Belgrade Media Report 19 September
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Remain consistent in not recognizing Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic, Dacic to attend UNGA session in New York (Tanjug/RTS)
• Nikolic: Unacceptable for Europe to close borders to migrants while we remain open (Beta)
• Djordjevic: 7,500 illegal migrants discovered, 50 smugglers arrested (Tanjug/Politika)
• Miscevic: Confusion about EU will not affect Serbia’s reforms (Tanjug)
• Convincing SNS victory at elections in Bela Palanka municipality (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H CC rejects RSNA’s appeal for review of B&H CC’s decision on January 9 as RS Day (BHT1)
• Dodik: There will be no postponement of referendum (FTV)
• Reactions of the RS officials to the B&H CC’s decision (Dnevni avaz/EuroBlic)
• Reactions of the Federation officials to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• OHR reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• Mogherini, Hahn reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (Dnevni avaz)
• US Embassy to B&H reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (BHT1)
• Russian Embassy to B&H reaction to the B&H CC’s decision (RTRS)
• SNSD halts campaign for local elections in order to focus on campaign for referendum on RS Day (FTV)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Iran, Serbia Opt for Broadening of Bilateral Ties (FNA)
• Top NATO Chief Says Balkans Threatened by Islamic Terrorism, Russian Influence (Sputnik)
Will the Special Court for the KLA crimes meet expectations? (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio)
Lawyer Živojin Jokanović says to RTK2 that he hopes the Special Court will meet the expectations of the Serbs in Kosovo. On the other hand, Bekim Blakaj from the Humanitarian Law Center believes The Hague is good location for the Court but also he does not expect too much from it. The two interlocutors agreed […]
Read More →Pristina University: Property where Orthodox Church was built should be returned to us (media)
The management of Pristina University issued a reaction today expressing concern over the latest developments surrounding the Orthodox Church that is located within the university campus. The university’s management called on Kosovo’s institutions to use political and legal channels to return this property to the university. The reaction noted: “The management of Pristina University, namely […]
Read More →Hoxha stresses importance of Kosovo’s membership in Interpol (RTK)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Valdet Hoxha, met a group of experts from the UN headquarters in New York and discussed the developments in the field of rule of law, the security sector and the inclusion of women in the security mechanisms in Kosovo. In the meeting, which also involved representatives from EULEX, UNDP […]
Read More →EULEX offers reward for information into the killing of its officer in 2013 (Koha)
The EU rule of law mission (EULEX) has offered a reward of €82,000 for information regarding the killing of one of its customs officers in the northern part of Kosovo in 2013. Audrius Senavicius, from Lithuania, was shot dead on 19 September 2013 when a EULEX vehicle he was travelling in came under fire near […]
Read More →Telecommunications in dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on 26 September (Kontakt plus radio)
A new round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels is scheduled for 26 September, and on the agenda are telecommunications, announced the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić.
Read More →Jevtić: Street has become a place where decisions are made (Kontakt plus radio)
Minister in the Kosovo Government for Return and Communities, Dalibor Jevtić said the Saturday’s events in Pristina were a result of “everything that lately we have in Kosovo – the street has become a place where decisions are made instead the institutions to strengthen.” Around 30 Albanian students of the University of Pristina gathered in […]
Read More →Apostolova: Rule of law, biggest challenge for Kosovo (Zëri)
The head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, has invited the political leaders in Kosovo to overcome their differences and work together for Kosovo’s future towards the EU. “I call on political leaders to overcome their differences and work together for the future of Kosovo in the EU. We want to see democracy in […]
Read More →Who Will Run the U.N.?
The best choice for reform at Turtle Bay is Serbia’s Vuk Jeremic. There’s an election on, and the top candidates include a Vladimir Putin favorite and a lifelong socialist who mismanaged a global humanitarian organization. We speak of the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General. That was the state of play when the […]
Read More →Dačić on Kosovo with the Foreign Ministers of the NAM (Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić last day of the 17th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Venezuela had a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from member countries of the movement about the principled support to Belgrade regarding Kosovo. Dačić thanked the Prime Minister of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, the Prime Minister […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 18 September
• Vetëvendosje wants legal treatment for Church at UP campus (RTK2 & KTV)
• Srpska List urges consensus on demarcation (TV21)
• Tahiri: My statements regarding agreement on licence plates were accurate (KTV)
• International arrest warrant for Lutfi and Arban Dërvishi issued (KTV)
Headlines 19 September
• Border demarcation to be voted in October (Koha Ditore)
• Opposition says yes to Mustafa’s invitation (Zëri)
• Slim chances for visa liberalisation this year (Koha Ditore)
• Beyani: Serbia and Kosovo to find durable solution for IDPs (Bota Sot)
• Thaçi against demolition of the Orthodox Church in Pristina (Zëri)
• Vetëvendosje: Agreement on registration plates, shameful (RTK)