Belgrade Media Report 28 March
LOCAL PRESS
• Putin, Vucic: Relations will develop positively (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Djordjevic: Overhauling of MiGs to take place in Serbia (RTS)
• Kuburovic: No reason for France not to extradite Haradinaj (RTS/Beta)
• Djuric briefs Hellbach on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• DJB calls OSCE to count votes in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Seselj: OSCE manipulates with votes (Novosti)
• Association of Families of Kidnapped, Killed Persons in Kosovo supports Vucic (Novosti)
• Stamatovic would rebuild institutions as Serbia’s new president (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• NATO might activate MAP even without registering of prospective military property to B&H (EuroBlic)
• Dodik: Bosniaks will never give up on attempts to abolish RS (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik announces he will meet President Putin in July (Fena)
• Resolution from Federation of B&H is attempt of Bosniak domination over Croats (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Why the coup failed: DF incompetent, Velimirovic ratted out the plan (Dnevne novine)
• EU enlargement continues (RTCG)
fYROM
• BESA will not support SDSM and DUI choice for Parliament Speaker (MIA)
• “For United Macedonia” initiative stages protest in Skopje (MIA)
• Zaev believes Parliament session will pave way for an SDSM led Government (MIA)
• EC: Council decides on opening of accession negotiations (MIA)
Albania
• Fleckenstein advises Albanian opposition (ADN)
• Opposition’s firm decision: No elections with Rama as PM (ADN)
• Opposition’s protest, maximal support by US (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Few Foreign Observers to Monitor Serbian Elections (BIRN)
• Why NATO continues to divide the Balkans (Eurasia Times)
• In defiant jab at Russia, Senate all but assured to approve Montenegro’s NATO bid (The Washington Post)
Kosovo Special War Crimes Court Adopts Rulebook (Balkan Insight)
The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for wartime and post-war crimes, could now be judicially operational in May. Two months after its judges were appointed, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers adopted its Rules of Procedure and Evidence, it said in a statement on Tuesday – a move that […]
Read More →Serbian List: The opposition will experience an electoral debacle (KIM radio)
Serbian List says that some presidential candidates are trying to ensure the votes of Serbs in Kosovo and create the impression of prepared electoral fraud. “Of course behind these attempts is the desire to challenge the entire election process in Serbia, if these candidates do not like the results. Fortunately, in a democratic system such […]
Read More →Vucic allowed to visit Kosovo (Koha)
The government of Kosovo has decided to grant permission to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to visit Kosovo but on condition that this last for no more than three hours, said Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj today after meeting Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. Hoxhaj said the decision to allow Vucic’s visit was difficult considering […]
Read More →Political and economic interests in media ownership are squeezing Kosovar journalism (Kosovo 2.0)
Abit Hoxha, a journalism researcher, writes in an op-ed that media ownership in Kosovo is still “very fluid” in terms of who owns what and how this translates into influence on journalism. On one hand, you have the economic ownership whereby “business owners attempts to utilize media, not only as a business in itself but […]
Read More →Serbs in Kosovo blackmailed to vote for Vucic – opposition (B92, KIM radio)
The Dveri Movement claims that Serbs employed by Serbian institutions and public companies in Kosovo and Metohija are subjected to threats and blackmail. According to the opposition movement, whose leader Bosko Obradovic is a candidate in the April 2 presidential elections, these Serbs are pressured in order to support Aleksandar Vucic, the candidate of the […]
Read More →Specialist chambers become fully operational (Koha)
Koha reports that the special court for Kosovo is now up and running following the adoption of the rules of procedure and evidence by specialist chambers judges today. In a press release issued by the Specialist Chambers, the set or rules are described as aiming to enhance the fairness, expeditiousness, efficiency, integrity and security of […]
Read More →Serbian PM Mulls Kosovo Visit amid Election Uncertainty (Balkan Insight)
Serbia’s Prime Minister and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic is set to visit northern Kosovo, where locals hope for a chance to vote fairly. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-pm-visits-kosovo-amid-election-uncertainty-03-28-2017
Read More →Vučić: I am not aware of the conditionality of the visit to Kosovo (Danas)
Presidential candidate Aleksandar Vučić says he was not officially informed about the alleged conditioning of his visit to Kosovo. Responding to a question whether the Kosovo authorities have conditioned his visit on 29 March to Kosovo and Leposavić/Leposaviq, Vučić said that he was not informed about it. As reported by media the request was that […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 March
• Seselj warns of potential irregularities in the presidential elections in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Srpska List returns to Assembly to oppose establishment of Army (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Apstolova welcomes Srpska List’s decision to return in institutions (RTK1)
• Djuric respects Srpska List’s decision to return in institutions (KTV)
• Government conditions Vucic’s visit in Kosovo (KTV)
• Army will not be submitted in a package with Association and demarcation (RTK)
• MPs visit Kosovo Police station in Zubin Potok (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• KSF most credible security institution in Kosovo (TV21)
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