Belgrade Media Report 25 September 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic leaves for New York to attend UNGA session (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Jablanovic does not represent Serb List any more (Politika)
• Selakovic: EU should say that Croatia violated SAA (TV Pink)
• Hahn: Serbia is not alone in solving refugee problem (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Reactions of B&H officials regarding the issue of closing the border between Serbia and Croatia (Oslobodjenje)
• The EU should resolve the problem of migrants (Srna)
• RS referendum to be held on November 15th (Nezavisne)
• RS enjoys unreserved support from Russian Federation (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU has “serious issues” with Croatia’s restrictions at Serbian border (dpa)
• PM: Croatia Planning to Remove Serbia Border Restrictions (FNA)
• Hungary seeks Austrian support for fencing off Croatian border (Reuters, 25 September 2015)
Brussels seeks “urgent explanation” from Croatia (Dailies)
Brussels has asked Zagreb to provide an urgent explanation of its decision to close the border crossings with Serbia for trucks. A spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief told a press conference on Friday that the request was sent “in the context of an investigation of the legal service of the European Commission.” The EC […]
Read More →Bozovic: The proposed budget is lower for 1.8 million euros (KIM Radio)
President of the Municipal Assembly of Mitrovica North Ksenija Bozovic said that the proposed budget for next year, for that municipality, is about 1.8 million less compared to this year’s budget. She stressed that even last year Pristina imposed budget to the municipality of North Mitrovica. If it also happens this year, the planned capital […]
Read More →Serbian list is already divided (RTK2)
After representatives of the Serbian list sent a joint statement, in which they demanded immediate withdrawal of Aleksandar Jablanović from all functions (which was supported by the Serbian government) some analysts said that this actually indicate division within the Serbian list. Momcilo Trajkovic from the Serbian National Forum believes that dismissal of Jablanović as president […]
Read More →Ramp for the Serbian books in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
Authorities in Pristina did not allow delivery of the school books in Serbian language to the schools in Kosovo and Metohija. Pristina Education Minister Arsim Bajrami has threatened not to allow the delivery of Serbian books until pupils in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja receive books in Albanian language, which were sent as a donation from […]
Read More →KLA War Veterans threaten to protest next week (media)
Representatives of war veterans of the former Kosovo Liberation Army said on Thursday that they will start protesting next week against the government’s decision according to which veterans under 35 will be paid 130 euros a month, while those older than 35 will be paid 170 euros. War veterans claim that they had reached an […]
Read More →US ready to assist Kosovo in combating corruption (Kosovapress)
The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, today during the meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council noted that the people of Kosovo see corruption as a major obstacle, and stressed that combating corruption requires a lot of work. According to him, the US is ready to assist Kosovo in combating corruption. Kosovo’s Prime Minister, […]
Read More →Gracanica and UNDP sign memorandum against corruption (Koha Ditore)
The Mayor of Gracanica, Vladeta Kostic, and head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Andrew Russell, yesterday signed a memorandum of cooperation to combat corruption in this municipality. Kostic said that this memorandum represents the beginning of a decisive war against corruption. “We must constantly combat this bad phenomena, because neither institutions nor individuals […]
Read More →Jablanović dismissed because he formed caucus (KIM Radio)
“The initiative for the dismissal of Jablanović was probably launched because it was known that he prepared group, which was unveiled yesterday, that will represent his caucus within the Serbian List. In this way he disclosed that he has six MPs within the Serbian List and thus showed his power, which I think is a […]
Read More →On society’s polarization (Koha Ditore)
In his weekly column for the paper, Lumir Abdixhiku writes that the recent events at the Kosovo Assembly are a continuation of an anger that resulted from the breakdown of the post-election coalition between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) earlier in […]
Read More →Jablanović is no longer representative of the Serbian List (KIM radio)
Political representatives of the Kosovo Serbs decided that Aleksandar Jablanović is no longer representative of the Serbian List. Representatives of Serbs in Kosovo institutions informed about it the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric and asked him to convey this decision to the Prime Minister and the Government of Serbia. “We […]
Read More →Kosovo Opposition Flock to Sign Petition Against Serbian Deals (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo opposition parties say tens of thousands of people have signed their petition against the agreements reached with Serbia in Brussels – and the deal with Montenegro on the border. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-opposition-protests-deals-with-montenegro-serbia-09-23-2015
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