Belgrade Media Report 28 March
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Karadzic’s verdict must not influence fate of RS (RTS)
• Vucic and Patriarch talk about Republika Srpska (Tanjug)
• Vucic, Chepurin discuss Karadzic verdict, neutrality, NATO (Tanjug)
• Pak: Removing Kosovo from Constitution out of question (RTS/Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: University in Pristina important for survival of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Sixth day of blockade at Merdare (RTS)
• Serbian Trade Ministry: Kosovo violating CEFTA (Beta)
• SPS condemns attacks of Albanians on SPS candidate in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Gorani to take part in parliamentary elections (Novosti)
• RIK declares electoral list “For Free Serbia – Patrons (Tanjug)
• Anti-NATO protest in Belgrade (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Judgment – Result of international lobbies’ pressure (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Reasoning of legal arguments broke under political position (Srna)
• Izetbegovic: Vucic should not worry about the RS’s position (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Serbia demonstrated it is for reconciliation, others did not (Srna)
• Multiple reactions to the Karadzic verdict (Hina)
• Statement of the HR Valentin Inzko following the first-instance verdict in the Karadzic case (Fena)
• New details on Markale and Srebrenica are melting away stereotypes of Serb culpability (Srna)
• Kovac: Croatia to help Serbia fit into European standards (Hina)
• Luksic: We are ready to accept the obligations of NATO membership (RTCG)
• Raid in Montenegro hotels: 55 Russians taken for hearings (Dnevne Novine)
• Macedonian Interior Minister: No police operation undertaken, boosted police presence in Skopje-Kumanovo region (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Karadzic’s conviction and Serbia’s rights trend (TransConflict)
Read More →Jahjaga: War has not yet ended for raped women in Kosovo (Koha)
President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga today addressed the “Sexual Violence in Conflict and beyond” Forum, organised by the Foundation for the Wellbeing of the Society of the President of Malta, Ms. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. This Forum was organised on the occasion of President Jahjaga’s state visit to the Republic of Malta. During her remarks, […]
Read More →Kosovo President in Malta (Times of Malta)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga arrived in Malta this afternoon and was later welcomed at San Anton Palace by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160327/local/kosovo-president-in-malta.607039
Read More →Opposition cannot find unity on the next protest (Lajmi.net)
The Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Muharrem Nitaj, told the portal the date for the next protest will be decided during this week, and the possibility for the protest to take place this week or very soon after, is not excluded. “So far, there is no decision on the precise date […]
Read More →Serbia’s plan: Colonization of Kosovo with over 20000 Serbs (lajmi.net)
Based on a project for building new settlements in north and south of Kosovo, the government of Serbia has planned to move to Kosovo over 20 thousand Serbs from Serbia. According to the Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo at the government of Serbia, Dusan Kozarev, their plan foresees building of ten to fifteen […]
Read More →The last chance (Kosova Sot)
The front-page editorial of the paper, writes that Kosovo is in danger of becoming a dysfunctional and corrupted Republic, lacking rule of law, economic development and being led by an incriminated oligarchy which leads the state and businesses. “In order to prevent this national tragedy, the current governing should end as soon as possible,” notes […]
Read More →Rector trusts only Vucic (KIM radio)
Srecko Milacic, Rector of the University of Pristina (relocated in Mitrovica), has called on Marko Djuric “to act in accordance with the policy of the Government and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.” Rector of the University asks for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Vucic, because he “has trust in him only.” In a statement to […]
Read More →Statement by the Office for KIM: We will not allow abolishment of University (KIM radio, TV Most, KoSSev)
“On the occasion of speculation and false rumours related to the University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica, which were unsigned and released through certain media in Pristina, the Office for KiM announces the following: State University of Pristina with temporary seat in Kosovska Mitrovica is one of the foundations on which rests the survival and […]
Read More →Rasic: There was no request but we discussed about Prilluzhe (Telegrafi)
The Serbian List MP, Nenad Rasic, said today he was surprised by recent statement of the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa that there will be no municipality of Prilluzhe. Rasic said the Serbian List has not submitted the request to the government of Kosovo for the formation of a new Serb-majority municipality of Prilluzhe. “We didn’t […]
Read More →Kosovo President Focuses on Terrorism, Foreign Fighters (VoA)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga says her country has increased its efforts to arrest citizens who have become foreign fighters with Islamic State (IS) in Syria or Iraq. http://www.voanews.com/content/kosovo-president-talks-terrorism-foreign-fighters/3255485.html
Read More →Berisha: We return to Assembly only to vote for its dissolution (Indeksonline)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) MP, Ali Berisha, said today that the AAK will only return to Assembly to vote for the dissolution of the current Assembly. He also added that the three opposition parties have not yet set a date for the next anti-government protest.
Read More →Injured husband and wife, two cars damaged (KIM radio)
Three middle-aged Albanians, on Saturday evening, half an hour after midnight, attacked the house of Stanojevic family from the village Berivojce, the municipality of Kamenica/Kamenice. The incident occurred when Negovan Stanojevic escorted his guests. “Guests of the Albanian cafe attacked me when I approached them to ask to move their vehicles, which have been parked without […]
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