Belgrade Media Report 25 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Ivanovic was not given chance to have fair trial (Blic)
• Drecun: ZSO – most important topic of upcoming dialogue (Tanjug/RTS)
• Witnesses for KLA crimes deployed around the world (Danas)
• Vulin: No unilateral moves in migrant crisis resolution (Tanjug)
• Koenders: Serbia to harmonize foreign policy with that of EU (Novosti)
• Vucic: SNS and SDPS together at all elections (Tanjug/Beta)
• SPS Presidency authorizes Dacic to negotiate on coalition (Beta)
• Seselj: Support to Vucic if he gives up EU (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Naser Oric trial starts on Tuesday (Srna)
• Dodik: I’m willing to call the elections in the RS, if the elections at a B&H level are being held on the same day (Srna)
• Dodik interested in cooperating with Marine Le Pen’s National Front (Klix)
• Krivokapic SDP will not support the government (RTCG)
• Democratic front urges opposition to leave Montenegrin parliament (Beta)
• Pupovac, Linta discuss new Croatian Government (Beta)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Fails to Integrate Serbian Civil Protection Members (BIRN)
• Hungary’s PM urges building of fence on Bulgarian, Macedonian borders with Greece (RT)
Conclusions of the court deny Ivanovic’s guilt! (Vecernje Novosti)
Oliver Ivanovic was director of the state company “Feronikl”, at the time of the commission of war crimes in Kosovo in April 1999, and it has been found that he was not a leader of the paramilitary group that carried out the crime. Ivanovic did not issue an order for the execution of the crime, and he […]
Read More →Montenegrins want to join drafting of ZSO statute (KIM radio)
President of the Association of Kosovo Montenegrins, Slobodan Vujicic said today that in addition to the Serbian community and other communities, Kosovo Montenegrins should be involved in the drafting of the Statute of the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO). Vujicic expects more defined roles for minority communities in the ZSO, considering that the municipalities that will form the ZSO, are […]
Read More →Collaku: Kosovo soon to receive good news on visa liberalization (Zeri)
Today, Kosovo’s European Integration Minister, Bekim Collaku, told members of the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration that he was satisfied with the report on visa liberalization prepared by Kosovo institutions. He said the input prepared by the government is already being evaluated by the European Commission. According to Collaku, the final decision by the European […]
Read More →Berisha: Infant’s death in Gjakova shows government’s negligence (Kosova Sot)
Kosovo Assembly MP and representative of the Egyptian community in Kosovo, Veton Berisha, issued a press statement yesterday saying he was very concerned about the death of three-month-old baby in Gjakove/Djakovica. Berisha said, “Kosovo society is not in good condition now that we have reached a point where our infants die from cold and hunger.” He also […]
Read More →“If Schengen collapses, repercussions for W. Balkans” (B92, Tanjug, Nezavisne Novosti)
Western Balkan countries would be worst hit by the collapse of Schengen, Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has warned. Lajcak also believes the conditions have not been met for Bosnia-Herzegovina to become a candidate country for EU membership in February. He has also called on the authorities in the Republika Srpska (RS) “to stop threatening […]
Read More →Ymeri requests resignation of the government and new elections (Gazeta Blic)
The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Visar Ymeri, requested the resignation of the government and the creation of conditions for new elections. At a round table with civil society, Ymeri said that the beginning of last year had been marked by mass departures from Kosovo, due to lack of prospects for the future. According to Ymeri, this exodus […]
Read More →Mustafa changes his mind, he will travel to Brussels (Telegrafi)
Sources inside the government of Kosovo reportedly told RTV Dukagjini that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has decided to accept the invitation to take part in the meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on 27 January in Brussels. Although Mustafa had earlier said he would not undertake any travel abroad to protest against the failure […]
Read More →Haradinaj claims he will not stop until he brings down Mustafa and Thaci (Lajmi.net)
“The country cannot be held hostage by two people and their whims,” the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj said in an interview for Gazeta Fjala. According to Haradinaj, they have violated the Constitution and should therefore pave the way for Kosovo to become a country governed by the rule of law, and […]
Read More →Djuric: Oliver is innocent (Blic)
Verdict to Oliver Ivanovic is deeply unfair. Because of it the fact is even more apparent that even today no one has been held responsible for thousands of deaths and displaced Serbs from Kosovo. Thus, in an interview for Blic, Marko Djuric, Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, answers the question of […]
Read More →Drecun: Serb municipalities, most important topic of dialogue (Dailies)
Establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities will be the most significant topic of the upcoming Belgrade-Pristina dialogue because no progress can be expected in the process until that issue is resolved, Milovan Drecun, who chairs the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija, said on Monday. Pristina must be stopped from sabotaging the establishment of the Community […]
Read More →Implementation of agreement with Serbia on diploma recognition to begin on 1 March (Koha)
Delegations of Kosovo and Serbia, facilitated by the European Union, agreed last week in Brussels to begin implementing the agreement on mutual recognition of diplomas on 1 March. Kosovo’s minister without portfolio and head negotiator Edita Tahiri said the present agreement is broader than that of 2011 as it includes mutual recognition of diplomas of […]
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