Djuric: Some people are trying to escape responsibility for 17 years (TV Prva, Insajder)
Some people are trying to escape from responsibility for 17 years, says Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric on the occasion of the attempt to abolish the KLA Special War Crimes Court. “War crime does not become obsolete, they can try to buy another month, another year, but sooner or later […]
Read More →Kosovo: War Court Challenged, Ex-Guerrillas Acquitted (Balkan Insight)
MPs staged a dramatic intervention to try to stop the new special court which will try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters, while courts in Pristina acquitted two prominent politicians and ex-guerrilla commanders. As the year drew to a close in Pristina, a group of MPs made a controversial attempt on the night of December 22 […]
Read More →Dacic names great powers that are “not Serbia’s friends” (B92, TV Happy)
Only a blind person could believe that problems in the Balkans are over, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said late on Tuesday. The regional conflict will last until the cause of those problems have been found – if you sweep all the problems under the carpet, you will trip over that carpet, Dacic told a […]
Read More →Brammertz unsatisfied over Gotovina, Haradinaj and Perisic (Serbian media)
Hague tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz says in the interview for Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that he does not think that the Hague Tribunal directly leads to the reconciliation of the people in the former Yugoslavia, but that the determination of responsibility is a prerequisite for reconciliation. Brammertz says on the occasion of closing […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 27 December
• Decision to send demarcation at Assembly session, in January (Epoka)
• Minister Hoxha seeks consensus on border demarcation (Zeri)
• Haxhiu: Bulliqi’s arguments are sufficient to show that Kosovo was affected (RTK)
• Hoti: Abolishment of specialist court threatens Kosovo’s statehood (Koha)
• Selimi: Abolishment of Special Court can be initiated without signatures” (Epoka)
• Matoshi: Montenegro PM to visit Kosovo in January (Telegrafi/Klan)
• Kurti officially candidate for Vetevendosje leader (Epoka)
• Government of Kosovo prepares anti-corruption draft strategy (Koha Ditore)
• Expropriation of land near coal mine begins (Kosova Sot)
Belgrade Media Report 26 December 2017
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Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 26 December 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia will conduct its own policy and protect its interests (TV Pink)
• Dacic: I would like parliamentary elections to also be held (RTS)
• Drecun: Thaci and his band behind attempt to abolish KLA court (RTS/B92/Beta)
• Vulin: My personal opinion that Belgrade should pull out of negotiations if Pristina’s attempt succeeds (RTS)
• Djuric: Solving property relations to lead to normalization (Tanjug/Novosti)
• SNS declares victories in four municipalities (B92)
• Sutanovac satisfied with party’s showing in local polls (B92)
• Opposition parties on elections in five municipalities (Tanjug)
• Five lists cross census in Presevo (Tanjug)
• Tadic: Opposition to unite (Tanjug)
• Left of Serbia supports Djilas (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• US Congressman Turner writes to Tillerson, says Dayton 2 should be signed (TV1)
• Dodik: There is no need for Dayton 2 but for internal agreement without interference of foreigners (TV1)
• Other reactions to Turner’s letter (BHT1/TV1)
• Dodik’s announcement that members of AF B&H will not participate in marking of Day of RS sparks reactions (TV1)
• Covic: Next year will be marked by election campaign and crises (Fena)
• Inzko warns general elections must be held (BNTV)
Croatia
• Croats are constituent people in B&H and no one will reduce them to minority (Vecernji list)
• President stresses demographics as a key problem for Croatia (Vecernji list/HRT)
Montenegro
• DF reveals new facts about attempted election-day coup (CDM)
• DF sent audio recordings to the EU Delegation and embassies (CDM)
• Sekulic: Parliament boycott harmful (Pobjeda)
• Martin calls on parties to bring tensions down (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Macedonian government gets new health minister (MIA)
• Alliance of the Albanians stays in gov’t coalition until language law is adopted, says Sela (MIA)
• Hristijan Mickoski becomes new VMRO-DPMNE leader (MIA)
• Zaev expects constructive and critical opposition (MIA)
• President Ivanov meets with new VMRO-DPMNE leader (MIA)
Albania
• Opposition’s protests, Basha meeting with Democrats (ADN)
• New political crisis within the opposition (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hoyt Yee: Athens and Skopje have an excellent opportunity for name issue settlement in 2018 (ANA-MPA)
• British Ambassador: Macedonia should mount high hill to start EU accession talks (Radio Free Europe)
Gruda claims former commission set new border with Montenegro (Klan Kosova)
Member of the Kosovo government’s commission for border demarcation with Montenegro, Zejnullah Gruda, said the former commission has set new borderline with Montenegro. “We can conclude by saying that an unprofessional work was commenced by the previous commission,’ he said. Gruda made these comments at the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly Committee for Foreign Affairs, […]
Read More →Activists donate about 300 ties to ‘struggling’ Prime Minister (Prishtina Insight)
A belated Christmas present: activists gathered in downtown Prishtina to donate ties to PM Haradinaj who said he needed an almost 50 per cent raise to buy shirts and ties. Kushtrim Mehmeti, one of the organizers of the ‘humanitarian action’ to ‘aid the Prime Minister’, places donated ties on the government fence. See more at: […]
Read More →Bulliqi: Our work was based on three researches (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly Committee for Foreign Affairs, Diaspora and Strategic Investments is holding a meeting to discuss the Draft-Law for Ratification of the Agreement on State Border between Kosovo and Montenegro. Head of the Commission for Demarcation, Shpejtim Bulliqi, said their work is based on three researches and that they would have found more mistakes on […]
Read More →Ivanovic: A senseless attempt to amend the law on the Special Court (KIM radio)
-Now when the date of the Special Court’s start approaches, and when it is obvious that many well-known names will be on the list of suspects, it is normal that those in fear are taking measures to reduce the impact of the Special Court and to control the damage, says Oliver Ivanovic, the SDP Leader […]
Read More →Efforts made to repeal or change the Law on Special Court in Kosovo (European Western Balkans)
Since January 2017, a Special Court based in The Hague has been operational in Kosovo, which is in charge of investigating suspicion of crimes committed against Serbs and civilians of other nationalities during and after the Kosovo war. The Kosovo Specialist Court is a “hybrid court” intended to adjudicate war crimes, which were raised in […]
Read More →Isufi: We have evidence showing Cakorr was part of Kosovo (Zeri)
Member of the Kosovo government’s commission for border demarcation with Montenegro said they have secured evidence showing that the disputed are of Cakorr was under Kosovo’s administration. “There are two border lines, one cadastral and the other administrative. Kosovo has administered this part of the territory and Montenegro never questioned this practice,” Isufi said. He […]
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