Belgrade Media Report 22 September 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic announces meetings and diplomatic activities of Serbian delegation to UN (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia expects opening of some chapters by end of year (Beta)
• Results of joint session of two governments (Politika/FoNet/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Return of displaced unsatisfactory (RTS/Tanjug)
• Kurz: Important role of Austria in B&H (Danas)
• Talks with EU according to plan, EU supports saving measures (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Elections: High numbers of candidates for the Assemblies (Oslobodjenje)
• EU welcomes normalisation of energy ties between Kosovo, Serbia (Kuna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia on the Forefront for South Stream (Natural Gas)
• Serbia Says Bets Off For South Stream (New Europe)
• Gazprom, Bosnia agree gas supplies terms (New Europe)
• IMF to halt aid to Bosnia until agreed policies implemented (Reuters)
• Bosnian Serb leader says Russia will loan region 500-700 mln euros (Reuters)
• Analysis: Bosnian Election Campaign Sparks Outrage and Despair (BIRN)
Meeting between bloc’s leaders (Kosovapress)
Leaders of the coalition between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje have begun a meeting which is expected to focus on future steps following the end of the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly by the chairperson, Flora Brovina. The meeting is taking […]
Read More →Kosovo, a hotbed of Jihad? (RTS)
Kosovo authorities have detained around 60 persons under suspicion for participation in the war for the so called Islamic state or under suspicion for indoctrination and recruiting of fighters for battles in Syria and Iraq. Arrests took place out of fear that actions similar to those in Syria and Iraq could take place in Kosovo […]
Read More →Prison for Thaci, Haradinaj, Limaj, Krasnici (Vesti online)
Indictments for the Albanian leaders, which are already certain, and attempts to erase their criminal past are blocking the Kosovo institutions. Hashim Thaci is trying to stay in office, in order to prevent an indictment for trafficking in human organs, which, according to the Court sources, a special prosecutor Clint Williamson has already prepared. The […]
Read More →Brovina appeals for a political agreement between political parties (Radio Dukagjini)
Chairperson of constitutive session of Kosovo Assembly, Flora Brovina, appealed to other political subjects to make an agreement before the continuation of the session, while, according to her, without a political agreement the session should not continue, because the outcome will be the same as in the last session, but deputy head of LDK, Haki […]
Read More →Recognition by Vatican (Tribuna)
The outgoing Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Petrit Selimi, writes that the visit of Pope to Albania, was the story which dominated media during the weekend. Also, over 300 thousand Albanians who waited on him, published thousands of pictures in social networks, while government and opposition politicians spoke about the importance of this visit. However, […]
Read More →The international community does not see a solution that would save face of all Kosovo politicians (Koha Ditore)
Augustin Palokaj, Brussels based correspondent of this daily, writes that if the joint efforts of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), President Atifete Jahjaga and the Constitutional Court manage to impede building of the institutions of Kosovo by the after election coalition, they will create a precedent in Europe. Many officials in Europe consider that […]
Read More →KP: No one refused to take part in the arrest of imams (Lajmi)
Reports that eleven officers of the Kosovo Police special unit refused to carry out the order to arrest several imams last week were dismissed by the Kosovo Police. KP spokesperson, Brahim Sadriu, said there is no truth to the reports.
Read More →Alaska paratroopers are headed to Kosovo for peacekeeping mission (Alaska Dispatch))
Sean Doogan September 19, 2014 About 350 Anchorage-based paratroopers will be deploying to Kosovo at the end of the month. Elements of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division will first spend a month in Germany for training before heading to two NATO camps in Kosovo, a country torn apart by war […]
Read More →Krasniqi: We decide who represents Kosovo in the dialogue, not Serbia (Lajmi)
Former Kosovo Assembly speaker and co-founder of Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Jakup Krasniqi, reacted to the statement of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo chief, Marko Djuric, who said that Albin Kurti cannot lead the Pristina delegation in dialogue with Belgrade. Krasniqi said that Djuric can decide about the representation of Serbia in the dialogue […]
Read More →UNDP launches global activities week (Koha)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch today the global innovation week, SHIFT, and in cooperation with Municipality of Gjakova, there will be direct consultations with citizens to identify what ate the main issues in the environment field and design adequate solutions. The activity is part of the Social Good Summit, SGS, being hosted in […]
Read More →Lesak seeks merging with Serbia (Vesti)
Citizens of Lesak, village in Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality with around 6.000 inhabitants, have launched the initiative to merge with the Serbia proper, where they used to belong until 1959. More than 10.000 Serbs were back than ‘pushed’ by the will of one man with the (Communist) party decree to the Autonomous Province of Kosovo, which will […]
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