Belgrade Media Report 21 August
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 21 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• President dismisses “Cyprus model” for Kosovo (B92)
• Brnabic: It is important that internal dialogue on Kosovo has been started (Beta)
• Ljajic: We should ask for EU’s concessions to stop blocking Kosovo (Blic)
• Employees of the Serbian embassy in Skopje withdrawn (RTS)
• Vucic: We have evidence of very offensive action against Serbia (B92, Tanjug, RTS)
• EP Rapporteur meets opposition representatives on Thursday in Belgrade, no Jankovic and Jeremic (Vecernje Novosti)
• BNV Marks 100 Years of Declaration of Secession of Sandzak from Serbia (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS President Dodik: People in B&H should decide if B&H will join NATO (RTRS)
• Cvijanovic: NATO’s behavior represents attack on RS (RTRS)
• SDS will not support referendum on membership in NATO (Nezavisne Novine)
• SDA: B&H will become NATO member state regardless of what Dodik thinks about it (TV1)
• Dodik says Croatia has right to construct Peljesac bridge (EuroBlic)
fYROM
• There is still no official information from Belgrade why Serbian Embassy staff was withdrawn (MIA)
• Gov’t: Macedonia promoting friendly relations with all its neighbors (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Stop Poking the Russian Bear (National Interest)
• The heavy bag for the European Union: Turkey (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Former Kosovo PM Bajram Rexhepi dies (media)
Most of the media reported today that Bajram Rexhepi, the first elected Prime Minister of Kosovo, has died at the age of 63 in a hospital in Turkey, after suffering a stroke earlier this year. Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, Acting Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, many political and institutional leaders, the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Greg […]
Read More →17 political entities applied so far for local elections (media)
Political parties have one more day to submit their lists with the names of the candidates for municipal mayors and municipal assemblies for 22 October local elections. However, in order to be certified, the political parties need to pay the fines set by the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel. So far, only the Serbian List […]
Read More →Vučić: Personnel withdrawn due to offensive intelligence (Beta, B92, Sputnik)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said today that it was decided to withdraw embassy staff from FYROM because the competent authorities provided evidence of very offensive intelligence against the bodies and institutions of Serbia. Vučić told reporters in Baric, near Belgrade, that there were several reasons for that decision, but that “competent authorities” had established this […]
Read More →Kosovo Parties Gear Up For October Local Elections (Euroasia Review)
Although the local election campaign has yet to start, the opposition Vetevendosje party has already named most of its candidates for mayoral seats. In a bid to repeat the success it had in the June general elections, when it came in second place, Kosovo’s opposition Vetevendosje movement has announced the names of its mayoral candidates […]
Read More →Kosovo’s election deadlock blocks funds, recognition (Euroactiv)
Kosovo’s failure to establish a government two months after an election is stalling its bids for greater international recognition and blocking funds for the poverty-stricken country. A coalition led by President Hashim Thaci’s PDK party – itself in power since 2007 – topped early parliamentary polls held on 11 June, but the alliance did not […]
Read More →Former Kosovo PM Rexhepi Dies in Turkey
Bajram Rexhepi, the first elected Prime Minister of Kosovo, has died in a hospital in Turkey after suffering a stroke earlier this year. Bajram Rexhepi, the first elected Prime Minister of Kosovo following the 1999 war of independence, died on Monday at the age of 63 in a hospital in Turkey, where he had been […]
Read More →The deadline for registering the election lists expires tomorrow (KIM radio)
Registration of political entities for local elections in Kosovo, to be held on October 22, will expire at midnight tomorrow. The Central Election Commission says that Serbian political subjects have not yet submitted their lists, but it is quite certain that each of them will be participating alone. President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić […]
Read More →Stop Poking the Russian Bear (The National Interest)
Western intrusion into traditional Russian spheres of influence, areas under the sway of Moscow for three centuries or more, represents a highly provocative and destabilizing policy. Note: this article is part of a symposium on U.S.-Russia relations included in the September/October 2017 issue of the National Interest. War between Russia and the West seems nearly […]
Read More →UNMIK between Pristina’s demands and Belgrade’s wishes (Kontakt plus radio)
The last session of the United Nations Security Council revived the question of the abolition of UNMIK. This request from Pristina was supported by the United States, Great Britain and France, while against were Serbia, Russia and China. Turbulent session of the Security Council once again demonstrated the totally opposed views of Belgrade and Pristina […]
Read More →Đurić: Today we remember all the missing (KIM radio)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić recalled in a written statement to the press that 19 years ago, journalists Đuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenić disappeared near Orahovac/Rahovec, and the families still do not have any information about their fate, which is ”a big stain” of those who take care of the […]
Read More →“We should ask for EU’s concessions to stop blocking Kosovo” (B92, Blic)
Rasim Ljajic believes that a frozen conflict related to the Kosovo issue does not suit Serbia, and proposes “normalization without recognition” as a solution. The minister of trade, telecommunications, and tourism, who also serves as a deputy PM and is the leader of the SDPS party, is the latest Serbian official to write an op-ed […]
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