to the draw, PDK will have number 58 in the ballots, LDK 54, Vetevendosje 35, AAK 44, Initiative for Kosovo 59; Strong Party 37; Serb List 38, SLS 56; AKR 40; United Roma Party 34; […]
Read More →On paradoxes of the captured republic (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku remarks that as the minister of justice was holding a speech on rule of law as part of presenting the PDK election campaign, a man accused of war crimes had fled justice but not from a prison cell as would have been expected but from a VIP room at the Pristina hospital. The […]
Read More →Refusal (Kosova Sot)
The front-page editorial in the paper today recaps on events over the last days regarding the refusal of the Drenica Group members to be transferred to a prison in north Mitrovica and claims that the story has overshadowed the main event – election campaign. The paper considers that EULEX should have been more considerate in […]
Read More →Kosovo Albanians to send aid after Serbia floods (Kosovapress)
Serbia continues to dispute Kosovo’s statehood but this hasn’t stopped a group of young people in Pristina from organizing a drive to collect aid, which they will send to Serbia after the recent disastrous floods there. Youths from Kosovo will collect aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, even though 15 years ago the […]
Read More →Cliff: Civil society in politics helps democracy in Kosovo (Lajmi)
British Ambassador to Kosovo Ian Cliff said involvement of members of the civil society into politics is a good thing and will contribute to democratisation of political parties. “Parties faced a lot of criticism for not involving the civil society enough and it is unreasonable to criticize when someone from the civil society gets involved”, […]
Read More →Ex-KLA Fighters Surrender After Escape (Balkan Insight)
After surrendering to the police, three ex-KLA fighters who went on the run will now face trial for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1990s. BIRN Pristina Sami Lushtaku, Ismet Haxha and Sahit Jashari surrendered to the Kosovo Police on Thursday night, two days after they went on the run from a clinic in Pristina […]
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