Belgrade Media Report 2 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Elections “most probably” on 24 April (RTS)
• Drecun hopes Thaqi will not be an obstacle for formation of ZSO (Tanjug)
• Djuric: No justification for postponing formation of ZSO (TV Most/Tanjug/RTS)
• McAllister: EU accession closely linked to normalization with Kosovo (CorD Magazine/B92)
• Dittmann: Normalization with Pristina and EU accession parallel processes (TV N1/Beta)
• Croatia, Serbia request Montenegro to extradite Djukic (Beta)
• Parliament debating new defense minister (RTS)
• SNP to join SNS (Tanjug)
• Karic on SNS list, again (FoNet)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Formal reception held at B&H Presidency (Klix)
• B&H Independence Day – date which insults Serbs (Srpska)
• RS firm in building its status (Srna)
• Zukic: Zvizdic has SDA’s full confidence (Fena)
• First Krivokapic to be dismissed then dialogue (RTCG)
• DF accepted Milic’s invitation (Antena M)
• Slovenia FM: Cooperation in managing refugee crisis improves with new Croatian government (Hina)
• Special Public Prosecutor’s Office postponed “Coup” case hearing, court did not deliver evidence (MIA)
• State Election Commission intensively works on electoral roll revision (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Op/ED-European Path of Kosovo (Independent Balkan News Agency)
• Serbia Sends Albanian Schoolbooks Back to Kosovo (BIRN)
• Europe seen on cusp of new humanitarian crisis at Greece-Macedonia border (Reuters)
Opposition: We have not been silenced, protests will continue (Telegrafi)
Officials from Kosovo opposition parties are committed to continue opposing the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Vetevendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu told Telegrafi that the protest against the agreements has entered its seventh month and it has almost been three months since the opposition also began demanding the resignation of […]
Read More →EU support for the start of work of the special court (KIM Radio)
The EU will continue to offer assistance aimed at creation of the court chambers and Office of the Special Prosecutor, including necessary funds, so that the special court for crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army can start its work this year, Tanjug learned in Brussels. EU’s European External Action Service spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said that the […]
Read More →European path of Kosovo (media)
Several Kosovo-based news sites publish today and op-ed by Samuel Zbogar, Head of EU Office in Kosovo/EU Special Representative, originally published in the European Western Balkans web portal. Kosovo has a clear European perspective and recent events prove it. When I came to Kosovo in 2012, two important processes started between the EU and Kosovo: […]
Read More →Arrested on suspicion of preparing attacks in Serbia (Kontakt plus radio, Alo)
Three members of the Islamic State (F.B, I.F. and S. L.) were arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in Serbia. As reported by Alo daily, Kosovo police detained the returnees from the war zone in Syria (F. B, I.F and S. L.) and filed criminal charges against them due to their link with […]
Read More →Djurić: No justifications for delay of creation of the A/CSM (TV Most)
“The process of delay of the creation of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is not acceptable for Serbia from a political point of view and we have made it clear in front of the 190 members of the United Nations, and in front of the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council (UN)”, said Director […]
Read More →Opposition with dilemma on whether to send Thaci’s election to the Constitutional Court (Gazeta Blic)
The three opposition parties, Vetevendosje movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), have not decided yet on whether to send the case of Hashim Thaci’s election for president to the Constitutional Court. A senior official from the opposition, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that they are assessing […]
Read More →Vetevendosje leader Visar Ymeri arrested (Koha)
Vetevendosje leader Visar Ymeri was arrested this morning by police in his flat in Pristina. In a press release, Vetevendosje said Ymeri was taken by force to a court hearing. “The arrest of the leader of the largest opposition party comes after hundreds of arrests of the Movement’s activists and MPs in the last six […]
Read More →More than 30.000 citizens of Kosovo renounced their nationality (RTK2)
Around 32,000 people have been denied Kosovo citizenship since 2009. According to the Kosovo Ministry of Interior, the reason for this is that some EU countries do not allow dual citizenship for citizens who are not part of the European Union. On the other hand, 6,000 people applied for Kosovo citizenship, but only about 1,200 obtained it. People who acquired […]
Read More →Djuric to the Kosovo citizens: Exercise your right to vote (TV Most)
“All polling centres will be opened in Kosovo and our citizens who are registered in the electoral lists will be able and should exercise their right to vote, particularly due to the special political circumstances,” said the Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric. He also invited the citizens who […]
Read More →Does anybody want destabilization of the Regional Directorate of Mitrovica North Police (Kontakt plus radio)
Some members of Kosovo police in northern Kosovo, who requested anonymity, stated that they suspected that some of the recent actions of the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK) were aimed at destabilizing the Regional Directorate of Mitrovica North Police. This reaction came after PIK suspended several police officers in northern Kosovo on suspicion of corruption […]
Read More →Chief Prosecutor David Schwendiman: Thaci is not immune to penal prosecution (Insajderi)
The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Investigative Task Force (SIFT), that was initiated on the basis of allegations by Dick Marty, David Schwendiman, said to Insjaderi that “the prosecution initiated by the Special Investigative Task Force will continue. This investigation is not affected by the voting on Friday.” “SIFT does not comment the details of the investigation. […]
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