Belgrade Media Report 15 January 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Tear gas thrown at municipal councilors in Bela Crkva (B92, Beta, Blic)
• PM asks EU to come up with policy for migrant crisis (Tanjug)
• Ruling party official: We’ll help PM make decision (Danas)
• McAllister: Stability through integration, cooperation (Tanjug)
• Kosovo to be on agenda of CoE assembly (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Citizens – not political elite – will decide on B&H’s NATO membership (Oslobodjenje)
• Gruevski after the temporary withdrawal: We will great victory with you at the next election (MNA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic charm offensive appears to disarm Serbian media (BIRN)
• Russian arms deliveries to Serbia “would restore balance” (Sputnik)
• Rogozin criticizes Croatia and Montenegro during Serbia trip (EurActiv.com)
• Hahn visits Macedonia to push through crisis deal (BIRN)
Prince Charles to visit Kosovo (Koha)
The Prince of Wales is expected to visit Kosovo this March as part of his tour to several Western Balkans countries. During the Kosovo visit, Prince Charles will meet the most senior local leaders.
Read More →About the wasted time and eventual loss (Koha Ditore)
“Who would have thought that on an average Kosovar day, eight years after the independence, rightfully or not, one party would see the other as Milosevic’s regime, while the other would see the first one as ISIS force,” writes Lumir Abdixhiku today and adds that clashes in Kosovo have reached very far. He does not […]
Read More →The Serbian government shuts down “non-functional” institutions (Vesti)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said on Thursday in Novo Brdo that Serbia would establish a full control over assistance that Serbian Government allocated for the Serbs in Kosovo and that it would reconsider the survival of Serbian institutions that exist only “on paper”. – Serbian institutions that chronically are […]
Read More →Church of the Christ Savior main entrance doors sealed (Kontakt Plus Radio, RTK2)
Kosovo Ministry of Spatial Planning yesterday sealed the main entrance doors at the Church of Christ the Savior in Pristina, aimed at preventing further desecration of the church. An axillary entry door will still remain in function and, according to unofficial information, a set of spare keys will be handed over to the European Commission. […]
Read More →Mustafa: Protests don’t ensure new elections (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, told Klan Kosova the protest organized by the opposition does not ensure the organization of new elections, regardless of the number of citizens that participated in the protest. He added that all citizens’ requests will be considered. “We are very responsive to citizens in fulfillment of our promises. It is […]
Read More →Djuric: Electoral months ahead of us (Akter)
Serbian Progressive Party in the Kosovo Morava region gained around 2,000 new members, said Marko Djuric in Zebince, near Novo Brdo, a member of the Main Board and the Presidium of Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), and pointed out that the SNS will participate in all elections. The objective of SNS in elections, he points out, […]
Read More →Maric at a conference on municipal revenues (TV Most)
Kosovo Minister of Local Government administration Ljubomir Maric and USAID official in Kosovo Randall Olson will participate in the conference dedicated to the analysis of revenues in the municipalities in Kosovo. The aim of this conference is to present a document which contains the insight into the analysis of trends of revenue collection in municipalities […]
Read More →Pacolli asks Constitutional Court to interpret resolution on election of president (Epoka e Re)
The leader of the New Kosovo Alliance Behgjet Pacolli has addressed the Constitutional Court asking it to interpret the Kosovo Assembly resolution of 2011 stipulating that the next president of Kosovo should be elected directly by the people instead of by Assembly. At the time, the resolution was ratified after a political agreement reached between […]
Read More →Ombudsperson establishes national mechanism for prevention of torture (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo Ombudsperson Hilmi Jashari signed the decision establishing the National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as a special structure that will operate within the Ombudsperson Institution. The establishment of this mechanism is in line with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and will carry out […]
Read More →Procurement review body chief resigns (Koha/Kallxo)
The chairman of the Kosovo Procurement Review Body, Hysni Hoxha, has resigned from his post today. Sources told Koha that Hoxha cited health reasons in his resignation letter. Hoxha has been indicted by the Special Prosecution of Kosovo with “abuse of position or authority”. Pristina-based news site Kallxo quotes Hoxha as saying, “my resignation has […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 15 January
• Mustafa: We don’t need SAA without visa liberalization (Kosova Sot)
• Zbogar: Political crisis doesn’t help visa liberalization (Epoka e Re)
• Opposition against international mediation (Zeri)
• Caushi: Upcoming protest before 17 February (Telegrafi)
• Group of experts to draft Association/Community’s statute (Zeri)
• Jahjaga to oversee border demarcation committee with Montenegro (Koha)
• Mustafa: We will not allow liquidation of Trepca (Koha)
• PDK prepares electorate before leadership change (Koha)
• Three witnesses in Enver Hasani trial (Koha)