Belgrade Media Report 11 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Committee for Kosovo and Metohija adopts report on progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• DSS, DPS: Chapter 35 path to recognition of Kosovo (Beta)
• Islamic State graffiti in Zubin Potok (Tanjug/TV Most)
• Serbia, welcome to Chapter 35 (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Vucic: We follow the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Srna)
• Dodik: SIPA could have caused an armed conflict (Srna)
• Salkic: Government and National Assembly instigate armed conflict (Vijesti.ba)
• Lukac: RS Interior Ministry not a criminal organization to be searched in such manner (Srna)
• RS Prime Minister invites High Representative to remove her from the office (Fena)
• Izetbegovic: RS has no right to act this way (Bosna danas)
• Foreign officials: Powers of state institutions must not be challenged (Fena)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU and Serbia to begin membership talks on December 14 (dpa)
• Serbia to complete EU reforms by 2019: PM (Xinhua)
• Bosnia Arrests Five for Bosanski Novi War Crimes (BIRN)
In Kosovo, KFOR presence important (KIM radio)
The NATO commanders in Naples and in Kosovo, Mark Ferguson and Guglielmo Luigi Miglieatta, discussed the security situation with Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin and Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic. This meeting was held after the attacks on Serbs in Gorazdevac, Srbobran and Gojbulja. According to the announcement from KFOR, the officials agreed on […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb police officers instructed not to wear new police uniforms (media)
Several news websites are reporting that the Serbian Interior Ministry has instructed Serb police officers serving with the Kosovo Police not to wear the new uniforms that have the emblem of the Republic of Kosovo. Sources from the police station in Zvecan, in northern Kosovo, told Kosovapress news agency that Serb officers could be allowed […]
Read More →Constitutional Court to announce ruling on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities next week (Gazeta Blic)
Citing unnamed international sources, the news site reports that the Constitutional Court will soon announce its ruling on the constitutionality of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. “In a matter of days, the Constitutional Court could announce its ruling on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Maybe even next week,” the source said. The source also added […]
Read More →Our unbearable patience towards Serbia (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku is surprised that no one from the European Union or form Kosovo leadership reacted nor did they send a note to Serbia, when senior state officials such as Serbia’s Minister of Justice, Serbian army’s chief general, Minister of Defense and Orthodox Church representative waited on Vladimir Lazarevic, with state ceremony and treated him […]
Read More →Mustafa: 2015, year of big decisions for Kosovo (Koha)
At the meeting of the National Council for Economic Development organised by the Government of Kosovo, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa noted that the year in going was a time of big decisions and changes in Kosovo. Among the main achievements in 2015, PM Mustafa singled the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with […]
Read More →USAID launches campaign on women’s property rights (dailies)
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the USAID Property Rights Programme launched a media campaign on public awareness for women’s property rights.The United States Ambassador, Greg Delawie, said that less than 19% of women in Kosovo own property, while an even smaller percentage has access to heritage. He added that exclusion of women […]
Read More →New houses for 12 returnee families (RTK2)
Minister for Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtic visited the municipality of Srbica/Skenderaj and Istok/Istog. Jevtic handed over the keys of newly built houses for 12 returnee families. In the municipality of Srbica/Skenderaj, in the villages of Suvo Grlo and Banje, Jevtic has promised to build a new kindergarten by European standards and the implementation of […]
Read More →Protest in Decan announced over the disputed land (Kosovapress)
The Kosovo Historians’ League, branch in Decan, announced that it is organizing a protest on 17 December demanding the Constitutional Court revoke the decision to give 25 hectares of land, publicly-owned property, to the Orthodox Monastery of Decan. The protest will also call for resignation of the Constitutional Court’s President Arta Rama-Hajrizi and the judge […]
Read More →Pristina plans census for the northern Kosovo (Vesti)
Pristina authorities and Eurostat Director Pieter Everaers announced that during the next year in the north a census will be organized in the four municipalities with a predominantly Serbian population. The census will be conducted by the Government of Kosovo in cooperation with municipalities selected by the laws of Kosovo. Eurostat Director stressed that the census […]
Read More →Serb house robbed in Novake (KIM Radio)
Household Andrejevic in a returnee village Novake near Prizren was robbed last night, learned RTV Kim. Thieves have taken away tools and agriculture machines while Andrejevic family was celebrating saint’s patron day in the house. Few dozens of Serb returnees, mainly elderly, live in Novake and they are frequently targeted by thieves. Case was reported […]
Read More →ISIS graffiti in Zubin Potok (TV Most)
Unknown perpetrators last night sprayed graffiti in vicinity of the hydro-power plant Ibar-Lepenac in Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo glorifying terrorist organization ISIS. Leadership of Zubin Potok municipality strongly condemned this incident and urged international community and authorities in charge for security to prevent such incidents. Residents of Zubin Potok deserve peace, stability and prosperity, […]
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