Belgrade Media Report 11 August
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 11 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Selakovic: We have what to protect with the Declaration (TV Pink/Tanjug)
• Ljajic: SDPS to present platform on Kosovo on 1 September (RTS/Tanjug)
• Kurti: Dialogue with the Serbs, ZSO conceived as RS (Ekspres/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions to Croatia’s decision to reduce fees (Al Jazeera)
• Magazinovic: I believe that Vucic chose his side and his side are EU and USA (TV1)
• Durakovic calls on Vucic to continue working on inter-ethnic dialogue between Bosniaks and Serbs (TV1)
• Moore: RS Ministry of Education started denying Bosnian language for no reason (Hayat)
Montenegro
• Nikolic: Opposition missed a chance to present itself as an alternative to the government (Mina)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Albanians, Serbs Fear for Trepca Mine’s Future (BIRN)
Read More →Klina: Works on Serb property (KIM Radio)
For more than a year and a half, the municipality of Klina is carrying out the works at the family Vulicevic’s property, without their consent. The family is displaced in central Serbia, KIM Radio reported. According to Bozidar Sarkovic, the only Serb member of the municipal assembly in Klin, works on building a shelter for […]
Read More →Belgrade Boulevard to be named after Battle of Kosare heroes (Tanjug, B92)
Belgraders have chosen to name the boulevard connecting the Ada Bridge with the Tosin Bunar neighborhood after the heroes of the Battle of Kosare, Tanjug news agency reported. Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali announced the results of the voting, and noted that he was “very glad that the memory of those great heroes will be preserved […]
Read More →Hoxhaj tells PAN’s condition for participation at the session (RTK)
Deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Enver Hoxhaj, said today that the Pan coalition would not participate at the Assembly’s constitutive session, no matter the date set, however, they would only participate if the session was held based on their conditions, presented to the political parties yesterday, during the meeting of the […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo will have the government within ten days (RFE)
Ramush Haradinaj, candidate for the Prime Minister of Kosovo nominated by the PAN coalition, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo will have its new institutions within the next ten days. He said that with the support of the Alliance for New Kosovo (AKR), Kosovo will have a broad-based government. He also added that the only […]
Read More →Serb President Vows to Push for Kosovo Deal Despite Risks (Bloomberg)
Serbia’s president vowed to start a nationwide debate next month on unresolved relations with Kosovo and Albania, saying a “compromise” would fix most of his country’s political problems for a century and open the way to European Union membership. Debate within Serbia would help outline the negotiating position before talks begin. Changes that need to […]
Read More →Ivanovic and Milovic announced participation in local Kosovo elections (Tanjug, RTS, Kontakt Plus Radio)
Leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic and a former mayor of Zvecan municipality, Dragisa Milovic announced yesterday at the press conference they will participate in the local elections in the four northern municipalities, and urged responsible institutions to resolve the cases of burning down their vehicles. Ivanovic said there […]
Read More →Kujtim Shala, LAA’s candidate for deputy speaker (Telegrafi)
Avdullah Hoti, head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group and LAA coalition’s candidate for prime minister, said their candidate for the post of Kosovo Assembly deputy speaker is Kujtim Shala, former minister of culture. “LDK leadership, based on its competencies decided to propose MP Kujtim Shala for the post of deputy speaker,” […]
Read More →Kosovo MPs Angered by Latest Parliament Boycott (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s parliament failed to vote for a new speaker for a fourth time because MPs from the PAN coalition, which won most seats at the last election, declined to attend the session again. http://bit.ly/2vpvhSp
Read More →Kosovo Albanians, Serbs Fear for Trepca Mine’s Future (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Albanian and Serb workers at the giant Trepca mining complex have a pessimistic outlook about the future of the mine because of its financial troubles and disputes between Pristina and Belgrade. http://bit.ly/2vUUWog
Read More →Kurti: Dialogue with Serbs, ZSO imagined as new RS (RTS, Tanjug)
Self-determination movement candidate for the Kosovo Prime Minsiter, Albin Kurti said he is not against the dialogue, but thinks this dialogue should be held with Serbs from Kosovo, while for the Association of the Serb Communities, he said it is imagined as a new Republic of Srpska, Serbian media reported. Kurti said that during the […]
Read More →Milosevic lot Kosovo: Can Serbia let go? (Huffpost)
Serbia wants to join the European Union (EU). Brussels is clear: no EU membership for Serbia until it normalizes relations with Kosovo. Normalization means recognizing Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo rejected ties to Serbia in 1991, in response to Slobodan Milosevic’s draconian repression. More than 10,000 Kosovo Albanians died and up to one million were displaced during […]
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