Thaci tells EU: Your approach towards Kosovo is discriminatory (Telegrafi)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, called today a meeting of the National Council for European Integration and said that special effort need to be made to finalise the visa liberalization process as quickly as possible. He said that the current situation regarding the inability of the people of Kosovo to travel freely to European countries […]
Read More →Mustafa accuses opposition of blocking visa liberalization (Koha/Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, accused opposition parties of “needlessly” blocking the visa liberalization process. He also said that Kosovo faced the largest number of conditions but has nevertheless made effort to meet all of them. “We want to be treated equally. With regards to the border demarcation criteria, we came to a situation […]
Read More →Serbian FM: Stop lying that Russians are to blame (B92)
Ivica Dacic on Friday denied the claims that Serbia failed to open any new EU accession negotiations chapters in October because of Russia. The foreign minister added that new chapters will be opened “when there has been is progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.” “I read it in the newspapers today, and (opposition) LDP deputies said […]
Read More →MPs endorse draft-resolution for KLA (Kosovapress)
The draft-resolution prepared by heads of the parliamentary groups of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), has passed by 61 votes for with none against and 11 abstentions. The resolution says that the Assembly of Kosovo pledges […]
Read More →Pristina not ready to fully implement the Brussels agreement (TV Most)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović told Tanjug that it is quite clear that there is no political will of Pristina to implement within a reasonable time fully what has been agreed, and that there are no decisions, especially when it comes to the formation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO). “I hear constantly […]
Read More →Thaci: Dialogue with Serbia seems worse than it actually is (Die Presse/Indeksonline)
Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, said in an interview for Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse that dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade seems worse than it actually is and added he was confident that both parties will soon reach a point of having normal negotiations. “Certainly, the European Union as a mediator in the process must see […]
Read More →Opposition against “Unity Team” for talks with Serbia (Lajmi)
The opposition parties in Kosovo, the Vetevendosje Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) have not welcomed a proposal by Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, to have a “Unity Team” for the third round of talks with Belgrade. Vetevendosje and NISMA officials are claiming that Tahiri’s proposal […]
Read More →President Nikolic to back government in rejecting Pristina’s demands (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says he will support the government unconditionally “if rejects as absurd” Pristina’s conditions for continued dialogue. In a statement for Friday’s edition of the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, Nikolic noted that the interim institutions in Pristina “wrongly appraised that the time is right to set conditions without which no further steps […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 October
• Assembly session on KLA war values ends with tensions, continues on Friday (KTV – Interactive)
• EU Office in Kosovo to MPs: Do not question court decisions (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV&TV21)
• Mogherini tells Vucic that Brussels agreements must be swiftly implemented (Klan Kosova, KTV)
• Tahiri: Kosovo has not conditioned Serbia in any way (KTV)
• Delawie: Corruption cannot be fought with corrupt officials (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Lunacek: Difficult to say if visa liberalisation declaration can be sufficient (TV21)
• Ramiz Kelmendi appointed as Deputy Prime Minister (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
– Interview with Albanian Prime Minister – Edi Rama (Klan Kosova – Debate Zone show)
Read More →Headlines 28 October
• Assembly debate on KLA values escalates into accusations and insults (media)
• Tahiri: Kosovo has never conditioned Serbia (Koha/Zeri)
• Serbian authorities could release KP director, Nehat Thaci, today (Telegrafi)
• Delawie, O’Connell call for greater engagement against corruption (Epoka)
• Ramiz Kelmendi takes over position of Deputy Prime Minister (Epoka)
• Latif Gashi released on bail (media)
• Prosecution drops rape charge against Sylejman Selimi (Insajderi)
Belgrade Media Report 27 October
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Somebody in Pristina wants Serbia’s humiliation (Tanjug)
• Dacic: We won’t even discuss this (RTS/Beta)
• Drecun: Brussels should tells us openly what it wants (RTS)
• Kozarev: Tahiri has no interlocutor for topics she is proposing (RTS)
• Miscevic: No one has negotiated in this manner (Beta)
• Kocijancic: Dialogue focused on implementation (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Patrushev: Serbia unequivocally militarily neutral (Tanjug/B92)
• Orlovic: According to Constitution, not possible to ratify agreement with own province (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Durakovic announces he will file appeal with B&H CC (TV1)
• Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves’ refuse to accept Dodik’s offer (TV1)
• B&H CEC rejects Arnautovic’s proposal re irregularity of Abdic’s candidacy (Dnevni avaz)
• Trilateral meeting B&H, Serbia, Turkey held in Istanbul (BHT1)
• Pejanovic-Djurisic: Ministry had no information on the attack (Mina)
• Djukanovic decided to withdraw from the PM position in order to become president of Montenegro? (CDM)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo’s love affair with the Clintons (BBC News)
• Reported Expulsions Overshadow Russian Security Chief’s Serbia Visit (BIRN)
• Turkey calls for closure of Gulen schools in Serbia (ANSAmed)
• EWB Interview, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark: Whoever is mayor must represent all of the citizens and all of the people in Srebrenica (European Western Balkans)
• Croatia MP Becomes Region’s Anti-Establishment Star (BIRN)
Kosovo Urged to Protect Journalist after Death Threats (Balkan Insight)
Media freedom campaigners condemned death threats made against tabloid editor Leonard Kerquki after he directed a television documentary on wartime crimes against Kosovo Serbs. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/threats-to-kosovo-journalist-condemned-10-27-2016
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