Belgrade Media Report 30 March 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Refugee crisis has only been postponed, not solved (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic to travel to Bosnia, meet with Croat presidency member (Tanjug/B92)
• Djuric: UNMIK’s role irreplaceable (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Brussels to resolve problem with blockade of trucks (RTS)
• Miscevic: EU not asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo (B92)
• Vulin: Serbian government to continue to support University in Pristina (Beta/Tanjug)
• EU donations enable return of 100 families to Kosovo (Beta)
• Obradovic: We are waiting for decision of Higher Court (Tanjug)
• Antonic: SRS subject to blackmail, it is acceptable opposition to SNS (B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Harsh statements between Izetbegovic and Vucic (Faktor/Fena)
• Chances for a revision of the B&H genocide suit non-existent (Srna)
• Izetbegovic believes that SBB will no longer block the work of the Parliament (Patria)
• Meeting of Central Census Office postponed, no agreement on key issues (Patria)
• Bosnia, Croatia can resolve outstanding issues through good will, officials say (Hina)
• Juncker: Djukanovic’s role significant in the progress Montenegro achieved (CDM)
• Lekic: 9 April – the deadline for signing the agreement (TV Vijesti)
• Pajovic with Steinacker: Positive Montenegro opened government’s door to opposition
• SDSM’s ‘Phantom’ voters turn out to be real people (Telegraf)
• Paris terror attackers believed to have used phones purchased in Croatia (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Serb University Not in Danger, Belgrade (BIRN)
• Serbia, Bosnia Leaders Clash Over ‘Genocide Lawsuit’ (BIRN)
Djuric: The role of UNMIK irreplaceable (Tanjug)
The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, at today’s meeting with the Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade Simona-Mirela Miculescu, stressed that United Nations are the most important partner for Serbia and that role of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Nothing has been decided yet regarding joint list (Telegrafi)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, told the news site the opposition is discussing the possibility of going to parliamentary elections with a joint list, but added that the AAK is also preparing to enter elections alone. Haradinaj stressed that the protest scheduled for 26 March which was […]
Read More →Report on demarcation to be announced today (kallxo.com/Klan Kosova/Gazeta Express)
The three international experts, Fletcher Burton, Herbert Wilmes and Fred Newton will make public today their report on the borderline between Kosovo and Montenegro. The Office of the President of Kosovo, informed that the findings of the three-member team will be made public today at 17:30 hours at a press conference. The President of Kosovo, […]
Read More →Nobody has been convicted for sexual violence during war time (Kosovapress)
The National Council for the Survivors of Sexual Violence during the war today held its closing meeting and presented the work of the Council on victims of sexual violence during the war. At the meeting chaired by President Atifete Jahjaga it was discussed, among other things, the application of the legal rights of these victims […]
Read More →Belgrade mulls “reciprocal measures” for trucks from Kosovo (Beta, B92)
Serbian Government’s Kosovo Office Director Marko Djuric has said that “Serbia is considering introducing reciprocal measures for trucks from Kosovo.” According to Beta agency, he said this was the case because trucks from Serbia proper, including those with oil, continue to be blocked (at the administrative border). “We will not be quietly waiting for our interests […]
Read More →Djuric: Serbia will continue to support Goranies (RTS)
The head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric yesterday paid a visit to village Vraniste in Gora region in Kosovo, populated by Gorani community, and said that Serbia will continue with the support to Gorani community. Djuric said that Gora is very important symbol of unity and reminded that Goranies […]
Read More →Blerim Dina elected chairman of the board of PRB (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly with 64 votes in favor, 10 abstentions and one vote against, today elected Besim Dina as chairman of the board of the Procurement Review Body (PRB). As members of the board were elected: Nuhi Paqarizi and Goran Milenkovic. Their mandate will last five years. The Assembly also elected Besnik Osmani as General Auditor. […]
Read More →Serbia to begin recognising Kosovo-issued diplomas (Kosovapress)
Officials from the cabinet of the Kosovo minister without portfolio and chief negotiator in the EU-facilitated dialogue with Belgrade, Edita Tahiri, said that authorities in Serbia are expected to begin recognising education diplomas issued in Kosovo as of 1 April. Arjeta Rexha, advisor to Tahiri, said that in the recent negotiations in Brussels the parties […]
Read More →Kosovo War Witnesses ‘Intimidated into Changing Stories’ (Balkan Insight)
Suspects were acquitted in war crimes cases in Kosovo last year because witnesses changed their stories in court, raising suspicions of intimidation, the Humanitarian Law Centre said in a new report. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/witness-intimidation-and-political-interference-in-trials-hlc-said-03-29-2016
Read More →Kosovo customs blocked shipment of Fehmiu’s books to Kosovo (TV Most)
The entire shipment of the second part of the biography of Bekim Fehmiu ‘Brilliant and terrifying’, which was published in Albanian by Samizdat B92, were stored in the Kosovo customs warehouse, while distributer, Rilindja AGE, was not allowed to take over the shipment. The Kosovo media published the information on the kind of “arrest” of […]
Read More →Dangerous intentions of Marko Djuric (Vesti)
Head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric is not telling the truth when he says that somebody has planted the papers on the integration of the University of Pristina (relocated in North Mitrovica), without the stamp and signature and that he did not stand behind it. The truth is that Djuric initiated […]
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