Headlines 30 November
• Belgrade warns for an increased pressure on Association (Koha Ditore)
• Serbian List MPs will not participate in today’s Assembly session (Koha)
• Increased readiness within EU for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Epoka)
• Prosecution to investigate Astrit Dehari’s visitors in prison (Indeksonline)
• Amnesty International raises Astrit Dehari’s case (Koha Ditore)
• Drenas/Glogovac elections bypass demarcation (Zeri)
• An additional month detention for Vetevendosje activists (media)
• Court requests additional information on Uke Rugova’s case (media)
• O’Connell: Nepotism culture needs to end in Kosovo (RTKLive)
Belgrade Media Report 29 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• First day of Belgrade-Pristina talks ends (Politika/RTS/Tanjug)
• Nikolic discusses Kosovo with Mitsotakis (Beta/RTS)
• Vucic: Let kids play (Tanjug)
• Drecun: They are provoking non-Albanian citizens; Arifi: Goal is to better prepare for EU (Novosti)
• Joksimovic: Serbia has achieved progress on IPAP (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Leaders of SDA, HDZ, SBB meet to discuss issues in work of authorities in Federation of B&H (Hayat/FTV)
• Ivanic: It will be hard to obtain EU candidate status if political climate in B&H does not change (Oslobodjenje)
• Sukalo interrogated by B&H Prosecutor’s Office in case of RS Day referendum (TV1)
• Ethnic discrimination most prevalent form of discrimination in Croatia (Hina)
• These are ministers in Dusko Markovic’s government (CDM)
• Government composition, almost no Djukanovic’s staff and no representatives of Serbs (CDM)
• Mirko Velimirovic signed plea agreement (Dnevne novine)
• SEC closes voters lists, right to vote have 1,784,416 citizens (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• ‘Black Book’ Threat Alarms Bosnian Serb Free Thinkers (BIRN)
• Croatian Opposition Elects New Leftist Leader (BIRN)
• Austrian FM Defends Decision to Back Macedonia Ruling Party (BIRN)
• Hague Tribunal to Open Information Centre in Sarajevo (BIRN)
Thaçi meets Meta (Koha Ditore)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci has met these days during his visit to Tirana with the Albanian state leaders. Today, Thaçi took to Facebook to inform that he met with the President of the Albanian Parliament, Ilir Meta. “We should continue with exchange of inter-state experiences, in order to strengthen further parliamentary democracy in […]
Read More →“Greater Albania” behind flag (Večernje Novosti)
On the eve of the Albanian holiday, leaders of the five cities in the region in Tirana have founded the Union. Tirana, Pristina, Preševo, Tetovo and Ulcinj formed the Union of Municipalities in the region a day before the Albanian flag, the day when Albania proclaimed the independence. Therefore, the move many interpret as the […]
Read More →Civil society submits petition for extraordinary Assembly session (Zeri)
Civil society representatives today submitted a petition to the Kosovo Assembly, calling for an extraordinary session of Assembly to discuss the death of Vetevendosje activist Astrit Dehari in Prizren’s detention center. The petition which includes around 25 thousand signatures of Kosovo citizens, urges to shed light on Dehari’s death, and calls for the resignation of […]
Read More →Hoti to Nikolic: Association/Community will never become substantial autonomy (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Culture, Youth, and Sports, Rexhep Hoti, reacted to a statement made by Serbian President, Tomislav Nikolic, in an interview for a Belgrade paper where he said that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities foresees substantial autonomy for the Serb community. In a Facebook post, Hoti said the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities can […]
Read More →Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality approves plan for displaced persons (Klan Kosova)
Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipality Committee for Communities approved on Tuesday the report of the Office for Communities and Returns for October and the municipal action plan for IDPs. Kemal Shahin, head of the Committee for Communities said the action plan confirms commitment of the municipality to provide a safe environment for the return of displaced persons and […]
Read More →AAK and ICK condemn attack on Turkish Consulate in Prizren (Koha)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) through a press release today condemned the attack against the Turkish Consulate in Prizren, saying such an act is against Kosovo’s interests. “The AAK expresses its deep concern about the incident at the Turkish Consulate in Prizren. The friendly relations with Turkey, as well as with any […]
Read More →PM reacts to Union of Albanian Municipalities: Let kids play (B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the creation on Monday of the Union of Albanian Municipalities. This union includes Tirana, Pristina, Tetovo, Ulcinj, and Presevo. “What Albanian municipalities, these are games small kids play, they thought they were really tough… That’s a story for their voters. And what is this Omnia doing? Printing […]
Read More →Belgrade-Pristina talks to resume Tuesday (media)
This week’s round of expert talks between the Belgrade and Pristina delegations will resume in Brussels Tuesday. The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija confirmed to Tanjug implementation of the agreements on telecommunications and the judiciary had been addressed on Monday, the first day of the talks, and that Belgrade’s delegation once again raised with EU […]
Read More →Jablanović: Poor security situation in Leposavić/Leposaviç (RTS)
President of the Leposavić/Leposaviç municipality Dragan Jablanović seeking an extraordinary session because, he said, the security situation in the municipality is bad. He points out, above all, the protection of citizens as the obligation. Police in Leposavić/Leposaviç last night arrested four people and seized a large quantity of weapons. Witnesses say that it was pretty […]
Read More →Serbia Reaches for the Heavens over Kosovo (BalkanInsight)
Recent media claims that Belgrade might resume control over Kosovo’s airspace highlight how some Serbs still dream of compensating for defeat on land by winning victory in the heavens. I have always had a problem with a myth surrounding the epic battle at the Field of Blackbirds, also known as the Battle of Kosovo, which […]
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