Belgrade Media Report 22 June 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• EULEX to continue gradual transfer of power to Kosovo institutions (Beta)
• Mogherini: Kosovo needs to meet final criterion for visa liberalization (Beta)
• Vucic: “It is not easy to maintain good relations with major powers” (VIP)
• Contradictory media reports on possible opening of Chapters by end of June (Tanjug, Beta, VIP)
• Serbia recalls Ambassador with EU (Politika)
• “Attempted attack on IM attempt to destabilize country” (B92)
• Who could have instructed the demolition in Savamala? (Pescanik)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Meeting of Cormack, Ferguson and Wilz with Izetbegovic and Ivanic (Patria)
• Ivanic: No passing information on the SAA adaptation, until the RS Government gives consent (RTRS)
• SDS leader Bosic: Census is kind of embarrassment and reflection of political situation in B&H (BNTV)
• Zvizdic: Politics should stop interfering, the issue of the census should be resolved by experts (TV1)
• EU expects from B&H to meet conditions in next days (Dnevni avaz)
• Petrov: Karamarko’s resignation comes too late (Hina)
• Brkic says HDZ with new leader will prevent SDP’s return to power (Hina)
• Discussion on referendum after the elections (Vijesti)
• Pajovic: PCG is getting ready to run in the elections on its own (MINA)
• Parliament rejects Ivanov impeachment motion (Telegraf.mk)
• Oliver Andonov: Fallout of SDSM’s radicalization hard to predict (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russia reacts to decision to allow Kosovo to join PCA Parliament (Tass)
• Serbia and Croatia: Sweeping the real issues under the carpet (Radio Free Europe)
• Izetbegovic: Bosnians will pursue EU even if Britain goes (AP)
Even after 18 years no truth about kidnapped miners from Belaćevac (Kontakt Plus Radio)
Family members and the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo marked today the 18th anniversary of the first mass kidnapping of Serbs in Kosovo, by laying of wreaths at the “Memorial of Truth” in Mitrovica north. On that day were kidnapped the workers of Belaćavac pit mine, which was part of […]
Read More →Zvečan: Trepča of strategic importance for survival of Serbs (KIM Radio)
Decisions with relation to the destiny of “Trepča” cannot be brought unilaterally without taking into account the fact that its most important capacities are located on the territories of Serb-majority municipalities, said representatives of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija and Serb-majority municipalities, which have initiated a meeting that took place in the […]
Read More →Mushtisht residents oppose the return of Serb families (Koha)
The Albanian residents of Mushtisht in the municipality of Suhareka/Suva Reka are opposing the return of Serb families in this village. According to them, those who committed war crimes in this village must be punished before the Serb families could return there. The news site reported yesterday that an agreement has been reached for the return […]
Read More →Serbian List: Regulation on pensions is illegal (Kim radio)
Serbian MPs in the Kosovo parliament have filed with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo “a request for verification of the legality of administrative instruction”, which provides a new method of registering and exercising pension rights, granted to the citizens over 65 years. The filed request was signed by all 10 MPs of the Serbian List. […]
Read More →Justice leaders discuss strengthening of rule of law (Kosovapress)
Representatives of Ministry of Justice, Kosovo Judicial Council, Kosovo Prosecutorial Council and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) participated today in the round-table on coordination mechanisms for strengthening the rule of law in Kosovo. Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Hajredin Kuci, noted the importance of coordination of these judicial institutions and said that the ministry he leads has […]
Read More →Accommodating ‘negotiators’ (Kosova Sot)
The paper remarks that it is final time for the Kosovo political leadership to review the format of talks with Serbia because the current process is not doing the people of Kosovo any favours. If the Kosovo leaders had any moral integrity, writes the paper, they would change the entire negotiating team and restore the […]
Read More →Đurić condemns the arrest of six Serb (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić strongly condemns the harassment of six Serbs who were arrested on the road Klina/Klinë-Peć/Pejë, on their return from the celebration in the village Donji Petrić. In a written statement to the media, Đurić has requested the authorities to release the detained Serbs. “The police, if […]
Read More →Çollaku: Demarcation cannot return to point zero (GazetaBlic)
Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Bekim Çollaku, said on Tuesday that the border-demarcation process with Montenegro cannot return to point zero. He said the ratification of this agreement remains a criteria for visa liberalisation and that Kosovo must not waste time in this regard. Çollaku also called for political consensus among all parties, because any […]
Read More →Russia reacts to decision to allow Kosovo to join PCA (B92, Blic, KIM radio, TV Most)
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague allowed Pristina to join by ignoring the arguments of those who do not recognize Kosovo’s independence. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said this on Tuesday in Moscow, replying to reporters’ questions. At the 195th PCA Administrative Council session in the Hague on June 13, advocates […]
Read More →Kozarev with Plassat about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Blic)
Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev spoke with a representative of Slovakia in the Committee for the enlargement of the EU Council (COELA), Anna Plassat on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and about the plan of Slovakia for the upcoming presidency in the European Union. “Kozarev stressed the need […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 22 June
• Mogherini calls for sooner ratification of demarcation (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Çollaku: Demarcation not necessarily prior to summer recess (KTV)
• EULEX suspected of misusing the budget (KTV)
• Jevtic refuses statements that Serb ministers respond to Mustafa’s invitations (Klan Kosova)
• Mushtisht villagers against return of Serb IDPs (KTV)
• Djuric requests immediate release of arrested Serbs (Klan Kosova & RTK2)
• Establishment of Assembly Ethics Committee requested (TV21)
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