Belgrade Media Report 11 September 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Pak: Nikolic unconditionally supports Brussels agreement (Politika/Tanjug)
• Gasic: Serbian Army will protect southern Serbia (Kurir)
• Drecun: Unacceptable formation of community of Albanian municipalities (RTS)
• ZAO versus ZSO (Politika)
• All agreements to be disclosed (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Resolution on Srebrenica thrown down by Bosniak votes in Brcko (Patria)
• Croatian President talked with Covic and Izetbegovic about influx of refugees (klix.ba)
• High Representative meets Croatian President Grabar-Kitarovic (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• As Crisis Mounts on Serbia-Hungary Border, Refugees Face Uncertainty (VOA)
• Serbia’s Albanians Plot Their Own Municipal Union (BIRN)
• Bosnia Plans Justice Reform Amid Referendum Unease (BIRN)
Pristina portal accuses Jablanović that he supports the establishment of Kosovo’s armed forces (Blic)
President of the Serbian List Aleksandar Jablanovic is having permanent contacts with the ruling coalition in Kosovo, and he conditioned his support for the creation of the Kosovo Armed Forces. In return, Jablanovic requested the support of the Pristina authorities to the loyal Serbian MPs, claims Pristina portal Indeksonline, citing sources from the Kosovo government. […]
Read More →A/CAM vs A/CSM (Politika)
Creation of the association/community of Albanian municipalities (A/CAM) in south Serbia has been announced for Saturday as a response on the creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo. The news that so called association/community of Albanian municipalities would be created on Saturday has divided representatives of Albanians in Serbia. Whereas Jonuz Musliu, the […]
Read More →Kosovo Police arrests few Vetevendosje activists (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Police today arrest few Vetevendosje Movement activists while they were trying to put some notes in the official vehicles of the government with the inscription “non-functional”. Vetevendosje activists also damaged the tires of some of the government’s official vehicles.
Read More →Veselinovic: What the government is hiding from the public (Danas)
Janko Veselinovic, a representative of the Movement for the turnaround (Pokret za Preokret), asked Maja Gojkovic, president of the Serbian Parliament to urgently convene a session of the Serbian Parliament in which the MPs will learn the contents of the agreement signed in Brussels on 25 August. The office of Parliament President, however, reminded Veselinovic […]
Read More →Drecun: Creation of the association of Albanian communities unacceptable(RTS)
The chairperson of the Serbian Parliament’s Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said to RTS that creation of association of Albanian municipalities is an extreme and unacceptable thing. In no way can any parallel be made with the Association/Community of Serb municipalities. The main goal is influence on the Brussels Agreement, claims Drecun. Drecun […]
Read More →Selimi: Kosovo has created a powerful lobbying bloc for UNESCO membership (RFE)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi said in an interview for Radio Free Europe that Kosovo has created a powerful lobbying group for membership in the UNESCO. Selimi, who visited the Holy See on Tuesday, said the main topic of discussion there was Kosovo’s membership in the UNESCO. He mentioned Serbia’s negative discourse against Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Many children from RAE communities without adequate education (Koha)
The news site reports that a large number of children from Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) communities do not receive adequate education. The NGO Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians launched a campaign titled “Come and register” in order to raise awareness on children registration in schools. The campaign will last until 16 June next […]
Read More →Dacic warns Albanians in south not to play with fire (TV Most)
Leader of the Socialist party of Serbia and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic warned ethnic Albanians from the south “not to compare the Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) with the formation of an association of municipalities with Albanian majority.” Commenting on the statements of the Albanian leaders from the southern Serbia on formation […]
Read More →Albania’s vote for Palestinian flag at UN to aid Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (Koha)
Albania has voted in favour of raising the Palestinian flag outside the UN Headquarters in New York even though the US opposed the motion to allow nonmember observer states to raise their flags. Albania’s vote is believed to have been driven by Kosovo’s application for UNESCO membership as Tirana doesn’t want to cause sentiments against […]
Read More →Establishment of the ZSO in three months is impossible (KIM Radio)
The head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List in the Kosovo Assembly Slavko Simic says that ZSO will not be formed in three months due to institutional barriers. However, he expects that the elements for the formation of the ZSO will be made soon and that Kosovo’s government will soon request the opinion […]
Read More →Mustafa meets Vanuatu ambassador, discusses UNESCO membership bid (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, met yesterday Vanuatu ambassador to Brussels and permanent representative in UNESCO, Roy Mickey Joy. PM Mustafa informed Ambassador Joy of the progress in Kosovo and thanked him for the support to Kosovo’s UNESCO membership efforts. Vanuatu official on his part expressed his country’s full support for Kosovo joining UNESCO.
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