Continuation of dialogue in Brussels, major issues still on the table (RTS)
Delegation Belgrade and Pristina, headed by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, met in Brussels for the second time in less than seven days in order to continue the dialogue on unresolved major issues. Two delegations have entered the building of the European External Action Service without speaking to reporters. EU High Representative for […]
Read More →Serbian and Kosovo MPs form a group? (Danas)
MPs of the Serbian and Kosovo parliament who participated in a Round table in Pristina have concluded that it is necessary to establish an informal parliamentary group, noting that despite the differences in attitudes the discussions are necessary, since they can contribute to solving the problems of citizens. The group could be called “Friends of […]
Read More →Mogherini meets Mustafa and Vucic separately (Gazeta Express)
The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Frederica Mogherini, hosted today separate meetings with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, as well as with their respective teams. Spokesperson of the Office of the EU High Representative, Maja Kocijancic, informed about these meetings […]
Read More →Mustafa in Brussels: It would have been different if the special court was voted (Koha)
Kosovo and Serbia will try to reach agreements on telecommunication, the so-called Peace-Park, energy and association of the municipalities with Serb majority. The meeting between the two delegations, led by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, which is mediated by the chief of European diplomacy, Frederica Mogherini, is […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 28 June
• Mini Olympic games for Kosovo Children with Disabilities held (RTK1, Saturday – 27 June, 2015)
• Opposition parties condition discussions for Special Court (RTK1&KTV)
• Kosovo delegation told not to discuss internal issues with Serbia (KTV)
• Serb pilgrims marked “St. Vitus Day” with nationalistic songs (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
US Warns Kosovo of Consequences After Failed War Crimes Vote (NYT)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRISTINA, Kosovo — The United States says it won’t block Russia’s attempts to establish a U.N. tribunal to investigate allegations that Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian wartime leaders killed hundreds of Serbs civilians after the country’s lawmakers rejected amendments to the constitution to allow a Western-backed court deal with the claims. The U.S. Embassy […]
Read More →Kosovo lawmakers reject special court to try ex-guerrillas (Reuters)
Lawmakers in Kosovo on Friday rejected Western pressure to create a special court to try ethnic Albanian ex-guerrillas for alleged crimes including organ harvesting during a 1998-99 insurgency to throw off Serbian rule. The parliament vote, which fell five votes short, represents a major snub to Kosovo’s chief financial and political backers in the United […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 June
• Thaci: We will establish special court next time around (Zeri)
• Haradinaj: We will establish the court on our own (Zeri)
• US says Kosovo trial at mercy of Russia (Indeksonline/Globalnews)
• Human Rights Watch chief reacts to special court vote (Koha)
• EU counts on “Merkel factor” for a successful dialogue (Koha)
• Belgrade to insist on establishment of Association/Community (Zeri)
• Jablanovic: The Association/Community will not be an NGO (Telegrafi)
• EU and Kosovo to condition Serbia with Presevo Valley (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 27 June
• Kosovo lawmakers reject the special court (dailies)
• Internationals disappointed with the decision of the Assembly (Koha/ Zeri)
• Djuric: Serbia to request establishment of the special court from the UN (Koha)
• The new round of the discussions in Brussels, on Monday (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa to meet German Chancellor on Tuesday (Bota Sot)
Belgrade Media Report 26 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I do not and will not give Gazivode (B92)
• PM: Belgrade respects deal made in Brussels, unlike Pristina (Tanjug)
• Switzerland to extradite Oric to B&H (B92, N1 TV)
• Vucic: Decision on Oric is political, Serbia not to change policy (Tanjug)
• Meeting of Serbian, RS presidents and PMs starts (Tanjug)
• Greek PM Tsipras invited to visit Belgrade (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Serbia must not allow Republika Srpska to lose its strength (Srna)
• Dodik: Oric’s extradition to B&H proved the B&H judicial authority is not needed (Srna)
• Ivanic: Division policy continues with disastrous consequences (Srna)
• SBB in HNK won’t enter government with SDA’s radical wing (Oslobodjenje)
• U.S. State Department: Political corruption among biggest problems in B&H (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bosnian Serb leader: Srebrenica was 20th century’s ‘greatest deception’ (Reuters)
• Voices from across Bosnia’s boundary line (National Geographic)
Odalovic: 1.654 persons still missing in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
There are 1.654 persons still missing in Kosovo and Metohija, amongst whom and 535 Serbs and other non-Albanians, said the chairperson of the Serbian Government’s Missing Persons Commission, Veljko Odalovic, on the commemoration of 16 years from kidnappings and killing of more than 50 civilians in Istok/Istog Municipality in Metohija. “It is about huge figure, […]
Read More →Dacic: The Kosovo issue is still not solved, we continue the talks (Blic)
“We do not intend to assist Pristina to become an independent , because you made decision to secede,” said today the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačic, answering the question of the President of the Institute for Democracy and Development in Pristina, Leon MalaBliczogu, who asked him when the Peace […]
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