Belgrade Media Report 3 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djordjevic takes over defense minister’s office from Vujovic (Tanjug)
• Gojkovic: Parliament to be disbanded, followed by slating of elections (RTS)
• Nikolic to call elections on Friday; Vojvodina elections also on 24 April (Novosti)
• Djuric: No one will abolish Serbian institutions in Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic not to sign agreement with Russia similar to the one with NATO (Danas)
• Pavel: NATO respects Serbia as a sovereign state (B92)
• Arrest of three people suspected of establishing IS organization in Kosovo (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Zvizdic claims the Council of Ministers has not received any official replies (Srna)
• Cormack and Waser: To improve cooperation between B&H and NATO (Akta.ba)
• Official: No migrants passing through B&H (Klix)
• Dialogue has no alternative (RTCG)
• Montenegro on the new migrant route (RTCG)
• ‘Diva Naselba’ Hearing: Three attorneys who will boycott trial are penalized (Tekegraf.mk)
• Donald Tusk from Zagreb pointed out Macedonia has problem with refugees (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Heroin Crossing Balkans to Europe, US Report (BIRN)
• EU Rightists Slate ‘Double Standard’ on Montenegro (BIRN)
Political support to the respect of the Law on Languages (KIM Radio)
The Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanović and Language Commissioner Slaviša Mladenović agreed that strong political support is needed in addressing the issue of failure to respect the Law on Languages. Mladenović held separate meetings with Stojanović and the Director of the Office of Community Affairs for Communities, Ivan Tomić, to whom he presented the draft […]
Read More →Director of Pristina National Theatre’s vehicle confiscated by Kosovo Customs (TV Most, KIM radio)
Kosovo Customs confiscated the vehicle of the Director of the Pristina National Theatre, Nenad Todorovic in Knic village, near Mitrovica. A press conference was organized today in Gracanica’s cultural centre, in order to draw the public’s attention to the daily administrative problems of Serbs in Kosovo. “I was driving a car with Vrnjačka Banja license plates with all relevant international […]
Read More →Thaci: I will not return to PDK nor to the government (Klan Kosova)
The recently elected president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview for Tribuna Channel that he would not return to the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) after conclusion of his mandate as president. He added that his return would not be healthy for democracy. According to him, it would not be good to return […]
Read More →A synagogue to be built in Pristina soon (Klan Kosova)
A synagogue for the Jewish community is expected to begin construction soon in the municipality of Pristina. Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti made the announcement at the meeting of the Community Safety Council. He said the construction will be supported by the US.
Read More →Kosovo Activists Overturn Serbian Truck in Schoolbook Protest (Balkan Insight)
Opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement) party activists overturned the truck in protest at Belgrade’s refusal to distribute Kosovo schoolbooks that Pristina donated to ethnic Albanian pupils in Serbia. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-s-truck-rolled-over-as-response-to-refused-school-books-03-03-2016
Read More →Kosovo Interior Ministry: Islamists did not plan attack in Serbia (KIM radio, TV Most, Vesti, Kontakt plus radio)
Kosovo Interior Ministry confirmed that three Islamists were arrested on suspicion that they were engaged in recruitment of new members, not because of planning attacks in Serbia. Three members of the Islamic state were arrested on the basis of operational data, which Kosovo received from Turkey and another country. According to information Tanjug received, there was no […]
Read More →Djurić: Nobody will abolish the Serbian institutions in the province (TV Most)
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija should be sure that no one will abolish Serbian institutions in the province, and that it certainly will not do provincial Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri. The first Brussels Agreement and the principles for the establishment […]
Read More →Der Standard: Even EU’s and America’s millions cannot stop corruption in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
The European Union and the United States of America are donating millions of Euros to the youngest country in Europe, Kosovo, however this country is failing to find a solution to the corruption problem. This is how an article in the Austrian daily, Der Standard, assesses the situation in Kosovo. “The European Union yearly donates €70 […]
Read More →Diplomatic defeats of Kosovo, Op-Ed by Petar Miletic (Danas)
Kosovo, over the past few months, has lost several diplomatic battles, leading to the frustration of the people of Kosovo, especially the opposition. The high level of support that Kosovo has had over the last fifteen years from Western countries culminated in 2008, when Kosovo declared independence. However, in recent months, this support failed when it came to several […]
Read More →Valon Murtezaj nominated Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (Gazeta Express)
The Office of the Prime Minister confirmed that Valon Murtezaj has been nominated for the position of Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. “The decision for Murtezaj’s nomination has already been made and he will start work at the Ministry this week,” according to a statement by the Office of the Prime Minister. Valon Murtezaj said in several […]
Read More →Djuric: All polling stations to open in Kosovo (KIM Radio, Danas)
All polling stations will be operational in Kosovo and Metohija, and our citizens that are registered on the voters lists will, and should, exercise their right to vote especially due to political circumstances, stated director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, informed KIM Radio. In the eve of extraordinary elections […]
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