Belgrade Media Report 23 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Stefanovic: Situaiton in Serbia stable, no threat to citizens (RTS)
• Stefanovic in Berlin: Serbia ready to join fight against terrorism (Beta)
• Selakovic: Croatia’s complaints are political, not legal (RTS)
• Gojkovic meets with Krichbaum (Tanjug)
• Antic: Srbijagas will not thwart opening of chapters (Tanjug)
• SNS first to submit electoral list for provincial elections (Tanjug)
• SPS, JS and Patriotic Movement of Serbia together at provincial elections (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Presidency members condemned terrorist attacks in Brussels (Srna)
• Mektic: B&H cannot completely exclude the possibility of a terrorist attack (Klix)
• Bosnian language portal applauds Brussels attacks, announces new ones (Hina)
• Coordination mechanism agreed 90 % (Faktor)
• Bosnia divided ahead of Karadzic war crimes verdict (Hina)
• Resolution condemning naming public institution after Radovan Karadzic adopted (Fena)
• Naser Oric trial (Hayat)
• Emin Hodzic sentenced to prison for fighting in Syria (Klix)
• “Historical” non-aggression pact lasted less than 12 hours (Pobjeda)
• Uyehara: The US is doing everything to help Montenegro become a NATO member state (CDM)
• Vujanovic: Montenegro in NATO by early 2017 (RTCG)
• Macedonian President: Institutions are successfully coping with security challenges (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s parliamentary elections will also take place in Kosovo (Independent Balkan News Agency)
• Radovan Karadzic: ‘I Expect to be Acquitted’ (BIRN)
US Embassy confirms: Biden will meet Jahjaga today (Klan Kosova)
The Pristina-based TV station reports that the Vice President of the United States of America, Joseph Biden, will meet today at the White House with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga. The US Embassy in Pristina confirmed that the meeting will take place today. Citing unnamed sources, Klan Kosova also reports that Biden and Jahjaga are expected […]
Read More →Kosovars arrested in Germany have no relation to terrorists (Lajmi)
Citing sources in the Kosovo Police, the Pristina-based news site reports that the three Kosovars arrested by German authorities on Tuesday are not suspected of having planned any terror attacks.
Read More →Kosovo Albanian man confesses rape by Serbian troops during war (media)
Several news sites carry an interview originally published in Radio Free Europe of a Kosovo Albanian male who confessed that he was raped by Serbian troops in Pristina during the Kosovo conflict. The victim said he was stopped and sexually abused by Serbian police officers in downtown Pristina. The victim said that after the conflict […]
Read More →Kosovo authorities send back Serbian trucks (Koha)
Kosovo’s customs authorities told Radio Free Europe that they have sent back a truck traveling from Serbia to Kosovo. Adriatik Stavileci, spokesman for the Kosovo Customs, said this comes as a result of a decision made by Kosovo authorities to introduce reciprocity measures against Serbia on oil and gas transport. “Yesterday at the border crossing […]
Read More →Serbia “ready to join in relentless fight against terror” (B92)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic says his country is ready to join Germany and other European countries in a relentless fight against terrorism. “I wish to express my deepest condolences to the families of victims of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, and to make clear that we are prepared to join Germany and other European […]
Read More →Dacic thanked the students for the”No Kosovo to UNESCO” campaign (TV Most)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with representatives of students from Belgrade and Pristina faculties today, who last year, during the Kosovo initiative for membership in UNESCO, organized the “No Kosovo in UNESCO” campaign. Dacic thanked the students for their extensive contributions for Serbia’s victory in UNESCO. The […]
Read More →Terror (Kosova Sot)
On a front-page editorial the paper writes that terror attacks in Brussels caused outrage in Europe and the rest of the world but they should not shake democracy. In fact, these attacks should only strengthen the determination to fight against terrorism. The paper says although there are individuals from Kosovo who have gone to fight […]
Read More →ID applications facilitated for displaced persons (KiM radio)
It was announced at at a meeting held in Pristina that the working group on finding durable solutions for return will try to find a way to facilitate financial or bureaucratic problems that displaced persons face in exercising their right to identity documents. The second day of the conference was attended by representatives of the Government of […]
Read More →30 Serbian families left Klokot-Vrbovac municipality (Vecernje Novosti)
In the last two years, 30 Serbian families left the Klokot-Vrbovac municipality. In numbers, that is 124 persons, while thirty Serbian houses have been sold. Former president of the Vitina / Viti municipality interim authority, Miloš Jovanović, told reporters that the number includes many children, which has affected the number of pupils in schools. This has badly […]
Read More →Population and household census in northern municipalities postponed (Klan Kosova)
In a meeting today, the government of Kosovo decided to postpone the population and household census in the four northern municipalities that did not participate in this process in 2011, for two weeks. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the decision is related to technical issues.
Read More →On World Water Day, PM Mustafa stressed importance of water (Koha)
Yesterday Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa attended events organised to mark World Water Day. In a visit to the water factory in Shkabaj, Mustafa stressed the importance of water for the sustainable development of a country. He said the factory, which is still in the construction stage, will supply not only Pristina but more than […]
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