Belgrade Media Report 12 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Kosovo to be on Executive Council agenda (Tanjug)
• Vucic sends letter to UNESCO members (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Time for national consensus in regard to Pristina (Tanjug/RTS)
• Odalovic: Expectation for reason to prevail politics (RTS)
• Davenport: Fulfilment of obligations, not recognition (Tanjug)
• Divisions among Kosovo Serbs also endanger formation of ZSO (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SBB authorized Radoncic to continue talks with Izetbegovic (Radio Sarajevo)
• Komsic: We don’t want Dodik in B&H government (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Steps Closer To UNESCO Membership (BIRN)
• Serbian Inflation Slows in September, Supporting Policy Easing (Bloomberg)
• EU Foreign Ministers Condemn Bosnian Serb Referendum (BIRN)
Jablanović: I have no enemies (RTK2)
Mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq, Dragan Jablanović, stated to RTK2 following the bomb attack on his house in village Sočanica, Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality in northern Kosovo, that he has no enemies and that he is not aware why would he be the target of such attack. “I have no enemies, however an atmosphere of lynch has been created […]
Read More →Attack on the church in Lipljan/Lipjan prevented (KIM radio)
A group of Albanians tried last night to raid the garden of the Holy Florus and Laurus in Lipljan/Lipjan, confirmed the president of the Temporary body of the municipality Zlatko Lazic. Lazic said that according to testimonies of residents, after the match Armenia – Albania, a group of Albanians that celebrated qualification for the European […]
Read More →Rasic: Attack on Jablanović’s house a terrorist act (KIM Radio)
MP from the Serbian List and chairperson of the Progressive Democratic Party, Nenad Rašić, today most sharply condemned today’s bomb attack, which he described as terrorist act, on the house of Leposavić/Leposaviq Mayor, and requested from Kosovo Police and EULEX to react and find perpetrators. “Bomb attack that could seriously jeopardize lives of innocent people […]
Read More →Nikolic: It is time for national consensus (Tanjug)
“I think that it is time for a national consensus on how to act further with regard to Pristina, especially because it seems that the West is no longer willing to allow the name Pristina to appear in official documents,” Nikolic told reporters in Belgrade. I can see that there is an unfair game played […]
Read More →Kosovo Steps Closer To UNESCO Membership (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s bid to join the UN’s cultural wing was put on the agenda of UNESCO’s upcoming executive board meeting despite opposition from Serbia and its international allies. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-step-closer-to-unesco-membership-10-12-2015-1
Read More →Davenport: Fulfillment of obligations, not recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug)
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport stated on Monday, commenting on the draft negotiating platform for Chapter 35 concerning Kosovo, that the document does not contain a request for recognition of independence of Kosovo, instead it covers the implementation of obligations deriving from the so far reached agreements in Brussels. This is […]
Read More →Kosovo to host next year NATO PA’s ROSE-ROTH seminar (RTK)
Deputy President of Kosovo Assembly Xhavit Haliti announced that the NATO Parliamentary Assembly “Rose-Roth” seminar will take place next year in Kosovo. He said a meeting of such a level is in the interest of Kosovo and that it is in the responsibility of Kosovo institutions and its people to continue efforts to fight terrorism, […]
Read More →Stojanović condenms incidents (KIM Radio)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović most sharply condemned the bomb attack on the house of the Leposavić/Leposaviq Mayor Dragan Jablanović and incidents in Laplje Selo. Incidents are also condemned by ministers in the Kosovo Government Dalibor Jevtić and Ljubomir Marić. Stojanović, who is paying a visit to Velika Hoca accompanied with ministers Jevtić and […]
Read More →Divisions among Serbs in Kosovo even threaten creation of the A/CSM (Politika)
Deposition of Aleksandar Jablanovic from the helm of the Serbian List had shown how deep divisions are on Vulin’s and Vucic’s people in Kosovo and Metohija. There is no bigger harmony in the Serbian Government than between the Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister for Labor Aleksandar Vulin, however there is no bigger division between […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: Association/Community, attempt at extreme disintegration of Mitrovica (Koha)
The Vetevendosje Movement has categorically opposed the inclusion of the villages Suhadoll, Vinarc and Gushavc into the Municipality of Mitrovica North. Vetevendosje said in a press release that the move would lead to a “silent ethnic cleansing” of Albanians from the area. “This is planning to be done though the signing of a Memorandum of […]
Read More →Kosovo with reciprocity measures towards Serbia (Telegrafi)
The blocking of the Albanian language school textbooks by the Serbian side has forced the Kosovo authorities to impose reciprocity measures on Serbian language school books in Kosovo. The issue was already discussed in the EU-facilitated dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade and the Serbian side pledged to resolve the issue in a matter of few […]
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