Belgrade Media Report 17 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: Sending the army to Kosovo is not my personal stand, but the stand of the state (Kurir)
• Nikolic to Scott: You’ve created lots of trouble (Tanjug/B92)
• NATO: KFOR not informed on ROSU deployment (Tanjug/RTS)
• NATO: Belgrade, Pristina to exercise restraint for sake of regional security (Beta)
• Mogherini thanks Vucic (Beta)
• Nikolic’s light artillery (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Inzko: I will not apologize because my words were taken out of context and it was not my intention to insult Serb people (TV1)
• In 2017, PIC will be deciding about closing down of OHR (Nezavisne)
• Joint Commission for Defense and Security fails to discuss participation of B&H AF members in RS Day celebration (FTV)
• Court of B&H confirms indictment against Vikic (Hayat)
• Galijasevic: Izetbegovic preparing war in spring (Srna)
• Serb rebel accused of expelling Croats from Knin (Hina)
• Campaign for Djukanovic’s candidacy starts? (CDM)
• USA strongly supports Montenegro’s membership in NATO (RTCG)
• Gruevski and Ahmeti to start negotiations for government (Telegraf.mk)
• Ahmeti meets German Ambassador Althauser (MIA)
• Poll shows 61,5 percent support NATO membership, but only 34,9 percent if it is under “FYROM” (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Lavrov says tensions in Balkans growing, standoff must be prevented (TASS)
• No Partition of Kosovo and Metohija (Strategic Culture Foundation)
Nikolic to U.S. ambassador: You’ve created lots of trouble (B92)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday in Belgrade received U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott. Nikolic told him that he “understands the U.S. is unconditionally supporting a thing whose creation it directly influenced,” and that Washington “caused a lot of trouble by exercising its will.” The president also expressed his hope that such conduct would […]
Read More →Deda: Kosovo to respond to Belgrade’s threat by creating the army (Lajmi)
Kosovo Assembly independent MP, Ilir Deda, considers that strengthening the Kosovo Security Force into army of Kosovo should be the response to the threat of the Serbian President. “Strengthening the KSF into the Army of Kosovo should be the response of Kosovo toward Belgrade’s threat, where the President of Serbia states that “what I said […]
Read More →A Serb arrested in Prizren (KIM radio)
Branimir Gligorijević from the returnee village of Novake, located 10 kilometres away from Prizren, was arrested yesterday around noon in Prizren. According to unofficial information of Večernje Novosti daily, Branimir was arrested after leaving the car in the city center, where he went to buy groceries. Gligorijević will be in custody, and is expected to […]
Read More →Hyseni: Serbia provoked us seriously with war inducing messages (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Minister for Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni reported to the Commission for Internal Affairs, Security and Supervision of the KSF, regarding the recent events, concretely Serbia’s attempt to send the train to Kosovo. He said that the Ministry was in continuous coordination with the Kosovo Police ever since the announcement about the train. “We have […]
Read More →Rakic: The wall will not be demolished, ROSU cannot come to the north (Kosovapress)
In an interview with Kosovapress, Mitrovica North Mayor Goran Rakic said the wall will not be demolished while Kosovo police special unit (ROSU) cannot go to the north again. “Tensions have increased following recent events and citizens are rightfully concerned. I consider someone wanted to use this situation for political purposes and I appeal to all […]
Read More →AAK’s Lekaj warns patience running thin in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Head of AAK parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, said that continuing denial of justice to the party leader Ramush Haradinaj means growing danger for Kosovo. “Ramush’s detention and Serbia’s actions show us that we are not in a situation to continue bearing any more this government in Kosovo which allows Serbia to continue battling us,” said […]
Read More →Albanian parliament to call special session on situation in Kosovo (Koha)
The recent developments in Kosovo, from the detention of AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj by French authorities on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia to the Serbian train that tried to enter Kosovo without permission of its authorities were part of discussion in today’s meeting of Albanian parliament’s commission on foreign affairs. The chair of the […]
Read More →Meeting of border demarcation commission to take place next week (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Local Government and Administration, Bajram Gecaj, said that the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro cannot be ratified without the votes from Serbian List MPs. “We also have some MPs from the ruling coalition that have opposed this agreement but the Government of Kosovo has initiated the setting up of a […]
Read More →Vučić forbid ministers and government officials to make comments on developments in the region (Blic)
Today’s edition of daily Blic reports unofficially that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has banned all the ministers, state officials and civil servants to comment on developments in the region. Vučić has brought this decision due to the events in Kosovo and the train, which was supposed to run on the line Belgrade – Mitrovica, […]
Read More →“Armed conflict in Europe averted by cool heads in Belgrade” (B92)
An armed conflict in the middle of Europe was averted over the weekend, says Sergei Zheleznyak, international secretary of the ruling United Russia party. He said peace was preserved on Saturday “only thanks to the peacefulness and the strong nerves exhibited by Serbia’s leadership and Aleksandar Vucic personally.” The Russian parliamentarian thus commented on Saturday’s […]
Read More →Lavrov: Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo (B92)
Russian Foreign Minister on Tuesday said that a new war in the Balkans must be avoided, and that Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo and Metohija. Speaking during his annual news conference in Moscow, Lavrov touched on the latest tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “The forces of Kosovo Albanians should not be present […]
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