Belgrade Media Report 20 March
LOCAL PRESS
• Mihajlovic: SNS not to initial Kosovo’s independence (Blic/Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia home to 29,000 refugees from Croatia, B&H (Beta)
• KFOR Commander: Rosu can move throughout Kosovo without approval (Politika)
• RIK verifies presidential candidate list (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Balkans can get mini-EU with establishing of customs union (RTRS)
• DF, SDP MPs in B&H HoR demand removal of Pendes and her deputies, HDZ B&H and RS’ parties against removal (FTV)
• Dodik, Stevandic criticize Grabar-Kitarovic’s on constitutional changes in B&H (RTRS)
• US Department of State declares B&H high-level threat country (N1)
Croatia
• Bosnian Muslim leader accuses Croatian president of stigmatizing Bosnian Muslims (Hina)
• Coordinating Committee of Jewish Communities won’t attend Jasenovac commemoration (Hina)
Montenegro
• Agramunt: Parliament boycott – a big mistake (CDM)
• Opposition not pleased with Brussels (Pobjeda)
• Montenegrin NATO accession protocol blocked (Pobjeda)
• McCain: We will not stop until Protocol is ratified (RTCG)
fYROM
• Gruevski announces political document “Platform for the preservation of Macedonia” (Meta)
• Coordination meeting on resuming parliament’s constitutive session scheduled for Tuesday (MIA)
• Officials of ‘For United Macedonia’ initiative request meeting with Commissioner Hahn (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE wants Hahn on Tuesday to condemn the platform and to consider the protests (Meta)
• Nimetz says he’s concerned for Macedonia’s security and stability (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Member of European Parl’t Accuses Russia of Destabilizing Situation in Serbia (Sputnik)
• Six Bosnian Croats to appeal UN war crimes convictions (AFP)
• EU’s Own Credibility is at Stake in Macedonia (BIRN)
Haliti with a message for LDK (gazetablic)
Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Xhavit Haliti, considers that the request of the leaders of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) to enlighten the fate of the killed after the war is rightful; however, he added that this should not be used for the electoral campaign. He numbered four reasons why the enlightenment […]
Read More →Rasic: No one from governing coalition discussed army with Serbian List (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Assembly’s Serbian MP, Nenad Rasic said today that Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci and people of the political scene in Kosovo, appear to have lost their way. “No one from the PDK-LDK coalition has discussed with the Serbian List about the army,” Rasic said. His comment came after Hashim Thaci’s statement that if the international […]
Read More →Ymeri: Law is not transforming KSF into army (gazetametro.net)
The leader of the Vetevendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, said today at the roundtable organized by this party that the law on KSF is not transforming it into an army as expected, instead it is only expanding its competencies. Ymeri said that creation of the army has been promised ever since the liberation of Kosovo. According […]
Read More →Thaci: Women’s Week a noble initiative, women can contribute more (media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci attended today the opening of the Women’s Week in Kosovo 2017, organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). President Thaci said: “the Women’s Week is a noble initiative; this activity brings together representatives of all political parties and is now […]
Read More →Assembly presidency meeting postpone due to lack of quorum (media)
Several news websites report that the Kosovo Assembly Presidency has postponed its meeting due to lack of quorum on decision-making. “Due to the lack of quorum on decision-making, we are postponing the meeting of the Assembly Presidency for another day, because some of our colleagues are not in the country,” Assembly President Kadri Veseli is […]
Read More →Odalović: Kosovo does not want to solve problems through dialogue (RTK2)
Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Veljko Odalović told RTK2 that the decision of the Kosovo government to appropriate Serbia’s property sends a clear message “that Albanians do not want to solve the issues through dialogue, as we have agreed.” The difficult political, and open issues are discussed in the Brussels dialogue […]
Read More →KFOR: ROSU can move throughout Kosovo (N1, Politika)
The KFOR commander, Italian General Giovanni Fungo said to daily Politika that members of the Kosovo Police Special Units (ROSU) can move throughout Kosovo without the permission of KFOR; and added that it was regulated by the Brussels agreement (2013) between Belgrade and Pristina. -On the basis of the Brussels Agreement of 2013 between Belgrade […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 19 March
• CEC: Serbia’s elections in Kosovo are not legitimate (TV21)
• Opposition parties against Serbian elections in Kosovo (RTK2)
• Mustafa: Army only in coordination with internationals (RTK2)
• Reçiça: Belgrade aimed to destabilise Kosovo and region (TV21)
• Vucic: I can visit Kosovo even without Kosovo Government’s permission (All monitored broadcasters, RTK&TV21)
• Bus with Kosovo citizens attacked in Serbia (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21&RTK1)
• Mustafa: Over 40.000 new jobs created (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
– Hashim Thaçi – Foreigners not against establishment of Kosovo Army (Summary of Slobodno Srpski show)
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 20 March
• Mustafa will not submit law on army without NATO and US consent (Koha)
• President Thaci insists on the army (Epoka)
• Thaci insists army to be formed in cooperation with internationals (Koha)
• Thaci: Internationals can convince Belgrade in 5 minutes (Epoka)
• Liberalization after demarcation and fight against corruption (Koha)
• Hoxhaj indicates new recognitions in New York (Koha)
• Vucic admits he cannot go to Kosovo without Pristina’s permission (Epoka)
• Recica: Dialogue suspended due to Serbia’s destructive actions (Epoka)
• Kosovo bus attacked in Serbia (Koha/Lajmi)
• Albanian and Serb doctors to meet in Mitrovica today (Telegrafi)
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