Belgrade Media Report 28 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Vandalism must not be rewarded with UNESCO membership (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic: Difficult diplomatic battle in UNESCO (RTS)
• Djuric: Pristina approaching ZSO with insufficient enthusiasm (TV Pink)
• Serbian blue helmets in UNIFIL mission (Tanjug)
• Trial of KLA members for crimes at watchtowers (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• OHR and Constitutional Court of B&H must stop the referendum in RS (klix.ba)
• Referendum in March or summer (Nezavisne)
• Delic: Dodik needs to dismiss the RS government and call new elections (Novo Vrijeme)
• Bosniak representatives to submit an appeal on the referendum (klix.ba)
• Izetbegovic and Radoncic for inter-Bosniak dialogue (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Tensions Between Croatia, Serbia Ease After EU Intervention (RFE/RL)
• Serbia reopens border for Croatian trucks, goods (Xinhua)
• Macedonia Govt Plans Biggest Ever Budget (BIRN)
• Op-ed: A Tale of Two Countries (Balkanist)
Don’t reward Pristina for destruction of heritage (B92)
Ivica Dacic addressed a UN gathering in New York on Sunday and spoke about the destruction of monuments of cultural and historical heritage in Kosovo. He asked that “Kosovo not be rewarded for such activity” by allowing Pristina to join UNESCO. Speaking during a gathering dubbed “Protecting cultural heritage – an imperative for humanity,” the […]
Read More →“We expect continuation of the search for the bodies of the missing” (Kossev)
President of the Government Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalovic said he expected the continuation of the search of multiple locations for which there was information to contain the bodies of Serbs and non-Albanians killed during the armed conflict in Kosovo. He also noted that there was no request from Pristina side which had not been […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo focused on UNESCO and visas (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, is participating at the UN General Assembly in New York. Thaci said that Kosovo is a few weeks away from UNESCO’s voting for its membership and from other processes such as positive assessment for visa liberalization. This is his complete posting on Facebook: “I […]
Read More →Jordan supports Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO (RTKLive)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, within the activities on the occasion of the UN General Assembly meeting, met in New York with King Abdullah II of Jordan. President Jahjaga and King Abdullah discussed the continuation of cooperation between the two countries, especially in the process of international recognition of Kosovo and in the fields of economy […]
Read More →300 houses for Serb displaced persons (Zeri)
The paper reports that the representatives of the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian Government, during an OSCE event in Poland will present a project named Sunny Valley, which aims to solve the problem of Serb refugees from around the world. The project foresees building of 300 houses in Mitrovica North. The deputy director, Dusan […]
Read More →Libya will continue support for Kosovo (RTK)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, met today in New York the President of the Libyan Council of Deputies, Agila Saleh and discussed deepening of bilateral relations and mutual recognition of statehood. President Jahjaga called on Libya to support Kosovo in gaining membership in international organisations, particularly UNESCO. The Libyan official said Kosovo is an example […]
Read More →Lessons from Kosovo for the refugee crisis (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his opinion piece that the current leaders of the European Union are finding it difficult to make big decisions when it comes to, what they are calling, the biggest refugee crisis in the history of the European Union. “The only person up to the task is German Chancellor Angela […]
Read More →George Soros: Rebuilding the Asylum System (Koha)
The European Union needs to accept responsibility for the lack of a common asylum policy, which has transformed this year’s growing influx of refugees from a manageable problem into yet another political crisis. Each member state has selfishly focused on its own interests, often acting against the interests of others. This precipitated panic among asylum […]
Read More →Djuric, EU officials discuss agreements with Pristina (RTS, Blic, Politika)
Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric will meet with EU officials in Brussels on Monday to discuss the implementation of agreements reached so far in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. The meeting will also address the topics to be discussed in the next rounds of the dialogue, including the issues […]
Read More →Nikolic, el-Sisi on refugee crisis, Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (Tanjug)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic discussed the refugee crisis and Serbia’s efforts to prevent Kosovo from becoming a UNESCO member with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. Nikolic said that the refugee crisis is a big test for Europe and its […]
Read More →Janusz: Holy See recognizes new reality in Kosovo (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli in a meeting with Vatican’s apostolic delegate Juliusz Janusz spoke about relations between Kosovo and the Holy See. Archbishop Janusz said the Holy See recognizes the new reality in Kosovo and supports positive progress. The issue of Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO was also discussed and Archbishop Janusz said the Holy […]
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