Belgrade Media Report 17 November 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic calls for joint approach to terrorism and migration (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Serbia is prepared for all scenarios, waiting for Germany’s decision (RTS)
• Slovenia will not close borders (RTS)
• Djuric: We are not interested in Pristina’s game (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Fahrudin Radoncic to be the new minister of transport and communications (Radio Sarajevo)
• Conclusions on the meeting of SDA and SBB delegations (Fena)
• The request of Bosniaks on referendum in RS accepted (Nezavisne)
• New social unrest and ethnic-related violence possible in B&H (Bosna danas)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Promises Extra Vigilance At Border But Condemns Anti-Muslim Sentiment (breitbart.com)
• Tear gas fired inside and outside Kosovo parliament (Reuters)
• Montenegro’s fractious opposition takes to the streets (DW)
• New Macedonia Party Aims for Left-Wing Revival (BIRN)
Insecurity (Kosova Sot)
Kosova Sot front page editorial notes that despite the initiative of the Prime Minister to gather on Monday Kosovo’s Security Council to discuss security measures in Kosovo after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Kosovo people do not feel safe. The danger does not come only from individuals influenced by extremist groups and extreme religious ideologies, […]
Read More →Shouldn’t we all feel good? (Gazeta Blic)
Today’s opinion piece in Gazeta Blic, comes as a rebuttal of the Head of the National Council of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Jakup Krasniqi to the statement of the President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Wolfgang Petritsch. The latter reportedly told Tanjug news agency that the way members of the Serb community feel […]
Read More →King Abdullah: Kosovo is an example of religious tolerance (Klan Kosova)
King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan at a press conference during his visit to Kosovo today said that he is happy with the progress made by Kosovo since 1999. “It is a pleasure to be back here and see the changes that have been made in Kosovo,” King Abdullah said. He stressed that Kosovo […]
Read More →Police, protesters clash outside Assembly building (all media)
Hundreds of protesters gathered today outside the Assembly building in support of the opposition MPs who were trying to block the Assembly session this morning. According to media reports, protesters threw teargas, rocks, bottles and petrol bombs at the police. Kosovo Police spokesperson, Baki Kelani, told KTV that the protesters attacked the police with Molotov […]
Read More →Mustafa invites legal authorities to take measures against opposition’s actions (Koha)
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, today during the Assembly session, requested by the legal authorities to take measures against the opposition MPs for, as he said, their violent actions at the Assembly. “The opposition’s actions at the Assembly are intolerable. Those who attack, those who throw chemical stuff which endangers the health of the MPs and […]
Read More →Thaci: Opposition is acting violently and criminally (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said today that the opposition is acting violently and criminally in the Kosovo Assembly. According to him, no one can block the work of the Assembly. “These are criminal and crazy acts to obstruct the work of the Kosovo Assembly. We are elected to implement our […]
Read More →Delawie: Representatives of the people cannot be elected with weapons (Koha)
The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, during a press statement today called on the opposition parties to stop the violence. “The opposition should understand that the representatives of the people are elected in ballot boxes and not with weapons,” Delawie said. He praised the ruling-coalition MPs “who are serving the people of Kosovo […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: The situation will remain tense until withdrawal from recent agreements (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje Movement through a press release today announced that there will be no normalization of the situation if the government doesn’t withdraw from the recent agreements signed in Brussels. According to Vetevendosje, the situation is tense as a result of government insisting to implement the agreement on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and border demarcation with […]
Read More →Kurti: I pointed the pepper spray at the PM because of ‘Association’ (Koha)
Vetevendosje Movement MP Albin Kurti MP of Vetevendosje, Albin Kurti, said today that he pointed the pepper spray at the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and the government because they created the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. “The police just happened to be in the wrong place,” Kurti said.
Read More →The return of Albanians in north, impossible process (Zeri)
The paper reports that at least until spring next year there will be no return of Albanians in northern Mitrovica, although many of them have expressed willingness to return to their properties. Adriana Hodzic, head of the Administrative Office in northern Kosovo, said that there is no progress in this direction. According to her, the […]
Read More →Kosovo Opposition Force MPs to Flee Parliament (Balkan insight)
Ruling party MPs were forced to adopt the 2016 budget while barricaded in an alternative hall, after opposition MPs again threw tear gas in the main chamber. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/with-teargas-and-pepper-spray-kosovo-opposition-clears-the-parliament-hall-11-17-2015
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