Belgrade Media Report 8 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: State of natural disaster to be declared (RTS)
• Dacic: Pristina should behave appropriately to its place (Tanjug)
• Djurdjevic: Awaiting OSCE’s decision on organizing elections in Kosovo (Beta)
• Kosovo Serbs to submit petition for slating local elections in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta)
• SPS-led coalition submits election list (Tanjug)
• SRS submits election list (Beta/RTS)
• SNS in Novi Sad first at local elections (Tanjug)
• More than 1.000 refugees to get stuck in Serbia by end of the week (Danas)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Radoncic’s lawyer Asim Crnalic comments on the reaction of the B&H Prosecution of B&H (Klix)
• Up to two years in prison – for two sentences!? (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: RS open to discuss the Coordination mechanism (Srna/Nezavisne)
• SDA requires two municipalities in Mostar, HDZ against (Vecernji list)
• Adnan Jashari: Ministry is informed about Kosovo’s refusal to extradite sentenced Islamists (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Tomislav Nikolic: Relations between Serbia and Russia are “exceptional” (TASS)
Read More →Marching, not celebrating (Telegrafi)
Civil society activists today marched in Pristina demanding more rights for women on the occasion of International Women’s Day. ‘We march, we don’t celebrate’, ‘My body, my choice’,’ Anti sexism’ and ‘working women’ were some of the banners of women who protested today. The march was organized by Kosovo Women Network (KWN). Igballe Rogova, executive […]
Read More →Braathu: The Serbian List has performed its duties and enabled a quorum (KoSSev)
Ambassador of Norway in Kosovo, Jan Braathu was a guest of the Free Serbian (Slobodno Srpski) where he said that in this situation all are losers, because Kosovo’s reputation was damaged. “The efforts that have been made in the last 8 years, to try to build the image of Kosovo, which was more positive, I […]
Read More →Simić: Voting will take place in Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
The leader of the Serbian List Slavko Simić said that Serbian elections will be organized this year in Kosovo and Metohija, like in 2012 and 2014. Reflecting on the statement of the Kosovo minister without portfolio Edita Tahiri that Serbian elections won’t take place in Kosovo, Simić said that elections in Kosovo have been facilitated […]
Read More →Brussels Sparks Political Showdown in Kosovo (The Weekly Standard)
Notwithstanding its 80 percent Albanian Muslim population, Kosovo has mostly kept infiltration by ISIS or other Islamist radicals at bay. Hashim Thaci, the former head of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), elected president by the country’s National Assembly on February 26, told the German newspaper Handelsblatt last November, “We have acted against radical elements by arresting almost 100 individuals, including imams […]
Read More →Serb injured and robbed in North Mitrovica (Kontakt Plus Radio)
A man of Serbian nationality was injured yesterday in North Mitrovica after an unknown attacker entered a shop in St. Kolasinska and robbed him. The Deputy Regional Commander of Kosovo Police Besim Hoti said to Kontakt Plus Radio that the incident took place around 15:10, and that RSD 30.000 and EUR 1.500 were stolen from […]
Read More →Meucci: Gender equality remains a challenge for Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
The head of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), Gabriele Meucci, today on the occasion of International Women’s Day said this day serves as a reminder that gender equality remains a significant challenge worldwide, including in Kosovo. “I remain strongly supportive of all local and international women here in Kosovo as they […]
Read More →Thaci: I was congratulated by the opposition as well (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s President-elect, Hashim Thaci, during an interview with TV Dukagjini today said that after being elected as Kosovo president, he received congratulations also from the opposition MPs. Thaci also reiterated his call for dialogue between the political parties in order to overcome the current crisis as soon as possible. In regards to opposition’s address to […]
Read More →AAK: Creation of Kosovo army, hostage to political deals (Telegrafi)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said in a statement that the failure of Kosovo institutions to establish Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) is a result of the “incapability and negligence” of the government. The AAK considers that unnecessary delays in the establishment of armed forces are “completely unacceptable” and that the issue deserves […]
Read More →Western diplomat: Thaci could be indicted for war crimes this year (Koha)
As he gets ready to take on the post of Kosovo president, Hashim Thaci is facing mounting speculation of whether he could be summoned to the court due to open in The Hague this year, trying crimes allegedly committed by senior KLA members, Koha writes quoting an AFP report. The president-elect has expressed his “full […]
Read More →For the strength of Kosovo’s women (Zeri)
The paper has published an editorial by the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, writen for the International Women’s Day: Every woman of this country has a valuable history of sacrifice, resistance, faith and hope. Histories which we might have heard, which we might have shared with one another with pride, or which we have asked […]
Read More →Everyone can contribute (Zeri)
Below find the opinion piece by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, published today in Zeri. 8th March is celebrated internationally as women’s day. I have to admit, the first time I spent 8 March in Kosovo, I was surprised by the tradition. The day is not really celebrated in Britain, and […]
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