Belgrade Media Report 28 November
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Belgrade-Pristina talks resume today (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: ZSO needs to be formed in line with Brussels agreement (Tanjug)
• Greater Albania ushered in through the back door (Tanjug/B92)
• Repchekova: No one asks Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s independence (Beta)
• Cadez: Important step in Serbia-Albania economic ties (Tanjug)
• Around 1,000 Serbian Army members protested in Belgrade (Tanjug)
• Djordjevic: I am proud of majority of army who did not protest (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Dodik: Law on Constitutional Court of B&H has to unite Serb political representatives (Glas Srpske/Srna)
• Population census necessary in order for B&H to complete EC’s questionnaire (TV1)
• Serbia-Croatia relations crucial for region – conference (Hina)
• Russia cancels Economic Forum with Croatia (N1/Vecernji list)
• Embassy denies US interference in border arbitration (Hina)
• Opposition will not enter parliament (MINA)
• DF concept of protests unacceptable (CDM)
• Gjorcev: We Need 63 MP seats to uphold Macedonia’s Constitution (Telegraf.mk)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Tomislav Nikolic: Serbia won’t align with East or West (Al Jazeera)
• Sad Day for European Values: EU Anti-Sputnik Resolution is ‘Audacious Hypocrisy’ (Sputnik)
A house set on fire in the returnee village of Siga, near Peć/Pejë (Kontakt plus radio)
In returnee village of Siga, near Peć/Pejë on Sunday morning a house of the late Ratko Jašević was set on fire. The Ministry of Returns and Communities announced that no one was injured but considerable damage has been made. – Arson of the home can be understood as pressure on Serb returnees to move out […]
Read More →“Association will not be discussed during this round” (media)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri informed through a press release that the parties will not discuss the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities during the new round of the discussions with Serbia which will be held in Brussels tomorrow and a day after. The parties will discuss justice issues and Kosovo’s telephone prefix. Both parties will […]
Read More →“Haradinaj’s clan smuggling arms through Serbia” – daily (B92, Blic, Vesti)
Former KLA commander and former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj “heads one of the most powerful crime clans in Kosovo.” This is according to the Belgrade-based newspaper Blic, which also claims that the crime group “uses a route through Serbia” to smuggle weapons. According to the article published on Monday “our citizens are paid good […]
Read More →Janjić: ZSO functional as of April (Kontakt plus radio)
Political analyst Dušan Janjić says that Community/Association of Serb municipalities could start to operate from April or May next year. According to the agreement in Brussels, by the end of this month should be harmonized Statute of the ZSO, and in December the Kosovo government should bring the appropriate decree, said Janjić to Radio Kontakt […]
Read More →The responsibility of establishing the ZSO is on the EU (Politika)
Minister of Local Government Ljubomir Marić says that the European Union bears the responsibility for the formation of the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), as it is a mediator and guarantor in the Brussels talks. He stresses that the first version of the statute of the ZSO was presented to the EU in May 2015, […]
Read More →Mauritius backs Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with Mauritian PM Anerood Jugnauth on the fringes of the summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Antananarivo, thanking him for the support for Serbia’s territorial integrity and non-recognition of Kosovo’s independence. They also discussed ways of improving political and economic ties and coordination of […]
Read More →The fifth time demolished the memorial plaque to the missing journalists (Radio Gračanica)
Unknown persons for the fifth time had taken the memorial of the missing Serbian journalits, which was located on the road Velika Hoca – Zočište. The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) strongly condemns again the demolition of the memorial and seek from the international and […]
Read More →Jihadis return from Middle East with “school certificates” (B92)
Extremists who return after leaving our country to fight in Iraq and Syria come back with a document certifying that they went to school there. This document is then used to avoid serving prison time in Serbia, a penalty introduced by the new legislation outlawing participation in wars abroad. This is what chairman of the […]
Read More →Foreign Ministry condemns attack on Turkish Consulate in Prizren (Zeri)
Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack on Turkey’s General Consulate building in Prizren this morning, considering it “a vandal act of irresponsible people who are against a democratic and multi-ethnic state like Kosovo.” “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulates the Kosovo Police for arresting the irresponsible persons who have committed this hideous act. The Ministry […]
Read More →Ymeri: This 28 November dedicated to Astrit Dehari (Klan Kosova)
On the Albanian Flag Day, a large red and black banner depicting Vetevendosje activist Astrit Dehari and calling for justice regarding his death at the Prizren detention facility, was put up in one of the buildings at the Pristina center. Vetevendosje leader, Visar Ymeri, said that this year, 28 November will be dedicated to Dehari. […]
Read More →Turkish Consulate in Prizren attacked with Molotov cocktail (Koha)
The building of Turkey’s General Consulate in Prizren was attacked on Monday morning with Molotov cocktail, the news site reports. The attack caused only minor material damage. Chief Prosecutor of Prizren, Syle Hoxha, confirmed the news. “The building of the Turkish Consulate in Prizren was attacked this morning. No one was injured while the attack […]
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