Djuric: Set free arrested Serbian and Russian citizens (Radio Free Europe)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric requested today immediate release of a group of Russian and Serbian citizens arrested near Podujevo. Djuric said their release is intentionally postponed under the excuse that the court has too much work to do, to be able to deal with their case. “I want to emphasise that […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 9 August
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Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 9 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic meets with UNMIK Head Tanin; Security Council on Kosovo on 16 August (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic and UNMIK Head on political and security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Zukorlic: RS issue opens Sandzak issue (Danas)
• New and old proposals on resolving the Kosovo problem (Blic)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Sarovic confirms certain progress was achieved in talks with Tolusic (BHT1)
• Dodik: Aim for national unity where possible (Srna)
• Opposition parties in RS express their support to development of joint declaration of Serbia and RS (EuroBlic)
• US Embassy, EU Delegation: Support to territorial integrity and sovereignty of B&H (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Plenkovic wants import tax dispute resolved as soon as possible (HRT/Hina)
• Nobody supports Tolusic’s trade war (Jutarnji list)
fYROM
• VMRO-DPMNE blocked the rostrum and the session on Zvrlevski’s dismissal (Meta)
• Kanceska-Milevska: Zaev signed the agreement with Bulgaria to change the name based on the Greek model (Meta)
• Xhaferi – Glavchev: Agreement for Good Neighborly Relations is a start of the new history between the two countries (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Mostar, Bosnia’s Most Divided City (RFE/RL)
Read More →Hoti: PAN obstructing creation of new institutions (Klan Kosova)
Avdullah Hoti from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) said after the consultative meeting of parliamentary parties that all delays in creating new institutions are because of obstructions from the PAN coalition. “This is the second consultative meeting and he have no agreement yet”, Hoti said.
Read More →Lekaj: It is obvious who is blocking new institutions (Telegrafi)
Head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Pal Lekaj, said after today’s consultative meeting of parliamentary groups that it is clear who is blocking the creation of new institutions of Kosovo. He said that PAN representatives would not take part in the Assembly’s constitutive session called for tomorrow as it was announced […]
Read More →DSS: Serbian Government to urgently explain news on NATO military drill in Serbia (Beta, Blic, RTV)
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), has requested today from the government to urgently explain the news that NATO military drill will be held in Serbia next year. Radio Free Europe reported earlier that NATO military drill will take place in Serbia and the news was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence. “The Government is obliged […]
Read More →Konjufca: PAN trying to buy time (Kallxo/Telegrafi)
Vetevendosje’s Glauk Konjufca said in a press conference following the consultative meeting of heads of parliamentary groups which he did not attend that PAN coalition was only trying to buy time by asking for additional meetings and not attending Assembly’s constitutive session. “They are trying to buy time to close the deals they have started […]
Read More →Guterres: No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Kosovapress)
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is facing serious challenges and that no sufficient progress has been made, including with regards to the establishment of Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. He also called on the two parties to revive the process. UN SG made the remarks in his regular quarterly report on activities of […]
Read More →No breakthrough in consultative meeting, Assembly to convene tomorrow (media)
No breakthrough was reached today at the meeting between the heads of parliamentary groups and the chairman of the Assembly’s constitutive session Adem Mikullovci, on the situation following the failure of the Assembly to elect speaker. The request from PAN to hold another consultative meeting on Wednesday before calling an Assembly session later in the […]
Read More →Russian authorities confirm arrest of its nationals in Kosovo (Koha/RFE)
The Russian Embassy in Serbia has confirmed the arrest of six of its nationals by authorities in Kosovo. “A representative of the Russian office in Pristina has been dealing with this issue as soon as the Russian citizens were detained. He immediately went to the scene”, said Russian Embassy’s spokesperson, Yuri Pichugin. The Russian nationals […]
Read More →11 Serbs and Russians arrested in Kosovo, put in 48 hours of detention (RTS, Tanjug, Sputnik, B92)
A group of 11 persons of Serbian and Russian nationality who have been arrested near Podujevo are currently kept in up to 48-hour investigative detention, RTS reported referring to the Kosovo police. Further procedure will be decided on by a prosecutor after the detained persons have been questioned. The six Russian and five Serbian citizens, […]
Read More →Prenk Gjetaj: There is no mass grave in Glarevo/Iglarevo village (RTK 2)
In the village of Glarevo/Iglarevo in Kline/a municipality remains of one person were exhumed and there is a belief that this person is on the list of missing persons in Kosovo, RTK 2 reported. Kosovo Government Missing Persons Commission claims there is no ground to doubt there is a mass grave at this location. The […]
Read More →German Ambassador in Kosovo: Asymmetry in dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia (Deutsche Welle, Tanjug, Novosti)
German Ambassador in Kosovo, Angelika Viets, said a dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is one of the political priorities in Kosovo, but she cannot see how it would be continued, Serbian media reported late yesterday. „On one side you have the Prime Minster Vucic, who got very empowered at the last election and has a […]
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