Belgrade Media Report 30 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Urgent revision of EULEX necessary (Radio Belgrade)
• UK foreign secretary congratulates Serbian PM on reforms (Novosti)
• Dacic: Messages more important than program of Rama’s visit (RTS)
• Dacic receives ambassadors of African Arab countries (Tanjug)
• Jahjaga will not take part in Belgrade gathering (B92)
• Joksimovic: Economy in enlargement policy focus (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDA receives nine mandates for B&H House of Representatives, SNSD six (Fena)
• Izetbegovic: The reality is that Bosniaks will not abolish RS, Serbs will not abolish B&H, and the Croats will not get an entity (BHRT)
• Alliance for Change: Everything is in our hands (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian prime minister grilled on press freedom at London event (indexoncensorship.org)
• Serbia Seeks Swift IMF Loan Deal to Lure Investors, Premier Says (Bloomberg)
• European Union lifts freeze on Milosevic family assets (Reuters)
• Mladic Witness: Hunger Deaths Were Propaganda (BIRN)
Kosovo athletes start training for Rio Olympics (AP)
A week after gaining provisional recognition from the IOC, Kosovo is already preparing in earnest for the 2016 Olympics. Swimmers and table tennis players are in training as Kosovo gets ready to send an independent team to the games in Rio de Janeiro. Memli Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of culture, youth and sports, says “now our athletes will […]
Read More →Either will the politicians lose a little or the people will lose a lot (Koha Ditore)
KTV’s editor-in-chief, Adriatik Kelmendi, says that just as the June elections brought no absolute winners, so will the current political situation bring none of the political blocs as absolute winners. In fact, it turns out, elections produced only losers who, unable to form institutions, are risking making the people of Kosovo losers as well. Kelmendi […]
Read More →Haradinaj: No redesigning of coalition agreement (Gazeta Blic)
Leader of the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, said the Bloc’s agreement will not be redesigned. “I have not been asked to give up the post of prime minister and such a thing will not happen”, said Haradinaj after meeting leaders of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and […]
Read More →EULEX doesn’t deny investigations but does not comment on them (Koha)
European Union rule of law mission, EULEX, was not able today to say anything regarding allegations of corruption. The new chief of mission, Gabriele Meucci, reiterated the mission’s line that “they do not comment on ongoing criminal investigations”. “Bamieh’s allegations are being investigated. These are criminal investigations and I cannot say how far they have […]
Read More →Jahjaga decides not to go to Belgrade (Gazeta Blic)
President of Kosovo has sent a negative reply to the organisers of the Trilateral Commission meeting set to take place in Belgrade from 31 October to 2 November. Klan Kosova sources from Jahjaga’s office said the President informed the organisers in a letter. She justified her decision with internal developments in Kosovo and efforts to […]
Read More →Vetevendosje activists “fish” in front of EULEX offices (Koha)
A group of around twenty activists from Vetevendosje staged a symbolic action today in front of EULEX building in downtown Pristina. They showed up with fishing rods to ‘catch the big fish’ of corruption inside the mission. As baits, the activists attached copies of 500 euro bills which, they said, the mission’s prosecutors and judges […]
Read More →Religious leaders to teach a lesson to political leadership (Kosovapress)
Leaders of Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Jewish religions came together in Kosovo today to demonstrate a spirit of religious tolerance and coexistence. They also called on political leaders to take their example in finding common grounds and not fear compromises. In the second annual conference of interreligious dialogue organised by OSCE, religious leaders expressed […]
Read More →Djuric: Urgent review of EULEX activities necessary (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric called Thursday for an urgent revision of EULEX activities in Kosovo-Metohija and also for judicial authorities to investigate allegations made by Belgrade-based daily Politika, which had accused a prosecutor of that mission of falsifying evidence in the case against the leader of […]
Read More →North Mitrovica: Budget still not harmonized with the MoF (RTK2)
The draft budget of the Mitrovica North still is not in compliance with the framework set by the Ministry of Finance, because as they say, they still did not receive instructions from the competent ministry. So instead of the budget, at today’s meeting unanimously was condemned violence against all communities that are associated with the […]
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic: I am optimistic; I will be free, soon (Radio Kontakt Plus)
Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the CI SDP, who is currently in custody, in an interview for Radio Kontakt Plus says he is optimistic that he will soon be released. Radio Kontakt Plus received the answers to the questions through Ivanovic’s lawyer. Do you believe that you will soon be released and whether there’s any justice […]
Read More →Is EULEX an obstruction now? (Vecernje Novosti)
There is a huge storm in Kosovo at the moment, following allegations on corruption against the international representatives. Rakocevic: Whatever they are, judges of EULEX are better toward Serbs than Kosovo Albanian ones. Pristina-based media are writing on suspicions that several EULEX officials are involved in corruption. The public however wonders – why is such […]
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