Belgrade Media Report 18 December 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Pristina has not fulfilled conditions (Danas)
• Dittmann: Not exactly known what legally-binding agreement means (Politika/Tanjug)
• Belgrade offers solution for Brezovica (Novosti)
• Serb woman punished for protecting her property (Tanjug)
• Government offers guarantees for release of Stanisic and Simatovic pending retrial (Radio Belgrade)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H to submit the application for the EU membership on January 16 (Nezavisne)
• Izetbegovic: Sooner or later, all decisions of the Constitutional Court will be implemented (Nezavisne)
• Serb-hunting continues (Srna)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serb Monastery Land Case Sparks Kosovo Protest (BIRN)
• Mladic Witness Alleges Srebrenica Massacre Toll Faked (BIR)
Jahjaga: We should not risk our relations with the EU and the U.S. (media)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga praised the role of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, in her speech at the ceremony of its fortieth anniversary. “The Academy plays a role in strengthening of our young democracy. We should build the culture of dialogue which overcomes divisions through political forces. We should not dare risk our […]
Read More →M.Trajkovic: Albanians think they would be better off without Serbs (Blic)
The current political turmoil in Pristina most directly affects the safety and hopelessness of Serbs in Kosovo, says the leader of the Serbian Resistance Movement (SPOT) Momcilo Trajkovic. He says that it is a strategy which aims a change of government among Albanians, but also that Serbian factor disappears which is disturbing for them. -They feel […]
Read More →Dacic: Thaci does not realize the consequences of demonstrations (Danas, KIM radio, TV Most)
– By calling to demonstrations, they are only burying deeper into the catastrophic internal and international position – says Ivica Dacic, the Head of the Serbian diplomacy. The Government of Serbia told Danas unofficially that “they do not believe” that another round of the Brussels negotiations will be held until the New Year holidays. Thaci […]
Read More →Pristina trying to table war reparations in the dialogue (Vecernje Novosti)
Pristina endeavors to place the issue of war reparations on the table in the dialogue with Belgrade in Brussels. This topic was mentioned by the Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga in her annual address to the Kosovo parliament. According to her the dialogue should continue, however new issues should be tabled as well, such as pensions […]
Read More →75-yr-old Serb woman punished for protecting her property (Tanjug, B92)
A court in Gjilane, a town in Kosovo, has ruled against 75-year-old Persa Stojkovic for her “flagrant violation of public order and peace.” According to the executive decision, the Serb woman from the village Paralovo must either pay a fine of EUR 50, or spend three days in prison. The TV Plus broadcaster from Silovo […]
Read More →European Commission postpones publishing visa liberalization report (Telegrafi)
The European Commission is reported to have postponed the publishing of the report on implementation of the visa liberalization roadmap by Kosovo institutions. Sources inside the EU Office in Kosovo had said that the report would be published on 17 December but according to fresh information Telegrafi claims to have secured, the new date is […]
Read More →Djurovic: Serbia will never enter NATO (In Serbia)
Serbia is not going to join NATO and most Serbs are stalwartly opposed to their country entering the alliance, according to Aleksandra Djurovic, head of the Serbian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Addressing the Russian Duma (the lower house of parliament) on Thursday, Aleksandra Djurovic, head of the Serbian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, assured that her […]
Read More →Living in a ghetto (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s columnist Lumir Abdixhiku writes today that visa liberalization wouldn’t solve the problems of Kosovo citizens. Also, according to Abdixhiku, the right of free movement – taken as the last in the region – does not make any achievement. “Visa liberalization, however, would bring a glimmer of hope for Kosovars. It would bring a […]
Read More →110,000 Kosovars fled in 2014, 16,000 of them returned (Klan Kosova)
The news site reports that according to the Kosovo Ministry of Interior Affairs, the Department for Citizenship, Asylum and Migration, around 110,000 people fled Kosovo in 2014 and that 16,000 of them have returned. Representatives of the Interior Ministry announced these figures on the International Migrants Day.
Read More →Kosovo to sign memorandum of understanding on new power plant (media)
Several news sites report that the Kosovo Ministry for Economic Development will sign a Memorandum of Understanding today with the U.S.-based company, Contour Global, for the construction of the power plant “Kosova e Re” [New Kosovo]. Attending the ceremony will be Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Assembly President Kadri Veseli, Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and […]
Read More →Delawie and Jevtic discussed the situation, return and minority rights (KiM radio)
Minister Dalibor Jevtic and US Ambassador to Pristina Greg Delawie yesterday held a meeting. “The topics of the meeting were political situation, returns and rights of non-majority nations in Kosovo, with special emphasis on the security situation. Minister evaluated security situation as alarming, after the recent incidents that happened in Gorazdevac and Srbobran,” reads the […]
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