Belgrade Media Report 28 April 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We have done a lot, but we can’t go beyond some boundaries (Tanjug/Beta)
• Steinmeier: Nobody sets new conditions to Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: We harshly condemn terrorist attack in Zvornik (Radio Serbia)
• OSCE Troika: Political dialogue in Ukraine to be opened promptly (Tanjug)
• Vucic interview (RTS)
• Dikovic visits Serbian “blue helmets” in Cyprus (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Terrorist attack on a police station in Zvornik (Fena/Nezavisne, Dnevni avaz/Tanjug)
• B&H Presidency: Threat to security and international position of B&H (Srna)
• Emergency session over terrorist attack in Zvornik (Srna)
• Dodik: Serb entity has right to defend itself (Nezavisne/Beta – Banja Luka correspondent)
• Intelligence-Security Agency knew of the possible terrorist attack (FTV/Factor)
• Galijasevic: Motive of the attack destruction of Republika Srpska (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• New BIRN War Crimes Film Premieres in Belgrade (BIRN)
• Gunman Shouting Allahu Akbar in Bosnia Storms Police Station (AP)
• Bosnian Serbs Raise Stakes After Zvornik Terror Attack (BIRN)
• Bosnia expects to agree new loan deal with IMF: central bank chief (Reuters)
• Bosnia chides Canada over exclusion of Srebrenica in genocide recognition (The Canadian Press)
• Macedonia Police Arrest Suspect For ‘Terror Attack’ (BIRN)
• Macedonia Slammed for Failing to Liberalize Energy (BIRN)
• Russian Statement on Macedonia Infuriates Albania (BIRN)
• Crime Ties of Albanian Candidates Worries US (BIRN)
Kuci: Combating corruption, a difficult process (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuci, today participated in the closing conference of the Project Against Economic Crime in Kosovo – PECK, where it was launched an evaluation report on compliance with international standards in the field of combating money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. Kuci talking about the importance of this project, […]
Read More →Deputy Chief of Russian office involved in car accident in Mitrovica North (Kosovapress)
Citing unidentified sources, Kosovapress reports that Igor Shulyatchenko, deputy chief of the Russian Office in Pristina, was involved in a recent car accident in northern Kosovo. The incident happened on April 18 around 21:30 hours on the Mitrovica-Leposavic road. The same sources claimed that Shulyatchenko was driving drunk on a vehicle with diplomatic plates when he hit […]
Read More →Veseli in Strasbourg to discuss Kosovo’s European integration (Telegrafi)
The Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, on Tuesday traveled to Strasbourg to participate in the seventh inter-parliamentary meeting, European Parliament – Kosovo. The meeting will be co-chaired by Veseli and head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Tonino Picula. The meeting will discuss Kosovo’s progress towards European integration, […]
Read More →Hyseni and Ferguson discuss cooperation between Kosovo Police and KFOR (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni met on Tuesday with the Commander of NATO Joint Force Naples, Admiral Mark Ferguson. Hyseni and Ferguson discussed the issue of security for the people of Kosovo and the rule of law. Admiral Ferguson expressed his willingness and commitment to support Ministry of Internal Affairs in its development path. Topic […]
Read More →Sheikha Fatima to sponsor UAE-funded children’s hospital in Kosovo (The National)
ABU DHABI // Kosovo has awarded Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak the Mother Teresa Humanitarian Medal in appreciation for her constant commitment to improving people’s living conditions across the world. Under the directives of Sheikha Fatima, chairwoman of the General Women’s union and widow of founding President Sheikh Zayed, a UAE-funded children’s hospital will be built […]
Read More →Kosovo Unveils Missing Persons Monument at Parliament (Balkan Insight)
The new memorial dedicated to the 1,650 people who have not been found since the Kosovo war was inaugurated in the garden of parliament to mark the end of Missing Persons Week. The two-metre-high marble monument, entitled To Those We Miss, was unveiled on Monday at a ceremony attended by senior officials including Prime Minister […]
Read More →Đurić: Health and education in Serbia’s system (TV Most)
The director of Serbia’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić said that Serbia has fulfilled its obligations deriving from the Brussels Agreement and expects the start of the process of creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) in the next month and a half. The plan of implementation of the Brussels Agreements is […]
Read More →Ðurić: Peace Park remains until mayors reach agreement (RTK2, TV Most)
The Peace Park can be removed only when mayors from northern and southern parts of Mitrovica agree about it, says Marko Ðurić. Ðurić said to journalists in North Mitrovica that Peace Park exists on the basis of the agreement reached in August last year, and that it can only be removed after mayors of northern […]
Read More →Jevtic: There was no pressure, we received assurances from Pristina (Danas)
After more than two months of boycott, the ministers and MPs from the Serbian list officially returned to the Assembly of Kosovo, since Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa instead of Aleksandar Jablanović appointed the new Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic, who held that function in the previous mandate. “The coalition agreement which the […]
Read More →Preparation of the formation of the ZSO, a test for government in Pristina (RTS)
After two months of boycott due to the shift of the Minister for return, Aleksandar Jablanovic, representatives of Serbs from yesterday again are active in Kosovo institutions. The first test for implementing agreed in the functioning of the ruling coalition will be to establish working bodies to create documents of the Community of Serbian municipalities. […]
Read More →Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights (Koha Ditore)
By UN Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Our world is out of balance. It is both wealthier and more unequal today than at any time since the Second World War. We are recovering from a global economic crisis – but that recovery has been jobless. We have the largest cohort ever of educated women, yet globally women […]
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