Belgrade Media Report 14 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Belgrade, Pristina reach agreement on telecommunications (RTS)
• Implementation of the telecommunications agreement (Beta/B92)
• Kosovo didn’t receive international dialing code, but a code for geographical region (Tanjug/RTS)
• DS: We welcome agreements leading to normalization of relations (Beta)
• DSS: Serbian government complicit in breaking up the state (Beta)
• Popovic: Serbai government to terminate Brussels agreement (Beta)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns transfer of four Serbian convicts to Podujevo (RTS/Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Wigemark and RS officials discuss EC’s 2016 Country Report for B&H (BN TV)
• Finci: B&H will not be able to obtain EU candidate status without implementation of “Sejdic-Finci” ruling (Hayat)
• Croatian PM on alleged charges by B&H Serb entity: We have no fear (Hina)
• New Montenegro government led by Markovic to be completed within next ten days (CDM)
• Minority parties require ministries and editorial positions in the public broadcaster (Dnevne novine)
• Kukan: Russia wants influence on Balkans, follow EU rules (Pobjeda)
• Noyes: Russia’s behavior impertinent (CDM/Jutarnji)
• Macedonia: Twelve coalitions, parties submit candidate lists for December 11 elections (MIA)
• Trump’s Adviser Burns says US President-¬elect will not allow Macedonia’s Constitutional name to be changed (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Enlargement package: business as usual? (The Brussels Times)
• Consensus to start Albania-EU adhesion talks, Italian FM (ANSAmed)
Schwendiman’s indictments evoke elections in Kosovo (Politika)
Kadri Veseli and Ramush Haradinaj insist the most on the elections, suspected to be among the first against whom will be launched court proceedings in The Hague, writes daily Politika. Fear of the leading Albanian politicians in Kosovo due to the work of the Special Court for war crimes of the KLA, is one of […]
Read More →Veseli: Montenegro will address the EU on demarcation with Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said today that the people of Kosovo should not remain isolated due to the border demarcation with Montenegro. “We have talked with Montenegrin officials and they confirmed that they will send an official note to the European Union asking for the people of Kosovo not to remain isolated due to […]
Read More →Mustafa: Soon the courts in the north; Simić: Following year only (RTK2)
While official Pristina expects soon the full implementation of the Brussels agreement on the judiciary from 2015, in the north say that the process of integrating the north into Kosovo’s judicial system stopped. Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa announced that a judicial system will be established in the north, with one Basic Court and one […]
Read More →Konjufca: Kosovo, only a user of the prefix, Serbia the owner (lajmi.net)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Vetëvendosje movement, Glauk Konjufca, said that the Brussels agreement makes Kosovo only a user of a telephone code and not an owner. According to him, it is clear that Serbia will be the owner of the prefix, while Kosovo will only use it. “Legalization of Serbian operator in Kosovo does […]
Read More →Protesters demand justice for Vetevendosje activist’s death (media)
Citizens, members of the civil society and Vetevendosje Movement protested in Pristina today demanding an independent investigation into the yet unclear circumstances of the death of Vetevendosje activist, Astrit Dehari, at the Prizren detention facility. Protesters also demanded the resignation of Justice Minister Dhurata Hoxha and that of Prizren regional police commander Nexhmi Krasniqi.
Read More →AAK’s Lekaj: Dialling code, success for Serbia (Klan Kosova)
Head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, said the most recent telecommunication agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is very damaging for Kosovo. According to Lekaj, the dialing code is not international but rather provincial. “I can call this a success for Serbia not Kosovo,” Lekaj said.
Read More →Kosovo to get international phone code (Reuters)
Kosovo said it had reached an agreement with Serbia that will allow it to have its own international telephone dialing code, eight years after declaring independence, in a move that will save millions of euros in payments to foreign countries. http://in.reuters.com/article/kosovo-phone-idINKBN139181
Read More →Kosovo Terror Threat ‘Serious’ but Manageable, Minister Says (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo minister admits the recent arrest of more than dozen suspected terrorists was a serious matter, while an expert says the risk facing the country remains real. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/security-situation-calm-recent-cases-in-kosovo-serious-11-11-2016
Read More →Office for KiM: Violated rights of convicts (KIM radio)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija strongly condemns the transfer of four convicts of Serbian nationality from detention centre in Mitrovica to prison near Podujevo/Podujevë, stating that the action brought into question the security of this people. “This provocative move trample the fundamental principles of humanity and human rights of prisoners and directly has caused the […]
Read More →Thaçi: Illegal operations to be eliminated entirely with telephone code (Koha)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci through a Facebook post today said that illegal operations and the current obstacles would be eliminated entirely with the telephone code for Kosovo. He added that this strengthens the position of Kosovo in the field of telecommunications, and opens ways for the state program of digitization. “The position of our country […]
Read More →Protest of the CI SDP due to a transfer of prisoners (KiM radio)
The Citizens’ Initiative SDP strongly condemns the sudden decision to transfer several inmates from the prison in Mitrovica to a prison in the town of Podujevo/Podujevë. GI SDP members say that this unjustified action is disturbing for the family members of the detainees as well as for the public in the north of Kosovo. “Podujevo […]
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