Belgrade Media Report 30 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Kosovska Mitrovica residents defended the bank (Danas)
• National Bank of Serbia: Serbia’s payment system safe (RTS)
• Technical dialogue on vehicle insurance to be held next week (Tanjug)
• Container full of cluster bombs found near Sjenica (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Husic: Organizer will have difficult time to control protests (Oslobodjenje/Fena)
• Novalic: Labor law is an issue of workers and all citizens (Fena)
• Cvijanovic and Novalic agree on framework plan for reform agenda (Srna)
• Bosniak veto on referendum in RS goes to RS Constitutional Court (Srna)
• Initiative for B&H supreme court without support (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia sees 2015 general budget deficit at 2.75 pct of GDP (Reuters)
• ISIS poses threat to Balkans, ministers say (Balkan Insight)
• Macedonia MPs Stay Silent on Bugging at Spy HQ (BIRN)
Government to submit special court amendments tomorrow (Kosovapress)
The government of Kosovo tomorrow will review and submit to the Kosovo Assembly the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court and the draft-law for the legal protection and financial support for the accused individuals. This was announced today through a press release sent by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s Office. “Submitting these […]
Read More →Thaci doesn’t tell if Kosovo applied for UNESCO membership through UNMIK (Koha)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, at the Assembly session today didn’t answer the question of the Vetevendosje MP Ilir Deda whether the request for membership in UNESCO was made through UNMIK. He said that the request for membership was made in accordance with the laws and the Constitution of Kosovo. “There […]
Read More →Trepca miners warn that they will continue strike (Koha)
The Trepca miners today announced that they if Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa doesn’t take any action regarding Trepca, they would continue their strike which they suspended in late January this year. “The strike that was suspended in January might as well continue again. We demand solving Trepca’s status and approving the law on Trepca,” […]
Read More →Kostic: Intrusion in the Gracanica premises is unacceptable (KIM radio)
Gracanica municipality and its mayor Vladeta Kostic condemned the intrusion in the facilities of the organization that is operating in Gracanica. Recall, the representatives of the Central Bank of Kosovo, accompanied by members of the special police ROSU, intruded into office of Jugobanka AD in Gracanica and took part of the documentation and equipment. One […]
Read More →The risk of long-term emigration of Serbs (Danas)
Nenad Rasic, a deputy in the Assembly of Kosovo At the time it was signed, the Brussels agreement was really a kind of turning point and the first historic step towards reconciliation between Belgrade and Pristina – and from the wider perspective Serbian and Albanian people. But its economic consequences caused fears that it will […]
Read More →Thaci either president or prime minister (Bota Sot)
According to the writer of this opinion piece, Kushtrim Gashi, if the current governing coalition does not manage to implement the agreement between the two major parties for Hashim Thaci to become the president of Kosovo, then this coalition would conclude by the end of 2016, and early elections would proceed. Kosovo would be saved […]
Read More →Documents, equipment confiscated from bank in Serb enclave (Dailies)
Inspectors of the Central Bank of Kosovo, accompanied by the police, took away part of the documentation and equipment from the Jugobanka branch in Gracanica. One of the bank’s clerks was taken to the police station for questioning, Tanjug quoted RTK. The branch office in the Serb enclave was not closed afterwards, Jugobanka, “the only […]
Read More →Dialogue BG-PR in order to complete the agreement on insurance (TV Most)
Expert teams from Belgrade and Pristina will soon meet in Brussels to discuss “the missing elements” of the Agreement on insurance of vehicles that exist on both sides. After it they will complete the Memorandum of Agreement on the vehicle insurance from 23 July, which should introduce major benefits for vehicle traffic between Kosovo and […]
Read More →Germany shuts out refugees with ‘safe’ states list (Deutsche Welle)
With refugee numbers on the rise, German political parties have been wrangling once again over which Balkan states to add to its list of “safe countries of origin.” But whether there is any point to it is another matter. As conflicts abroad become refugee panics at home, Angela Merkel’s government is reaching for time-worn methods […]
Read More →The new political game: UNMIK – Pristina’s postman in UNESCO (Vesti online)
If it turns out that UNMIK on behalf of Kosovo applied for membership in UNESCO, it opens up a new political game, where the UN organization in a direct way interfered with the relationship between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, positioning itself on the side of Kosovo Albanians. Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanasković said […]
Read More →Selimi accuses government of failing to establish Armed Forces (Koha)
Vetevendosje MP Rexhep Selimi accused the Kosovo government today over the constitutional amendments for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces. During his address in the Assembly, Selimi said “a dirty game” is being played with the fate of the armed forces. “Knowing that the constitutional amendments require a double majority in the Assembly, knowing […]
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