Belgrade Media Report 15 June 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia blackmailed by Kosovo (Tanjug/Politika/Novosti)
• Djuric: ZSO prerequisite for freedom and safety of Serbs (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: ZSO will not be a new RS (RTS)
• Pushkov: Russia expects Serbia’s support for lifting of sanctions (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: Oric arrested during relaxation of relations (Kurir)
• Nikolic not going to Sarajevo (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• After his arrest, Serbia sent a new warrant for Naser Oric to Switzerland? (Klix.ba)
• Dodik and Lavrov to talk about British resolution & PIC meeting on June 18 (Srna)
• Dunovic: SDA and HDZ B&H want the SNSD in the FB&H government (Oslobodjenje/Patria)
• “B&H will be the last country to adopt declaration on denying Srebrenica Genocide” (Oslobodjenje)
• Incidents in Split and Zenica residue of Nazi heritage (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Risks rising for migrants entering Europe through Balkans – UN (RT)
• Back from Syria and Iraq, Bosnian fighters pose threat at home (Reuters)
• ‘Reforms Yet to Pay Off’ in Bosnian Serb Entity (BIRN)
Veseli: We will soon vote on draft law on specialized chambers (Kosovapress/Koha)
The President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, told reporters in Pristina today that the members of parliament will very soon have in their hands the draft law on the specialized chambers of the special court. Veseli said after the meeting of the Assembly Presidency that it was of utmost importance for Kosovo to maintain […]
Read More →Hasani: Special court will not violate human rights (Indeksonline)
The President of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, Fejzullah Hasani, said today in Pristina that the establishment of the special court will not violate human rights and freedoms, “because this will be an international court built in accordance with European standards”. Hasani made these remarks at a summit on international law and human rights organized […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly will not vote on special court this week? (Lajmi)
The constitutional amendments that pave the way to the establishment of the special court will not be sent to the Kosovo Assembly this week. The Assembly Presidency met today in Pristina to determine the agenda of the parliamentary session on Thursday and the constitutional amendments on the special court were reportedly not included. On Thursday, […]
Read More →The UN considering establishment of special court (Klan Kosova)
The members of the Kosovo Assembly have reportedly seen a draft on the special court prepared by Russia which the member states of the United Nations Security Council will vote on if Kosovo’s authorities fail to establish the special court. According to the news site, the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has […]
Read More →Kosovo Police has information that ISIS has ordered terror attacks in Pristina (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s security institutions have received information that people close to Lavdrim Muhaxheri, the leader of Albanians fighting for ISIS, have ordered their people in Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to carry out terror attacks in Pristina and Skopje. The news site claims to possess the communication between top security officials in Kosovo […]
Read More →Mihajlovic: ZSO will not be the new Republika Srpska (RTS)
Director of the Office of Media Relations, Milivoje Mihajlovic told RTS that Pristina should not delay the formation of the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. He adds that only the essential solution could lead to peace. “The community was supposed to be formed before the local election, then before the parliamentary elections … All the time […]
Read More →Gračanica: A questionnaire over the employment status causes fear amongst employees in health centers (KoSSev)
Employees of the Health Center in Gračanica/Graçanicë are surprised and concerned with the questionnaire carried out in this institution on whether they would be willing to resign from work. Employees explained that a poll was carried out over their employment status without any prior explanations, aimed at developing a plan on rationalization in the public […]
Read More →America prevents the breakdown of Brussels talks (Vecernje Novosti)
If Pristina does not give up the idea that the Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) will be only a NGO within Kosovo, key negotiations in Brussels could fail, learned Novosti. According to our information, due to the risk of a fiasco, (which would mean the ramp on the European path of Serbia) the American diplomats […]
Read More →Samuel Zbogar: No more excuses for special court (Vecernje Novosti)
I see no valid reason for any further delay in forming the Special Court for crimes committed in Kosovo. The constitutional amendments are already in the assembly and the law is ready, this for Vecernje Novosti said Samuel Zbogar, EU Special Representative in Kosovo. Is there a general political will to form the court? – […]
Read More →Deleting the preamble of the Constitution is the signal that the Serbian government is ready for further concessions (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Program Director of the Bureau for Social Research (BIRODI) Pavle Dimitrijevic said today that the deletion of the preamble of the Constitution of Serbia will be a signal that the Serbian government is ready for further concessions related to the Kosovo. “Deleting of preamble from the Serbian Constitution will above all have political impact. That […]
Read More →Thaci in Oslo: Dialogue will result in Kosovo’s UN membership (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said in a lecture at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) that Kosovo needed to diversify its foreign policy and focus not only on increasing the number of recognitions but also its membership in international organisations. He said however that Kosovos’ top priority is Euro-Atlantic integration. “We are also […]
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