Belgrade Media Report 19 January
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Opening of Chapter 26 unblocked (Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: We will be ready to open three chapters (Tanjug)
• NATO: Kosovo police throughout Kosovo without KFOR’s approval (Beta)
• Vucic: Biden understands that Serbia wants peace and stability (RTS)
• Vucic: We need to forget arms (RTS)
• Vucic says Belgrade will not join sanctions against Dodik (RTS)
• EU waiting Vucic’s stand on presidential elections (Danas)
• Vulin: No migrant deportation from Serbia (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• US imposes sanctions against Dodik (TV1)
• Dodik says sanctions are work of losers in U.S. elections (Srna/RTRS/Nezavisne)
• Inzko: I welcome the decision of the United States, Dodik was playing with fire (Nezavisne)
• Cormack: Washington takes seriously the threats of secession (Nezavisne/Fena)
• Officials comment sanctions imposed against Dodik (FTV)
• Croatia to decide on its own whether to join sanctions against Dodik (Hina)
• Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP: Latest communication of Yee, Cormack with RS officials is direct violation of basic principle of international law (RTRS)
• Lavrov: Celebration of RS Day was not unconstitutional (TV1)
• Izetbegovic: Nikolic’s visit would be opportunity to tell him to his face everything that I think (Faktor.ba)
• Covic speaks about third entity (TV Mostar)
• Zvizdic to visit Serbia; Joint sessions with Serbian and Croatian government (Radio Sarajevo)
• Shirokov demanded Djukanovic’s murder (Pobjeda)
• 59.9% of the population would vote for the EU (RTCG)
• Initiative to re-examine the work of the George Soros Foundation in Macedonia (MIA)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Balkan States ‘Could Emulate Slovenian Law Curbing Refugees’ (BIRN)
• Bosnian Experts Expect Little From NATO Chief’s Visit (BIRN)
• New Movements Emerge Ahead of Albanian Elections (BIRN)
ROSU can act in the entire Kosovo, without KFOR’s permission (Gazeta Metro)
Sources from NATO Headquarters said that the Brussels Agreement of 2013, mentioned these days by Serbia, does not include Kosovo police forces. These sources, Serbian media report, claim that “Kosovo authorities do not have to seek KFOR’s permission to send their police forces anywhere in Kosovo.” This was the response of the officials from NATO […]
Read More →Urgent meeting between Vučić and Mogherini in Davos (RTS)
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić in Davos today will have an emergency meeting with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, reports RTS. The topics expected relate to the latest events between Belgrade and Pristina, reports correspondent of RTS in Davos. The meeting was not planned, but this morning was urgently scheduled for 15.30.
Read More →Fungo: Only KFOR is authorized army in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
KFOR Commander Giovanni Fungo, was asked in a written interview of the paper, to comment the war-inducing comments of the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, who threatened to send the army to Kosovo. Fungo said that the force that he commands, is the only army that can act in Kosovo. He added that this was also […]
Read More →Snowballs and ice-balls at the minibus transporting Serbs (KIM radio)
A group of a dozen young men in the Albanian part of the village of Suvi Do/Suhodoll, near Mitrovica, threw snowballs and ice-balls at the minibus that was transporting Serbs, says the driver. The driver told Tanjug that the attack occurred yesterday about 12:30 and that this was not the first attack on the minibus […]
Read More →Prizren: Imprisonment because of jacket (KIM radio)
Basic Court in Prizren ordered the detention of 30 days to Branimir Gligorijević from the village of Novake, because he was wearing a camouflage jacket with “four S”. As RTS learns, Gligorijević is accused of impersonating as public official, and reports that this is one in a series of pressures on the Serbs in recent […]
Read More →The train will not go to Mitrovica (N1, Politika)
A train that on Saturday, 14 January, went from Belgrade to Mitrovica, was funded by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, writes Politika. This train, how Politika writes, will not go to Mitrovica, due to the safety of passengers and workers of Serbian Railways, but will transport passengers from Kraljevo to Požega. The train will be used […]
Read More →PM Mustafa calls on Serbia to renounce threats and join dialogue (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said at today’s government meeting that Kosovo is determined to enforce legal and constitutional order throughout its territory. He said there has been recently intensification of provocations from Serbia but underlined that all Kosovo institutions are well-prepared and coordinated to protect stability of Kosovo. Mustafa extended invitation to Kosovo […]
Read More →Mogherini speaks to Thaci about recent events in Kosovo (Koha)
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, spoke to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci about the recent events regarding the Serbian train that was bound for Kosovo’s north. Koha Ditore contacted Mogherini’s spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, to get more on the conversation. “She [Mogherini] stressed the importance of the calming of the […]
Read More →Students try to put up pictures of massacres at the Orthodox Church building in Pristina (Kosovapress)
A group of University of Pristina students gathered today in the university campus, namely in front of the unfinished Orthodox Church building, and tried to put of pictures of massacres Serb forces committed against the Albanian population. However, the Kosovo Police reacted by preventing the students from putting up the pictures. Students said their action […]
Read More →Kosovo Premier Asks Serbia to Drop Threatening Language (AP/ABC)
Kosovo’s prime minister has called on Serbia to refrain from threatening language and turn to dialogue and cooperation. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-premier-serbia-leave-threatening-language-44849615
Read More →Serbian Government: Peace, stability in Balkans must be preserved
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić met today in Davos with US Vice President Joe Biden, with whom he spoke about relations between the two countries and the situation in the region. Prime Minister Vučić informed the US Vice President about Serbia’s stance on regional stability and bringing armed troops to the north of Kosovo-Metohija. Vice President […]
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