Belgrade Media Report 24 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• UN court sentences Radovan Karadzic to 40 years imprisonment (B92)
• Seventeen years since NATO attacks on Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (RTS)
• Nikolic: NATO bombing disgrace of civilization (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
• Djuric to Pristina: Don’t cut the branch you’re sitting on (RTS)
• Azerbaijan blocks Kosovo’s accession to international conventions (RTS)
• Dacic: No one should be lecturing us on human rights (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Karadzic sentencing scheduled for today (Srna/Fena)
• Dodik: Security agencies need to work together (Srna)
• Dodik to Ivantsov: To get the Coordination mechanism which will be the result of a consensus (Srna)
• Ferguson: It is possible to find fair solution for City of Mostar (Fena)
• Drobnic: With dialogue to compromise (RTCG)
• Boycott idea failed: 12 candidates lists submitted for the elections in Tivat (Dnevne Novine)
• President Ivanov: Macedonia and Greece must cooperate in refugee crisis (MIA)
• Croatia among most corrupt EU Countries (Hina)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia Remembers NATO Bombing Casualties (BIRN)
• The Radovan Karadžic war crimes trial is Europe’s biggest since Nuremberg (The Guardian)
• Choosing Sides in Serbia: Neutral or NATO? (Havard International Review)
Kosovo President delivers speech on religious tolerance at Georgetown University (RTK)
The news site runs the full text of Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga’s speech during a visit to Georgetown University. “It’s a great pleasure to be back at Georgetown University to discuss what is shaping up to be one of the main generational challenges of this century – namely how we define the role of the […]
Read More →Dacic: Without Russia Kosovo would already be UN member (TV Most)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said that without Russian Federation, Serbian political partner in recent decades, Kosovo would already be admitted to the United Nations. “If Vladimir Putin would be Russian President at the time we were introduced sanctions, when Serbia was in problems and during the […]
Read More →Serbia marks anniversary of start of NATO bombing (Dailies)
17 years ago today NATO forces began their air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), at the time consisting of Serbia and Montenegro. The bombing, which lasted 78 days, severely damaged infrastructure, commercial buildings, schools, health institutions, media houses and cultural monuments. The attacks on Serbia started and were carried out without the […]
Read More →Ministry cannot solve property problems (KIM Radio)
Kosovo Ministry for Communities and Return each day receives complaints related to property rights of the displaced persons. However, Ministry is not able to solve these problems, because it is not in its mandate, said Minister Dalibor Jevtic to the representatives of the delegation of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM). At a […]
Read More →Djuric: We’ll protect our entrepreneurs (TV Most)
In regards to the decision of the Kosovo Customs to return trucks with Serbian goods, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said that Serbia does not believe in solving problems through conflict and through creating tension. “This, what is happening with blocking the trade, is a classic example of interfering the […]
Read More →Trust the citizens not despots to find a solution (media)
In an op-ed published today by several news websites, the co-founder of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) Jakup Krasniqi says he is happy he is not part of the current ruling coalition and of the Assembly. To be part of the institutions that were formed in a crisis and have maintained the situation for almost two years […]
Read More →Mustafa meets experts from demarcation commission (Telegrafi)
Today Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa met international experts part of the ad-hoc commission on border demarcation with Montenegro established by President Atifete Jahjaga. The meeting was confirmed by Mustafa’s advisor Bajram Gecaj. “Prime Minster Mustafa expressed the full readiness of the Government of Kosovo to provide any contribution that may be required by […]
Read More →Mustafa urges people of Kosovo to keep away from ISIS (RTK)
Today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly started off with observing a minute of silence in honor of the victims of the Brussels terror attacks. In an address, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa urged the people of Kosovo not to join terrorist groups and added that Kosovo is committed to remaining part of the alliance against terrorism.
Read More →Assembly thanks NATO for air raids in Kosovo’s defense (Koha)
The news site reports that the Kosovo Assembly began its session today by marking the 17th anniversary of the NATO air raids against Serbian targets and in defense of Kosovo Albanians in 1999. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli and Isa Mustafa delivered speeches commemorating the NATO raids and highlighted their importance for the liberation of Kosovo. […]
Read More →‘Offer Kosovar Fighters “Jihadi Rehab” to Combat Extremism’ (Balkan Insight)
More than 50 Kosovars face jail if convicted of offences linked to fighting in Syria and Iraq, but experts warn simply locking up returnees will do little to tackle violent extremism. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/offer-kosovar-fighters-jihadi-rehab-to-combat-extremism–03-23-2016
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 24 March
• President Jahjaga meets US Vice President Biden (Zeri/Kosova Sot)
• Opposition’s boycott set to continue (Zeri)
• Ymeri: April and May will determine political course in Kosovo (Koha)
• Haradinaj: National unification, an inevitable process (Koha)
• Dialogue with Serbia on trade fails (Koha)
• Serbia to give dialing prefix to Kosovo after ITU grants one (Telegrafi)
• German authorities release Kosovars detained on terror suspicions (RTK)
• LDK calls for “punitive measures” against Insajderi reporter (Insajderi)
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