Petrovic: We will request interpretation of the Election law (KiM Radio)
President of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS), Slobodan Petrovic said that after the Central Election Commission (CEC) publishes the official results, the Serbian List will request interpretation of the law related to the MPs’ mandates. As he stated, it remained unclear whether it is necessary to cross the threshold of 5 percent, in order to […]
Read More →Liaison officer says ban was “grave violation of deal” (B92,Tanjug,Politika,Blic)
BELGRADE — Dejan Pavićević says the fact he was banned from entering Kosovo constitutes “serious obstruction of the implementation of what has been agreed in Brussels.” Belgrade’s liaison officer in Priština, who was prevented from entering the province by the Kosovo authorities, “urged the EU and international community to solve the issue as soon as […]
Read More →Djuric: Returnees to return easier (KIM radio)
The Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that Serbia will enable easier return to all who wish to return. Djuric yesterday met with the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw, with whom he discussed problems related to internally displaced […]
Read More →Dacic and Henshaw about refugees (IRS)
First deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Simon Henshaw have assessed in Belgrade that there is good cooperation between the two countries in solving the long lasting displacement in Serbia. Henshaw has confirmed the strong support of […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 25 June
• Serb IDPs complain about abuse of their votes (Klan Kosova & KTV)
• Serbia’s liaison officer banned from entering Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Rexhepi calls on Brussels to remove barricade over Ibër River (KTV)
• Thaçi expects to form new government (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovo becomes SEECP member (RTK1)
UNMIK Headlines 26 June
• Scenario for a broad-based technical government (Bota Sot)
• Constitutional Court to announce ruling in July (Zeri)
• Mustafa ready for coalition with PDK? (Lajm)
• Serwer: Vetëvendosje could change its position on dialogue (Bota Sot)
• Jahjaga: Good neighborly relations are not built by barricades (Epoka e Re)
• British embassy: Barricade can be removed through dialogue (Koha)
• Kosovo government writes to Rakic (Kosova Sot)
• Rexhepi: Serbian gendarmerie, a frequent visitor in the north (Koha)
• SITF to be asked to elaborate on its investigations (Tribuna)
• Red Cross accused of manipulating Serbs’ votes (Kosova Sot)
• Pavicevic banned from entering Kosovo (Lajm)
• Nenad Rasic’s party makes complaint (Lajm)
Belgrade Media Report 25 June
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• “Important that Serbs take part in government” (Tanjug)
• Urosevac: Organizers of prostitution network accused (Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Serbs could “tip the scales” in the Kosovo government (Tanjug)
• DSS: The government is concealing the responsibility for handing over Kosovo (FoNet)
• Opposite stances of President and Prime Minister increasingly often (Blic, by Tamara Spaic, 25 June 2014)
• Serbia “supports OSCE” over Ukraine crisis (Tanjug)
• Defense minister: Serbia to be unbiased OSCE chair (Tanjug/B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• A citizen of Serbia charged with war crimes in Karlovac (Beta)
• NATO won’t offer Montenegro membership this year (Tanjug/B92)
• Albania to become candidate for EU membership (Beta)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Delays IMF Talks, Supplementary Budget as GDP May Shrink (Bloomberg, By Gordana Filipovic, 24 June 2014)
• UAE, Serbia to improve business investments and opportunities (Gulf Today, 25 June 2014)
• Serbian Tabloid Editor ‘Won’t Be State TV Chief’ (BIRN, 25 June 2014)
• Hackers Bring Down Serbian Tabloid Kurir’s Site (BIRN, 24 June 2014)
• Macedonian Leaders Meet to Tackle Post-Election Feud (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 25 June 2014)
Office for KiM: Liaison officer refused entry to Kosovo (Blic)
Belgrade – Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric criticized the Kosovo authorities because they banned Liaison officer Dejan Pavicevic to enter Kosovo. “Denial of entry into the territory of the Province to Dejan Pavicevic, who at the time of the incident was in the car with diplomatic license plates of the EU […]
Read More →118 incidents on the bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica since 1999 (Politika)
In Albanians’ efforts to breakthrough in the south as of 1999, two Serbs died and around 300 were injured. The day after violent protest of around 400 Albanians in southern Mitrovica under the slogan ‘Either you, or us’ situation on the main bridge on the Ibar/Ibër River is quite. American, German and Polish forces within […]
Read More →They were not from ISIS (Koha Ditore)
Publicist Halil Matoshi writes that there are many similarities between Sunday’s protest in Mitrovica which ended in violence and the riots of March 2004. “It was the same scenario but luckily with a lower intensity”, he writes. Matoshi further alleges that the policy makers close to the current government wish to achieve certain goals by […]
Read More →Eparchy condemned desecration of Christ the Savior in Pristina (IRS)
The eparchy of Raska and Prizren and Kosmet has condemned the latest desecration of the unfinished cathedral of Christ the Savior in Pristina. The eparchy states that singer Era Istrefi from Kosovo has made the video clip for one of her songs, in which she is dancing half naked in that Orthodox temple in Pristina. […]
Read More →“Belgrade continues to provide economic aid to Serbs” (B92)
BELGRADE — Belgrade continues to financially help Serbs in Kosovo, but that support should go to development, rather that serve to “pay them to stay (in Kosovo).” This is what the head of the Serbian government’s media office, Milivoje Mihajlović, told B92 TV on Wednesday. Speaking about yesterday’s meeting between representatives of Kosovo Serbs and […]
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