Belgrade Media Report 23 October 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Kosovo wins the battle for the IOC (Politika)
• Regional conference begins in Belgrade (RTS)
• Hoxhaj: Belgrade and Pristina to sign peace agreement (Tanjug)
• The Albanian VIP lounge (Politika, editorial by Dusan Teleskovic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Race for the B&H Presidency: Izetbegovic wins twice as many votes from abroad than Radoncic (Oslobodjenje)
• Goljanin: PDP will not accept coalition with SNSD (Oslobodjenje)
• After election analysis (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Path cleared for Kosovo’s participation at Rio Olympic Games 2016 (Reuters)
• Albania, Kosovo officials visit rival Serbia (AP)
• Serbian paradox: Between Russia and NATO (Pravda)
• Dodik Party Stakes Claim to Run Republika Srpska (BIRN)
Hoxja: Visit to Belgrade a historic event (Tanjug)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj said today that visit, paid to Belgrade by Kosovo ministers on the occasion of an informal meeting of foreign and finance ministers of the West Balkan dedicated to economic management and cooperation in the region, is a historic event and confirmation of normalization of relations. Hoxhaj […]
Read More →Thaci: I have no nostalgia for Belgrade (Telegrafi)
Outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, continues to support the idea that Albanians leaders, including Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, should travel to Belgrade. In an interview for Radio Dukagjini, Thaci said that any time Kosovo is treated as a country, its representatives should take part in meetings such as the present one in Belgrade […]
Read More →Isufi: Coalition agreement will not be revisited (Radio Free Europe)
Deputy leader of the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ahmet Isufi, said in an interview that the agreement with Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje will not be reviewed and that the coalition is stable. Isufi said it is unfortunate that the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has not […]
Read More →Thaci hails Ashton’s role in Brussels Agreement (Koha)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, today met Catherine Ashton who is concluding her mandate as EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security. Thaci praised Ashton’s role in achieving the Brussels Agreement just as former Serbian Prime Minister, Ivica Dacic, did yesterday. “I met Baroness Ashton today in Brussels to discuss the political […]
Read More →Thaci gives assurances that Kosovo will continue dialogue (Koha)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said today in Brussels that he assured the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Catherine Ashton, the European Union and all allies, that Kosovo will continue the process of dialogue. In a press conference following his meeting with Ashton, Thaci said, “Agreement with Serbia was not […]
Read More →Albanian VIP box (Politika)
Belgrade-based Politika runs an opinion pace by Dusan Teleskovic. Invitation to the Prime Minister of Albania to visit Belgrade is the result of honest desire of authorities in Serbia, after 67 years, to relax relations between two biggest nations in Balkans. Did Edi Rama have the same motives after he accepted the invitation? This question […]
Read More →Jevtic: Another house of returnees set on fire (RTK2)
Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic, said that house of Miomir Pantic, in the village Ljug, in Istok/Istog municipality, was set on fire. That is the second case of burning houses of Serbian returnees in Kosovo, in the last 24 hours. “The incident, which occurred in the village Ljug, Istok/Istog municipality, is a […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Kosovo will always be independent (indeksonline)
The conference of the foreign ministers and ministers of economy of the Western Balkans countries has just started. They are expected to discuss regional cooperation and good economic governance. According to Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Conference is continuance of the Berlin Summit led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in August of this year. […]
Read More →Where are the political analysts today, do they not see the results of the dialogue? (gazetaexpress)
Ernst Reichel, Former German Ambassador in Pristina and current Envoy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel for Balkans, hailed yesterday’s developments, Kosovo’s membership at International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as traveling of the two Kosovo ministers to a regional meeting in Belgrade. Kosovo’s membership at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as participation of […]
Read More →Albanian PM wants Serbia “to recognize Kosovo” (B92,Politika,Akter,Blic)
TIRANA — “The sooner Serbia formally recognizes that Kosovo will never again be its part, the better for Serbia and the region,” says Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. In an interview for the AP, he added that he “firmly felt and believed” that “they have already recognized it without saying so.” Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo […]
Read More →Detained Serbs start hunger strike (TV Most)
The President of the North Mitrovica Assembly Ksenija Bozovic confirmed that Serbs from Zubin Potok/Zubin Zotok, Slobodan Sovrlic and Milan Kompirovic, have entered a hunger strike. Bozovic said that Sovrlic and Kompirovic entered the hunger strike because their detention was extended and indictment expanded. She went on to say that families of both detainees are […]
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