Belgrade Media Report 25 May
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Margallo: Spain will never recognize Kosovo (Tanjug/Radio Belgrade)
• Dacic attends ministerial meeting of Berlin Process (Tanjug/RTS)
• Stefanovic: Response to terrorism must be strong (Beta)
• Lawsuit filed to court over Kosovo’s admission to UEFA (Tanjug)
• Movement, practicing and shooting at “Morava 2016” Exercise (Tanjug/Politika)
• PDD wants to enter government (B92)
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume on Thursday (Tanjug)
• NATO expert team in Belgrade in June (Tanjug)
• An unusual proposal between two UN vehicles (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Republika Srpska does not wish to deceive or trick EU (Srna)
• Bosniaks in RS government request publishing of census results (Fena)
• Ferguson: Census should be seen as economic and not political tool (Fena)
• Head of the B&H Islamic Community delivered a scandalous speech full of insults against Serbs (Srna)
• Implementation of the Reform Agenda opens the issue of the capacity of B&H (Vijesti.ba)
• HDZ 1990: Archbishop Komarica is right, RS is the new Bleiburg (Patria)
• B&H’s Islamic Community supports Banja Luka Archbishop (Hina)
• The mastermind of the terrorist network in Bosnia and Herzegovina is former head of the Islamic community (RTRS)
• Expected decision: Assembly’s dissolution was unconstitutional (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia: Electoral roll to be revised again, voter issue corrected (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonian President’s impeachment proceedings is complex and highly unrealistic (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s prime minister promises new-style government (Reuters)
• Pro-Govt Media Leak Macedonian Activists’ Salaries (BIRN)
Dialogue in Brussels at expert level on Thursday (Blic)
The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue will be continued at expert level in Brussels on Thursday, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo and Metohija announced. The two-day discussions will be held at the European External Action Service headquarters, with the agenda to include all open issues from past discussions between Belgrade and Pristina. Belgrade’s delegation will be headed […]
Read More →Margallo: Spain will never recognise Kosovo (Tanjug)
Spain supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and it will never recognise Kosovo’s independence, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo said on Wednesday. This year marks the centenary of the diplomatic relations between Serbia and Spain, where Spain’s support for Serbia’s territorial integrity is a crucial pillar, Margallo said after a meeting with […]
Read More →Deçan/Dečani Assembly calls decision of the Constitutional Court illegal, shameful and discriminating (Koha)
Municipal Assembly of Deçan/Dečani held today an extraordinary meeting regarding the decision of the Constitutional Court on the properties around Deçan/Dečani Monastery. Both the coalition government and opposition assessed that except for being illegal, shameful and discriminating for Deçan/Dečani citizens the decision of the Constitutional Court among other issues, impedes economic development of this city. […]
Read More →Simić and O’Connell: The A/CSM is not a threat (KIM radio)
UK Ambassador to Pristina, Ruairi O’Connell and President of the Serbian List, Slavko Simić discussed the current issues and problems in Kosovo. The Assosiation/Community of Serb municipalities does not represent a threat and implementation of the agreements is of general interest, they agreed. As announced by the Serbian List, O’Connell pointed out the need for […]
Read More →Pilot-project measuring rule of law in municipalities presented in Pristina (Koha)
A pilot-project measuring the rule of law in public administration in Kosovo municipalities, sponsored by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo (UNDP) in cooperation with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and NGO FOL, was presented on Tuesday in Pristina. The pilot-project has measured the rule of law […]
Read More →Thaçi: Kosovo at the forefront of fight against terrorism (RTK)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, hailed the Kosovo Assembly pro-vote to the draft law on preventing funding of terrorism. He said the law is aimed at preventing the citizens of Kosovo from joining wars in foreign territory. “The fact that not a single case of people from Kosovo joining foreign wars has been recorded in […]
Read More →Court in northern Mitrovica to reopen in autumn this year (RTKLive/RFE)
The president of the Kosovo Judicial Council, Nehat Idrizi, told Radio Free Europe that the Basic Court in northern Mitrovica is expected to become operational by beginning of September this year. According to Idrizi, this court will function according to Kosovo laws. He said the vacancy for recruiting staff is already open, but stressed that […]
Read More →Kosovo legislators pass draft law against funding of terrorism (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly members approved today, for the second time, the draft law against money laundering and funding of terrorism. The law was passed with 58 votes in favour, none against and seven abstentions. Chairman of the Kosovo Assembly’s budget and finances commission, Naser Osmani, said that the draft law needs to be supplemented again following concerns […]
Read More →Two Serbs accused for Rrezalla massacre of 1999 (Koha)
The families of the victims of the Rrezalla massacre submitted to the Special Prosecution in Pristina an indictment against two former members of the Serb forces – Ljubisa Diković, former commander of the 37th motorized brigade of the Yugoslav Army, and Dejan Ranđelović, commander of the 2nd battalion of the 37th motorized brigade of the […]
Read More →Appeal filed with CAS over UEFA decision to admit Kosovo (Tanjug)
The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has filed an appeal with the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a decision by the European football’s governing body UEFA to admit the Football Association of Kosovo as its member despite the fact that it does not meet the requirements set out in the UEFA statute. […]
Read More →Jevtić in Vitina/Viti urged the displaced to return (KIM radio)
Dalibor Jevtić, Minister for Communities and Return, visited the municipality of Vitina/Viti and said it was very important that the Serbs return to the village of Podgorce. – Village Podgorce in the municipality Vitina/Viti is a true example that return is not dependent on one or the other side, it depends of the displaced and […]
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