Belgrade Media Report 12 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Naser Oric in prison, Tomislav Nikolic in Sarajevo (Politika)
• Serbian Army members take off for MINUSCA (Tanjug)
• Milenkovic: First chapters should be opened by year’s end (RTS)
• Paquet: Serbia achieved a lot in the field of public administration reforms (Tanjug)
• SRS points to the danger from terrorist attacks in Serbia (Beta/RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• FB&H in an extremely serious crisis, SBB not entering the FB&H government (Srna)
• Zvizdic asking for the release of Oric (Srna)
• Izetbegovic’s protest to the Swiss ambassador because of Oric (Srna/Fena)
• Spiric: The fate of the RS should be discussed in Banja Luka (Srna)
• Reform agenda has no alternative (Nezavisne)
• RS will express dissatisfaction by way of Russia (Srna)
• Russian Ambassador to B&H: No decision without coordination (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Never Too Late? NATO Finally Apologizes for Bombing Yugoslavia? (Sputnik)
• Poland says next NATO summit should invite Macedonia, Montenegro to join (Reuters)
• Swiss arrest Bosnian Muslim wartime commander on Serbia warrant: Bosnian mayor (Reuters)
• Zagreb Slams Bosnia Over Croatian Fighters’ Indictments (BIRN)
• Macedonia detain 128 migrants hiding in five homes (Reuters)
Patriotic Block: On 23 June Vucic will hand over Gazivode Lake (KoSSev)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will hand over Gazivode Lake to Kosovo institutions in talks scheduled for 23 June in Brussels, even though he categorically rejected such scenario, claims Patriotic Block from Kosovo and Metohija in a statement forwarded to KoSSev. “Dramatic call of the Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to citizens of Serbia for showing […]
Read More →EU Office in Kosovo “does not know about any confidential report on Kosovo” (Koha)
The EU Office in Kosovo, through a clarification to media, stated that it has no knowledge of the existence of any confidential report on Kosovo involving EULEX and PDK officials, a copy of which was published by the media few weeks ago. “We have no knowledge of such report and therefore cannot speculate on who […]
Read More →Kosovo Art Installation of Dresses Supports War Rape Victims (AP)
By NEBI QENA Associated Press The red satin dress has a message written across the rosebud pattern: “This dress has a bitter story.” It was donated by a rape victim from Kosovo’s war of independence to hang Friday along some 5,000 skirts and dresses stretched on clotheslines across a football pitch in Kosovo’s capital Pristina. […]
Read More →Hodzic: Soon, aid for maternity ward in Mitrovica (TV Most)
The Head of administration in the municipality Mitrovica North Adriana Hodzic said that the municipal administration today received the required documents, stressing that humanitarian aid for maternity ward of the Health Centre in Mitrovica North will be handed over as soon as possible. Hadzic stated that procedure will start on Friday, hoping that the realization […]
Read More →Jahjaga: The shame is on those who committed crime (KosovaPress)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said on Friday that Kosovo will take care of women, adhering to tell their story because shame is not on them but on those who committed the crime. “This is only the first step and we are left with much to do,” she said. Jahjaga made these comments during the opening […]
Read More →Tahiri: Pristina and Belgrade to discuss the Association/Community (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s Minister without Portfolio, Edita Tahiri, said on Thursday that in the coming days there will be intensive meetings on the issue of dialogue. Tahiri also mentioned some of the main topics that would be discussed during the dialogue. According to her, one of the topics might be the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority […]
Read More →Stoltenberg: I’m sorry for casualties in Yugoslavia, but the goal was to save civilians (GazetaBlic)
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, said today that he regrets the loss of lives during the NATO air operation in Yugoslavia in 1999. “I extend my condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones. The purpose of NATO’s air operation was also protection of civilians and we have managed to do this,” […]
Read More →Orthodox church at UP campus to be treated as special case (Koha)
The Orthodox Church on the campus of the University of Pristina (UP) will not be listed for demolition, even though no one has applied for its registration. Although municipal officials earlier had declared that the church “Christ the Saviour”, built in the 90s, will be treated as all other facilities without permission, on the grounds […]
Read More →RTK 2 in the service of Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija (TV Most)
The director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Ðurić said last night in Pristina, on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of broadcasting of the TV channel RTK2 in Serbian language, that it is very important for this service to function in the interests of Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and to […]
Read More →Opposition to boycott today’s Assembly session (Koha)
Opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – announced they will boycott today’s special session of the Assembly called to mark the Peace Day. Opposition parties said their decision was taken after heads of parliamentary groups were not granted permission to take the floor and address […]
Read More →Barricade on River Iber to be discussed in Brussels (Kosovapress)
Mitrovica Mayor Agim Bahtiri met yesterday the EU office in Pristina’s coordinator for dialogue on the north, Boyd Mckechnie. The two discussed preparations for the meeting of the working group on freedom of movement in Mitrovica that is set to take place on 17 June in Brussels. The Brussels meeting will also be attended by […]
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