SRSG Zahir Tanin arrives in Kosovo – UNMIK Press release
UNMIK/PR/1818 Friday, 9 October 2015 SRSG Zahir Tanin arrives in Kosovo PRISTINA – Mr. Zahir Tanin arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday to take up the leadership of UNMIK as Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Mr. Tanin previously served as Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations from 2006, during which time he led international […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Drecun: Attempts for Serbia to change stand on Kosovo’s status (Tanjug)
• Tanaskovic: Kosovo almost certainly on agenda of UNESCO Executive Council (Tanjug)
• Trap in 49 points (Novosti)
• Dacic: Refugee crisis increasingly difficult to deal with (Tanjug)
• OMIK condemns violence in Kosovo Assembly (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDA Presidency unanimously accepted coalition with SBB (Nezavisne)
• Bosic: No conditions for the reconfiguration of power at B&H level (Srna/Oslobodjenje)
• B&H to submit application for EU membership early next year (Fena)
• Karadzic wrote to Ban Ki-moon (Srna)
• Montenegro: LP proposes resolution on the Stabilization (RTCG)
• SDSM: International community will offer a new electoral bill, without the Diaspora’s vote (Meta.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia snatches 2-0 win in Albania in tense Euro qualifier (AP)
• EU urges Macedonia’s political parties to reach agreement on election reforms (Xinhua)
• Montenegro Protesters Refuse to Quit Streets (BIRN)
Belgrade Media Report 8 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Government warns: Brezovica is the property of the Republic of Serbia (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Brezovica usurped, we are not giving Gazivode (RTS)
• Vucic-Hammond (RTS)
• Dacic: Difficult battle against Kosovo’s UNESCO membership (RTS)
• Rama: Sorry for the stoning of the bus (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Deadline for ZSO statute is 25 December (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Alliance for Change remains in B&H Council of Ministers? (klix.ba)
• Covic: The SDA and SBB agreement doesn’t bother any of the other two peoples (Novo vrijeme)
• Declarations on Genocide not proposed for the new session (Novo vrijeme)
• Durakovic: Vucic was the first to respond to the invitation to come to Srebrenica (klix.ba)
• USAID welcomes new mission director in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Oslobodjenje)
• Moscow authorities against the forcible overthrow of the government (RTCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo MPs stage tear gas protest in parliament (BBC, 8 October 2015)
• Chapter 35 of Kosovo issue “worse than recognizing its independence”: Serbian PM (Xinhua)
• Albania fans arrested with weapons before Serbia match (AP)
UNMIK: Scenes of violence in the Kosovo parliament must not repeat (Blic)
UNMIK today most sharply condemned the violence in the Kosovo Assembly and extreme means used by opposition in order to prevent the work of the parliament and called opposition parties to act responsibly. “Such actions have no place in a democratic society. They work directly against the interests of Kosovo and the interests of all those […]
Read More →Quint ambassadors: Opposition’s actions are unacceptable (Koha)
President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, met today with the Quint countries’ ambassadors to discuss the recent events in the Assembly. The ambassadors expressed their concern over the situation created in the Assembly and the actions of the opposition parties, stressing that the acts that violate the principles and values of democracy are unacceptable. […]
Read More →Drecun: Powerful states lobbying for Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO (Blic)
The chairperson of the Serbian Parliament’s Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, said that powerful states have promised to authorities in Pristina the membership in UNESCO, as a compensation due to the creation of a special court for war crimes and Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM). “They have some powerful states behind them which […]
Read More →Tanaskovic: UNESCO’s decision over Kosovo around 20 October (Tanjug, Politika, KIM Radio)
Considering that 32 member states of the UNESCO’s Executive Council have recognized Kosovo, and that 20 of them have supported Albania’s proposal in writing, it is almost certain that this topic will be on the daily agenda, and that it will be discussed and decision made before the conclusion of the body’s 197th session, around […]
Read More →Pantovic: Witness confirms Ivanovic was helping Albanians (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Trial to the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic and four other Serbs has continued today in front of the international court panel at the Basic Court in Mitrovica North, with the hearing of witnesses of defense Agim Deva and Nikola Kabasic. Lawyer of the defense Ljubomir Pantovic said that Deva testified that […]
Read More →Pedestrian zone instead of traffic over the Ibar bridge (RTK2)
Brussels agreement about the Peace Park in Mitrovica provides that works on the reconstruction of the main bridge over the Ibar/Iber River, between Mitrovica South and Mitrovica North, should start on 15 October. According to the draft project, that RTK2 had insight to, and which is in line with the Brussels agreement, Peace Park will be removed following reconstruction of the main bridge over the river, […]
Read More →Brussels wants more than recognition of Kosovo! (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian Prime Minister said that the EU draft negotiation platform for Chapter 35 is completely unacceptable for our state. “I hope that this awful paper won’t even be discussed”, said Vucic. Requests from the draft platform for ‘Kosovo Chapter’ 35, which has been prepared in Brussels is worse than if they would ask us to […]
Read More →UNMK condemns unacceptable violence in Kosovo Assembly – UNMIK Press Release
UNMIK/PR/1817 Friday, 9 October 2015 UNMK condemns unacceptable violence in Kosovo Assembly PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly condemns the violence that took place yesterday in the Kosovo Assembly, in which representatives of certain opposition parties obstructed the session by extreme means, leading even to some of those present to require medical attention. Such actions have no […]
Read More →Kadri Veseli’s secret mission (Zeri)
The paper’s editor Lavdim Hamidi, writes in an opinion piece today that the President of the Assembly, Kadri Veseli, should be held accountable for the latest developments in the Assembly. According to the author, Veseli should not call a session without creating workable conditions for it. “Even with unreasonable actions of the opposition trying to […]
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