Belgrade Media Report 27 October 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia respects UN principles and goals (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Kosovo’s membership in IOC does not solve problems (Radio Serbia/Tanjug)
• Unofficial results of elections for national minority councils (B92)
• Miscevic: Accepting Kosovo in UN is not condition for opening Chapter 35 (Dnevnik)
• Janjic: Attacks on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija never stop (Radio Belgrade)
• OSCE: Serbia respects rights of all citizens (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Official: Izetbegovic, Covic and Ivanic members of the B&H Presidency (Fena)
• Pan-European Union conference ends in Sarajevo: Strong support to B&H European path (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbs Urge US to Support Return to Kosovo (BIRN)
• Serbian parliament approves revised 2014 budget, pension, wage cuts (Reuters)
• Serbia and South Stream – Walking the Tightrope (Natural Gas Europe)
• Bosnia – stabilization stalled in negative peace (TransConflict)
• Macedonia PM Won’t Call FBI into Terror Case (BIRN)
“Greater Albania” desire that crosses borders (Danas)
I am delighted that I am in Belgrade after 25 years. This shows how difficult the path was to overcome our differences and difficulties in communication and mutual understanding. My presence here is the real result of the dialogue that took place at a high level on the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, […]
Read More →LAN calls for continuation of Kosovo Assembly session (Koha)
Leader of Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and post-election coalition’s candidate for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, said after meeting leaders of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) that he will Flora Brovina to call the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly. He accused the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) […]
Read More →Pristina warned from the EU (Vecernje Novosti)
Next meeting of the Foreign and Economy ministers from the region, where again will meet Ivica Dacic and Enver Hoxhaj, will be held in Pristina, by the end of the year. Brussels already sent the Kosovo authorities strict instructions how that gathering should look like. As Novosti learned, they were told that the meeting, which […]
Read More →Recognising Kosovo was a brave decision by the IOC, but the correct one (Insidethegames)
Monday, 27 October 2014 All but two of the questions after the conclusion of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting in the picturesque Swiss town of Montreux last week concerned Agenda 2020, the reform process currently dominating the Olympic Movement. As so much has already been written about this, and will continue to […]
Read More →Court Challenge Threatens Kosovo President’s Position (Balkan Insight)
27 Oct 14 Ombudsperson’s case against judges’ reappointments to the Constitutional Court could disable the court and result in the President’s impeachment. By Valerie Hopkins BIRN Pristina Kosovo Constitutional Court has yet to decide whether it will hear a legal challenge questioning the legitimacy of the three international judges serving on it – and the […]
Read More →Serbs Urge US to Support Return to Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
27 Oct 14 Kosovo Serb refugees called for US embassy in Pristina to protect their rights, claiming they are forbidden to return to their houses in Kosovo. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade The Association of Expelled Serbs from the Kosovo town of Djakovica wrote an open letter to the US ambassador to Pristina on Sunday, urging […]
Read More →Kosovo Mountain Village Faces Educational Identity Crisis (Balkan Insight)
27 Oct 14 In the village of Restelica, home to an unusual minority language-speaking community, parents must decide whether their children’s future is better served by a Kosovo education or a Serbian one. Una Hajdari Restelica The building in the mountain village of Restelica looks like many primary schools all over Kosovo, showing its age […]
Read More →UNDP donates equipment to Kosovo Police (Koha)
A handover of police equipment took place today at the Kosovo Police in the presence of Minister of Internal Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi,United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Andrew Russell, donors, and representatives of the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). The donation of equipment […]
Read More →Gallucci: I have never heard of someone accusing Ivanovic (Politika)
Oliver Ivanovic was yesterday handed a new decision on remand in custody for another two months. CI SDP leader, who has been in custody since 27 January, was accused by the Kosovo authorities and EULEX prosecutor of war crimes committed in 1999 and 2000, for which Ivanovic pleaded not guilty. Former US diplomat Gerard Gallucci, […]
Read More →“Patriots” and Serbia’s biscuits (Zeri)
Editor-in-chief Arbana Xharra argues in an opinion piece that economic reports on Kosovo’s trade with Serbia are the best illustration of “the false patriotism of Albanians”. “Serbia has received no less than €3 billion in cash money from Kosovo since the declaration of independence in 2008. A several-day research by Zeri has revealed mind-boggling figures, […]
Read More →U.S. Ambassador sends message to Kosovo political leaders (Telegrafi)
Tracey Ann Jacobson, the United States Ambassador to Kosovo, has advised leaders of political parties to engage in breaking the political deadlock and to form the new institutions. During her address at the celebration of “The Week for Rights of Crime Victims” in Pristina, Jacobson said Kosovo needs adopted laws “but there is no Assembly […]
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