Belgrade Media Report 28 December 2015
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Drecun: Present position by U.S. (Politika/Beta)
• Markovic Palma: U.S. continues to justify aggression (Novosti)
• Serbs and Albanians oppose extension of EULEX mandate (Politika)
• Without presidential elections in 2016 (Danas)
• SPS to take part in elections with old partners (Novosti)
• Getting closer to NATO: B&H getting the green light in June (Pravda)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic: Vucic supports Dodik in “politics of conflict” (Faktor)
• Crnadak: I will participate in RS Day observance on 9 January (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: No future with those whose heritage is idea of Islamic Declaration (Srna)
• The RS opposition signed memorandum joining forces against Dodik (Nezavisne)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia to Maintain Policy Despite Disagreements With US – Serbian PM (Sputnik)
• Bosnian Serb Govt Spars with Unions over Reforms (BIRN)
• His Majesty the Sultan Issues Royal Decree (ONA)
Court decides for Albin Kurti (kallxo.com)
The house arrest for the former leader of the Vetevendosje Movement and Kosovo Assembly MP Albin Kurti, was extended today. According to his Court appointed lawyer, Hadije Ademi, Kurti will be in house arrest until 17 February of the next year. Kurti was arrested on 28 November in Pristina after participating and holding a speech […]
Read More →Kosovo Feels the Pressure Over New War Court (Balkan Insight)
The controversy over a new special court intended to prosecute former KLA guerrillas for serious crimes committed during and after the 1998-99 war with Serbian forces continued to simmer throughout 2015. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-feels-the-pressure-over-new-war-court-12-23-2015
Read More →Vetevendosje: Only mutual recognition normalizes relations with Serbia (KosovaPress)
The leader of the Vetevenodsje Movement, Visar Ymeri, spoke regarding the Brussels dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade. He said that the relations between Kosovo and Serbia can be normalized only if there is a reciprocal recognition of statehood. He compared the situation of Kosovo with that of Croatia, and the agreement that the latter reached […]
Read More →KP: Fight against organized crime, our main priority (Koha)
Kosovo Police general director Shpend Maxhuni, during a press conference today said that preventing and combating organized crime remains a priority for this institution, together with the fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalism. According to him, Kosovo’s citizens deserve to have less crime and much more security. Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, stressed that another […]
Read More →Roccasalvo: Rule of law, important for Kosovo (RTKLive)
Alessandra Roccasalvo, deputy head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kosovo, told Radio Kosova that the rule of law is very important for Kosovo’s economic future. In regards to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, Roccasalvo said there are three objectives which are more important for Kosovo. “The 16th objective, which promotes peace […]
Read More →An intentionally ambiguous dialogue cannot have a happy ending (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that as the prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia are set to meet early next year in a new round of dialogue for normalization of relations, authorities in the EU are trying to view in a positive light the recent ruling of the Kosovo’s Constitutional Court on the […]
Read More →Serbs and Albanians against extension of EULEX mandate (Politika)
For seven years, judges of the EU mission concluded 600 court cases, but no one has been prosecuted for war crimes against Serbs. While the EU is slowly preparing the ground in order to prepare another mandate for the EULEX mission in Kosovo, from June 2016, the Serbs and the Albanians believe that the EU […]
Read More →Djuric: For Serbs, Albanians are part of the solution, not part of the problem (Blic)
“I hope that in 2016, people will live better with each other and I hope that the politicians will be wise to realize that living together is not only part of the problem, but part of the solution,” said Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, for Pristina daily Zeri. He explained […]
Read More →Jevtic: 704 persons returned (TV Most)
Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic said that in Kosovo in 2015 returned 704 displaced persons, out of which 340 persons of Serbian nationality. He said that in 2016 the Ministry of Communities and Returns will have a budget of EUR 6.4 million and that about 20,000 displaced persons have […]
Read More →Serbian President discusses Kosovo, EU, Russia, relationship with PM (Dailies)
President Tomislav Nikolic late on Sunday spoke for B92 about EU integration, Russia, Kosovo, his relationship with the government and the PM, and other topics. It is often said that the president is closer to Russia, the government to Brussels, and the prime minister to Berlin – something that Nikolic commented by saying that both […]
Read More →Jaksic: Assembly of Serbia is obliged to call local elections in Kosovo; petition begins next week (Radio Kontakt Plus)
Patriotic Bloc will initiate signing of the petition for organizing local elections in Kosovo on Tuesday 29 December, in the premises of the restaurant North City in Mitrovica North. After collecting signatures, petition will be submitted to the Assembly of Serbia. On that occasion, guests will be President of Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Sanda […]
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