Belgrade Media Report 20 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We are doing everything to prevent Kosovo’s UNESCO membership, chances are small (Tanjug)
• Top state, church officials on current political situation (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Vucic has opposition’s support for Kosovo (RTS)
• Pavicevic expects EU’s understanding for platform on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Ambassador Dittmann: No new conditions for Serbia’s EU integration (Tanjug)
• Beckmann-Dierkes: Belgrade-Pristina talks vital for stability (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dr Janev for MINA: Macedonia can use Kosovo precedent at UNESCO for Constitutional name at UN (MINA)
• Izetbegovic and Radoncic sign coalition agreement (Bosna danas)
• Jerlagic: Today we decide whether we are staying in the coalition (klix.ba)
• Spiritual unity of Serbs – best guarantor of survival of RS and Serbia (Srna)
• Wigemark: Implementation of Reform Agenda will take three or four years (Vecernji list)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Report: Croatia could fence off Serbia (Budapest Business Journal)
• Slovenian army to help control migrants at border, thousands held up in Balkans (Reuters)
• New Talks on Mostar, Bosnia, Set to Start (BIRN)
• Montenegrin opposition will demand the resignation of the country’s PM during the upcoming Saturday rally (Sputnik)
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: We are doing everything to prevent Kosovo’s UNESCO membership, chances are small (Tanjug)
Read More →Troika to change Berlin’s text (Vecernje Novosti)
Serbia has launched a diplomatic initiative to change counts in the draft platform of the so called Kosovo Chapter 35, which was proposed by Germany in the EU accession process. In next couple days Serbia will make efforts aimed at having better text of the platform of Chapter 35, through friendly states in the Working […]
Read More →Helsinki Committee: Courageous act of SANU President (Blic)
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia yesterday welcomed a ‘courageous act’ of the President of the Serbian Academy for Science and Art (SANU), Vladimir Kostić, by which he acknowledged the reality – ‘that Kosovo is independent state’. “It would be good if exactly the SANU, with the authority it has, initiates a social dialogue […]
Read More →Jablanovic: I do not know if we would accept another meeting with Jahjaga (media)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, held today separate meetings with the representatives of the 6+ Group as well as with the representatives of the Serbian List, to discuss overcoming of the current situation at the Assembly. Head of the Serbian List, Aleksandar Jablanovic, said after the meeting that it is good that the President […]
Read More →500 scholarships for RAE communities in Kosovo (Kallxo.com)
Kosovo Ministry of Education, Science and Technology awarded 500 study scholarships for children of RAE communities in Kosovo. Minister of Education, Arsim Bajrami, said that awarding these scholarships shows that it’s a priority for his ministry that these children be integrated as equal citizens of Kosovo. Krystyna Marty Lang from the Swiss Embassy in Kosovo noted […]
Read More →Serwer: Opposition risking to face harsh state measures (Gazeta Express)
Daniel Serwer, former U.S. diplomat and expert for Balkan issues, analyzed in an interview for Gazeta Express, the recent developments in Kosovo and the blockade of the Parliament by opposition parties. He stressed that with its behavior, opposition is risking to face harsh state measures and lose support in polls. Serwer said that without winning […]
Read More →Konuzin: EU plundering Kosovo from Serbia, Russia ready to help (Pravda)
Former Russian ambassador to Serbia Alexandar Konuzin wrote in a letter published by Pravda web portal that unlike Brussels and Washington, Moscow will never set any ultimatum to Serbia and will do utmost to help friendly Serbian nation. Konuzin writes that West launched a political and security operation back in 2008 aimed at forcing Serbia […]
Read More →Opposition to the President: No round table without annulling the agreements (Kosovapress)
Leaders of the opposition parties ended their meeting with the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, where they reiterated their positions that they would not set back or sit around the same table with the government, if the latter does not withdraw signatures from the agreements for the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and demarcation of […]
Read More →Zbogar: Kosovo has shown good example in combating extremism (Indeksonline)
The Kosovo Center for Security Studies organized a conference today on religious extremism and problems facing Kosovo in this regard. Participants in this panel were Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni, and head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar. During the conference, Zbogar said that religious radicalism is a problem facing the […]
Read More →Haliti: President’s invitation for political leaders, unnecessary (KosovaPress)
Kosovo Assembly Deputy Speaker Xhavit Haliti told the news site that the initiative of President Atifete Jahjaga to meet the political leaders and discuss how to overcome the current political crisis was unnecessary. According to him, this is not within President’s responsibilities. Even though, Haliti said that if these meetings have positive effect, then it might help […]
Read More →Opponents to membership requesting postponement of discussion (Danas)
Belgrade and Pristina are finishing their diplomatic activities ahead of the first measuring of strengths in the UNESCO Executive Council, which is set to decide on Wednesday whether it will, on the basis of the request submitted by Albania, give its recommendation for Kosovo’s membership in that organization, what should be decided in November at […]
Read More →Stefanovic: Opposition supports government on Kosovo and EU (B92)
Democratic Party (DS) party Vice-President Borislav Stefanovic said that “PM Aleksandar Vucic and the government have the opposition’s support on Kosovo.” Beside, Stefanovic stressed that the government “has the support related to European integrations and the Brussels agreement.” The former negotiator in the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina said he was “not surprised by the […]
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