Belgrade Media Report 29 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia dedicated to cooperation with Non-Aligned Movement members (Tanjug)
• Belgrade has not yet passed decision on Kosovo elections (Novosti)
• International panel of judges acquitted former KLA members (Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: Serbia’s stand on Ukraine important for Chapter 31 (Beta)
• Benedikt: Serbia didn’t support six EU decisions on Ukraine (Politika)
• Due: You have become exporters of security to the world (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• New chapter in relations between Serbia and Slovenia (Radio Serbia)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbs in Kosovo north suspend pre-election activities (Xinhua)
• Albanians Promised Jobs for Votes, Study Finds (BIRN)
• Flood-hit Serbia Thanks Russia for Help (RIA Novosti)
• Bosnia floods unearth ‘war remains’ (AP)
• Serb Fighters ‘Threaten’ Belgrade War Crimes Prosecutors (BIRN)
• Hague Tribunal Frees Bosnian Serb War Criminal (BIRN)
• Montenegro Watchdog Activists ‘Assaulted’ at Election Commission (BIRN)
• Macedonia Opposition MPs Quit Parliament (BIRN)
Rikalo: Reduced number of Serbs on electoral roll (KIM radio)
Central Election Commission yesterday adopted the electoral roll with 1.782,454 voters with the right to vote on 8 June. CEC Member Nenad Rikalo said that number of Serbs with the right to vote is reduced in comparison with local elections held in November 2013. “This time, too, there are more voters than inhabitants of Kosovo. […]
Read More →Rašić: Campaign continues, cancellation remains the option (KIM radio)
Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) will not cancel election campaign for the time being. Party leader Nenad Rašić is not excluding such possibility and adds that it will depend on future developments. PDS leader Nenad Rašić says that their campaign will be led in a transparent manner. “We won’t bid with figures, we have the idea, […]
Read More →Le Monde: Mass grave in Serbia might be the biggest in Serbia (gazetaexpress)
Work on finding the bodies of the missing persons from Kosovo war has started in April in south-western Serbia. So far, 21 bodies of the missing Albanians have been found. Only yesterday, 17 bodies were found. According to the French daily, Le Monde, DNA tests for four bodies are still in process. There are many […]
Read More →The North does not want the election trap (Vecernje Novosti)
Representatives of the four municipalities in Kosovo have frozen the campaign because of the decisions of the Central Election Commission. Possible boycott if the coat of arms of Kosovo is not removed and if the composition of the Board is not changed. On the first day of official campaigning for early parliamentary elections in Kosovo, […]
Read More →Jacobson meets party leaders, calls for free and democratic elections (Lajmi)
On the second day of election campaign, leaders of main political parties in Kosovo gathered in a meeting called by the US Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson. Sources said that in the meeting, Jacobson made it clear to the leaders that her country expects the campaign and 8 June elections to be free and democratic. “The […]
Read More →EU: Support to Kosovo in the rule of law area (KIM radio)
“Whatever the outcome of elections would be, European Union will continue to support Kosovo in order to ensure that its path toward the Europe is unmistaken,” said Samuel Žbogar. Meeting of the Joint Rule of Law Coordination Board, composed by the Special Representative of the EU Samuel Žbogar, head of EULEX Bernd Borchardt and Deputy […]
Read More →Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill to pay a visit in November to Serbia including Kosovo and Metohija (Voice of Russia)
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will pay a visit to Serbia in November, including Kosovo and Metohija. As a Patriarch and representative of the Russian Orthodox Church he visited Serbia before, but he never paid a visit to Kosovo and Metohija. “In near future I am planning to visit Serbian Orthodox Church, including […]
Read More →Albin Kurti and the power of calmness (Tribuna)
Tirana-based publicist Armand Shkullaku argues that in its election campaign the Vetevendosje Movement is proving to be restrained and calm, it is avoiding unnecessary clashes with other political parties and it is careful not to show the slightest sign of arrogance. “Vetevendosje’s campaign is focused on modesty and humbleness before the people … Albin Kurti’s […]
Read More →Kosovo not interested in Europe (Koha Ditore)
KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that due to upcoming elections, Kosovars and their political representatives don’t seem interested in elections for the European Parliament, “in which European voters, like never before, chose to vote for hardline parties some of which even have racist policies”. Kelmendi notes that the result of these elections may bring about […]
Read More →Sylejman Selimi and others acquitted of all charges (Koha)
Sylejman Selimi, Nexhat Qubreli, Ismet Haxha and Shefki Hyseni have been acquitted of all charges. The presiding judge said it was not established beyond a reasonable doubt whether the accused, as former KLA members, committed war crimes. Selimi, Qubreli, Haxha and Hyseni were accused of war crimes that are alleged to have been carried out […]
Read More →Rikalo: Election material isn’t status neutral (Kontakt Plus radio)
Member of Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) Nenad Rikalo said today that the electoral material for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kosovo on the June 8th will not be status neutral, and among other things there are problems with voter lists and the appointment of electoral committees. Rikalo in a statement for Kontakt Plus radio […]
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