At the heart of pristine nature (UNDP)
Agriculture and rural entrepreneurship can be a promising source of income for Kosovars who are willing to work the land. In a place where the unemployment rate is a staggering 32.9 percent, growing and selling produce can be the difference in making ends meet. At the heart of the Western Balkans Sharr/Šar mountain range, southern […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 16 October
• Haradinaj cancels visit to Skopje (Zeri/Koha Ditore)
• Implementation of justice agreement, likely to be postponed (Koha Ditore)
• Analysts: Agreements with Serbia, on paper only (Zeri)
• Unity team to be established after 22 October elections (Indeksonline)
• Vucic: Brussels requested from me Kosovo’s membership at UN (Lajmi)
• Dacic: Kosovo is not internationals’ favorite anymore (RTK/TV Pink)
• 30 days detention for journalist Kajtazi’s attacker (Zeri)
Vucic announces “bold proposal to citizens” on Kosovo (Beta, B92)
Aleksandar Vucic on Friday announced that the government will discuss “creating technical conditions for the internal dialogue on Kosovo” at its next session. The Serbian president said that he “spoke with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and that the government would provide full logistics for the dialogue, and form working groups,” Beta reported. “We will listen […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 13 October 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 13 October 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic, Danielsson: EU membership foreign policy priority of Serbia (Beta/Tanjug)
• Danielsson: There is a link between normalization of relations and EU membership (Beta)
• Vucic: It is important that NATO remains neutral in Kosovo (Beta)
• Djuric: We have no implementation partner in Pristina (Tanjug)
• Djuric discusses dialogue with Pristina with Logar (RTS)
• Brajovic: These are the best relations in the last decade (RTS)
• Not an unexpected decision of the US to leave UNESCO (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik to host meeting of parliamentary parties and reps of civil society on Saturday to define joint stance on work Court of B&H and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H (RTRS)
• Opposition sends open letter to Dodik (NAP)
• OHR says decisions that would suspend or limit jurisdiction and decisions of state judiciary in part of state territory would be unconstitutional and unacceptable (TV1)
• SDS, PDP and NDP request information on implementation of referendum on state judiciary (BNTV)
• Commission for Implementation of Referendum on B&H Judiciary to convene on Friday (ATV)
• SBB B&H and DF will not support adoption of excise duties (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Government sabotaging President’s visit to Russia? (Jutarnji list)
fYROM
• Zbogar: Local elections – opportunity for citizens to determine future development of municipalities (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE: Administration of upcoming elections must meet highest standards (MIA)
• Ahmeti: Change of Kosovo’s borders could have domino effect (MIA)
Albania
• Parliament blocked, Ruci forced to postpone session (ADN)
• Tensions in parliament related to Rama’s ties with crime – Basha (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
AP Interview: Serbian leader vows to lead nation into the EU (AP)
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