Belgrade Media Report 23 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: KFOR of great importance for Serbia (RTS)
• Hellbach: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue an important factor for Germany’s position regarding Serbia’s EU integration process (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic grateful to Madagascar for its principled stance on Kosovo (Tanjug/RTS)
• Sweden supports opening of Chapters 5, 25, 26 (Tanjug/Beta)
• Ivanovic: EULEX strived to improve its standing among Albanians by arresting me (Informer)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H officials comment on Dodik’s statement regarding return of transferred competences (TV1)
• Leaders of ruling political parties in Federation of B&H discuss political crisis (FTV)
• Heads of Caucuses in RS Assembly interrogated regarding RS’ referendum case (RTRS)
• Round table on Croat minority in Serbia and Serb minority in Croatia (Hina)
• US extradites to Bosnia ex-HVO member suspected of war crimes (Hina)
• New Montenegrin government by Monday (CDM)
• Prosecution seeks extradition of three Serbian nationals (Pobjeda)
• PACE expects fair and democratic elections in Macedonia (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU Refugee Policies Place Asylum Seekers at Risk, Avoid Responsibility (Sputnik)
• Russia Snubs Croatia’s Peace Initiative on Ukraine (BIRN)
Delawie: U.S. will not change its policy toward Kosovo (Klan Kosova/Periskopi)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said in an interview with Periskopi today that deaths in detention are always concerning and that he welcomes the inclusion of independent observers in the case of Astrit Dehari. Delawie said he meets every political party in Kosovo, but that he does not prefer violence and he does […]
Read More →Rašić: Demarcation as a condition derived from Pristina (lajmi.net)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Serbian List, said during an extensive interview for lajmi.net that his party does not have a stance on creation of the army of Kosovo. He considers that this issue is not a priority. “We are far from any kind of discussions and there are absolutely minor chances to have discussions […]
Read More →Draft law on budget sent to the Assembly (Lajmi)
The Budget and Finance Committee submitted to the Kosovo Assembly today the draft law on budget for 2017. Five members of the Committee voted in favor of this bill, while three were against. The budget for the next year is expected to be around 2 billion euros. Indeksonline reports that the bill will be discussed […]
Read More →Đurić to visit Mitrovica today (TV Most)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will visit Mitrovica today on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Mitrovica. The Office for KiM announces that during the visit Djuric will assign the contracts to families for 12 apartments in the new residential building that has been built by the funds allocated […]
Read More →EULEX supports Justice Ministry for disciplinary measures regarding Dehari case (Koha)
The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) expressed support for the Ministry of Justice for transparency and accountability in correctional service. The Justice Ministry Inspectorate yesterday suspended four correctional service staff for procedural negligence in regards to the death of Vetevendosje activist Astrit Dehari. Through social media EULEX noted it supports efforts […]
Read More →“Serbia has made major steps, rule of law main challenge” (B92, Tanjug, Većernje novosti)
Serbia has made “major steps toward its strategic goal of EU membership by opening four very significant chapters.” This is according to EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who also noted that “strengthening of the rule of law remained the main challenge,” Tanjug reported. “Now it needs to move resolutely, not […]
Read More →NATO chief “respects Serbia’s neutrality, regrets victims” (B92)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday in Brussels that Serbia is “an exporter of stability” in the region. Stoltenberg made this statement after his meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. During a joint press conference, Stoltenberg also said NATO “respects Serbia’s military neutrality,” and expressed his “regret over the loss of innocent […]
Read More →Radojević: The complex security situation in Kosovo (Most TV)
The current security situation in Kosovo can be assessed as unstable, and if we bear in mind the frequent attacks on returnees, we can say that the situation is quite complex, complicated compared to last year, said Kosovo Deputy Interior Minister Milan Radojević in a show “Otvoreno o”, at the TV Most. Commenting the report […]
Read More →Germany calls for continued dialogue with Serbia, but also internal dialogue with Serbs (Koha)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci met today in Pristina Christian Hellbach, director for Eastern Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. Thaci thanked Hellbach for Germany’s support to Kosovo, not only in foreign policy but also the financial support in various sectors. Thaci said that Germany remains a very important partner for Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic […]
Read More →RAE communities encounter difficulties in findings jobs (RTKLive/REF)
The Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) communities continue to face high unemployment in Kosovo. According to RAE communities’ representatives, 90% of members of these communities do not have employment contracts. The government of Kosovo has drafted a strategy for integration of RAE communities in 2008. However, RAE communities representatives say that this strategy has remained […]
Read More →Tahiri: Kosovo to get dialing prefix on 15 December (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue and chief negotiator, Edita Tahiri, said at the government’s meeting today that the recent telecommunication agreement reached in Brussels with Serbia ends the activity of illegal telephony operators in Kosovo. Tahiri said Austria has already applied on Kosovo’s behalf to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and that the dialing prefix of […]
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