Belgrade Media report 05 June
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbian Government calls residents of Kosovo and Metohija to vote (Radio Serbia)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija will respond to government’s invitation to take part in elections (Tanjug)
• Marko Djurisic: Good decision (Beta)
• Djordje Milicevic: Unity among Serbs most important (Beta)
• Four scenarios towards the EU (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Cooperation of Balkan armies continues (Tanjug/Fena)
• Dodik: Let B&H be on the blacklist, but we don’t give RS jurisdiction (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Serbs join last-minute campaign (Balkan Insight)
• Website hit in Serbia plagiarism row (BBC)
• Macedonia: President of the opposition party, Zoran Zaev to meet Euro Commissioner Stefan Fule (FOCUS News Agency)
• Macedonia mulls new elections for vacant seats (Balkan Insight)
Cornerstones laid for residential buildings in K. Mitrovica (TV Most,Tanjug)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – Officials of the Kosovska Mitrovica self-government authorities on Thursday laid the cornerstones for two buildings in the local Brdjani residential area and another in Suvi Do. The construction works in Brdjani are expected to be completed in 150 days and all contractors are from the territory of Kosovo-Metohija. The project, funded by […]
Read More →Zbogar calls for fair elections (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Vlora Citaku met today with European Union Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar. The latter called for free and fair elections and a great turnout by the voters. Zbogar also promised maximal engagement by the European monitors in the election process. Zbogar and Citaku agreed that elections need to be […]
Read More →Albanians call to halt colonization in northern Mitrovica (Kosovapress)
Sources told Kosovapress that today at 10:00 hrs the foundations will be laid for three four-story buildings with 12 apartments each, two of them in Kroi i Vitakut and the other one in the village of Suhodoll, in northern Mitrovica. Sources said the construction is funded by the Government of Serbia and the inauguration ceremony […]
Read More →Zbogar: RTK2 should be also broadcasted in the North (RTK2)
EU Special Representative in Kosovo Semuel Zbogar stated for RTK2 that the existence of public TV in Serbian language is essential for the Serbs in Kosovo. He said that RTK2 broadcast information from all Serbian areas, and called on for the expansion of the signal in the north. “Last year RTK2 started to work and […]
Read More →Hashim Thaci’s two options, each worse than the other (Express)
Member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Berat Buzhala writes in an opinion piece for Gazeta Express that if the leader of his party, Hashim Thaci, manages to score another victory and beat the largest opposition party, Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), this would be more a defeat of his main rival than an […]
Read More →UN Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations visits today mass grave in Rudnica (Radio Kosova)
United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet and the head of UNMIK, Farid Zarif, are visiting today Rudnica, the mass grave in Rashka, Serbia, where it is believed to have been buried 300 victims from the latest war in Kosovo, informs news agency Presheva Jone. The United Nations Delegation will be accompanied […]
Read More →The Serbian List terminated boycott (Blic)
Candidates of the “Serbian List” terminated boycott of the election campaign for early parliamentary elections in Kosovo. The first on the list Branimir Stojanovic, who is also the Mayor of Gracanica, said to the Serbs gathered at the Cultural Center in Ranilug that the Serbian List will participate in these elections, because they are not willing […]
Read More →Losers in the campaign (Zeri)
The paper’s editor Lavdim Hamidi recalls promises that new mayors of certain municipalities made before they took office and declares that not only did they not fulfill them but instead of focusing on problems their municipalities have, they are all busy campaigning for their own parties. Some of them can even be seen on billboards […]
Read More →“Belgrade always used to divide Kosovo Serbs” (VOA)
“Belgrade always used to divide Kosovo Serbs” (VOA) At a debate labeled ‘Belgrade’s attitude toward Kosovo elections – yesterday, today, tomorrow’ held in Media Center in Čaglavica/Çagllavicë, participants said that Belgrade never had a clear stance on Kosovo, neither on Kosovo elections and had always divided Serbs. Due to a lack of Belgrade’s serious strategy […]
Read More →World Environment Day (Radio Kontakt Plus)
World Environment Day on June 5th will be marked and in Mitrovica with some cleaning and arranging grean spaces. Scouts ”797” from Zvečan/Zveqan, under the auspices of UNDP, organizes cleaning of picnic areas on Thursday, June 5th. Gathering and departure of volunteers is at 14.45 in front of the premises of JAZAS. We invite all […]
Read More →Kosovo Serbs Join Last-Minute Campaign (Balkan Insight)
After days of uncertainty, the Srpska Lista has opted at the 11th hour to take part in the election campaign. Valerie Hopkins BIRN Mitrovica The southern half of Mitrovica is full of election billboards promising “new turns,” “new directions” and claiming that the country’s current leaders deserve “new missions.” Campaign leaflets are littered around the […]
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