Belgrade Media Report 22 January 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Ivanovic’s verdict attempt to behead Serbs (Beta)
• Vucic: Ivanovic’s verdict not final (RTS)
• Dacic: Ivanovic’s verdict encouraging extremists on both sides (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Verdict not to be viewed as an isolated event (RTS)
• Drecun: Ivanovic’s verdict is political (RTS/Tanjug)
• Odalovic: Ivanovic indicted so the public would swallow the Special Court (TV N1/Radio Belgrade)
• SDS shocked with Ivanovic’s verdict (Beta)
• Resolution on Serbia coordinated in European Parliament (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Local elections are not going to be postponed (Srna)
• Radomir Vukovic sentenced to 20 years in prison (Fena)
• Bosnian Presidency ex-member faces war crimes trial (Dnevni avaz)
• Mektic suspended Dautbasic (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Application of B&H for candidate status in the EU needs to be credible (Srna)
• Przino Part 5: Commissioner Hahn will take SDSM to elections (MNA)
• Oreskovic presents new Croatian government (Beta)
• Croats want return of Cyrilic script (H1TV)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Fears Becoming Refugee ‘Buffer Zone’ (BIRN)
• Time Running Out for Deal on Mostar Elections (BIRN)
• Montenegro Urged to Probe PM’s Family Bank (BIRN)
Ivanovic case verdict: “Cutting the Dukes” (TV Most)
The motive of the verdict, finding leader of CI SDP Oliver Ivanovic guilty, is to prevent him from leading the Serbs in the province, said the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic. He added that the verdict is an attempt to politically ‘behead’ Serbs and to justify their removal from the political scene in Kosovo. Nikolic said that the […]
Read More →PM reacts to verdict handed down to Ivanovic (Dailies)
The verdict handed down on Thursday to Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic is not final yet and the struggle will continue, says Aleksandar Vucic. Speaking late on Thursday, the Prime Minister added that the ruling “looks more like political force than law and justice.” “Obviously, someone wanted to make concessions to the Albanian side out […]
Read More →It’s time to make our voice heard in Parliament (Danas)
Our coalition consists mainly of associations of displaced persons of Kosovo, but also a number of prominent individuals who do not belong to any association. Their work and dedication, until they were violently expelled from our ancestral homes, have left an indelible mark on the territory of Kosovo, said Milos Stojkovic, President of the Coalition of Displaced Persons […]
Read More →Something rotten in the Kosovo judiciary (RTS)
The verdict for Oliver Ivanovic is not final. Lawyers will file an appeal, but Marko Djuric Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo believes that lawyers cannot help prevent a politically motivated process. “First, it should be said that there is something rotten in the Kosovo judiciary. It is not normal that the same people […]
Read More →Message behind the verdict: no rights or justice for Serbs (TV Most)
The verdict of the case of leader of the CI SDP, Oliver Ivanovic, clearly sends a message to all people in Kosovo that democratic rights and justice when it comes to the Serbian people do not exist, said president of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic today. “It is obvious that law and democracy in Kosovo are […]
Read More →Rally on Saturday in support of Oliver Ivanovic (TV Most, Sputnik)
After EULEX’s verdict on Oliver Ivanovic’s case, Serbian citizens have been called to protest against the shameful decision of the court. The rally will be held in Belgrade on Saturday at 12:44 p.m. at Nikola Pasic Square. “It is a gathering of friends of Oliver Ivanovic, and a gathering of citizens of the Republic of Serbia […]
Read More →Veseli: Thaci to be elected president this month (RTK)
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Deputy Leader and Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said before party members in Prizren that the PDK leader Hashim Thaci will be elected president of Kosovo in the coming month. Veseli said there is no doubt that Thaci is the most deserving person to take on the post. Meanwhile, Enver Hoxhaj, also […]
Read More →Thaci cannot become President, a hero citizen will (Koha Ditore)
The paper has run an opinion piece by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela who argues that the verdict of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to remove Behgjet Pacolli from Presidency a few years ago, makes it impossible for the PDK leader Hashim Thaci to be elected President, because it requires the presence of all MPs at the session. “”Consequently, […]
Read More →UNDP and Ministry of Labour sign agreement to subsidize salaries for 130 jobs (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Arban Abrashi, together with British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O’Conell and UNDP Resident Representative, Andrew Russell, signed an agreement yesterday to subsidize salaries for 130 jobs. Abrashi said that it remains a priority for his ministry to create new jobs and train young people to prepare them for […]
Read More →Mustafa gathers MPs, requests guarantees for Thaci’s election (Gazeta Blic)
The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has called the MPs from his party to meet tomorrow at 13:00 p.m. Sources within the party told Gazeta Blic that Mustafa will request them to vote Hashim Thaci for President of Kosovo. He will ask them to at […]
Read More →Serbian Ambassador to Turkey: EU integration for Serbia conditioned by recognition of Kosovo (lajmi.net)
The Serbian Ambassador to Turkey, Danilo Vucetic, said to the Turkish daily Zaman, that that the EU is requesting Serbia to sign a legally binding agreement, which he can only interpret as the EU’s attempts to force Serbia to recognize Kosovo. Vucetic said the Brussels Agreement, which was drawn up between Serbia and Kosovo in 2013 […]
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