Letter from Kosovo: disarray in the heart of the Balkans (NewStatesman)
The small nation state has not had a government for six months and corruption and cynicism still rule. Kosovo has been without a government since the inconclusive general election six months ago; yet the remarkable thing is how little difference this has made. The other remarkable thing is that the foreigners who exercise real influence here […]
Read More →Kosovo will soon have its army (Turkish Weekly)
The transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into the Army of Kosovo has no other alternative now. The new parliament of Kosovo will vote the formation of Armed Forces immediately after it’s constituted. This was said by institutional and military leaders on Wednesday in the manifestation held in the “Adem Jashari” barracks in Pristina, on […]
Read More →Isa Mustafa’s ‘new mission’ (GazetaExpress)
Armand Shkullaku, editor-in-chief of ABC News Albania and president of the Association of the Professional Journalists of Albania, in a front-page editorial of Gzeta Express, writes that after a desperate attempt to restore Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) as the major political force in the country, Isa Mustafa ended up to where he had driven […]
Read More →PM Vučić and Meuci on cooperation between Serbia and Eulex (Tanjug, IRS, Beta, RTS)
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić received the new head of the Eulex mission Gabriel Meuci, on which occasion he said that the cooperation between Serbia and Eulex would be correct during Meuci’s term as well. The two stressed the need of closer cooperation in battle against organized crime and illegal traffic. Meuci promised to give support […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 November
• OSCE holds conference on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo (RTK2)
• Srpska List demands 7 per cent of Serbs in Kosovo Government (Klan Kosova, RTK2)
• Kosovo and Serbia reach agreement for Green Card insurance (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Bosch expresses his support for UP rector (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 28 November
• Agreement to be signed next week (Reporter.com)
• Mustafa followers don’t approve of coalition with Thaci (Koha)
• Pristina and Belgrade agree on insurance policy (KosovaPress)
• Central Bank revokes licenses of banks suspected of funding terrorism (Koha)
Belgrade Media Monitoring 27 November 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia and EULEX mission to strengthen police cooperation (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: For full security of Serbs and discovering murderers (Tanjug)
• Djuric meets with new EULEX Head (Danas)
• EP passes resolution on Seselj (Tanjug)
• ICTY published appendix on conditions of Seselj’s release (RTS)
• Vucic: EP resolution insulting for Serbia (RTS)
• Seselj denies he was presented with conditions during release and says he signed nothing (Tanjug/Srna)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Vukicevic: Political stability precondition to a stable region (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: There are indications that more parties will support the election of the RS Government (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik forming government, opposition throwing accusations (Dnevni avaz)
• The accomplice suspected of war crimes in Grbavica, arrested in Rogatica (Oslobodjenje)
• Meron expressing condolences (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Letter from Kosovo: disarray in the heart of the Balkans (New Statesman)
• Kosovo Veterans Demand University Privileges for Children (BIRN)
• EU Lawmakers Condemn Seselj, Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law, IS (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty)
Less room for Serbs in the new Kosovo government (KiM radio)
Political analyst Dusan Janjic said that the new Kosovo government would be stable, because the opposition is divided, and that the Serbs in it would have fewer seats than before, and that they should be happy if they had a minister and vice president. Janjic said in an interview for weekly NIN that Serbs did […]
Read More →Kosovo under the flag of ‘great Albania’ (Vesti)
While most Kosovo leaders officially claim that they don’t support ‘great Albania’, judging by the displayed flags in Kosovo, the old ‘project’ seemingly became a legitimate and indisputable. The feature which presents a direct attack on Serbian territories, but sovereignty of Montenegro, Macedonia and Greece too, is not a matter of an individual presenting his […]
Read More →Rasic: Unfinished integration of Serbs a trump for more posts (RTK2)
Coalition made of the two biggest Kosovo Albanian parties will decrease the influence of the Serbian community representatives, said the President of the Progressive Democratic Party, Nenad Rasic. He added that integration of Serbs into Kosovo society is not over yet, what might be a trump for winning more political posts in the future Kosovo […]
Read More →OSCE campaign: Real men never hit a woman (KiM radio)
The campaign, on the occasion of 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women aims to support the efforts of the Victim Advocacy and Protection Office, to prevent domestic violence and motivate the public to report any case to the Victim Advocates helpline: 0800 11 11 2. “Domestic violence is a widespread phenomenon in Kosovo, […]
Read More →Stefanovic with Meucci about situation in Kosovo (RTS)
Serbian Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, said to Gabriele Meucci, the Head of EULEX Mission in Kosovo, that interest of Serbia is achieving full security of the Serbian population in the province. Stefanovic pointed out the expectation that the suspect in the murder of Serbian gendarme Stevan Sinđelić will be found. He said that Serbia has […]
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