Belgrade Media Report 18 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• UNMIK between rock and hard of the Security Council (RTS)
• Nikolic cabinet claims EULEX denied opinion disclosure (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Constructive cooperation with EULEX (Beta)
• Drecun: Brussels stand that agreed cannot be changed is important (RTS)
• Vucic: I did not pay to see Obama (Beta)
• Center for peacekeeping operations marks anniversary (Beta)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Collegium for European Integration established (BHT1)
• Ivanic: OHR was supposed to be abolished long time ago (Hayat)
• Former ministers of Herceg-Bosna mark anniversary of establishment of Croat Community of Herceg-Bosna (FTV/N1)
• Candles lit at start of Vukovar Remembrance Day commemorations (Hina)
• General Gotovina appointed special adviser to defense minister (Hina)
• DF protests in December (Pobjeda)
• Due to the risk of escape: Dikic and his accomplices in custody for two more months (CDM)
• Holub: Macedonian elections must be reliable and credible (Telegraf.mk)
• VMRO-DPMNE starts elections campaign from Ohrid, SDSM from Prilep (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Feud Over Macedonian Key Court Erupts Into Open (BIRN)
• Clinton-lands (The Economist)
UNMIK between the hammer and the anvil of the Security Council (RTS)
While Serbia expects the members of the UN Security Council to influence the repeal of the Law on Trepča, member countries that have recognized independence of Kosovo believe that the Council meetings on Kosovo should reduce, and they believe also that the scope of the UNMIK mission should be reduced. For representatives of the countries […]
Read More →“There are many problems, but the laws are not implemented” (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for communities Ivan Tomić met today with the delegation of the European Commission headed by the head of the Council of Europe Office in Kosovo, Isabelle Servoz-Gallucci. “There are still many problems, the situation is far from ideal,” said the director of the Office of Communities Ivan Tomić in a meeting […]
Read More →Agreement on the judiciary has lost every meaning (KIM radio)
Although the agreement on the judiciary in northern Kosovo was reached in 2013, there is no implementation yet. Lawyer Dejan Vasić considers that the agreement has lost all meaning although it had “historic significance” for the negotiators, stressing that a lot of time passed since the adoption and almost nothing has been done. Vasić says […]
Read More →Thaci: EU damaging own credibility by conditioning visa liberalisation (Klan Kosova)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, called on the European Union to discontinue conditioning visa liberalisation as Kosovo more progress in meeting European standards than other countries in the region. In a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council, Thaci said: “The completely unfair approach on the part of European Union towards Kosovo is preventing the citizens […]
Read More →Mustafa: Fifty officials under investigation for corruption (Lajmi)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said in the meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council that Kosovo has made significant progress in the fight against corruption. He said that the latest Transparency International report highlights a difference between the perception of citizens regarding corruption level in Kosovo and the reality. He also said that fifty […]
Read More →“Pristina did try to change deal, Brussels stopped them” (B92, RTS)
Milovan Drecun confirmed on Friday that representatives of Pristina this week attempted to introduce changes to the agreement on telecommunications. The agreement was reached in Brussels last Sunday, during the EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue. However, said Drecun (SNS) – who heads the Serbian National Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija – “Brussels made it clear and […]
Read More →Anton Berisha: The agreement on telecommunications divides Serbs and Albanians (RTK2)
Agreement on telecommunications, which was recently signed in Brussels, will contribute to the division of Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo, says the former director of the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency Anton Berisha. Appearing on RTK2, Berisha says all are talking about European integration, that all advocate for Europe and then they reach agreements based on ethnic […]
Read More →The people who are recruiting fighters for Syria are the problem (N1)
Kosovo police, in cooperation with the Kosovo Intelligence Agency prevented planned terrorist attacks in Kosovo and the region. Target of the attack were footballers, and supporters of Israel during a match in Albania. Miloš Popović from the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy says the objective of the arrested group is transnational because of connections with […]
Read More →Clinton-lands (The Economist)
The end of an era in Kosovo, Bosnia, Serbia and beyond
Read More →Kosovo police ‘foil IS attack’ on Israeli football team (BBC)
Kosovan police say they have foiled a plot by so-called Islamic State (IS) to attack the Israeli football team when it visited Albania last week. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38011212
Read More →Lavdrim Muhaxheri, ISIS Warrior, Remains Threat to Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Lavdrim Muhaxheri, the Kosovo Albanian foreign fighter for ISIS operating in Syria and Iraq, re-appeared as a serious threat to Kosovo last week after the police there arrested 19 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Kosovo and Albania. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/lavdrim-muhaxheri-remains-a-threat-for-kosovo-11-17-2016
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