Belgrade Media Report 3 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: No pressure can force Serbia to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic receives Tanin, new head of UN Mission in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Djuric: SAA between EU, Kosovo in status-neutral framework (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Assembly amends Kosovo’s SAA document (Novosti)
• Patriarch Irinej: Our duty is to raise our voice to protect Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Serbian government arrives in Sarajevo today (Nezavisne)
• Crnadak: I expect the joint session to confirm that Serbia is a friend of B&H (Klix.ba)
• RS President Milorad Dodik sues himself (Srna)
• Dodik: Republika Srpska will neither accept migrants nor money for the reception centers (Novi.ba)
• Radoncic: SBB increases B&H’s reform capacity (Bosna danas)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Belgrade and Pristina take their fight to Paris (New Europe)
• NATO Expansion Will Not Provide Stability to Balkans (Sputnik)
Rakić: Delineation between Mitrovica North and South as soon as possible (RTK2)
The Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić said to Tanjug that it would be good if Kosovo minister for dialogue Edita Tahiru would be engaged in settling this issue instead of hindering the process of delineation with her statements. Rakić reflected on Tahiri’s statement asking from him to refrain from giving ‘irrational statements and respect […]
Read More →Selimi: On November 9, we’ll need the votes of non-recognizing countries (Gazeta Express)
In an interview for TV Dukagjini, Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi said Kosovo’s biggest battle at this point is membership of the UNESCO. Selimi said Kosovo will need 2/3 of votes at the UNESCO General Assembly, which means that even countries that have not recognized Kosovo’s independence would have to vote in favor. He […]
Read More →Dacic receives new head of UN mission in Kosovo (Tanjug)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, today received the new head of UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Zahir Tanin, to whom he conveyed expectation that mission will continue to work in full capacity in line with its mandate, and in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 1244. The […]
Read More →Randy Berry, special envoy for LGBTI rights visits Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Randy W. Berry, the U.S. State Department’s first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex)Persons is visiting Kosovo and met today with the President of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli. Berry and Veseli during the meeting discussed the human rights of the LGBTI in Kosovo. “Berry stressed that […]
Read More →Thaci: UNESCO General Assembly approved the agenda, Kosovo included (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said today that Serbia is doing everything possible to prevent Kosovo to join UNESCO. According to him, the Serbian Government tried to cancel the discussion on Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO. “These days Serbia is trying with every procedural trap to annul Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO. I […]
Read More →Ternava calls on Islamic countries to support Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (Telegrafi)
Naim Ternava, leader of the Islamic Community of Kosovo, sent a letter to the highest religious authority in Egypt, Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, calling on him to use his authority and convince the Egyptian government to support Kosovo’s bid to join the UNESCO. “Kosovo is ready and has all capacities to assume responsibilities in international […]
Read More →Bislimi to Zbogar: Rule of law doesn’t mean taking directives from foreign diplomats (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje Movement MP Besnik Bislimi, reacted to statements made by the EUSR in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar who criticized Vetevendosje MPs saying they are not implementing the law while not answering the calls of the prosecution. Bislimi said that the rule of law means leadership in accordance with legal provisions, and not taking directives from foreign […]
Read More →Simic: We act according to the situation (Danas)
Deputies of the Serbian List in the Kosovo Parliament supported yesterday the Law on ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, but have abstained from vote on an amendment to the agreement which stipulates that Kosovo in agreement instead of asterisk is referred to as the Republic of Kosovo. Head of the parliamentary group of […]
Read More →Zbogar: Not necessary to address Venice Commission in regards to Association (Lajmi)
The EU Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, speaking at the parliamentary committee for European integration today said that it was not necessary to address the Venice Commission in regards to the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities. According to him, the opinion of the Constitutional Court should be respected. He stressed that there is always room and need […]
Read More →Terzic: Discussions on Kosovo UNESCO Membership Proof Int’l Law in Crisis (InNews)
Discussions on Kosovo becoming a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) prove that international law and the world order are in deep crisis, the Serbian ambassador to Russia said Tuesday. UNESCO is expected to vote on the matter during the organization’s general conference, which kicked off on Tuesday in Paris. […]
Read More →The republic of demons (Koha Ditore)
Enver Robelli argues today that in Kosovo, alongside a mainly uncivilized political class, there is a caste of rich journalists who continuously violate professional and ethical principles. The truth is that the number of the journalists who have become killers of their profession is not small, he notes. As a consequence, the reporting on events […]
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