Belgrade Media Report 23 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic meets with Kosovo Serb representatives (RTS)
• Djuric and Reichel discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• Gojkovic: Serbia will continue to fight for its heritage (RTS/Politika)
• Stefanovic, Ostojic agree on transit for refugees (Tanjug)
• Dunjic – a forensic expert with enormous experience (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Declaration on genocide against Serbs, Jews and Roma adopted (Srna)
• Transfer of powers to become crime in RS (Bosna danas)
• U.S. to appoint special envoy for B&H (Bosna danas)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Refugees rush Balkan borders to reach western Europe (dpa)
• Migrants Trade Punches, One Stabbed as Tensions Boil Over (Time)
Kostic: My case has to mark beginning of dialogue (RTK2)
The first man of Serbian Academy of Science and Art, Vladimir Kostic, says that after all that has been said in regards to his statements on Kosovo he would like to put an end to the discussion suggesting his “case” as the beginning of a dialogue. “This, what happened to me, shows the extent to […]
Read More →Kosovo has no place in UNESCO (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Former commander of the KFOR French Special Forces, Colonel Jacques Hogard stated that UNSECO should not grant Kosovo’s membership because it does not belong there. UNESCO should not yield to pressures because those who destroyed and burned down property now want to become UNSECO members and Kosovo does not belong there, Hogard told the daily […]
Read More →Opposition determined: We will not allow holding of the session (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s opposition parties stated that they do not intend to allow holding of the today’s Assembly session, called by the Assembly President Kadri Veseli, at 16:00 hours. “It would not make sense to allow the works of the Assembly and normal functioning of the government, if the country is going towards ethnical division,” said Frasher […]
Read More →Battling the illiterates (Koha Ditore)
Columnist Lumir Abdixhiku writes that on the day Kosovo was making the first major international achievement this year, a step forward towards UNESCO membership, “illiterates and usurpers” got together to deliver a final blow to the University of Pristina (UP) by dismissing its rector, Ramadan Zejnullahu. The move, says Abdixhiku, was the most shameful, scandalous […]
Read More →UNESCO: Struggle for abstained votes (Vecernje Novosti)
In the next twenty days Serbia will engage all its diplomatic capacities aimed at winning as more as possible states at UNESCO General Conference against Kosovo’s membership in that organization, along with winning those who abstained from voting at the UNESCO Executive Council. The option of requesting a postponement of the decision is also at […]
Read More →Civil society requests annulment of today’s Assembly session (KosovaPress)
Members of the civil society, marched today in Pristina to protest against the violence at the Assembly of Kosovo. They appealed to postpone the Assembly session planned for today. Ismet Kryeziu from the Kosovo’s Democratic Institute (KDI), requested in his speech to give space to the President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, to continue the initiated […]
Read More →Agreement in the interest of all residents (TV Most)
Local councilors of Mitrovica North municipality discussed at yesterday’s session, among other things, and Memorandum on delineation between Mitrovica South and Mitrovica North, which refers to three disputed areas. The Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic, said that Ahtisaari’s plan, which is used as the basis for delineation in the Brussels agreement reached on 25 […]
Read More →Djuric, Reichel talk about dialogue with Pristina (Tanjug)
Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosov and Metohija Marko Djuric met with Ernst Reichel, German Foreign Office Special Envoy for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and the EFTA States, on Thursday. Djuric and Reichel discussed current developments in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and exchanged views on Serbia’s European integration process, the Office for Kosovo […]
Read More →Stefanovic: The last chance to sign bilateral agreement with Pristina (Danas)
“This is the last opportunity, if Kosovo is definitely received into the UNESCO, to sign a written bilateral agreement with Pristina,” said Borislav Stefanovic to Danas, the former Serbian negotiator in the technical dialogue with Pristina. Stefanovic also said that, after the recommendation of the Executive Board of UNESCO, it should be negotiated with Pristina […]
Read More →Opposition actions are not being appreciated by IMF chief either (KosovaPress)
Blocking of the Assembly and opposition actions are being disapproved by the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Kosovo, Jacque Miniane. “We are concerned regarding the current situation at the Assembly. We do not have any mandate to tell you who is right. Every delay of the endorsement of the law for management […]
Read More →Institutions to protect children from violence (Koha)
Participants in a debate organised yesterday by NGOs “Syri i Vizionit” and “Save the Children” concluded that relevant institutions in Kosovo have not done enough in protecting children from violence. Kosovo Ombudsperson Hilmi Jashari commended the efforts of the civil society on the issue and also called on government institutions to get more involved and […]
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