Belgrade Media Report 27 March 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic with Mogherini: Serbia wants to be part of the European family (Tanjug)
• Mogherini: Opening of first chapters this year (Tanjug/Beta)
• Mogherini meets with Serbian parliament speaker (Tanjug)
• After Dacic’s coffee with Thaqi, Vucic talked with Mustafa over the phone (Politika)
• Oliver Ivanovic’s attorney: Prosecutor suffered a debacle (Politika)
• Informer editor fined for insulting texts about Albanians (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• DF: Mandilovic will declare himself an Other, FB&H government and Council of Ministers must be appointed on same date at same hour (Patria)
• Covic: Deadline for formation of authorities 31 March (Srna)
• Dodik: Skrbic could not have been dismissed (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Just a phone call away, Serbia and Kosovo forego foreign mediators (Reuters)
• Don’t leave Serbia to Russia and China (EUObserver)
• 64-year old Bosnian war crime suspect Dusko Dabetic caught in Antalya, Turkey (Daily Sabah/Anadolu Agency)
EU “ready to open first chapters this year” (Dailies)
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in Belgrade on Friday that the organization she represents “sees Serbia’s European future.” She stated that she was “ready for the first negotiating chapters to be opened this year.” “And my main message here is not only that Serbia is firmly on the path towards the European Union, […]
Read More →Mustafa urges MPs to support establishment of special court (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, while reporting to the Kosovo Assembly on Friday, said that the establishment of the special court which will address war crimes allegations, does not affect the independence of the judiciary in Kosovo. According to him, the actions of the government regarding the special court are based on the exchange of letters […]
Read More →MPs of the Serbian List and Mustafa on return to Kosovo institutions (Tanjug)
Representatives of the Serbian List spoke this morning with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa about the possibility for their return to Kosovo institutions, Tanjug learned. In the last two days, several meetings were held. With Kosovo PM and his Deputy Hashim Thaci spoke Kosovo Deputy PM Branimir Stojanovic, Mayors of Gracanica, Kosovska Mitrovica and Strpce, Vladeta […]
Read More →Jablanovic: Within two days we will decide if we will return to Kosovo institutions (Indeksonline)
The former Communities and Returns Minister, Aleksandar Jablanovic, said on Friday the Serbian List discussed with Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa in regards to their return to Kosovo institutions, and that they [Serbian List] will announce their decision within two days. He also said that Mustafa was “too soft” with the opposition parties, which according […]
Read More →Mogherini: We are not turning a blind eye to Serbia (Dailies)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini dismissed claims that the EU “is turning a blind eye” to Serbia’s internal reforms, all because of Belgrade’s readiness to resolve the Kosovo issue. Economic, social and political reforms have to be achieved and implemented without any delay. So, there is no turning a […]
Read More →The decision to suspend the privatization must stay in force (KIM Radio)
Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic said that Kosovo Privatization Agency (KPA) informed him that the sale of enterprises from the so-called Series 27 and 28 in Northern Mitrovica was postponed indefinitely. However, in the meantime he received a letter from the agency that privatization is still continuing. Rakic called KPA to leave in force […]
Read More →Jablanović: I do not believe in the dissolving of Civil Protection (RTK2)
Mayor of Leposavic and member of the team for the implementation of the Brussels Agreement Dragan Jablanović said that agreement on the dissolving of civil protection, as claimed by the Government of Kosovo, was not reached in Brussels. “Pristina is requesting it because it has the wrong perception on the Civil Protection. They think it […]
Read More →Thaci: If Kosovo fails to establish special court, UN will do it (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said on Friday that the future of Kosovo will be unclear if it doesn’t establish the special court which will address war crimes allegations. “The alternative is the establishment of the special court by the United Nations,” Thaci said. According to him, only Kosovo enemies would want […]
Read More →Kosovo Serbs will discontinue blockade (Vecernje Novosti)
Representatives of the Serbian List should terminate the boycott and return to Kosovo institutions, learned unofficially Novosti. According to the paper, the most important step towards this goal will happen when the delegation of Serbs meets with Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa. As expected the final agreement will be formalized early next week. “In the […]
Read More →Women’s participation in security institutions, dis-satisfactory (RTKLive)
During the Week of Women activities in Pristina, on Thursday was discussed the topic of inclusion of women in security institutions in Kosovo. The participants concluded that the representation of women in security institutions is not at a satisfactory level. Women are represented in Kosovo Security Force (KSF) with 8.1 per cent and in Kosovo […]
Read More →The special court (Kosova Sot)
The front-page editorial of Kosova Sot today writes that special court, which must be approved by the Assembly of Kosovo, should not address only alleged war crimes cases. The paper writes that after UNMIK and EULEX failed to reveal serious crimes and corruption cases, allowing political mafia to capture all state institutions and public companies, […]
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