Belgrade Media Report 28 October 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Kosovo’s privileged EU path (Politika/Tanjug)
• Macedonian Ambassador dismissed over the vote for Kosovo in UNESCO? (Vesti online)
• Textbooks still stuck at customs (Danas)
• Markotic: Serbia and Croatia victims of migrant crisis (Beta/RTS)
• ICTY published cause of Dunjic’s death before autopsy (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SBB reveals names of new ministers (Bosna danas)
• Crnadak: Joint session of B&H and Serbia’s governments on November 4 (Bosna danas)
• B&H Presidency considers report on the preparedness of B&H for EU membership (Patria)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia to remain Russia’s friend but for rational reasons — PM Vucic (TASS)
• Ambassadors Demand Action From Macedonia PM (BIRN)
• Bosnia flags EU membership bid by end-2015 (Reuters)
• Bosnia’s Fragile Stability Masks a Downward Spiral (BIRN)
Fischer: Kosovo, an important issue for the entire Europe (media)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, hosted today the President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, with the highest military honors by the Kosovo Security Force. During their meeting, the two presidents discussed the issues of economic development of Kosovo. “We had an extremely good and fruitful meeting with the President Fiescher, discussing the economic development. You President […]
Read More →Opposition signals agreement for Austrian president addressing Assembly (Koha)
The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly is set to meet this afternoon to discuss the possibility of calling a plenary session where the Austrian President Heinz Fischer would address the MPs. Sources told Koha that there are signals from the opposition that they will not try to block Fischer from speaking at the Assembly. Austrian […]
Read More →Serwer: Serbia towards diplomatic recognition of Kosovo (Indeksonline)
US Balkans expert Daniel Serwer said in an interview for the Skopje-based news agency INA that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia for normalization of relations has been successful and has produced concrete results. “This is a short step towards diplomatic recognition which I hope to see as soon as possible,” said Serwer. He added that […]
Read More →Extremists are threatening national independence (Koha Ditore)
Political analyst Halil Matoshi argues in his opinion piece that, the opposition bloc in Kosovo has built an unsustainable and unrealistic approach against the current government that in fact goes against peace and stability in the region, by turning the people into passive observers of clashes in state institutions. Matoshi notes that the opposition “has […]
Read More →Lunacek believes Assembly needs to ratify agreements with Serbia (Telegrafi)
European Parliament vice president and rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, told RTV Dukagjini that the two agreements disputed by the opposition, that on the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and border demarcation with Montenegro, should be put for ratification at the Assembly of Kosovo. She said opposition actions such as releasing teargas are unacceptable. “ […]
Read More →Haliti hopes the opposition will be in the Assembly to ratify the SAA (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly Deputy Speaker Xhavit Haliti, said today that he hopes that the Assembly Presidency will decide to hold a special session to ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and that he expects that the opposition to confirm their participation in this session. “The ratification of the SAA requires two thirds of the MPs […]
Read More →EU requests from Kosovo to accelerate the cadastre law (KosovaPress)
The European Union, has requested on Tuesday from Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, to accelerate endorsement of the law for cadaster and to make the preparations for establishment of the Technical Agency which would have for its task comparison and verification of the cadastre documents which will be returned from Serbia to the Kosovo database. […]
Read More →Trajkovic: EU increasingly put efforts to make state from Kosovo (Radio Kontakt plus)
Announcement of the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Kosovo and the European Union did not attract any attention in Serbian media, said President of the NGO European Movement of Serbs, Rada Trajkovic. Then Kosovo signed the agreement and all the information about achieving success in Kosovo accession to this and other international […]
Read More →Abbot Janjic: Entry of Kosovo to UNESCO is political settlement (Radio Kontakt Plus)
The abbot of Visoki Decani monastery has said that countries that support Kosovo’s UNESCO membership do so “for the sake of settling political interests, considering the fact Kosovo had to recognize the court for the crimes of the KLA and the Community/ Association of Serb municipalities. In an interview given to daily Politika, Janjic stressed that it […]
Read More →‘Stop violence against women’ march held in Suhareka (Klan Kosova)
A peaceful march with the slogan ‘Stop violence against women’ was organized today in Suhareka in memory of Zejnepe Bytyci who was stabbed to death by her husband a few days ago. This march was organized as a sign of solidarity with the victims of domestic violence and as a reaction to the inefficiency of […]
Read More →Kosovo signs EU association agreement (Politico)
Kosovo signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union on Tuesday — a first step towards the still-distant prospect of EU membership. http://www.politico.eu/article/kosovo-eu-association-agreement-europe-member-nato/
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