Belgrade Media Report 29 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Egypt supports Belgrade in UNESCO (Politika)
• Dacic: Pristina’s candidacy hindering Brussels dialogue (Politika)
• Belgrade-Pristina technical negotiations continue (Danas)
• ZSO will be formed on time (Tanjug)
• Milenkovic: Chapters 35, 32 first to be opened (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic’s visit to Kosovo postponed (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Reform Agenda text harmonized with international financial institutions (Srna)
• Crnadak submitted a report to CoE Parliamentary Assembly (klix.ba)
• “Positive Srpska” perpetrator of SNSD’s policy (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Croatian prime minister refuses to speak with Serbian counterpart over migrants (AP)
• Serbia-Croatia Row Exposes Balkan Fault Lines (Balkan Insight)
• Bosnian ex-Minister Charged With Subsidies Scam (BIRN)
Stojanovic: We do not support the formation of Kosovo army (Kossev)
Serbian list does not support the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into the army and the attitude of the List remains unchanged. All discussions about the KSF, that members of the Srpska had with representatives of the Kosovo government, took place in the context of the regular weekly meetings and so members of […]
Read More →Serbia is tapping us from the north (Gazeta Express)
Head of the Parliamentary Commission for supervision of Kosovo’s Intelligence Agency (KIA), Haxhi Shala, said that information that Serbia is tapping Kosovo institutions and security bodies of Kosovo, is true. According to him, this tapping is being made possible by the northern part of Kosovo, adding that institutions should remove their antennas there. Shala made […]
Read More →Kosovo gains funds to fight radicalism and extremism (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met in New York with the representative of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), Chairperson of the Board, Ms. Carol Bellamy and Mr. Khalid Koser, Executive Director of the fund, to discuss Kosovo’s involvement in the initiatives of this organization to uproot extremism and prevent radicalism. President Jahjaga expressed […]
Read More →Russell: Corruption has a high price (Kallxo.com)
The UN Coordinator for Development and permanent representative of UNDP in Kosovo, Andrew Russell, spoke about corruption saying that this phenomenon is not for granted but it has to be paid for it every day. Russell made these statements during a conference for presentation of the Targets for Sustainable Development which were officially endorsed by […]
Read More →Opposition: Over 100 thousand people signed petition against “Zajednica” (Gazeta Express)
Representatives of the Vetevendosje movement, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), held today a press conference at “Mother Teresa” square, where they informed that 101 thousand and 672 Kosovo people signed the petition against establishment of the Association of the Municipalities with Serb majority and demarcation of the border […]
Read More →Negotiation chapters 35, 32 first to be opened (B92, Tanjug)
Director of the Office for EU Integration Ksenija Milenkovic voiced expectation on Tuesday that Chapters 35 and 32, relating to Kosovo and financial control, will be opened as part of Serbia’s EU membership talks by the end of this year. We expect that Chapters 23 and 24, on judiciary and security, will be opened soon […]
Read More →Mogherini supports Kosovo’s European perspective (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, met in New York the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and spoke about Kosovo’s European integration process. PM Mustafa briefed EUHR Mogherini of the progress in Kosovo and the government’s commitment to continue reforms. He also called on the EU to sign with Kosovo the Stabilisation and […]
Read More →Balkans ‘Losing Human Capital’, World Bank Warns (Balkan Insight)
Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia must try to counter the negative economic impact of the steady outflow of emigrants, the World Bank said. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/world-bank-raise-concerns-about-mass-emigration-from-the-balkans-09-28-2015
Read More →Janjic: Do not allow anyone to undermine the ZSO (Blic)
President of the Active Serbia Dusan Janjic said that the part of politicians gathered around the Serbian list, especially in the north, wants to thwart the formation of the Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities and said that Belgrade should not allow it. Janjic said that one part of the political establishment in Kosovo, gathered around the […]
Read More →Opposition boycotts meeting of Assembly presidency (Kosovapress)
As announced, opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – boycotted today’s meeting of the Kosovo Assembly presidency. However, the other members of the presidency did set the dates for the upcoming Assembly sessions for 1 and 2 October. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said that the Assembly […]
Read More →Kosovo: Bosniaks seek a greater respect (Akter)
The representatives of the Bosniak community, the third largest community in Kosovo, have asked the international community to influence the Kosovo officials to indicate greater respect and provide better living conditions for Bosniaks, because they do not have their home country upon which to rely. Member of the Assembly of Kosovo in front of the […]
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