Vucic to speak with Mogherini Thursday (media)
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday expressed the suspicion that Pristina had set on its own the latest conditions for a continuation of the Brussels dialogue, which he said was not helping to solve problems, but escalating them further. Vucic announced he would speak with EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini later in […]
Read More →KJC calls on parties to refrain from commenting court decisions (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) has called on political parties to refrain from statements regarding court rulings. “Court decisions are based on the law and anyone that seeks to intervene in these decisions directly interferes and undermines the independent work of the judiciary,” said KJC in a statement. Anyone who is not happy with court decisions […]
Read More →The EU must react to the erosion of democracy in Kosovo (EurActiv)
The EU helped shape Kosovo’s democracy. It should not stand by as that democracy is eroded by an increasingly authoritarian government, writes Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, author of State-Building in Kosovo: Democracy, Corruption and the EU in the Balkans. After the 1999 NATO intervention, Kosovo became a UN protectorate. In 2008, Washington and the main European powers […]
Read More →Rašić: The Constitutional Court of Kosovo has not made any decision on the abolition of pensions (NMagazin)
Member of the Parliament of Kosovo Nenad Rašić says that Kosovo’s constitutional court refused to deal with the request of the Serbian List for review of the decision on the abolition of basic pensions to certain categories, and that it did not made any decision on the matter. The Constitutional Court refused to deal with […]
Read More →EU to MPs: Do not contest court decisions, much less question them (kallxo.com)
The Office of the European Union in Pristina has requested from the Kosovo Assembly MPs to restrain from calls which put into question the decisions of the courts. “In democracy, the parliament is the place for political debate on the key matters in interest of people. This debate however should always be made by respecting […]
Read More →Serbia “rejecting EU declarations because of Russia” (B92, Večernje Novosti)
As many as one third of EU members are blocking the continuation of the procedures for the opening of Chapter 31 in Serbia’s accession negotiations. The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes this on Thursday. Chapter 31 relates to foreign policy and security, and taking the leading role among those blocking it are Germany, Great Britain […]
Read More →Government to meet and discuss Pristina’s new conditions (media)
The Serbian government will hold an urgent session on Thursday regarding “the scandalous demands” presented by the representative of Pristina, Beta reported. The head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric announced this late on Wednesday, saying he had briefed Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on these new conditions for resuming the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 26 October
• Kosovo not excluded from religious extremism and radicalism (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Mustafa: Brussels wants ratification, not statement on demarcation (RTK – Monitor show)
• Assembly to hold session on KLA war values (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Tahiri wants Unity Team for third round of Kosovo-Serbia talks (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Stojanovic: Srpska List will not return to Kosovo institutions (TV21)
• Murtezaj: Djuric is not banned to visit Kosovo (RTK2)
• Threats against Gazeta Express chief editor condemned (Klan Kosova)
• Rashiti: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue process will be reformatted (Klan Kosova)
• Hoxha: We sent a verbal note to Serbia about Thaçi’s arrest ((Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Klokot/Kllokot mayor sentenced to 10-month probation (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
Kosovo’s love affair with the Clintons (BBC)
A smattering of Albanian comes in handy when deciphering certain Pristina street signs. Otherwise it may not immediately be apparent that “Bulevardi Xhorxh Bush” refers to the former US president who insisted that Kosovo should become independent. But only consonant pedants would demand a translation of the name of the busy thoroughfare which runs perpendicular […]
Read More →Headlines 27 October
• Mustafa: Brussels wants ratification not declaration on demarcation (RTK)
• “Government has degraded, early elections as soon as possible” (Indeksonline)
• Working group will try to find solution on demarcation (Koha)
• Kosovo Assembly to discuss today courts’ rulings on KLA members (dailies)
• PDK: “Drenica 2” verdict, tendency to criminalize KLA’s war (Telegrafi)
• Democracy Plus against Assembly’s session on Drenica case (Lajmi)
• Rashiti: Dialogue with Serbia will last a long time (Klan Kosova)
• Abrashi: No budget for all KLA veterans (Kosova Sot)
Belgrade Media Report 26 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia loves the world organization the most because it also loves us (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Agreement not prejudging status of Kosovo (Beta)
• No consensus in EU on opening chapters for Serbia (Tanjug)
• Dacic: No opening of chapters – so what (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Miscevic: Opening of chapters depends on dialogue with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Patrushev proposes Memorandum of Understanding to Serbian Interior Ministry (B92/Beta)
• Djukanovic steps down (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dusko Markovic DPS candidate for prime minister (CDM)
• Djukanovic: Foreign interest interference is an attack on European values (CDM)
• Appellate Division of B&H Court rejects appeal filed by Durakovic regarding election process in Srebrenica (TV1)
• B&H CEC fails to pass decision on cancellation of elections in Stolac (BHT1)
• RSNA passes Law on RS Day as secular holiday (RTRS)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Montenegro’s veteran PM stepping down for new government (AFP)
• Albanian Court Stalls Vital Judicial Reform Law (BIRN)
Stojanović: The old political practice has to stop (RTK2)
Kosovo inherited a political practice, where Serbs accept everything served, emphasized Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, adding that this has to stop. He says that he informed EU officials about the position of Serbs. -And that’s why we launched the initiative to inform the key positions in the EU institutions but also other addresses in […]
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