Belgrade Media Report 31 July 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Brussels dialogue victim of disagreement in Kosovo Assembly (Danas)
• Concealing details on UNESCO candidacy (Danas)
• Tadic: I will not be a candidate for UN Secretary-General (Politika)
• Joksimovic: EU assistance needed in providing for migrants (RTS)
• West finds Kosovo more important than Dodik (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Another extraordinary session of FB&H parliament after labor law adopted (Srna)
• Mektic dissatisfied with the discussion on the Srebrenica events (Srna)
• EU statement on new FB&H labor law (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Under Western pressure, Kosovo to put war crimes court to new vote (Reuters)
• Humanitarian crisis in Serbia as refugees stream in (AFP)
• Serbia’s Plan for Refugees ‘Likely to Fail’ (BIRN)
Konjufca: Thaci is blackmailing his MPs for special court (Telegrafi)
The head of the Vetevendosje parliamentary group, Glauk Konjufca, said today that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci is using undemocratic means to convince his MPs to vote in favor of special court. Konjufca during the meeting of the Assembly Presidency said that Thaci was blackmailing his MPs by telling them that they would not be […]
Read More →AAK proposes resolution on genocide in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
The head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Donika Kadaj – Bujupi, today proposed a resolution on the genocide in Kosovo during the 1999 conflict. This proposal was made during the meeting of the Presidency of the Assembly and has received support from other parliamentary groups. Kadaj – Bujupi is demanding […]
Read More →Assembly to vote on special court on Monday (Koha)
The Presidency of the Assembly of Kosovo decided today that the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court to be put into a vote on Monday. At the time when the Presidency voted on the agenda for the Monday’s session, opposition representatives abandoned the meeting.
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic believes that the court proceeding is in its final stage (Kontakt Plus radio)
Leader of Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic said that he believes that the judicial proceedings against him are in the final stage. “Till now were interrogated 43 witnesses, but none of them connected me with the acts I‘ve been accused for. Some of them resolutely refused to deal with speculations, although the prosecutor persistently directed […]
Read More →Simic: When the attacks on Serbs will stop? (KIM Radio)
Head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simic asked the MPs in the Kosovo Assembly and Interior Minister Skender Hyseni “When will stop attacks on Serbs in Kosovo,” recalling recent attacks in Gorazdevac, Klina/Kline and Kisnica. “In the first six months of this year were recorded about 180 ethnically motivated attacks, particularly […]
Read More →Hiding details about candidacy for UNESCO (Danas)
The Presidency of Kosovo did not respond to the question sent by the journalist of this newspaper on whether the request for the membership in UNESCO was signed by President Jahjaga. Kosovo FM Thaci also avoided answering to this question, raised by some MPs, at yesterday’s session in the Kosovo Parliament. Thaci briefly told MPs […]
Read More →“No results without Haradinaj” (Danas)
Yesterday in Pristina, the main topics were “securing” of parliamentary majority for the adoption of constitutional amendments related to the establishment of the Special Court and details of Kosovo’s candidacy to UNESCO. In both cases, everything revolved around the head of the Kosovo diplomacy and PDK leader Hashim Thaci, who promised the West that supposedly […]
Read More →Mustafa’s devilish game with President Rugova’s son (Gazeta Blic)
Florim Zeqa criticizes in his opinion piece the current Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, for not keeping the promises made during the election campaign. Mentioning the promises to reduce the governing cabinet, return of the Dardanian flag and change of Kosovo’s anthem, fighting of those who have caught up Kosovo as well as the […]
Read More →FM: Admitting Kosovo to UNESCO would be “harmful move” (B92)
Serbia will do everything it can to make it clear to UNESCO members that allowing Kosovo to join this organization would be a harmful move. This is what Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in parliament on Thursday, answering questions from deputies. “The main intention of the promoters of this initiative is to turn the […]
Read More →Kosovo Govt Prepares New War Crimes Court Vote (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo government announced on Thursday that it is ready to call another vote on the controversial special court afterit failed to gain approval in parliament last month because of opposition from many MPs. A date for the parliamentary session has not been set, but the government said it would meet on Friday and reinitiate […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 30 July
• Special Court to be reprocessed on Friday (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi does not tell how the request for application to UNESCO was done (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Grabovci instructed MPs about selection of RTK Board Members (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Assembly approves draft law on digitalization of terrestrial broadcasting transmissions (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Slobodan Gavric appeared at trial (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
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