Belgrade Media Report 15 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (RTS)
• Pak: Nikolic supports referendum on Kosovo and Metohija (TV Pink)
• Ten contentious points of the EU draft resolution (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Ensure safe future for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Dittman: Kosovo recognition not chapter opening condition (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SDA-SBB coalition agreed at all levels, signing next week (Oslobodjenje)
• SB&H and A-SDA left without ministerial posts (Patria)
• Flag resembling ISIL appears outside B&H Presidency (Srna)
• Conference on Dayton Peace Agreement (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia cries foul over Kosovo, Germany says complaints unfounded (Reuters)
• EU Acts to Redirect Bosnian Serb Referendum Drama (BIRN)
Drecun: Kosovo Serbs should have safe future (Tanjug)
It must be ensured that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija have sustainable prospects and a safe future, the chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in the Serbian parliament, Drecun said that normalisation of relations with Albanians living in Kosovo and Metohija is important […]
Read More →Veseli: Opposition is misusing the Assembly (media)
Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said in a press conference that opposition parties must reflect and return to the Assembly. He said that the Assembly would not be stopped by threats coming from the opposition or teargas canisters. Veseli argued that “the minority opposition was misusing the Assembly and that their arguments are ungrounded”. “The […]
Read More →Pacolli: Kosovo needs new elections (Gazeta Blic)
The New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) leader Behxhet Pacolli said today that the Kosovo government should resign and make way for early parliamentary elections. “I am confident that the country does not need the recent events and sights at the Kosovo Assembly. The people of Kosovo today are faced with survival problems and the Mustafa government […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Insistence to hold Assembly session is provocation and immaturity (media)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj posted on his Facebook account that the insistence to hold the session of the Kosovo Assembly is a provocation, political immaturity and lack of state leadership. “The political leaders of this country cannot pretend as if everything is normal. The country has reached a […]
Read More →Vetevendosje’s Deda calls for joint meeting of political leaders (media)
Vetevendosje MP Ilir Deda said a joint meeting of political leaders is needed to overcome the current situation. “One can see that a solution cannot be found through Assembly sessions. The leaders of the five political leaders should meet and find a solution to the problem through dialogue. The government should invite the opposition to […]
Read More →Konjufca: We’ll use all means to stop Assembly session (Klan Kosova)
Vetevendosje parliamentary group chief Glauk Konjufca told Klan Kosova that several days ago some police officers, who are against the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, helped the opposition get the teargas inside the Assembly premises. Konjufca also said that all the actions of the opposition should be seen as […]
Read More →Ymeri: Opposition with the citizens will not allow the implementation of agreements (Indeksonline)
The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Visar Ymeri, said today that the Assembly session will not be held as long as the government doesn’t care for its citizens. According to him, the opposition along with the citizens will not allow the implementation of the recent agreements. “The protest will continue for as long as the […]
Read More →Prime Minister silent, opposition divided (Danas)
While waiting for the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić’s solution for ‘very complex situation’ following recommendation of the European Commission for opening the Chapter 35 in EU accession process, whose content has deeply disturbed Belgrade, parliamentarian opposition such as Democratic Party (DS) pledges for more active government’s policy with regard to Kosovo, whereas extra-parliamentarian parties […]
Read More →Pak: Nikolic supports referendum on Kosovo (TV Pink, Tanjug)
Serbian president’s media advisor Stanislava Pak stated on Thursday that Serbia will do everything it can to access the EU but she also noted that the country made it clear at the very beginning of the process that it will not fulfil the condition that refers to recognition of the so-called independence of Kosovo. The […]
Read More →The fall of the Republic (Kosova Sot)
In today’s editorial the paper writes that Kosovo’s leadership has seen fit to sit at a table with Serbia’s leadership but not to consider a possibility of dialogue with the opposition parties after blocking the Assembly’s plenary sessions, attacks with eggs and violent reaction that came after the arrest of Vetevendosje’s former leader Albin Kurti. […]
Read More →Busek: Diplomats to devise certain formula for Kosovo (Tanjug)
The issue of Serbia’s EU accession and its relation to Kosovo will be addressed thorough a certain formula which will be devised by diplomats, believes Erhard Busek, former vice chancellor of Austria. I am certain that the EU will arrive at a decision on Serbia’s membership that will refer to Kosovo as part of this […]
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