Belgrade Media Report 25 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Without politicization about Kosovo in international organizations (Tanjug/RTS)
• Djuric: ZSO must be formed (Tanjug/Beta)
• Serbian representatives to meet NATO delegation on 14 December (Novosti)
• Spasic announces counter lawsuit (Politika)
• Pristina and Sarajevo in mutual ban on entry of vehicles (Tanjug/RTS/B92)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Solemn reception on occasion of B&H Statehood Day held at B&H Presidency (TV1)
• B&H Presidency Chair Ivanic: Relations in region are bad, I am planning trilateral meeting (Glas Srpske)
• HR Inzko: “Original Dayton” rhetoric has spread to Federation of B&H (Glas Srpske/Srna)
• Ferguson: There will be no secession of RS or creation of third entity (Dnevni avaz)
• Annual conference on security situation in B&H ends (BN TV)
• B&H Presidency adopts ‘Defense Review’ document (TV1)
• RS government: Decision of B&H Defense Ministry on sale of secondary raw materials is illegal (RTRS)
• Brajovic speaker of parliament, Gvozdenovic and Nimanbegu deputy speakers (CDM)
• Opposition is preparing for protests? (Dan)
• Macedonia: Parties resume election campaigning (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Russian diplomat: Kosovo demonstrates its functional non-viability as state (TASS)
• Rama: We do not plan on claiming parts of Greece, Serbia and FYROM (IBNA)
B92 and Albanian Daily News sign MoU (B92)
Serbia’s B92 media outlet and the Albanian Daily News (ADN) newspaper from Albania have inked a memorandum of understanding. The document was signed on Friday in Tirana by ADN Director General Anisa Skendaj and B92 President of the Board of Directors Veran Matic. Under the memorandum, the two media companies will be sharing their content […]
Read More →Hungarian Government supports the ZSO idea (Blic)
Hungarian Ambassador in Kosovo Laszlo Markusz says that the Hungarian government supports the idea of creating a Community/Association of Serb Municipalities, adding that Belgrade could finance the ZSO partly. When asked by the news agency Beta, how he, as an ambassador, sees ZSO as a political and social entity and how the community should be […]
Read More →Mustafa in Brussels at first meeting between the EU SAA Council and Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, leads today in Brussels with the delegation of Kosovo at the first meeting between the Council of Stabilization Association Agreement and Kosovo. Kosovo’s delegation led by PM Isa Mustafa, is represented by ministers Enver Hoxhaj, Abdullah Hoti, Skënder Hyseni, Hykmete Bajrami and deputy minister Anila Statovci. The meeting […]
Read More →Kosovo signs agreement on access to EU programmes (media)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, signed in Brussels today agreement enabling Kosovo access to EU programmes, a press release issued by the Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry states. This is the second contractual agreement Kosovo signs with the EU, following Stabilisation and Association Agreement. […]
Read More →EULEX vows to advance and strengthen gender aspect in its activities (RTK)
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the head of EULEX, Alexandra Papadopoulou, confirmed EULEX’s commitment to advance and strengthen gender aspects in all of its activities, both within the Mission and in its engagement with Kosovo institutions. In a press release issued at the start of 16 Days of Activism […]
Read More →Radojević: Entry ban for the BiH vehicle licence plates (Kontakt plus radio)
Kosovo Deputy Interior Minister Milan Radojević confirms to Tanjug that the entry of vehicles with BiH plates is banned in Kosovo. “Based on the interpretation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, taking into account that BiH authorities do not allow entrance of vehicles from Kosovo, the Kosovo Police has received instructions from the […]
Read More →Zakharova: Kosovo demonstrates its functional non-viability as state (InSerbia)
Kosovo is demonstrating functional non-viability as a state, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The United Nations Security Council on November 16 noted the “unstable situation in the region,” she said. “Rights of non-Albanian population continue to be violated. More cases of violation against the Serbs are being reported. The lack of […]
Read More →“Region’s EU accession process has changed” (B92)
Croatia’s EU accession marked the end of one accession model, Regional Cooperation Council Secretary-General Goran Svilanovic said on Thursday. The process is now completely different for Western Balkan states due to the circumstances in the region and the EU itself, such as the economic crisis, migration and Brexit, he said. “Europe must define itself first,” […]
Read More →Brussels court sentences Serbian nationals to life imprisonment (Tanjug)
A Brussels court has sentenced Serbian nationals Veselin Vukotic, Andrija Draskovic and Bozidar Spasic to life imprisonment for the murder of Kosovo human rights activist Enver Hadri in Brussels 26 years ago. The jury handed maximum jail terms to the three men, sentencing Vukotic and Draskovic as the perpetrators and Spasic as the mastermind of […]
Read More →Ghana opens honorary consulate in Kosovo (Koha)
Republic of Ghana opened yesterday in Pristina an honorary consulate which will work on promoting political, economic and cultural ties with Kosovo. The consulate will also be in charge of issuing visas as well as promoting Ghanaian investment in Kosovo. The honorary consul, Valon Lluka, said this was the first and only African mission in […]
Read More →Djuric: Community of Serb Municipalities must be formed (Tanjug)
The director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, met with Portuguese Ambassador to Serbia Augusto Peixoto to brief him on the current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, stressing the importance of a prompt formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities for the normalization of relations. The Community must be formed pursuant to the agreements […]
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