Belgrade Media Report 10 December 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We want to complete everything by end of 2019 (RTS)
• Hahn: We are opening chapters on Monday (B92/Beta)
• Gojkovic talks with Hahn (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Opening of chapters excellent news for Kosovo Serbs (RTS)
• Dikovic asks KFOR to engage more in non-Albanian areas (Novosti)
• Court for KLA crimes in Pristina (Blic)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Government and all institutions of RS terminated all cooperation with the B&H Court, Prosecutor’s Office and State Investigation and Protection Agency (Nezavisne)
• B&H Court rejects the prosecution’s motion for custody of Sakib Mahmuljin (Srna)
• Legal aggression on B&H is taking place via intelligence-security agencies of Serbia (Klix.ba)
• Why have U.S. agents arrived in B&H? (Nezavisne)
• Izetbegovic in Brussels: We will resolve Croatian question in the first half of 2016 (Klix.ba)
• Attaché for Security of the U.S. Embassy visited Ministry of Interior of CS (Novo vrijeme)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Thousands removed from Macedonia border camps after being rumbled for NOT being refugees (Daily Express)
• Bosnian Serbs say to halt cooperation with state police, court (Reuters)
• MEPs to Tell Montenegro to Protect Journalists (BIRN)
• Belgrade Waterfront: an unlikely place for Gulf petrodollars to settle (The Guardian)
Explanation of demarcation issue for Albanians (Koha Ditore)
According to Adriatik Kelmendi, the responsibility for the very much discussed issue of the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro belongs to greediness, corruption and minor thefts committed by some individuals during the past years. Kelmendi notes that based on the discussions with eminent geography university professors, the commission for demarcation of the […]
Read More →Ternava: Extremism and terrorism have nothing in common with Islam (Lajmi)
The leader of the Islamic Community of Kosovo, Naim Ternava, said today in Pristina that fostering inter-religious and inter-human tolerance is one of the priorities of the institution he leads. At a meeting with the Austrian Ambassador in Kosovo, Gernot Pfandler, Ternava said that extremism, violence and terrorism have nothing in common with Islam. “It […]
Read More →Poll: PDK the first, LDK second, Vetevendosje third (Telegrafi)
Kosovo-based think tank FOL presented today results of a recent poll on the political preferences of the citizens of Kosovo asking them how they would vote in case of fresh elections. According to the results, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) would come first with 29 percent of the votes, followed by the Democratic League […]
Read More →British ambassador: Justice has failed in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
The British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruari O’Connell said that the justice system in Kosovo has failed. As an example, he mentioned the case of the former Kacanik Mayor who was given a two-year prison sentence by a Kosovo court but never served it Zharku instead fled to Sweden and was seen taking part at a […]
Read More →Mustafa recaps on the work of the government, asks his ministers to travel less (Koha)
In the meeting of the government, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa spoke about the annual work of the government and commended the ministries on their work. He said that despite difficulties, the Government has managed to fulfill main objectives for this year with the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union being […]
Read More →Ymeri: Government has no plan for economic development (Kosova Press)
The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Visar Ymeri, told a press conference today that the biggest failure of the Kosovo government this year was the rejection of Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO. This because, according to him, of the way the process was led by Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci and his deputy Petrit Selimi. Commenting […]
Read More →Terrorist suspect arrested at Pristina airport (Koha)
The Kosovo Police yesterday arrested a terrorist suspect at the Pristina International Airport. He was arrested on the basis of international warrant issued by the Basic Court in Pristina on suspicion of involvement in terrorist groups. With the decision of the prosecutor, the suspect was taken into custody.
Read More →SNF: Police and judiciary not performing their job for 15 years (KIM Radio)
Serbian National Forum (SNF) most strongly condemned a new serial of attacks on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and added that Kosovo institutions, police and judiciary, in charge for finding and punishing perpetrators, are not doing their job for 15 year now. “Attacks are continuing with the goal that remaining Serbs are expelled from Kosovo […]
Read More →Serbia-Kosovo Textbooks Row Hits Pupils’ Education (Balkan Insight)
Belgrade officials are continuing to ban the use of Kosovo Albanian schoolbooks in southern Serbia, claiming they are politically unacceptable, but locals say children’s education is suffering. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/no-end-in-sight-for-serbia-kosovo-textbooks-war–12-09-2015
Read More →ECMI: Incident in Gorazdevac requires a prompt action (KoSSev)
The non-governmental organizations dealing with the issue of minorities in Kosovo (ECMI), four days after the shooting at the Serbian houses in the village of Gorazdevac, today has released a press release. “The renewed incident in Gorazdevac can no longer be discarded as one in a row of merely isolated incidents. This is a trend […]
Read More →Djurić: Do not mix Chapter 35 with the dialogue with Pristina (B92, NMagazin, RTK2)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric says that the fact that Serbia will open first Chapter 35, about Kosovo, does not mean that the EU accession process and the dialogue with Pristina should be mixed. Djuric told B92 that the false belief that the talks with Pristina are important for Belgrade […]
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