Belgrade Media Report 19 June
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• After the barricades, planters on the bridge (Beta / Tanjug)
• Serbian part of town “for sale” (Danas, by Jelena Tasic)
• Russians want to get EPS through connections (Blic, by Zeljka Jeftic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• “No open issues” between Montenegro and Serbia (B92)
• Djukanovic “to step down, when circumstances normalize” (Podgorica Vijesti)
• INCIDENT IN MOSTAR – Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina burned (Vecernje Novosti / Klix.ba. portal, 19 June 2014)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Upcoming agreement for South Stream construction in Serbia (Energy Global, 19 June 2014)
• Lukashenka Tears Open a Window to Europe Through Serbia (Belarus Digest, by Ryhor Astapenia, 18 June 2014)
• Macedonia Leaders to Meet to Defuse Election Feud (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 19 June 2014)
• Ex-Croatian spy chief ordered to stand trial in Germany (EUbusin
New sports field brings communities together (Zeri)
The “Martin Camaj” primary school in Llukafc i Thate has been given a sports field that will be used by children for different sport activities. Construction of the sports field was supported by UNMIK and implemented in cooperation with the non-governmental organization “Vision 02” from Istog. The municipal director of education, Agim Haxhiaj, in a […]
Read More →Vucic: Talks with Kosovo Serbs next week (Blic)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated today that he will confer with Kosovo Serbs in the course of next week in order to talk about their future and to hear their wishes. “Today, I will talk with the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic about inviting Kosovo Serbs next week in order to hear from them […]
Read More →Peaceful night in Mitrovica, police presence stepped up (Tanjug)
Zeljko Bojic, regional head of the operative Kosovo police, has said that the night was peaceful after the removal of a barricade on the bridge between northern and southern Kosovska Mitrovica. Bojic said that the police presence in the city will be stepped up. A cultural heritage fair will be held on Thursday evening so […]
Read More →German MP: Serbia has not met the requirements (Blic)
MP of Christian Democrats (CDU) in the Bundestag Johan Vadepul said that Serbia has not fulfilled the conditions of the road to the EU. In order to open the first chapter, it is important to complete the process of normalizing relations with Kosovo. Vadepul said that his parliamentary group CDU CSU is not completely happy […]
Read More →KFOR: Removal of the barricade positive, but not and construction of the park (RTK2)
KFOR welcomed removal of the barricade at the bridge in Northern Mitrovica as a positive step which serves the reconciliation, but said in a handout that construction of the park is very symbolic and politically motivated. The handout further reads that KFOR will continue to contribute to safe environment at the bridge and that its […]
Read More →S.D., an Albanian – the true hero of the barricade (Koha Ditore)
KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that he was contacted a month ago by a Kosovo Albanian from Peja, with the initials S.D., who told him that he can remove the barricade over the Iber/Ibar River. S.D. said he was staying in Montenegro when he met a friend of a friend, who happened to be a […]
Read More →Does Kosovo risk entering institutional crisis? (RTK)
Shkelzen Gashi, political analyst, told Radio Kosova that after the certification of election results, President Jahjaga will seek the interpretation of the Constitutional Court and will then nominate the party or the coalition that will govern the country. “The President will be very careful. The interpretation of the Constitutional Court will be in line with […]
Read More →Belgrade made the decision (Danas)
Concrete barricaded at the bridge over Ibar/Ibër River in northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, which was set in 2011 as a ‘symbol of resistance’ of Serbs to integration into the legal system of self-declared Kosovo territory, yesterday was replaced by the “Park of Peace”. The barricade was removed without prior announcement in the night between […]
Read More →Thaci: Reinstatement of barricade, shameful act (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, expressed deep disappointment over the reinstatement of a barricade on Mitrovica bridge. “As Prime Minister of the country, I yesterday welcomed the voluntary removal of the barricade by citizens of the Serb community in the hope that it was a sign of civic maturity. Unfortunately, only hours later, the […]
Read More →KFOR: Garden on Mitrovica bridge, politically motivated (Kosovapress)
Replacement of a barricade of concrete with a garden of trees and flowers was a decision of the citizens but the desire to keep the bridge still closed for car traffic through a garden of trees and flowers is very symbolic and politically motivated, said KFOR. According to KFOR, the garden prevents free movement of […]
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic with his family on St.Vitus day? (Vesti)
Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric visited on Wednesday the leader of Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic, who is in custody in Mitrovica. Indictment against Ivanovic has not been raised, who is in custody from January 27th, on suspicion of having participated in crimes against Albanians in 1999 and 2000. […]
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