Belgrade Media Report 14 April 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Diplomatic experience qualifies Jeremic (Beta/RTS)
• Kocijancic: EC looks forward to opening of Chapters 23, 24 (Tanjug)
• Davenport: EC made recommendation; member-states will decide (Tanjug)
• Dikovic, Djuric, Obradovic banned from entering Kosovo (Novosti)
• Kozarev: Kosovo Serbs to vote as in 2014 (Tanjug)
• RIK declares final electoral list (Tanjug)
• The municipalities that are not there (NIN)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Lukac: Report on attack on Vucic filed (Srna)
• Grand opening of Covic’s new office in Mostar: Is Mostar the Croat capital (Patria)
• Zvizdic: To adopt methodological rules for data processing without further delay (Fena/Srna)
• Croatia’s candidate for UN Secretary-General interviewed (Hina)
• NATO Accession Protocol to be signed on 19 May (RTCG)
• More than 10,000 people protested against abolition of Zaev and Verusevski (Telegraf.mk)
• National office of President Gjorge Ivanov demolished (Telegraf.mk)
• Hahn has dismissed all speculations that the June 5 elections could be postponed (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• French court rules to extradite Bosnian war crimes suspect (RFI)
• Protesters ransack Macedonia president’s office (World Bulletin)
Freedom of media in Kosovo worsens (Kosovapress)
The freedom of the media in Kosovo is worsening, concluded the Reporters Without Borders in its 2015 World Press Freedom Index. Of 180 countries assessed, Kosovo has been ranked on the 87th place compared to the 80th place given last year.
Read More →US human rights report: Endemic corruption in the government of Kosovo (Koha)
One of the most serious problems with human rights in Kosovo during 2015 was the obstruction, at times violent, of the parliament by opposition deputies during the October-December period, states the annual US State Department report on human rights. This obstruction, according to the report, blocked free debate and the passage of legislation. Furthermore, endemic […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: Holding Serbian elections in Kosovo, Mustafa’s failure (Gazeta Blic)
Vetevendosje movement assessed that eventual holding of Serbia’s elections of 24 April in Kosovo, are yet another failure of the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. Glauk Konjufca from Vetevendosje, said at a press conference that holding these elections in Kosovo is in contradiction with the Constitution of Kosovo. According to him, the current governments violating the […]
Read More →Junior coalition partner LB presents plan to overcome political crisis (Koha)
Leader of the Movement for Unification (LB), part of the ruling coalition, Valon Murati presented in a press conference today a plan aimed at overcoming the current political deadlock in Kosovo. LB noted that the crisis requires a long-term solution and in order to achieve this, it proposed a two-point plan where all political stakeholders will […]
Read More →Haxhiu calls AAK and NISMA hypocrites (Kosovapress)
Vetevendosje movement MP, Albulena Haxhiu, accused on her Facebook page the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA). Even though she did not mention these two parties, Haxhiu’s reaction came after the statements of the officials of AAK and NISMA that they do not have any red lines with […]
Read More →Kosovo Albanian, Serbian Mayors Vow to Work Together (Balkan Insight)
Albanian and Serbian Mayors from the Pristina region of Kosovo pledged to cooperate in a joint statement facilitated by the OSCE and signed on Wednesday. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/osce-moderates-dialogue-among-kosovo-albanian-and-serb-mayors-04-13-2016
Read More →Usurpers do not support decriminalization (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial today while referring to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s statement’s that people with criminal records have no place in Kosovo institutions and election lists, stresses that such promises are not serious because “political leaders making such statements undertake no actions to support them.” With the laws in force in Kosovo, the paper notes, […]
Read More →Leader of Dveri movement not allowed to enter Kosovo (Danas)
Coalition Dveri-Democratic Party of Serbia communicated yesterday that leader of this coalition Bosko Obradovic, was not allowed to visit Kosovo. Other representatives of this coalitions, including Sanda Rašković Ivić, have entered Kosovo, however the gathering in Zvečan/Zveçan, planned for yesterday, did not take place because the owner of the premise where election rally was meant […]
Read More →Priština: Interethnic dialogue for better life (KIM Radio)
Mayors of municipalities of Pristina region yesterday signed a declaration on promotion of the interethnic dialogue. By signing the declaration mayors of Pristina, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Kosovo Polje/Fushë Kosovë, Štimlje/Shtime, Lipljan/Lipjan and Obilić/Obilliq have pledged for promoting interethnic cooperation and dialogue in those local self-governments. In the coming period the mayors will form a working group composed […]
Read More →From Sunday, Kosovo-FYROM border to be crossed only with ID cards (Koha Ditore)
The new conditions of travelling only with ID cards between Kosovo and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will become effective on Sunday, 17 April 2016. Kosovo’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a ceremony at the border point between Hani i Elezit and Blace. The condition to cross the border for the population of Kosovo is […]
Read More →Djuric reacts to Pristina’s ban: See you in Kosovo (B92)
Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric has reacted to the decision of Pristina authorities to ban him from entering Kosovo. This news was announced during a Serb Progressive Party (SNS) convention in Gracanica on Wednesday. Djuric, who is a member of the party’s main board, did not attend due to the […]
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