Belgrae Media Report 19 May 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Position of Serbs in Kosovo unacceptable (RTS)
• “Friends of Serbia” in Brussels: Support to European course of Serbia (Radio Serbia)
• Djuric: Trial to Jablanovic is return of verbal act (Politika)
• Senic: Untrue that Gazivode is a condition (Danas)
• Unofficial: President sends Kosovo platform to Prime Minister (B92)
• Vucic complained about Nikolic to NGOs (Blic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• End of political crisis in the Federation of B&H (Nezavisne)
• Covic: In two to three days we’ll know whether we have executive government in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: There are no “Bosnian Serbs” living in Bosnia nor do such people exist! (Srna)
• SDS completely ignores RS’ interests (Srna)
• VMRO-DPMNE: We will not allow change of the Constitution and the name (Republika)
• Nedelkovski: There are Americans killed among terrorists in Kumanovo (Mina)
• Montenegro should get the invitation to NATO before the end of the year (RTCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Violence in Macedonia: Danger or distraction? (The Economist)
• Macedonia PM Defies Calls to Step Downs as Crisis Simmers (Bloomberg)
• Macedonia MP Supporters ‘Outnumber’ Protesters at Monday Rally (Novinite)
• Analysis: The Problems Foreign Powers Find in the Balkans (Stratfor)
• Bosnia government approves 2015 budget (World Bulletin)
Brussels Agreement undermines creation of Kosovo army (Vecernje Novosti)
Official Belgrade argues that creation of the Kosovo army can’t be linked with creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities. One of the options would be an agreement on the regional command for the north. Transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an army was not a topic in the ongoing dialogue in Brussels, thus […]
Read More →Still uncertain whether army goes in package with the A/CSM (RTK2)
Despite speculations in certain media, there are still no indications that Kosovo parliament will debate at the same time about the draft law on transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into Kosovo army and on the draft law on Association/Community of Serb municipalities. “That is possible in technical and procedural terms. Officially, no one talked […]
Read More →Only one application so far for prosecutors’ post in North Mitrovica (KoSSev)
Only one application has been submitted so far for the prosecutors’ post in North Mitrovica following the vacancy published in accordance with the agreement on judiciary. The deadline for applications expires on 25 May. Prosecutorial and Judicial councils of Kosovo have published vacancies on 25 March for Serb prosecutors and judges, 15 prosecutors and 48 […]
Read More →Vucic Complains about Serbian President to NGO Officials (Blic, VIP)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is creating serious problems for the Serbian Government with his platform for Kosovo, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told representatives of nongovernmental organizations, adding that he learned about the content of the document from the media, Blic reports on Monday. “Nikolic is creating serious problems for me with the platform, and I […]
Read More →Dacic: Serb status in KiM unacceptable, below CoE standards (Blic, Tanjug)
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Tuesday that the position of Serbs in Kosovo is unacceptable and is far below the Council of Europe (CoE) standards in terms of respect for human rights. He underscored that Serbia supports every CoE effort aimed at improvement of CoE standards in Kosovo to the […]
Read More →Request of Thaci remains only a request (Danas)
It is not surprising that Mr. Hashim Thaci asked the Vatican to accept the diplomatic representatives of Pristina, though he would rather asked for some kind of “liaison officer” in Rome, such as the Government of Serbia agreed to it in Belgrade for obvious practical reasons. In any case, the request of Mr. Thaci remained […]
Read More →Klina mayor condemns recent thefts on Serb properties (Indeksonline)
Sokol Bashota, the Mayor of Klina municipality, today strongly condemned the recent thefts on Serb properties in this municipality and called on law enforcement authorities to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Bashota also said that law enforcement authorities should conduct more frequent controls in order to increase the level of security for […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly will not address special court on 21 May (Koha/Telegrafi)
The Presidency of the Kosovo Assembly today did not include on the agenda of 21 May the constitutional amendments required for the establishment of the special court that will address war crimes allegations. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli told reporters after the meeting that additional consultations were needed to reach a consensus among the parliamentary parties. […]
Read More →Mustafa denies he had prior knowledge of Kumanovo events (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa expressed concern over, as he said, attempts to manipulate the public by allegations that he had prior information from the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (KIA) about events in Kumanovo, FYROM. “We assure the public opinion that if the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo had such information, not only would he […]
Read More →Not truth that Gazivode is the condition (Danas)
The last three years the incompetent government has set deadlines and goals that it could not meet, thus creating unrealistic expectations among citizens. Last year, there were speculations that the opening of negotiating chapters with the EU will be in July, and in October, then in December. Chapters are not opened, and the government blames […]
Read More →Jahjaga swears in new judges (RTK)
President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga has today sworn in 41 new judges that will begin work in different Kosovo courts. Jahjaga asked the new judges to be independent, professional and honest in their work. “The time has come to see a justice system that functions on the principle that no one is above the law. […]
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