Belgrade Media Report 13 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• UNESCO Executive Council to examine Pristina’s request for membership (Novosti)
• Dacic: Anyone who doesn’t recognize Kosovo is Serbia’s friend (RTS)
• Nikolic to meet with ambassadors on Friday (Politika)
• Djuric: Unacceptable for Kosovo status to be on the table (Radio Belgrade)
• Serbian MPs: No reason for conditioning Serbia (Tanjug)
• EC, EEAS recommend opening of accession chapters for Serbia (Danas)
• Serbian peacekeepers in Lebanon awarded with UN medals (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Position of EU Foreign Affairs Council – defending previous misdeeds (Srna)
• Dunovic: I will not block SBB joining FB&H government (Dnevni list)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo opposition tries to overturn landmark deal with Serbia (EurActiv/Reuters)
• EU Refugee Crisis In Serbia: Quota A Condition Of Pending European Union Membership, Will Turn Country Into ‘Immigration Colony,’ Official Says (IBTimes)
• Montenegro Gay Pride Postponed Amid Political Turmoil (BIRN)
• Montenegro: Using journalists as political pawns undermines the role of the media (Index on Censorship)
Thaci: Opposition must understand power isn’t won through violence (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister and Principal Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci writes on his Facebook account about last night’s incidents in downtown Pristina. “Unfortunately, the opposition continues to use violence in an attempt to achieve its political objectives. The leadership of the opposition must understand that power is won only through votes and in no way […]
Read More →Djuric: Kosovo status at negotiating table is unacceptable (Tanjug)
Bringing the status issue of the self-proclaimed independent Kosovo to the negotiating table, instead of the normalization of relations with Pristina, is unacceptable for Belgrade, Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said today, adding that the government would be clear about this with the EU. An attempt is underway […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: We are determined to oppose agreements all the way (Koha/Zeri)
In a press conference today, Vetevendosje’s deputy leader Driton Caushi and the head of parliamentary group Glauk Konjufca said they are determined to continue opposing agreements for the creation of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and the border demarcation with Montenegro. Caushi said the situation in Kosovo is becoming increasingly volatile and unstable while […]
Read More →AAK demands accountability from interior minister and police chief (RTK)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said last night’s detention of Vetevendosje’s former leader and MP Albin Kurti is in conflict to the principles of democracy and the Constitution of Kosovo which stipulates that MPs cannot be detained or arrested for their activity in the Assembly. “The scandal with Albin Kurti was premeditated, […]
Read More →State prosecution: Kurti was arrested for causing general danger (Gazeta Express)
The Office of the State Prosecutor of Kosovo issued a press release today saying that it has initiated investigations against certain members of the Kosovo Assembly suspected of having committed criminal offences: “causing general danger” (Article 365 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo), and “use of weapon” (Article 375 of the Criminal […]
Read More →Police: We released Kurti on prosecution’s order (Kosovapress/Zeri)
Kosovo Police Spokesperson Baki Kelani denied the allegations of the opposition Vetevendosje former leader Albin Kurti that he was released as a result of the reaction of Vetevendosje activists last night. Kelani said Kurti was released on the order of the prosecutor and it was on the basis of such an order that he was […]
Read More →Vetevendosje calls for immediate release of its arrested members (Koha)
The Vetevendosje Movement said today that three of its members, who were arrested last night by police following clashes in downtown Pristina, are still being held in detention. “Police are keeping in detention several activists and citizens, including Ylli Hoxha, Uran Hasani and Premton Iberdemaj. Keeping them in detention creates more tensions. We call for […]
Read More →Greek diplomat the main lobbyist of Thaci and Mustafa (Blic)
Greek diplomat Dimitris Moschopoulos is the main lobbyist of Hashim Thaqi and Isa Mustafa for the admission of Kosovo into UNESCO, Blic learns. Dimitris Moschopoulos was the head of the Greek office in Pristina, as well as Representative of the EU for the protection of Serbian cultural and religious heritage in Kosovo. Nenad Djurdjevic from […]
Read More →Serbia between two Germanies and one Kosovo (Politika)
Situation with regard to negotiation platform for Chapter 35, which is unacceptable for Serbia, should be clearer following today’s meeting between prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Vucic and Mustafa, with Mogherini. The emergency situation in the state leadership with regard to negotiation platform of the European Union for Chapter 35 is not calming down. […]
Read More →AAK speaks about blocking Assembly Commissions, NISMA about boycott (Gazeta Express)
Except for blocking of the work of the Assembly of Kosovo, opposition parties claim that they will also obstruct work of the Parliamentary Commissions. The five Assembly Commissions planned to adjourn today at 10:00 hours to endorse the draft laws proposed by the government, will be boycotted by the three position parties, Alliance for the […]
Read More →SPC safe in Kosovo (Danas)
We are very happy that UNESCO Executive Council has decided to place Kosovo on the agenda. That is small procedural victory because Serbia tried very hard to remove this topic from the agenda, said Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi to Danas. When asked whether normalization of relations is possible because many Serbs claim that […]
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