Belgrade Media Report 13 May 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Ptassek: Germany supports Serbia’s European integration (Tanjug)
• Kozarev reacts to Tahiri’s statement (RTS)
• Raskovic Ivic: Referendum on Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Lunacek: I am not enemy of Serbia’s, but Kosovo is condition (Tanjug)
• Moro: Progress made in regional cooperation despite crises (Tanjug)
• SDP deputies to join SNS, Ivanovic requests their mandates back (Politika)
• Marko Bastac, DS, old-new president of the Stari Grad Municipality (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• RS will not be destabilized on 14 May (Srna)
• Reactions to Patriarch call on politicians to cancel the mass gatherings on Saturday (Srna)
• Scenario of overthrowing Dodik, in a manner similar to colored revolutions (Srna)
• Silence in B&H after Vucic’s statement (Patria)
• FM: Croatia wants to be link between EU members and non-EU countries (Hina)
• Balkans should be transformed from a powder keg to a secure region, says EC commissioner (Hina)
• Mercep sentenced to 5 1/2 years for war crimes against Serb civilians (Hina)
• The solution acceptable for Djukanovic: Popovic agriculture minister, Vujovic deputy Prime Minister (CDM)
• IPSOS: 45% support for DPS, Djukanovic the most trusted politician (Pobjeda)
• Gruevski-Haindl: VMRO-DPMNE committed to finding solution to the crisis, restoring citizens’ safety (MIA/ Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Next Cabinet to Restart Reforms, Finance Minister Says (Bloomberg)
• The Upcoming Balkan Explosion (New Eastern Outlook)
Fatmir Limaj Questioned About Kosovo War Crimes (Balkan Insight)
MP and former Kosovo Liberation Army commander, Fatmir Limaj, who is already on trial for war crimes, has been questioned by prosecutors in Pristina about another wartime case. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-limaj-questioned-by-for-war-crimes-in-kosovo-05-13-2016
Read More →Kosovo’s Government approves Open Data Charter (Koha)
Kosovo’s European Integration Minister, Bekim Collaku, announced that the government today adopted the proposal for Open Data Charter that will enable the individuals, media, civil society, and businesses access to government records. Collaku said Kosovo is catching up with recent European and global trends in this aspect. “Apart from the fact that this is a […]
Read More →Serbs who fled in 1999 were deported to Kosovo (Politika)
During the last month, 423 citizens who didn’t have a right to asylum in Germany were deported to Serbia. The number of the people encompassed by the agreement on readmission is not increased as compared to the recent years, said Ivan Gerginov, Serbian Deputy Commissioner for refugees and migration. Though Germany announced deportation of the […]
Read More →Samuel Zbogar’s last weeks in Kosovo (Lajmi.net)
The European Union Special Representative, Samuel Zbogar, has only ten more weeks left in Kosovo. His mandate, given on 25 January 2012, by the then EU High Representative for Foreign Policies, Catherine Ashton, is due on 31 August. However, the EU Office in Kosovo was not able to give more details on who is going […]
Read More →We will not return mandates (KIM Radio)
Local councilors who have left the Civic Initiative SDP in Mitrovica North and Zvečan/Zveçan and joined the ranks of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), communicated yesterday that their transfer is not directed against anyone, instead it is related with improving the living conditions of citizens. They also said that they will not return their mandates since they […]
Read More →“Serbia must recognize Kosovo to join EU” – EP official (B92, Tanjug, Politika, Danas)
Ulrike Lunacek has said that she is “not an enemy of Serbia” and that she is “certain Serbia will not join the EU without recognizing Kosovo.” Speaking in Belgrade on Thursday, the European Parliament (EP) vice-president and rapporteur for Kosovo added this was true “not because she claims it, but because of the experience that […]
Read More →Kostic: Police in charge for personal and material safety (TV Most)
The Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality, Vladeta Kostić, voiced his concern over the fact that not a single perpetrator was found in relation to the last three attacks that took place lately in this municipality. He reminded that the municipality has neither the means nor the mandate to provide personal and material safety of residents and […]
Read More →Mustafa: We must ratify the border demarcation agreement (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that the fight against corruption and ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, are two conditions that Kosovo needs to meet in order to get visa liberalization. “I want to thank the Assembly because we have stepped up certain processes to meet the criteria. The European Commission […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 13 May
• The protest that aspires opposition’s revival (dailies)
• Rugova residents to join Saturday’s protest (Zeri)
• Kadri Veseli with a new initiative for demarcation (RTK/Tribuna Channel)
• Still no agreement on extension of EULEX mandate (RTK)
• Veseli and Deane discuss EULEX’s future (Kosova Sot)
• Tahiri lifted ban on Djuric entering Kosovo (RTK)
• KLA veterans’ pensions pose a threat to IMF agreement (Koha Ditore)
• Limaj interviewed about murder of two civilians in 1998 (Tribuna)
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