Belgrade Media Report 18 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Serbia continues to rely on Russia (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Dacic: There will be no future if past is the only future (Tanjug/Beta)
• EU encourages Serbia to continue reforms, normalize ties with Pristina (Tanjug)
• Vucic acknowledges EU’s objections (Tanjug/B92)
• Miscevic: Goal is all negotiating chapters to be opened in 2018 (Novosti)
• Brussels dialogue to resume Wednesday (Tanjug)
• Vulin: Western Balkan route very much alive (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• DIK did not establish election results (IN4S)
• Montenegrin opposition: We do not recognize elections on the day of a coup (RTCG/RTS)
• DF: We are prepared to support minority government (Vijesti)
• International observers: Citizens voted freely, election day went smoothly (CDM)
• Mogherini and Hahn on the elections: We look forward to swift formation of a new government (CDM)
• B&H CEC adopts decision on publication of results of local elections in B&H (TV1)
• Durakovic refuses to declare election defeat in Srebrenica, intends to file complaint (TV1)
• Grujicic: Nobody has any reason for fear in Srebrenica (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Grujicic will base his policy on respect of reality (RTRS)
• OSCE Mission to B&H opens temporary office in Stolac (BHT1)
• EU FAC adopts conclusions on B&H (FTV)
• Veljanoski schedules early parliamentary elections for 11 December (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Croatia Indicts Yugoslav General for War Crimes Again (BIRN)
• Florian Bieber for EWB: The Disappointment in Montenegro Will Continue to Grow (European Western Balkans)
UNMIK informed Kosovo Police about Thaçi’s arrest (RTK)
Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police, Naim Rexha, is reporting on Nehat Thaçi’s arrest to the Kosovo Assembly Committee for internal affairs, security and supervision of the Kosovo Security Force. “On 28 September, at around 00:10, a person reported the case of the arrest of the official Nehat Thaçi during his entrance in Serbia. According […]
Read More →Hyseni: Somebody told me on the phone: Sorry, I wanted to kill you (RTK)
Speaking about the political murders, Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skënder Hyseni said that he is not certain if someone tried to kill him. Somebody apologized to him through a phone call telling him that he wanted to kill him. “It is a discourse where everyone that feels like it, deals with political murders and […]
Read More →Thaçi: Let us unite against human trafficking (RTK)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, participated at the organized conference for the European Union Day Against Human Trafficking. Thaçi stressed that many people in the world are facing this shameful phenomenon and Kosovo is not excluded. “This phenomenon should be prevented through concrete measures and actions,” Thaçi said. He said that this is the […]
Read More →Brussels dialogue to resume Wednesday (RTS, Tanjug)
The Belgrade-Pristina expert-level dialogue will resume in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, with the Belgrade delegation to be headed by the director of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric. The discussions will focus on the current state of the dialogue and implementation of agreements on freedom of movement and education degrees, the Office for […]
Read More →Rexha: UNMIK informed Kosovo Police about Thaci’s arrest (Telegrafi/Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Police Deputy Director, Naim Rexha, told the Kosovo Assembly Internal Affairs Committee today, that the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) informed the police about the arrest of Kosovo Police Regional Director Nehat Thaci by Serbian authorities. “Serbia did not inform the Kosovo Police about Nehat Thaci. It sent the information through UNMIK,” Rexha was […]
Read More →Government, opposition start harmonising positions on demarcation (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, met today with the chairman and members of the parliamentary committee for foreign affairs, as part of efforts to strengthen Kosovo’s parliamentary diplomacy and lobbying on issues of special interest to Kosovo. At the meeting it was agreed that parliamentary groups will issue a joint statement on the visa liberalisation […]
Read More →Albania PM Accused of ‘Interfering’ With Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Edi Rama’s remarks on Kosovo during his visit to Serbia have sparked a row over the level of involvement that Albania should have in Kosovo’s affairs. After Kosovo became the main topic of a recent debate between Rama and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the general public, diplomats and analysts in both Kosovo and Albania […]
Read More →Stojanović: Serbian list did not return to the government (KoSSev)
Electronic media in Pristina reported that Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Branimir Stojanović, has returned to the Government of Kosovo, and that he spends his working day in the building of the government in Pristina. Pristina Lajmi.net, distancing, on the other hand, states that “it is unknown whether his return to the office means the […]
Read More →The Serbian List to file an appeal to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
The Serbian List announced today that it will file an appeal with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, on the Law on strategic investments, which was adopted by the Kosovo Assembly. Head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simić to file the appeal, along with MPs, announces the Serbian List. The Serbian list previously, […]
Read More →Delawie: Zero tolerance for officials who help human trafficking (Koha)
The Office of the National Coordinator against Trafficking in Human Beings today organized a conference to mark the EU Day Against Human Trafficking. Although there are efforts in combating trafficking in human beings, yet much remains to be done in this regard. The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said that Kosovo is making […]
Read More →Over 26,000 Serbs from the north got issued with Kosovo documents (RFE)
Radio Free Europe reports that there is an increased interest with the members of the Serb community living in the northern municipalities to get issued with Kosovo documents. Adriana Hodzic from the Mitrovica North municipality said getting Kosovo-issued personal documents is no longer taboo among members of the Serb community in the north. “We have […]
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