Belgrade Media Report 15 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Government lifts state of emergency (RTS/Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: EU invites Serbia to open Chapters 14 and 21 (B92)
• Stefanovic: Serbia will follow Germany concerning attitude towards migrants (RTV)
• Ljajic: Government sent report to ICTY in time (Tanjug/RTS)
• Seselj: I expect draconian sentence (RTS)
• Fate of 540 Serbs who went missing in Kosovo still unknown (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Agreement on census results has not been reached last night (Srna)
• Proponents of unitary B&H want population census results to be postponed (Srna)
• Chetnik gatherings in B&H must be stopped and the perpetrators punished (Fena)
• Radoncic left the hospital at his own risk and returned to custody (Klix)
• Satisfactory framework for the inclusion of Serb representatives in to Macedonia’s political life (Srna)
• Lange: A dialogue among parties is the way to reach an agreement (Pobjeda)
• Migrants are starting to explore alternative, illegal ways to enter Macedonia (MIA)
• Macedonian citizen, the UN Peacekeeper, victim of terrorists in Africa (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• 2016 Serbian general election – five key observations (TransConflict)
• Foreign journalists fined for entering Macedonia together with illegal migrants (Xinhua)
Opposition that Kosovo needs (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial today notes that the opposition parties cannot win the sympathy of the citizens only by releasing teargas and opposing the agreements with Serbia. “A sustainable alternative is one that represents seriousness, commitment and results. If the opposition manages to renew itself with capable, brave and determined people, only then will it be able to […]
Read More →EU believes SAA will have positive impact on consumer rights in Kosovo (Lajmi)
In the framework of the EU funded “Free Movement of Goods in Kosovo” project, the EU Office/EUSR marked World Consumer Rights Day today by organizing a round table to discuss “Consumer rights in practice”. The project’s objective is, among others, to reinforce the protection of Kosovo consumers. The main discussion was about the admission and […]
Read More →Police arrest person connected to Molotov attack on PM Mustafa’s house (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Police issued a press release saying that a person connected to the Molotov cocktail attack on Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s house was arrested last night. According to the police, the suspect was part of a group of masked persons that threw Molotov cocktails at the police and Mustafa’s house during the opposition protest on 26 February. The […]
Read More →Kosovo Holds Tear Gas-Free Assembly Session (Balkan Insight)
MPs from Kosovo’s three opposition parties, Vetevendosje [Self-Determination], The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and Nisma [Initiative for Kosovo] boycotted Tuesday’s assembly session, allowing for the first session in months to be held in normal conditions, without being interrupted by tear gas. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-holds-tear-gas-free-assembly-meeting-03-15-2016
Read More →Assembly fails to appoint members of the procurement review body (Koha)
Today’s continuation of the plenary session of the Kosovo Assembly aimed at appointing members for the Procurement Review Body, one of the prerequisites for visa liberalization, has failed. The chairman of the session, Xhavit Haliti, initially said that none of the representatives of the Serb community met the criteria to be appointed for the procurement authority whereas […]
Read More →Poll highlight youth’s perception of the government as the most corrupt institution (Kosovapress)
Unemployment, corruption, poverty remain the main problems in Kosovo whereas the education system is considered to be plagued by nepotism, corruption and negligence, said FOL think tank representatives today during the presentation of their recent poll. According to FOL, this was the first time they conducted a poll on perception of corruption in the field of education. […]
Read More →Veseli replies to the Constitutional Court: Election of President, in accordance with Constitution (Gazeta Express)
After the request of the Constitutional Court, Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, submitted his version of election of the President of Kosovo at the Assembly session of 26 February. In a prolonged replay, Veseli stresses that the Assembly of Kosovo has elected the President in accordance with the Constitution. The three opposition parties, Vetevendosje movement, […]
Read More →Tomanovic: Families of missing Serbs are bitter (Blic, Politika)
President of the Association of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo and Metohija, Verica Tomanovic says that families are aware that the fate of their loved ones cannot be disclosed without the participation of EULEX and the Albanian institutions. She says that due to the passivity of EULEX and Albanian institutions there has been no progress […]
Read More →Mustafa: Trepca will not go to Brussels (Klan Kosova)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said at the press conference after today’s meeting of the government, that the government has approved the decision for establishment of the commission for Trepca draft law. He said that the commission for Trepca will continuously report to the government about its work and according to him this […]
Read More →Đurić: Belgrade will continue to affirm dialogue with Pristina (Blic)
At a meeting yesterday with Austrian Ambassador to Serbia, Johannes Eigner, the Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, assessed that Austria is one of the key partners of Serbia when it comes to Belgrade’s European perspective and creation of regional stability. The Office communicated that Đurić discussed the current political […]
Read More →Hedvig Morvai: EU is risking its future by closing borders (Danas)
We are currently witnessing the growth of right-wing populism and development of nationalist tendencies all over the EU, in which countries instead of united appear as distant from each other, says in an interview for Danas Hedvig Morvai, Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans, answering to the question whether the Western Balkans […]
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