Belgrade Media Report 09 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Trumps victory wasn’t seen only by those who didn’t watch (B92/Sputnik)
• Vucic congratulates Trump on great victory (Tanjug/B92)
• Serbian politicians’ reactions to Trump’s victory (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Scott does not expect major changes in US-Serbia relations (RTS)
• Clinton won at “elections” in Belgrade (Tanjug)
• Davenport: New chapters expected to be opened by end of year (Tanjug)
• Interpol postpones Kosovo’s request for membership (Beta)
• Djuric: No one has the right to tell Kosovo Serb representatives what to do (RTS/Tanjug)
• Schwendimann wants close cooperation with courts (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• HR Inzko presents 50th report on PIC’s work before UN SC (N1)
• RS officials comment on HR’s report to UN SC (RTRS)
• Izetbegovic doubts status of B&H Croats will improve any time soon (FTV/TV1)
• B&H CEC hands over certificates of election to 130 newly elected heads of municipalities and ten mayors in B&H (TV1)
• CEDC pledges stronger support to Bosnia on its path to NATO and EU (HRT)
• Medenica: Judges are ready for terrorism-related cases (Dnevne novine)
• Tensions rising at SDSM: Resignation of Kunovska credited to party’s vice president (Dnevnik.mk)
• Albanian PM: Albania’s and Kosovo’s great friend did not win (ATA/CDM)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Don’t Expect Balkan U-Turns From Trump Presidency (BIRN)
• Trump Triumph Celebrated and Mourned in Balkans (BIRN Team)
• Albania Opposition Criticised for Obstructing EU Progress (BIRN)
Joint forces in defending the cultural heritage in Kosovo (KIM radio, Jedinstvo)
The state of Serbian heritage in Kosovo is a matter of cultural identity of the first order, estimates the Minister of Culture and Information Vladan Vukosavljević. He says to daily Jedinstvo that it is very difficult to ignore the fact that in Kosovo, inter alia, there are more than 1,300 Serbian churches, monasteries and archaeological […]
Read More →Apostolova says demarcation is condition for visa liberalisation (Lajmi.net)
Head of the European Union Office in Pristina, Nataliya Apostolova said firmly during a press conference today that combating of crime and corruption are conditions for liberalisation of visas. She said that progress has been made on this direction, however, she also mentioned the condition of the demarcation of the border with Montenegro, saying that […]
Read More →President Thaçi congratulates his counterpart Donald Trump (Lajmi.net)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, congratulated the elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, for the victory in the presidential elections. President Thaçi has said that the permanent friendship between Kosovo and the USA is the basis on which the deepening of the bilateral cooperation will continue. On behalf of the people and […]
Read More →Mustafa: Implementation of SAA precedes Kosovo’s EU accession (Koha)
In today’s routine meeting, the government of Kosovo reviewed European integration agenda. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci spoke about implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and the criteria Kosovo has to meet in its path to joining the EU while Prime Minister Isa Mustafa underlined the importance of the reforms agenda and noted […]
Read More →Veseli: Progress Report remarks to be taken seriously (RTKLive)
The head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Natalya Aposotolova, today handed over the European Commission’s Progress Report to the Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli. Veseli said that Kosovo’s future is oriented towards the European Union, and that the obstacles that are mentioned in the report will improve. He also said that any remarks […]
Read More →Simić and Didier on the current political situation (KIM radio)
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić met with the new Ambassador of France in Kosovo Didier Chambert, whom he informed about the current political and security problems in Kosovo. Simić informed Didier about the positions of the Serbian community and its political representatives after the adoption of the Trepča and the law on strategic […]
Read More →Hahn: Kosovo, steps forward towards visa liberalisation (Top Channel)
The EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, during a meeting of the Foreign Commission of the European Parliament today said that Pristina has taken some important steps towards visa liberalisation. However, Hahn noted that there are two criteria which require more effort. According to him, the first one is to […]
Read More →Đurić: No one has the right to hold lessons to the Serb representatives in Kosovo (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić says that no one has the right to hold lessons to political representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo about whether and when they should return to the institutions after their frozen participation due to the adoption of law on Trepča which has happened without their […]
Read More →Thousands in Kosovo Bid Farewell to Vetevendosje Activist (Balkan Insight)
An activist who died under unclear circumstances was seen off by thousands in the streets of Pristina. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/astrit-dehari-s-funeral-11-08-2016
Read More →Thousands protest death of imprisoned Kosovo opposition activist (Reuters)
Thousands of Kosovo opposition supporters marched through Pristina on Tuesday blaming the government for the death of an imprisoned activist suspected of being involved in a grenade attack on the parliament building. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-protests-idUSKBN1331RL
Read More →Serbia-Cuba relations at the highest level (InSerbia, Danas)
We are relying on Serbia’s support in the fight against the embargo on Cuba, Cuban Ambassador to Serbia Adela Mayra Ruiz Garcia said Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Serbia-Cuba friendship group in the Serbian parliament. Cuba has confirmed its position on the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo and its principled position on supporting […]
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