Belgrade Media Report 05 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We will request Haradinaj’s extradition (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Something rotten in principles of Danish diplomat (Beta/RTS)
• Djuric: Serbia to form Community of Serb Municipalities in February (RTS/Tanjug)
• Drecun: Pristina and Brussels are now on the move (Tanjug)
• Nikolic replies to Izetbegovic: I am going to RS, I do not accept blackmail (Kurir)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• B&H Ministry of Defense will partially approve Dodik’s request for B&H Armed Forces participation in the RS Day ceremony; decision sparks reactions (BHT1)
• Dodik rejects partial participation of B&H Armed Forces (Srna)
• Izetbegovic calls on Nikolic to think through about his visit to Banja Luka (N1)
• Other reactions to announcement of Nikolic’s attendance (TV1)
• Political situation would not influence integrations (RTCG)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• France arrests former Kosovo PM over Serbia war crimes claim (AFP)
• Drecun: Not good that France first called Pristina (Sputnik)
• Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Retrial Disappoints EU Mission (BIRN)
• Race for Run Govt Heats up in Macedonia (BIRN)
The warrant for Haradinaj for crimes not because of politics (TV Most)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović says that Ramush Haradinaj is not on the wanted list for political reasons, but because of serious crimes. It is expected that each country, which corresponds to this type of arrest warrant, to show that the law is more important than politics. “If he is released, the question is what […]
Read More →AAK asks Kosovo government to halt talks with Serbia (Telegrafi/RTK)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) deputy leader, Ardian Gjini, asked the government of Kosovo to halt talks with Serbia and ban Serbian officials entering Kosovo following the detention of the party leader Ramush Haradinaj by French police on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia. In a press conference today, Gjini said Haradinaj […]
Read More →Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Retrial Disappoints EU Mission (Balkan Insight)
The EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo expressed disappointment after the Supreme Court ordered a retrial of three men convicted of involvement in organ-trafficking from the Medicus clinic near Pristina. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-organ-trafficking-retrial-disappoints-eu-01-05-2017
Read More →Tahiri: Reciprocity measures towards Serbia’s arrest warrants (RFE)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said Kosovo authorities should introduce reciprocity measures towards Serbia’s arrest warrants against Kosovo citizens. “We need to implement reciprocity measures. At the end of the day, it was Serbia that committed genocide and the most heinous crimes against humanity here,” Tahiri said following the French authorities’ detention of AAK […]
Read More →Serb telecom operator to issue 60,000 numbers in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
Serb telecom operator “MTS’ D.O.O” is expected to put up antennas in 30 locations across Kosovo and will be able to issue 60,000 numbers in the market as part of the telecommunications agreement reached between Pristina and Belgrade delegations in Brussels. The operating license for the Serb operator was issued by the Authority of Electronic […]
Read More →President Nikolić to spend Christmas Eve with Serbs in Kosovo (media)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will be in Kosovo on Friday, January 6, Christmas Eve. Serbian Orthodox Christians will celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian Calendar. Nikolić will spend Christmas Eve in Štrpce/Shtërpcë, his press service announced on Wednesday. The president previously traveled to Kosovo in 2014 to attend the marking of Vidovdan (St. […]
Read More →KSF delivers humanitarian aid to Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality (Koha)
The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) on Wednesday donated 50 sets of blankets, pillows and sheets to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Gračanica/Graçanicë. The donation will be delivered to the most vulnerable families in this municipality. Priest Srđan Stankovic who received the donation thanked the KSF, saying this was a welcomed relief in the current difficult […]
Read More →Vučić: We will ask for the extradition of Haradinaj (media)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj in France to say it is “good for justice to be above politics.” Vucic said that the Serbian prosecution has numerous pieces of evidence and “incriminating things” against Haradinaj, and that he wished that France, “as a serious country with the rule […]
Read More →“Consequences of Kosovo in UNESCO would be unforeseeable” (media)
Should Kosovo become a UNESCO member, the consequences for the Serb identity and cultural heritage in the province would be unforeseeable. This is according to Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic. In that case, UNESCO documents would list medieval Serbian monuments, churches and monasteries as cultural assets in the territory of a “state of Kosovo”, […]
Read More →Headlines 5 January
• Ramush Haradinaj arrested by French police on a Serbian warrant (media)
• Kocijancic: Actions on the Association should resume in early 2017 (Koha)
• Tahiri: Mitrovica wall to be demolished in January (dailies)
• Thaci: Special court, product of intimidation and killing of witnesses (Epoka)
• LDK MP Gashi calls for dismissal of Kosovo Serb ministers (Epoka)
• Hyseni: Lavdrim Muhaxheri is not in Kosovo (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant (Reuters)
French police on Wednesday arrested former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, a guerrilla commander during the 1998-99 Kosovo war, on a Serbian arrest warrant, French police sources and Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-kosovo-idUSKBN14O24N?il=0
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