Belgrade Media Report 27 January 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic doesn’t give any estimate on outcome of today’s new round of Brussels dialogue (RTS/Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Serbia should insist on Chapter 35 (TV Pink)
• Djuric: Belgrade expects implementation of agreement (RTS)
• Albanians in southern Serbian wish to take part in Brussels dialogue (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vulin: Serbia an example how the migrant crisis should be resolved (RTS)
• Gasic to be dismissed by week’s end (Novosti)
• DS to convene tomorrow (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• SBB: Radoncic arrest highly inappropriate demonstration of force (Oslobodjenje)
• Defence in shock: On the way from SIPA to the Prosecutor’s Office Radoncic charged with another indictment (Novi.ba)
• Izetbegovic: Radoncic’s arrest blow to coalition (Fena)
• SDA after the arrest of Radoncic: We are committed to coalition with SBB (Klix)
• Galiijasevic: Al Sawah brought back to B&H to set Europe on fire (Srna)
• Djukanovic: Who decides what is political corruption? (RTCG)
• Minister Spasovski meets UN Representative Simona-Mirela Miculescu (MIA)
• Hahn: Fairness decisive in Macedonian election, not who takes part (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bosnian Army Commander Naser Oric Goes on Trial (BIRN)
• Macedonia Hails Slovene Plan to Stop Migrants (BIRN)
• Europe against Russia in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUinside)
Jevtic: Return of displaced to Kosovo is possible (KIM Radio)
Kosovo Minister for Return and Communities Dalibor Jevtic stated today in Prizren that the return of displaced to Kosovo is possible and that seven more houses will be constructed in the town for returnees. “We have managed to construct 19 houses so far, we are planning seven more in the course of this year, for […]
Read More →AKJ condemns attack on journalist Gazmend Morina (dailies)
The Association of Kosovo Journalists (AKJ) condemned the attack yesterday on Gazmend Morina, a journalist of news website veriu.info, who was physically assaulted by a member of the Municipal Assembly of Mitrovica. “The Association of Kosovo Journalists was informed that journalist Gazmend Morina was attacked with iron rods by a member of the Municipal Assembly in […]
Read More →Brussels making concessions for Pristina again (Blic)
EU representatives will try to convince Belgrade officials to accept the decision of the Kosovo Constitutional Court on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities today in Brussels, learned Blic. Today’s meeting, mediated by the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, will be attended by the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. There were […]
Read More →Hahn has several messages for Kosovo politicians (Klan Kosova)
“For the benefit of your country and population, I ask the opposition to avoid violence and engage in a constructive manner on the debate within the Assembly of Kosovo,” was the message of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood policy, Johannes Hahn, to the Kosovo MPs from the coalition government and opposition parties, members […]
Read More →Lunacek and Hahn offer mediation of opposition-government dialogue (Klan Kosova)
Vice-President of the European Parliament Urlike Lunacek, and the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn, have offered to help on relaxing the relations between the opposition parties and the government of Kosovo. Kosovo’s members of the Parliamentarian Committee for Integration were informed of this on Tuesday during their visit to Brussels. “They also […]
Read More →Kosovo bodies confiscate machines of Belgrade based company ‘Magistrala’ (Danas)
Yesterday, officials of the Kosovo Customs and Kosovo Police confiscated machines owned by Belgrade company ‘Magistrala’, which maintains and cleans around 80 kilometers of roads in northern Kosovo. They confiscated five trucks, a snow plow truck and a vehicle. On the eve of the next round of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels this […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Dialogue is the only way to resolve problems (RTK2)
The meeting of the two Prime Ministers in Brussels sends the message that talks are the only way of resolving problems between Serbia and Pristina, regardless of the situation on the ground, said President of the European Movement of Serbs, Rada Trajkovic to RTK2. She said that Mustafa going to Brussels is due to the encouragement he feels from the […]
Read More →Freedom House report ranks Kosovo among partly free countries (Telegrafi)
In its latest report the US-based international human rights group Freedom House, has ranked Kosovo among partly free countries along with regional countries like Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia however was moved to the category of free countries. With regards to political rights, Kosovo scored 3 points in contrast […]
Read More →Serbia and Kosovo resume talks in Brussels (Balkan Insight)
The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo are to meet in Brussels on Wednesday to assess the state of EU-brokered deals on ‘normalizing’ relations. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/belgrade-and-pristina-set-to-resume-talks-in-brussels-01-26-2016
Read More →A protest in support of Ivanovic in Mitrovica (NMagazin)
In support of Oliver Ivanovic, an upcoming protest has been announced in Mitrovica to take place on Friday at eleven o’clock. The protest will be held in the city centre, and the organizers invite the public to come together and express dissent “against the shameful political verdict against Oliver Ivanovic.” The protest is being organized by Ivanovic’s friends, members of […]
Read More →Nikolić: I would insist on Chapter 35 (TV Most)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said that he believes that Serbia should primarily insist on Chapter 35 relating to Kosovo and on receiving an advance copy of the legally binding agreement text. “We should get the text so as to immediately be able to decide whether we want to go forward with it or not” said Nikolic for TV […]
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