Belgrade Media Report 16 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Thaqi’s call for Serbia to recognize Kosovo frivolous (Tanjug/RTS)
• Djuric: Trepca should be discussed in Belgrade (RTS)
• Djuric: Vucic to visit Kosovo soon (Tanjug)
• Seselj not to attend delivering of verdict in ICTY (Tanjug)
• Still no written verdict to Ivanovic (Novosti)
• UNHCR: Serbia receives close to 1,500 asylum applications since January (Beta)
• Pressure from Croatia blocks screening of the film about the massacre in Dvor na Uni (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• No one can be blamed that the consensus wasn’t reached (Novo vrijeme)
• Dodik to ask that the official population census results for RS be published (Srna)
• Bosniak politicians are leading country to disaster (Srna)
• Examples from Prijedor show that RS is right (Srna)
• Dodik promised to support the opening of the Ferhadija Mosque? (Klix)
• Izetbegovic sent a telegram of condolences to Erdogan (Faktor.ba)
• Tuzla Canton to host an important NATO drill (Klix)
• Macedonia sends refugees back to Greece (RTCG)
• Peaceful and mass rally in Macedonia held to support Constitutional Court (MIA)
• Jakimovski: SDSM’s Protest is to overthrow the Constitutional order (TV Nova)
• Foreign Ministry expresses condolences over death of Macedonian UN volunteer (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hashim Thaci: Kosovo Has Nothing to Hide (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia’s central bank seen keeping key rate on hold: Reuters poll (Reuters)
• Karadzic’s Courtroom Drama Will End in Disappointment (BIRN)
Serbs in Kosovo not asked about the draft law on Trepca (Blic)
The Kosovo government has formed a commission to deal with the draft law on Trepca, but representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo have opposed it and have pointed out that the Serbian community should have a decisive voice in terms of assets in the predominantly Serbian areas. Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, […]
Read More →AP KiM expects Vučić and public figures to support organization of Serbian elections in Kosovo (KoSSev)
It is not sufficient to say that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo, instead it should be shown to the world that Kosovo is Serbia, through action. Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (AP KiM), comprised of opposition and extra parliamentarian parties, yesterday communicated that it expects from the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić […]
Read More →MPs of the Serbian List announce visit to municipalities (Kontakt Plus Radio)
MPs from the Serbian List held a meeting where they agreed on a plan to visit Serb-majority municipalities and the Gorani community. The Serbian List caucus group communicated that they are going to visit Ranilug/Ranillug, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, Klokot/Kllokot, Parteš/Partesh, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Štrpce/Shtërpcë, North Mitrovica, Zvečan/Zveçan, Zubin Potok and Leposavić/Leposaviq, along with villages Goraždevac and Velika Hoča, and […]
Read More →Defense still waiting written judgment in Ivanović’s case (KIM Radio)
Defense attorneys of the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanović, who was sentenced nine years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo in January, expect a written judgment from the international panel of judges of the Basic Court in Mitrovica in early April, after which they will file an appeal. “What we know so far […]
Read More →Collaku and Zbogar ready for the visa liberalization assessment mission (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s European Integration Minister Bekim Collaku met today with the EU Special Representative and head of EU Office in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar and discussed preparations for the upcoming visit of EU experts for the assessment of the visa liberalization criteria implementation. Collaku said relevant Kosovo institutions are well-prepared to address all concerns of the EU […]
Read More →Djuric: We support the Serbs in Kosovo, Vucic to visit Kosovo soon (Blic, Tanjug)
Head of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija (KiM), Marko Djuric said in Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo, on Tuesday, that Serbia would continue to fund its institutions in Kosovo and that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic would visit the province soon. During a visit he paid to the municipality, Djuric said that Serbia would […]
Read More →Kosovo powerless in securing release of KSF ministry official (Indeksonline)
Security analyst, Naim Maloku, said Kosovo authorities are powerless in securing the release of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) Ministry’s senior official, Gafurr Dugolli, arrested by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) police on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia. This, according to Maloku, is due to the fact that Kosovo is not a member […]
Read More →Government to re-submit list of PRB members on Friday (Gazeta Blic)
The government of Kosovo announced that it will meet on Friday to re-submit the proposals for nomination of the members of the Procurement Review Body to the Assembly of Kosovo. “The government of Kosovo will respect any procedure of the Assembly of Kosovo and it will accept any decision made by Kosovo Assembly MPs,” stresses a press […]
Read More →Kosovo police arrest men suspected of financing Islamic State fighters (Reuters)
Kosovo police carried out two separate raids and arrested two men on suspicion of helping recruit and finance people to fight for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, police said on Wednesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-kosovo-crime-idUKKCN0WI1LZ
Read More →Hashim Thaci: Kosovo Has Nothing to Hide (Balkan Insight)
President-elect Hashim Thaci offered an optimistic view of Kosovo’s future during a speech in The Hague, despite impending prosecutions of former KLA guerrillas at the new ‘special court’ in the city. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hashim-thaci-kosovo-has-nothing-to-hide-03-16-2016
Read More →Mustafa: Changes in government depending on performance of the ministers (Gazeta Express)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said at a press conference after his visit to a factory in Suhareke/Suvareka, that the performance of his ministers will be evaluated, and that changes in the government will commence based on the evaluation. “The other issues of reformatting remain ongoing, because will continuously assess the performance of the […]
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