Belgrade Media Report 08 May
LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Belgrade wants implementation of agreed in Brussels (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic, Eichhorst expect dialogue with Pristina to resume soon (Beta)
• Drecun: Tachi unofficially offering Belgrade exchange of territories (Radio Belgrade)
• Vulin leaves Mauthausen in protest over Kosovo delegation presence (Novosti)
• Good relations with Montenegro of essential importance (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• PDP representatives to launch initiative to cast vote of no confidence in RS government (Hayat)
• Cvijanovic: This is attempt to divert attention from PDP’s treacherous policy at B&H level (RTRS)
• SNSD launches initiative for Dzaferovic’s removal again (Srna)
fYROM
• President Ivanov receives letter from parliament speaker’s Office (MIA)
• SDSM promises to protect unitary Macedonia, demands mandate from Ivanov (Independent.mk)
• VMRO-DPMNE says SDSM already working on implementation of the Tirana platform (Republika)
• VMRO-DPMNE condemns SDSM for siding with parties that negate the Macedonian identity (Republika)
• VMRO-DPMNE leader Gruevski meets OSCE delegation (Republika)
Albania
• Negotiations between Rama and Basha without agreement (ATA)
• Basha: No elections on 18 June (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• ‘Schindler List’ For Southeast Europe: Pakistanisation As Final Solution For Balkans? – OpEd (eurasiareview)
Read More →PDK-LDK coalition to reach agreement on early elections tonight (Tribuna Channel)
Kosovo’s political landscape has entered a deadlock. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa was expected to send the demarcation agreement with Montenegro to the Assembly today. Even though, PDK leader Kadri Veseli officially requested Mustafa to send the demarcation deal to the Assembly before the vote on the motion of no confidence against the government, Mustafa decided […]
Read More →Osmani: If coalition breaks up, LDK will not recognize Thaci as President (Kosovapress)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP, Naser Osmani, told the news agency today that if the LDK-PDK ruling coalition breaks up, the LDK will not recognize Hashim Thaci as President of Kosovo. Osmani said that the coalition agreement clearly stipulates that the ruling coalition must not support any motion aimed at bringing down the government. […]
Read More →Apostolova: As soon as possible to form Community/Association of Serb municipalities (RTK2, Jedinstvo)
Head of the EU Office in Kosovo and the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova says that an agreement on the Community/Association of Serb municipalities was reached between the two sides in the dialogue under the auspices of the EU and that she expects the formation of the ZSO as soon as possible. Apostolova says in […]
Read More →Mustafa wants Delawie to convince LDK MPs to vote in favor of demarcation (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that “Prime Minister Isa Mustafa does not seem to want to leave to chance the voting of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro in the Assembly and he seems to be seeking the assistance of the United States Ambassador, Greg Delawie, on the matter”. The news website claims to have secured […]
Read More →Vetevendosje vows to continue opposing border demarcation deal (Koha/Klan Kosova)
Vetevendosje leader, Visar Ymeri, said in press conference today that the government of Kosovo had “no courage” to send the border demarcation agreement to the Assembly today. “The government also knows it to be damaging for the country,” he told reporters. He said that Vetevendosje would continue to oppose the border demarcation agreement by employing […]
Read More →Đurić with Tanin: ZSO should be established without delay (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić met with UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin today. They discussed the political and security situation in Kosovo and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, reported KIM radio. Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić emphasized that Belgrade wants the full implementation of the agreements […]
Read More →Government postpones sending border agreement to Assembly
The government of Kosovo postponed the meeting scheduled for today where it was expected to submit the border demarcation agreement to the Assembly for ratification. In a statement, the government said the decision to postpone came after consultations between coalition partners – the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) […]
Read More →Abrashi: Motion of no confidence will not pass, demarcation will be ratified after Wednesday (media)
Arban Abrashi, Minister for Labor and Social Welfare and spokesman for the Kosovo government, talked to reporters after the meeting of the chairmanship of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) today. Abrashi said the meeting focused on this morning’s developments. “Prior to this meeting, we had a meeting with our partner in the ruling coalition […]
Read More →Serbian List in doubt about overthrow of the government (KIM radio)
MPs of the Serbian List in the next few days will decide whether to support a request for a vote of no confidence in the Government of Kosovo, which the Kosovo Assembly will consider on Wednesday, said Slavko Simić to RTV KIM. Serbian List wants to continue the processes that are of vital importance for […]
Read More →Istok/Istog: House of a returnee demolished (KoSSev)
At a newly built house of returnee Blagoje Zuvić in the village Dragoljevac in Istok/Istog municipality, last night were knocked out almost all the windows and a wall of the front door was damaged, reported KoSSev. The Ministry of Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government announced that this was the second intimidation of the […]
Read More →No confirmation of weapons seized en route to Macedonia (B92, Vecernje Novosti)
There has been no official information about a Military Security Agency (VBA) operation that recently reportedly netted a large quantity of weapons. Only Belgrade-based media have reported about this, saying that several thousand rifle parts, machine guns, mortars and hand grenades were seized during “the secret operation” – as they were illegally transported through Serbia […]
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