Belgrade Media Report 06 April
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Kosovo not a UN member so it cannot sue Serbia (Beta/RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia-Spain relations at high level (Beta)
• Drecun: New game by Pristina (B92)
• Jablanovic again heads Serb List (Politika)
• Vulin not informed about replacement at helm of Serb List (Beta)
• Stojanovic: Jablanovic doesn’t have support of Serb List (RTS)
• Chepurin: Vucic received mandate to continue his policy (RTS)
• Improving overall strategic partnership between China, Serbia (RTS)
• Dikovic, Benko meet in Hajdukovo (Beta)
• RIK announces repeat voting after which it will announce final results (RTV/RTS)
• List with students’ demands (Danas/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H HoR’s majority votes against adoption of amendments to Law on Excise Duties in urgent procedure (N1/TV1/RTRS)
• Johnson meets Zvizdic, Crnadak, affirms UK’s support on reform path (N1)
Croatia
• Poll: HDZ losing support, SDP and MOST gaining (Hina)
Montenegro
• Analysts: Vucic’s victory will not change relations between Montenegro and Serbia (Pobjeda)
• Government is preparing law on protocol ratification (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• EP mediators again urge for formation of new Macedonia’s government without delay (MIA)
• Poposki: Restoring of EU prospect necessary for settling Macedonia’s political crisis (MIA)
• Almost all of SDSM MPs left parliament session (Meta)
Albania
• Political crisis in Albania, everyone prepared for a solution, no concrete steps (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s president-elect on his critics, Merkel and the outlook for the region (Politico)
• Brussels is Letting Bosnia’s Reform Agenda Slip Away (BIRN)
• Croatia Opposition MPs Take ‘Agrokor Law’ to Task (BIRN)
Quarrel in the Serbian list (KIM radio)
The meeting of representatives of the Serbian List was marked by quarrels between Slobodan Petrović, Slavko Simić and Branimir Stojanović. Representatives of the Serbian list invited media to record only the beginning of the meeting. However, quarrel between the representatives of the list marked the very beginning of the meeting and in front of the […]
Read More →Mustafa: We will send demarcation to the Assembly this month (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the government will send the border demarcation deal with Montenegro to the Assembly this month. “This is an obligation that we need to fulfill sooner or later,” Mustafa said during a visit to local businesses today.
Read More →Aleksandar Vučić: ‘Tito was a very smart guy’ (Politico)
Serbia’s president-elect on his critics, Merkel and the outlook for the region. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić sat down with POLITICO on Wednesday for his first extensive interview since winning his country’s presidential election in a landslide. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU leaders regard Vučić, 47, as the guarantor of stability in an unstable […]
Read More →Stojanović: Jablanović does not have the support of the Serbian List (Serbian media)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from the Serbian List Branimir Stojanović says that Aleksandar Jablanović does not present the unity of all the Serb representatives and that he does not have the support of the Serbian List. Stojanović said this to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and added that nobody can be president of the […]
Read More →Uproar among Serbs in Kosovo; Jablanović usurped Serbian List (Blic)
Today’s edition of the daily newspaper Blic writes that the return of Aleksandar Jablanović at the head of the Serbian List has shocked and surprised most people in this political organization of Serbs in Kosovo. – It is completely a unilateral decision of Jablanović, and we have learned about it, what is worse, from the […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Serbia’s idea for regional market is pro-Russian (Koha)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, reiterated his opposition against the idea of a joint regional market proposed by Serbia. Hoxhaj said this is an anti-European idea aimed at stretching the Russian influence to the Balkans region. Hoxhaj also said Kosovo is against the prospect of a “New Yugoslavia” which, he said, proved unsuccessful in the […]
Read More →Serbian list: Jablanovic has no support; Jablanovic: I am the President (Kossev, BETA, Kontakt plus radio)
Serbian List states that Aleksandar Jablanović arbitrarily and without the support of Serbian MPs appointed himself as President of the Serbian list. He deceived and manipulated the Office for the registration of political parties – said the Serbian List. The Central Election Commission will declare soon on everything. The CEC is considering the documentation that […]
Read More →French Court To Hold Hearing On Extradition Case Of Former Kosovo PM (RFE)
A French court is to hold a hearing on Serbia’s request to extradite former Kosovar Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. http://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-serbia-france-extradition-hearing-ex-pm-haradinaj/28413720.html
Read More →Gecaj: The Government of Kosovo ready for drafting of the Statute of the ZSO, but after a full return of the Serb List (N1, Kossev)
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Kosovo Bajram Gecaj says that the Kosovo Government is ready to start with drafting the Statute of the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) as soon as the Serbian List “fully returns to the Kosovo institutions”. Commenting on the request of the US Embassy in Pristina to accelerate the process […]
Read More →Consultations underway for motion of no confidence against government (media)
One day after Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) leader Fatmir Limaj suggested a parliamentary initiative for a motion of no confidence against the government, NISMA MPs told Aktivpress that they have initiated consultations with other political parties on the matter. NISMA MP Haxhi Shala said the initiative is now being supported not only by opposition MPs […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 5 April
• Minister Jevtic continues to be part of Mustafa cabinet (KTV)
• Hyseni and Arvizu discuss prevention of violent extremism (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• OSCE apologizes for its omission during Serbian presidential elections (Klan Kosova, RTK1)
• Limaj calls on opposition to initiate no confidence motion against Government (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK)
• Ministers continue to report to Assembly committees behind closed doors(KTV)
• Political analysts request political consensus on early elections (RTK1)