Belgrade Media Report 24 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Fule, Mogherini meet with Western Balkan foreign ministers (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic holds series of talks with foreign officials (Tanjug)
• Vulin: There was misuse of money in Kosovo and Metohija (Blic)
• Imamovic: Sandzak to be organized as South Tyrol (Politika)
• Borchardt underlines good cooperation with Belgrade (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Tihic: Serious health condition (Dnevni avaz)
• Closing arguments in the trial of Radovan Karadzic to commence on 29 September (Fena)
• DUI Leader Ahmeti holds meeting with Peter Due (Kanal 5/Sitel/MTV1/MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• War Veterans Give Croatia Government Cyrillic Ultimatum (BIRN)
• Bosnia Herzegovina confirmed the credit rating to Bosnia and Herzegovina; B with Stable Outlook (Balkans.com)
• Macedonia Ruling Party Threatens Early Election (BIRN)
• Is Kyiv Prepared for a Bosnian Scenario? (New Eastern Europe)
Haradinaj: PDK can organize elections only for themselves (Gazeta Express)
Ramush Haradinaj, the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), objected today once again, after a meeting with his coalition partners, the option of extraordinary elections. According to him, Kosovo cannot go for extraordinary elections only because a single party pleases so. “PDK can organize elections only for themselves, if they want […]
Read More →Vulin: There were embezzlements of Kosovo funds (Blic)
Serbia will prevent the embezzlement of the state’s funds in Kosovo, said Serbian Minister for Labor and Social Welfare Aleksandar Vulin. “Police had carried out investigation and at the time when I was the director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija. We’ve handed over documents they requested from us and I did […]
Read More →Cliff: Coalition wanted Vetevendosje to be given a chance, like it was given to Nikolic (Indeksonline)
In an interview for the website news, British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, spoke about the idea of Vetevendosje leading dialogue with Belgrade and stressed that the international community, and particularly the British Government, are not overly concerned with who will actually lead the process. “Our position is that if there is an agreement that […]
Read More →Kosovo without a reserved seat (Vecernje Novosti)
The renovated hall of the General Assembly has more seats than the UN member states, however that is not an alarm for Serbia. At the moment there are 50 candidates worldwide, willing to become a part of the family of states. Surplus of 11 seats projected in the renovated hall of the General Assembly of […]
Read More →Solution or elections (Koha Ditore)
Halil Matoshi, columnist of this daily, considers that the President of Kosovo, should “inaugurate a round table” where political leaders could reflect and reach a solution to the institutional crisis. “However, she has first to “take over the power” from the current Speaker of the Parliament, Flora Brovina, who is exercising PDK’s permanent coup d’é·tat […]
Read More →Welcomed attacks (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily writes that the attack of the United States and some Arabic countries against the ISIS militants, is good news also for Kosovo. “During the last weeks, Kosovo authorities have handcuffed individuals who induced participation or participated in the war of this terrorist organization. The initiated action aims prevention […]
Read More →Jahjaga seeks US assistance for women victims of rape (Koha)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, met the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Catherine Russell, with whom she discussed the initiatives for empowerment of women in Kosovo. Jahjaga stressed that Kosovo has taken on a proactive approach to increase participation of women in public life and decision-making, including their representation at the Kosovo Assembly. President Jahjaga […]
Read More →President Jahjaga requests from Armenia to recognize Kosovo (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo President, Atifete Jahjaga met with Armenian Foreign Minister, Edward Nallbandian. Jahjaga requested from Armenian Foreign minister requested recognition of Kosovo, while they discussed about international consolidation and processes in which Kosovo is going through. In the meeting with United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Kathrin Russell in New York, Jahjaga emphasized about efforts […]
Read More →Millions Earmarked For Kosovo Serbs ‘Wasted’ (Balkan Insight)
23 Sep 14 Hundreds of millions of euros from the Serbian budget that is supposed to help the Serbs in Kosovo have been misspent, a new TV investigation claims. Gordana Andric BIRN Belgrade An investigative team from B92’s television show Insajder has reported that Serbia paid about €634 million in 2012 and 2013 for different […]
Read More →EULEX fails to arrest suspect for the murder of KP officer (Koha)
An international prosecutor from the Mitrovica Basic prosecution, assisted by EULEX Police, executed an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol for Radomir Kasalovic in the north of Kosovo. The operation was carried out as part of investigations into a number of cases that include murder, attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons and obstruction of justice. […]
Read More →Investigation against Covic close to an end (RTK2, Informer)
Prosecution for Organized Crime is finalizing the investigation against the former head of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic, who is suspected of misappropriating state funds intended for the southern province, says Informer newspaper, citing sources in the Serbian prosecutor’s office. The paper says that Covic and five other suspects have been […]
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