Belgrade Media Report 17 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• United Nations Security Council session on Kosovo (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic to Citaku: What colonialism are you talking about (Tanjug)
• Vucic ends visit to Kazakhstan (Beta)
• Technical dialogue resumes in Brussels (RTS/Tanjug)
• Implementation of agreement on license plates postponed (Politika)
• Kuburovic: Sanctioning genocide denial is obligation from European documents (Beta/RTS)
• Dittmann: Connecting young people from Belgrade and Pristina crucial for normalization (Beta)
• Policeman illegally sells Serb property in Kosovo (RTS)
• Inmates in Kosovska Mitrovica, Podujevo end hunger strike (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik questioned by SIPA as witness in Banja Luka (FTV/Glas Srpske)
• RS Organizing Committee for marking of January 9 convenes its first session (FTV/RTRS)
• Joint Commission of RS Assembly and RS CoP fails to reach agreement on RSNA’s decisions vetoed by Bosniak Caucus (RTRS)
• Izetbegovic: Impossible to talk about amendments to Election Law of B&H without functional coalition (N1)
• Rotation in B&H Presidency: Ivanic is the Chairman of B&H Presidency (Klix.ba)
• Three Serbs charged with war crimes against civilians in Croatia (Hina)
• Minorities to determine the offer (RTCG)
• SEC Macedonia: Election campaign officially begins on 21 November (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo, Bosnia, Most Worried by Corruption, Report Shows (BIRN)
• Democracy and Economy Top Macedonians’ Priorities (BIRN)
• The Balkans And The Latest Twists In Transatlantic Decline (TransConflict)
FM reacts to claim of Belgrade’s “colonial tendencies” (media)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has rejected claims of the Kosovo Ambassador to the U.S. Vlora Citaku about Belgrade’s “colonial tendencies toward Pristina.” Speaking at the end of the UN Security Council session on Kosovo, Dacic said that “we are not colonizers and will not allow to be spoken about in that way in the UN […]
Read More →EC asked whether Pristina’s “trying to change telecoms deal” (B92, Tanjug)
The delegations of Belgrade and Pristina are discussing in Brussels the details of implementing the telecommunications agreement. European Commission spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said this on Thursday. “We welcome the agreement reached on Sunday. Both sides in Brussels are discussing the details in order to implement the agreement,” Kocijancic replied when asked whether the reports in […]
Read More →Opposition MPs leave the Kosovo Assembly session (gazetametro.net)
The opposition MPs did not mage to include debate on death of Vetëvendosje movement activist, Astrit Dehari in the agenda of the Kosovo Assembly session. Two major parties of the coalition government, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), were against the debate. Vetëvendosje movement MPs together with those […]
Read More →Simić: The dialogue has no alternative (KIM radio)
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić met with the head of the Department for the Western Balkans in the European Department of Foreign Affairs Eduard Auer. The meeting discussed the current issues and development of the democracy in Kosovo, states the Serbian List. Simić says that the goal of all efforts to normalize relations […]
Read More →Vetëvednosje seeks response (gazetametro.net)
Vetëvendosje movement MPs blocked today for a few minutes the Assembly pulpit, holding a banner with inscription “Justice”, requesting in this manner justice for Astrit Dehari, who died at Prizren prison. Vetëvednosje movement leader, Visar Ymeri, held a speech expressing dissatisfaction regarding the delays on shedding light on the case of Dehari’s death. He said […]
Read More →“Demarcation should not be obstacle to visa liberalisation” (Koha)
Slobodan Vujicic, head of the Association of Montenegrins in Kosovo, through a press statement said that Montenegro and Kosovo can make necessary adjustments to the agreement on border demarcation, adding that demarcation should not be an obstacle to process of visa liberalisation for Kosovo. “The good neighborly relations between Kosovo and Montenegro are at the highest […]
Read More →Veseli: Association/Community does not undermine Kosovo’s sovereignty (DW)
In an interview for Deutsche Welle in Albanian, Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said that the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro is “a matter of time” as it is in the interest of Kosovo’s sovereignty and its people. Veseli also said that Kosovo institutions will continue dialogue with Serbia although “there is […]
Read More →Pristina wants to overturn the agreement on telecommunications (Blic)
Pristina delegation trying to extort a fundamental change to the agreement on the implementation of the deal on telecommunications, which was agreed over the weekend or to bring down the agreement reached, Blic learns from diplomatic sources in Brussels. Although it was originally planned for the current round of technical dialogue to last two days, […]
Read More →What to expect in the Balkans (media)
Gazeta Metro and RTK carry an opinion piece written by the U.S. expert on Balkans, Daniel Serwer. He has written about the situation in Balkans after Donald Trump’s election for the U.S. President. Below find the complete opinion piece: Not much, in the first instance. It has now been a long time since a president of […]
Read More →Jahjaga seeks justice for victims of sexual violence (Telegrafi)
At the Rising Global Peace Forum, former President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has called for justice for victims of sexual violence. “I emphasized that without serving justice and ensuring peace for the victims of sexual violence during the war in our country and across the world, our societies will not be able to fully enjoy […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 16 November
• UNSC discusses Kosovo quarterly report (KTV)
• Thaçi decides to establish two working groups for electoral reform (RTK1)
• Viets: No elections before 2018 (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Apostolova met caucus leaders of governing and opposition parties (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Nineteen terrorism suspects arrested (Klan Kosova)
• Non-majority communities requests more airtime in RTK (RTK2&RTK1)
• Sejdiu ready to return at LDK head, if party asks him (RTK – Monitor Show)
• Skenderaj/Srbica municipal administration employees protested (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Law allows governance of municipalities from prisons (KTV)
• Havolli pledges uncompromising fight against corruption (RTK1)
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