Belgrade Media Report 26 April 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• SNS demands election recount (B92)
• Latest RIK data (RTS/Beta/FoNet/Tanjug)
• PIK: SNS wins 63 mandates based on 97.98 percent of electoral body (RTS)
• SNS wins two-thirds majority in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Pajtic: Vucic didn’t achieve goals – he didn’t destroy DS nor does he have 50 perecnt (Danas)
• Raskovic Ivic: Most important that SNS doesn’t have majority to amend the Constitution (Danas)
• Radulovic: Vucic is vulnerable; he individually won less than 40 percent of votes (Danas)
• Medvedev congratulates Vucic on election victory (Tanjug)
• Russian Foreign Ministry expects further cooperation with Serbian government (Tanjug)
• U.S. seeks to strengthen relationship with Serbia (Tanjug)
• Serbian parties fail to reach minimum election threshold in Presevo (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Zvizdic, Covic congratulate Vucic (Fena)
• Djokic congratulates Vucic, Dacic (Srna)
• Izetbegovic and Radoncic propose changes in B&H Election Law on elections in Mostar (Fena/klix)
• PACE delegation in pre-electoral visit to Macedonia (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russia’s electoral official calls for showing special approach to Serbia (TASS)
• Serbia’s New Reality: What Election Result Means for Serbs, and for Moscow (Sputnik)
ISIS Recruitment in Balkans Continues (Transitions Online)
Thaci claims government and opposition relations have improved (lajmi.net)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci stated that the unpleasant situations between the government and opposition parties have been overcome. “As far as the government and opposition are concerned, I highly value the current situation, the normality of democratic life. I encourage meetings among the entire leadership, as those of that have taken place in previous days, to […]
Read More →Thaci promises establishment of Reqan and Vitomirice municipalities (RTKlive)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, waited today for a meeting of representatives of Bosniak community, MPs of the Vakat coalition. After the meeting, Minister without portfolio, Rasim Demiri, said that they congratulated the President on his new duty. He added that they were promised by President Thaci the establishment of new Bosniak community municipalities, […]
Read More →Delawie: Twnety thousand jobs within the next six years (Kallxo.com)
Leaders of Kosovo institutions and foreign diplomats presented today in Gracanica the Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund. Small and medium sized businesses are expected to gain an easier access to loans after the establishment of the Credit Guarantee Fund, which enables more favorable loans for them. The Fund, which is a local, independent and sustainable institution, will […]
Read More →Thaci: Perception of corruption and reality, two different worlds (Koha)
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said today at a meeting with the head of the Kosovo anti-corruption agency Hasan Preteni that Kosovo has made progress in the fight against corruption and that this is why it expects good news from Brussels on visa liberalization. “Perception of corruption and the reality of it in Kosovo are […]
Read More →Serwer: Serbia will not join EU without recognising Kosovo (RTK)
The US Balkans expert Daniel Serwer said in an interview for Radio Free Europe that Serbia will not be able to gain European Union membership without resolving all major issues, including recognition of Kosovo and exchange of ambassadors. “If it doesn’t do this, I don’t see how Serbia could become an EU member,” he said. […]
Read More →Save the Children: Of 150,000 people with disabilities in Kosovo, half are children (Koha)
The UK-based charity Save the Children launched a three-year campaign called “Every Last Child” to ensure 15 million children around the world will have equal opportunities to survive and have access to healthcare, education and food. Save the Children in Kosovo is also part of this global campaign and focuses mostly on securing equal access […]
Read More →Vlasi: No changes in relations between Kosovo and Serbia are expected (Novi Magazin)
Political analyst Azem Vlasi said that he doesn’t expect changes in relations between Kosovo and Serbia following Serbian elections held on Sunday. “More or less the same story will continue, however when it comes to normalization of relations it is an empty platitude, because there is no normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia until […]
Read More →Kosovo opposition: Serbian elections blow to integration of Serbs (KoSSev)
Sunday Serbian parliamentary elections in Kosovo and Metohija, beside the convincing victory of the SNS, were marked with crowds in the voting centres due to the reduced number of voting locations, as well as the non-updated voting lists. Elections were also marked by the negative reactions of Kosovo officials, who were not very visible to the Serbian community […]
Read More →The Serbian List: Choice that guarantees a safe future (TV Most)
The Serbian List has congratulated Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on the victory in the Serbian parliamentary elections, and congratulated citizens on the choice which guarantees them a safe future. The Serbian List considers that the victory of a coalition gathered around the SNS in parliamentary elections makes it clear that citizens have […]
Read More →SNS and Gorani won in elections held in the municipality of Gora (Kontakt plus radio)
The electoral list Aleksandar Vucic Serbia won in the municipality of Gora in Kosovo with 78 per cent of the vote, stated the Gorani Citizens’ Initiative. SPS got 11 per cent and the DS three per cent of the vote. “The Citizens Initiative of Gorani, as the only political and national organization of Gorani, shares the […]
Read More →SNS wins two-thirds of votes cast in Kosovo (B92)
The SNS party won 67.09 percent of the votes in the Serbian parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the party announced based on 100 percent of ballots processed. SNS official Marko Djuric, who also heads the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, told reporters in Belgrade late on Monday that it was “a historic result for […]
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