Belgrade Media Report 27 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbs imposed with Kosovo coat of arms (Novosti)
• Djuric in charge of Kosovo (Danas)
• Seventeen bodies found in Rudnica (Beta)
• Dacic: More than 650,000 Euros raised for flood victims (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Bevanda: B&H needs international aid (Srna)
• NATO membership still a priority (Kanal 5)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Remains of Kosovo Albanian war victims found in Serbia (AFP)
• World Bank: Floods could disrupt Balkans’ power supplies for at least six months (Reuters)
• Serbian Opposition Seeks Responsibility For Flood Failures (BIRN)
• War-torn and impoverished, Bosnia faces rebuild once again after floods (The Guardian)
• Bosnia should be a financial hub: Turkey’s deputy PM (World Bulletin)
• Vrdoljak: Croatia will help Bosnia in post-flood reconstruction (Dalje.com)
Bombs, intimidation, arson, accidents …(Danas)
Incidents in northern Mitrovica are not part of the election campaign. Mitrovica, Belgrade – Last days in the northern part of Mitrovica journalists were intimidated, grenades were thrown, shops were set on fire, and in Zvecan/Zveqan lifeless body of an unknown person was found. Interviewees of Danas President of the Municipal Assembly of Mitrovica North […]
Read More →Majlinda Kelmendi promotes Kosovo (RTKlive)
She is the best Kosovo Ambassador in the world and she proved this with facts. After European and World titles with the flag of her country of birth, Majlinda Kelmendi does not stop here, she works to promote the values of Kosovo in international arena. The judoka appears in a advertising financed from European Union […]
Read More →KFOS launches “Vote and Watch” campaign (Lajmi)
Kosovo Open Society Foundation (KFOS) has launched “Vote and Watch” campaign which encourages citizens to report any irregularity they witness on election day. The voters can report irregularities through a free SMS on 500 88. In a press conference, head of KFOS Luan Shllaku said citizens have in their hands a good share of mandate […]
Read More →Pristina-Skopje highway leads to Thaci and Pacolli clash (Express)
Relationship between Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli has worsened because Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is insisting on signing contract for construction of Pristina-Skopje highway during election campaign. Sources told Express that Pacolli doesn’t want to be signatory party to the contract as all the credit would go to PDK […]
Read More →Ramush, Kosovo is not Switzerland! (Zeri)
Editor Enis Veliu comments on promises made by Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), most notably the promise for an average salary of €1,000. “Ramush and his party cannot talk about corruption or reforms, because during their governance, they showed no readiness to fight such phenomenon … People from […]
Read More →The new mission of deception (Koha Ditore)
Columnist Enver Robelli writes that “the objective of the third mandate aimed by Hashim Thaci is not for the good of Kosovo. The true objective of the ‘New Mission’ of the PDK [the Democratic Party of Kosovo] is to round up the biggest stealing project in the history of free Kosovo. Fearing an expected defeat, […]
Read More →Million Euros invested in Hospital in Badovac (RTK2)
Construction of a hospital in village Badovac near Gračanica/Graçanicë will not continue before the funds are provided and examination of the soil is carried out due to potential landslides. Works have ceased, despite a million euros investment made so far in the construction. New municipal leadership decided to collect data on the safety of hospital’s […]
Read More →From now Marko Djuric responsible for Kosovo (Danas)
Belgrade – Serbia’s government appointed Marko Djuric as the new head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, who is and Advisor to the President of the Republic. This “fight” within a coalition for Kosovo, between the SNS and the Socialists Movement, whose leader Aleksandar Vulin so far has performed that job, ended in favour […]
Read More →Sixty EU observers at Kosovo elections (reporteri.net)
The European Union has decided to engage 60 monitors on the 8 June elections in Kosovo. Other international missions in Kosovo plan to increase this number. These monitors will play the most important role in these elections. Except for the European Union, the U.S. Embassy in Pristina has also decided to send some monitors throughout […]
Read More →Water in Gračanica safe to drink (RTK2)
Water from the Lake Badovac near Gračanica/Graçanicë is safe to drink. The analysis from the central laboratory of the regional water-supply company in Pristina verified that water fulfills all criteria set by the administrative instruction on the quality of the potable water for human consumption. Analyzed samples proved that water is bacteria free. In the […]
Read More →Cooperation with Belgrade necessary for successful return (RTK2)
Institutional cooperation with Belgrade is needed for successful return of displaced, stated Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić in a TV show on RTK2. “If we want more massive return of Serbs, Belgrade has to be involved in what is called institutional cooperation,” said Jevtić. and added that such cooperation would provide a joint […]
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