Belgrade Media Report 08 November
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic to EU Ambassador: EU a priority, Community 1670 days behind schedule (Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Belgrade opposes politicization of work of international organizations (Tanjug/RTS)
• Brussels’ sources: Yee’s messages to Serbia not harmonized with EU (Beta)
• Mihajlovic: Sutanovac and Tadic are escaping Kosovo again (Tanjug/RTV)
• Sutanovac, Jovanovic, Petkovic and Odalovic on internal dialogue on Kosovo (RTS/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions of politicians on RS Assembly decision to put referendum on Court and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H out of force (RTRS)
• IC comment on RS Assembly’s decision regarding referendum on B&H judiciary (TV1)
• Dodik on Inzko’s report: RS has right to organize referendum on its status in B&H (ATV)
• International community on Inzko’s report (RTRS)
• Kosarac and Stevandic react to Inzko’s report (RTRS)
Croatia
• Opposition joining forces for next elections? (Jutarnji list)
• Todoric released on bail after London arrest (Hina)
Montenegro
• Waiting for Russia’s reaction to the next elections (RTCG)
fYROM
• Hoyt Yee: The mood to resolve the name dispute is at its highest (Meta)
• Return of foreign terrorist fighters a challenge for the Balkans: conference (MIA)
• US Congress’ analysts will be reviewing the US Embassy’s democratic assistance to Macedonia (Meta)
Albania
• Rama: War on crime, not political game (ATA)
• Meta: Albania and Kosovo must cooperate on diaspora (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Security Council re-authorizes EU-led force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UN News Centre)
• Bosnia to Step Up Dealing With Legacy of War, CoE Says (BIRN)
Kurti: Serb judges singed the oath which does not mention Kosovo (RTK)
Referring to an unofficial document on nomination of Serb judges in the north of Kosovo, Vetevendosje Movement MP Albin Kurti, said these judges were nominated by signing a statement which does not mention Kosovo state and its Constitution anywhere in its text. He also said the declaration does not mention loyalty of Serb judges towards […]
Read More →Pacolli in France, seeks help on visa liberalisation (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behgjet Pacolli met today in Quai d’Orsay with France’s Minister for European Affairs at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Nathalie Loiseau. Pacolli requested increase of presence of French economy in mines, energy and especially agriculture section. “I have personally encouraged arrival of a big company such as Candia, […]
Read More →Women in Kosovo are being discriminated in many fields (RTK)
Kosovo Women’s Network will be launching today the report “Kosovo’s progress on approximating its laws on gender equality with the EU ones.” Gresa Rrahmani, from Kosovo Women’s Network, said that the intention of this document is to see how much Kosovo’s legislation has approximated the EU one, when gender equality is concerned. “This document has […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: EU not the same anymore, we need to use last opportunity for visas (Express)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said in an interview to the news website that the European Union is not what it was in 2012 when Kosovo got the visa liberalization roadmap. “This organization could very soon face internal elections and they will have an impact on visa liberalisation for Kosovo,” he said. For over […]
Read More →Kosovo’s battered women trapped in vicious cycle in ‘black hole’ of Europe (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
The way she tells it, she was a familiar face at the police station in southern Kosovo where she often sought sanctuary from her violent husband. She was in her early 20s when the marriage descended into a nightmare of abuse. Among other torture, he taunted her with a pistol which she took to the […]
Read More →Vetevendosje and AKR reach coalition deal in Mitrovica (Klan Kosova)
Klan Kosova reported that the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) has reached a coalition deal with Vetevendosje for runoff elections on 19 November. The actual agreement is expected to be signed between the AKR’s mayoral candidate, Agim Bahtiri, and Faruk Mujka, head of Vetevendosje’s branch in Mitrovica, later today.
Read More →Vetevendosje, AKR reach agreement for runoff elections in Pristina (media)
Most online media report that the Vetevendosje Movement (VV) and the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) have reached an agreement for the 19 November run-off elections for Pristina. Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti and AKR’s candidate for Pristina mayor, Selim Pacolli, confirmed the agreement at a press conference today. “We have agreed on a joint program. Together […]
Read More →“EU priority, Serb Community 1,670 days behind schedule” (B92)
Aleksandar Vucic and Sem Fabrizi on Tuesday discussed Serbia’s EU path, the situation in the region, the rule of law and media freedoms. This is according to a statement issued by the president’s press service, which added that the Serbian president, during his meeting with the head of the EU delegation to Serbia, “stressed Serbia’s […]
Read More →Hoyt Yee: We hope for a faster normalization of the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo (VOA)
Voice of America (VOA) in Serbian language writes that two weeks after the visit of the High State Department official Hoyt Bryan Yee to Belgrade – his encounters and messages are still being talked about. Especially one that Serbia should not sit on two chairs. The American diplomat explained at a gathering on the Balkans, […]
Read More →Balkan Muslims Stage Counteroffensive Against Radicals (Balkan Insight)
Balkan youth have been an easy target for extremists seeking to radicalise them and convince them to fight abroad, but now parents, activists and official Islamic organisations are striking back. Fatjona Mejdini, Maja Zivanovic, Denis Dzidic BIRN Tirana, Belgrade, Sarajevo “I knew little about faith,” a 31-year-old Muslim from Sarajevo told BIRN, remembering his introduction […]
Read More →Threat to Quit CEFTA Stirs Debate in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
As Kosovo’s government mulls withdrawing from CEFTA, citing its unequal treatment, economists warn that a halt to regional free trade will result in price rises. Kosovo’s recent announcement that it may withdraw from the Central European Free Trade Agreement, CEFTA, due to what it sees as its unequal treatment, has triggered a lively argument about […]
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