Belgrade Media Report 16 June 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dikovic, Farina discuss Serbian Army-KFOR cooperation (Beta)
• An arduous journey to returning seized in Kosovo and Metohija (Novosti)
• Zoran Stanisic fighting 15 years for his seized property (Novosti)
• Brazil devoted to diplomatic dialogue in regard to Kosovo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: We will fight to independence (Novosti)
• Macedonia: DPA not to be part of new govt (Utrinski Vesnik)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Parliamentary Candidate Elvis Pista Shot Dead (The Wall Street Journal)
• EULEX head: ‘Keep supporting Kosovo’ (Deutsche Welle)
• Russian FM to Visit Serbia on Monday (FNA)
• Russian Diplomat Visits Serbia Amid Pipeline Uncertainty (BIRN)
• Sarajevo sends peace message on WWI centenary (Balkan Insight)
• Albanian police hit with grenades during cannabis crackdown (The Guardian)
Montenegrins want to become part of Kosovo Constitution (KIM radio)
The Association of Kosovo Montenegrins called on the future government and the parliament to incorporate Montenegrins in the Kosovo Constitution by the end of this year. Six years ago, Montenegrins have sent an objection to the Kosovo government due to their exclusion from the Constitution. “Unfortunately, today, 6 years after the adoption of Kosovo Constitution, […]
Read More →Constitution of Kosovo cannot be excluding (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj opines that as far as the future government of Kosovo is concerned, the only thing that the European Union is interested in is whether or not this government will continue dialogue with Serbia and if it will implement all agreements reached with Belgrade. Palokaj further notes that “according to interpretations by […]
Read More →Brazil in favor of diplomatic solution for Kosovo (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador to Serbia Sergio Luis Canaes said while presenting letters of credence to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic Monday that Brazil believed solutions to the Kosovo-Metohija issue should be sought through dialogue and called for further strengthening of cooperation between Brazil and Serbia. Our position on Kosovo-Metohija is well known. We […]
Read More →There are no complaints in the EPAC about the procedures in CRC (Radio Kosova)
Elections Panel for Appeals and Complaints (EPAC) has informed that presently there is no complaint connected with procedures in the Counting and Results Center (CRC), which is expected to give final elections results. This institution is preparing about the influx of complains from candidates of political subjects after announcement of final results. Radio Kosova reports […]
Read More →Citaku and Rexhepi take part in the visa liberalisation dialogue (Telegrafi)
The fourth high-level meeting in the framework of visa liberalization dialogue between Kosovo and European Commission took place in Pristina today. Kosovo delegation was led by Minister of European Integrations, Vlora Citaku, and Interior Minister, Bajram Rexhepi, while European Commission was represented by general director of internal affairs, Matthias Ruete, head of EU office in […]
Read More →14 years in search of the killer! (Zeri)
The paper’s editor-in-chief Arbana Xharra recalls an event in March of 2000 when a 25 year-old student from Pristina was killed three days after quitting his job at UNHCR. For a decade and a half his family has not ceased seeking justice for the killing of its loved one but to date the case is […]
Read More →Haradinaj closer to the post of the prime minister designate (Danas)
The Executive Director of the Project for Ethnic Relations in Kosovo Leon Malazogu said to Danas that no matter on results of the Kosovo early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, as the candidate of the united opposition, is closer to the post of the prime minister […]
Read More →Eighty four IDPs homeless (Vesti)
The day after the elections in Kosovo officials of Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) entered the factory Lola in Strpce/Shterpce, took over documents, keys and seals, set their security, banned the workers and the management of Serbian nationality the access to factory premises, and the announcement came that a similar fate may befall and the […]
Read More →Marko Djuric to visit Brussels Monday (Tanjug, Akter)
BELGRADE – The head of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric will meet with European Commission officials in Brussels on Monday to discuss topics relevant to the situation in Kosovo-Metohija following the recent elections there. Djuric will discuss matters related to the implementation of the Brussels Agreement and the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, the […]
Read More →With the youth for ‘Digital Pristina’ (Kosovapress)
Municipality of Pristina is seeking to increase its transparency and to this end began cooperation with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to enable citizens’ access to municipality through different applications. Fifteen teams made of youth had the possibility of preparing their draft plans during three days and will present them at the Municipality in front […]
Read More →How many votes has each candidate won in elections (Lajmi)
According to an unofficial list that the news website has secured from the Counting and Results Centre, leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, is the most voted candidate with a total of 125,509 votes. The second most voted candidate is the leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa with 94,031 […]
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