Belgrade Media Report 07 December
LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia and Palestine affirm mutual support (B92/Beta)
• Belgrade becomes seat of Western Balkans Transport Community (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia sincerely committed to regional stability (Tanjug)
• Tillerson: Some parts of Balkans still unstable (Tanjug)
• Patriarch Kirill for a just resolution of Kosovo issue (Politika)
• “Key Determinants of Serbian Foreign Policy” Conference (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic comments on difference of opinions of members of B&H Presidency (BHT1)
• Dodik: Izetbegovic shows what B&H is (Srna)
• Reactions to Izetbegovic’s act in Belgrade (Srna)
• Crnadak: Outcome of visit to Belgrade is exceptionally good (Srna)
• Lagumdzija on B&H Presidency’s visit to Belgrade (Dnevni avaz)
• Rape victim offered money not to be witness (Glas Srpske)
• Croatia prepares indictments against high ranking Bosniak military officials as revenge for verdict to ‘Prlic et al’ (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Grabar-Kitarovic tells UN Security Council Croats admit crimes but reject collective guilt (Hina)
• Plenkovic: We have not changed position regarding war crimes verdict (Vecernji list)
• Justice Minister says legal experts are reviewing ICTY verdict (HRT)
Montenegro
• Do not let Montenegro to become Somalia (RTCG)
fYROM
• Juncker hails Macedonia’s exceptional progress (MIA)
• Zaev-Mogherini: EU commends Macedonia’s tangible progress (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• ‘Mission accomplished,’: UN tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (United Nations Press Release)
• Whom to rely on: Serbia between East and West (European Western Balkans)
CEC certifies election results in 12 municipalities (Telegrafi)
The Central Election Commission has certified runoff election results for the municipalities of Gjakova/Djakovica, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Dragash/Dragas, Kaçanik/Kacanik, Kamenicë/Kamenica, Mitrovica, Obiliq/Obilic, Podujevë/Podujevo, Shtime/Stimlje, Suharekë/Suva Reka, Vushtrri/Vucitrn and Malishevë/Malisevo, and certified the revote results for the municipality of Partesh/Partes. The CEC also announced the final results for the mayoral elections in the municipality of Kllokot/Klokot. Results for […]
Read More →Kosovo court acquits 9 accused of terror attack in Serbia (AP, The Washngton Post)
A Kosovo court has acquitted a group of nine Albanian men accused of a 2012 terror attack against a border post in southern Serbia. The court in Pristina, the capital, decided Wednesday to acquit the nine men of the attack, which injured a Serb border guard, saying there was no prove they committed the crime. […]
Read More →Kosovo without UNMIK acronym during CEFTA presiding (RFE)
Next year Kosovo is expected to chair the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). Kosovo’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Bajram Hasani, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo will be presiding only under the name Kosovo, without UNMIK acronym. He added that representatives of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo will not be participating at […]
Read More →Vetevendosje: Kalludra is holding secret trial (RTK)
Vetevendosje Movement has reacted to the trial of its four MPs who are being accused for throwing teargas at the Assembly of Kosovo. Vetvendosje claims in a press statement that judge Beqir Kalludra is holding a secret trial. “Media were forbidden to broadcast live today’s political and unfair trial against Albin Kurti, Albulena Haxhiu, Donika […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Consolidation of Kosovo army not before 2028 (Klan Kosova)
The Democratic Party of Kosovo deputy leader and MP, Enver Hoxhaj, said the Kosovo Security Force needs to be transformed into an armed force next year but that Kosovo will not have a “genuine” army before 2028. “If the decision on KSF transformation is taken in 2018, we will have a genuine army only in […]
Read More →Kurti: We want normal Kosovo and normal Serbia (DW, B92)
Albin Kurti, MP of Self-Determination, talks to Deutsche Welle and says that Kosovo should have the right to vote on a referendum on unification with Albania, and why he rejects the Brussels dialogue and the Community of Serb municipalities. “We have been separated from Albania more than a century ago – by the violent, undemocratic […]
Read More →PM Haradinaj presents his government’s four-year programme (Kosovapress/Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, presented before the Assembly today the government’s programme for the next four years saying it encompasses fields such as the rule of law, economic development and employment, Euro-Atlantic integrations and sectorial development. Haradinaj said the government’s objective is to change the legal framework in the criminal code field and […]
Read More →Albanians acquitted over attack against checkpoint in Dobrosin (BETA, Tanjug, Kontakt plus radio)
The Basic Court in Gnjilane acquitted from charges of terrorism and participation in terrorist groups all ten members of “Dobrosin group,” Serbian media reported. They were charged in 2012, over the armed attack against Police of Serbia checkpoint in the village of Dobrosin, Bujanovac municipality. The court acquitted Valon Jashari, who was charged for terrorism […]
Read More →Reporting on children improved but not sufficiently (RTK2)
The law obliges the media to respect the rights of children in their programs and to protect them from content that can harm their moral, intellectual and emotional development. The same obligations arise from the journalistic codes. Are the media in Kosovo adhering to these provisions or the rights of children are violated almost every […]
Read More →Lack of functioning judicial system main reason for corruption (Kontakt plus radio)
The lack of a functioning judicial system is the main reason for corruption in the north, along with the non-existence of a law protecting whistle-blowers, so there is neither physical nor legal protection of those who would warn on corruption, concluded participants at the discussion organized in EU Info Centre in Mitrovica North, Kontakt plus […]
Read More →UNS: How murders of journalists in Kosovo were “lost” (Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), B92, KIM Radio)
Out of 14 killed and kidnapped journalists and media workers in Kosovo, Kosovo Prosecution is investigating 7 cases, three are “in the process of hand-over” from EULEX. One is closed, while there is no information about the three remaining, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) said it learned. These are considerably different data compared […]
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