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 […]
Read More →War veterans protest in front of Pristina University Rectorate (all media)
The war veterans of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) have protested today in front of the Rectorate of the University of Pristina (UP) demanding the automatic admission of 1,000 students who are children of war veterans and martyrs. The war veterans are claiming that UP Rector Ramadan Zejnullahu failed to respect the memorandum that […]
Read More →LDK’s Hyseni to head Kosovo delegation in talks with Belgrade (Gazeta Express)
Skender Hyseni, a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and former Minister for Foreign Affairs, is expected to lead the Kosovo delegation in talks with Belgrade in Brussels. Unidentified sources told the news website that Hyseni however would not get the post of Minister of Foreign Minister. “Both parties [the LDK and the […]
Read More →Thaci: We will give the country stable and dignified institutions (Koha)
Acting Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, said today at the government meeting that the new coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has pledged to contribute to Kosovo’s development and integration. “We will give the country stable and democratic institutions, with credible people”, said Thaci. He added that the […]
Read More →Mustafa to call off agreement with Thaci if he does not become prime minister (Gazeta Blic)
Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, before signing coalition agreement with leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, had imposed certain conditions to the PDK, the main one being that Mustafa becomes the future prime minister of Kosovo. Sources inside the LDK said that if this condition is not met, […]
Read More →UN Women, 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Telegrafi)
On the occasion of the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), United Nations Development Coordinator in Kosovo, Andrew Russell, officially opened the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, which is marked annually worldwide with the aim of raising awareness and promoting actions to prevent violence against women. UN Women, on […]
Read More →Bosch to the new government: stay away from the justice system (RTK Live)
The Dutch Ambassador in Kosovo, Robert Bosch has requested from the new government to stay away from the justice system in Kosovo, RTK Live reports. According to the news portal, Bosch said that the number one priority for the next government must be the rule of law and the fight against corruption. Bosch also stressed that […]
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