Belgrade Media Report 2 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Ljajic: Brussels agreement increases price of “Telekom” (RTS)
• Gasic: Serbia under pressure over high migrant inflow (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic, Chovanec on police cooperation (Tanjug)
• The Serbian example (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Give a chance to a structural dialogue in Brussels (Srna)
• Three Bosniak soldiers convicted of Trusina massacre (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo: the Association of Serb Municipalities (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso)
• Presevo Valley demands the same association as the Serbs in Kosovo (Independent Balkan News Agency)
• Minister signals possibility of allowing refugees to cross Czech territory to Germany (Radio Praha)
Opposition and civil society: Kosovo is being destroyed (Kosovapress)
Vetevendosje movement considers that the agreement signed by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, gives Serbia full rights to control municipalities with Serb majority, and leads Kosovo towards its federalization. They also consider that this agreement will make Kosovo dysfunctional and a great part of the territory will be managed by Serbian state. Also, […]
Read More →MoJ: Law on special court drafted and translated by EU (Koha)
Ministry of Justice issued a statement explaining that the final version of the law on specialist chambers and the office of specialist prosecutor has been drafted and translated into Albanian and Serbian by the European Union. The Minister of Justice, meanwhile, has chaired the technical group set up by President Atifete Jahjaga to review the […]
Read More →Paranoia and the association (Koha Ditore)
Publicist Halil Matoshi says there is a “massive paranoia” in Kosovo right now with people worrying not about what the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities means legally today but what it may mean tomorrow in its implementation stage. On one hand, the Kosovo opposition, says Matoshi, is demonstrating political immaturity by viewing everything through “black, […]
Read More →Jahjaga, lauerate of CGI prize (RTKlive)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjga, will participate at the “The Future of Imact” activity, which will be held in New York, organized by “Clinton Foundation.” President Jahjaga’s political adviser, Arber Vlahiu confirmed that Jahjaga is also laureate for the Clinton Global Initiative (CIG) prize. He added that the President has received the invitation two […]
Read More →The agreement on telecommunications has to be respected (RTS)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic stated on Wednesday that at the meeting in Geneva was told that the agreement on telecommunications reached between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels has to be respected, adding it was also specified that Serbia consent was important in order for Pristina to receive a three-digit […]
Read More →Kosovo analyst: Who is Rama to “reconcile” us with Serbia? (Blic)
Kosovo analyst Lumir Abdixhiku says that Edi Rama and Albania have no right to speak about the Serbian – Albanian reconciliation, “at the same time ignoring the opinion and consent – and thus the existence of Kosovo Albanians who are the only ones afflicted.” “Who is reconcile Albanians with whom” asked Abdixhiku on his status […]
Read More →An Albanian will reveal where is the mass grave of Serbs? (Vesti)
The witness whose testimony could be valuable in solving war crimes from the 90s lives in Djakovica / Gjakove. He decided to entrust the secret to his former Serbian neighbors because he is very old and wants to tell the truth. The witness is willing to cooperate, but insisted on anonymity. He also refused to […]
Read More →Pristina hosts meeting of regional working groups on displaced persons (Kosova Sot)
Special, sustainable measures for displaced persons from Kosovo were discussed at a meeting of the technical working groups in Pristina yesterday. The meeting, organised by the OSCE and supported by the UNHCR, brought together representatives from Pristina, Belgrade, Podgorica, and Skopje who spoke about issues relating to property rights, personal documents, security, and data management. […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Battle for Clean Air and Energy (The Huffington Post)
Last year, $28 billion was collectively spent on climate finance from six large multilateral development banks (MDBs). That’s no small feat, but 2,100 new coal plants slated for construction worldwide threaten to push us over our global 2°C carbon budget: 276 gigawatts are currently under construction and another 1,000 gigawatts are in different planning stages. These are […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 1 September
• The issue of the displaced persons must be a priority for all governments in the region (RTK2)
• Government: Increase of security measures not related to developments in Kosovo (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Vetëvendosje removed the iron fence around the building of the Government (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Court ruling on Muja’s case displeases Prizren civil society (Klan Kosova, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 2 September
• Association/Community to be established through government decree (Koha)
• Mustafa to report on Association/Community in two weeks (Zeri)
• Vetevendosje takes down fence recently put up by government (dailies)
• Thaci: No reconciliation without apology from Serbia (RTK)
• Vetevendosje’s roundtable: Kosovo after Brussels agreements (Kosovapress)
• Modalities of KSF transformation to be decided next week (Koha Ditore)
• Jahjaga: Kosovo will soon become UNESCO member (Epoka e Re)
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- Kosovo fails to overturn power plant award - GAR 26/04/2024Kosovo fails to overturn power plant award GAR
- Kosovo-Serbia Declaration on Missing Persons Remains Unimplemented - Balkan Insight 26/04/2024Kosovo-Serbia Declaration on Missing Persons Remains Unimplemented Balkan Insight
- Missing in Kosovo’s National Day, US Embassy: Families without answers! - euronews.al 27/04/2024
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