Belgrade Media Report 12 December
LOCAL PRESS
• Mikser: Pace of negotiations will continue to depend on progress in normalizing relations with Pristina; Hahn: Future focus primarily on rule of law and normalization of relations with Kosovo (RTS/Beta)
• Vucic: Russia sanctions, Kosovo recognition would make us champions (RTS/B92)
• Decision to open two chapters political – EU (Tanjug)
• EP: EU needs to refocus on Western Balkans (Tanjug)
• Kazakhstan firmly supports Serbia’s territorial integrity (B92)
• LDP: Оpening of chapters positive, Kosovo becoming an increasing burden (Tanjug)
• Internal dialogue, open trade issues between Belgrade and Pristina (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Military Attaché of B&H Embassy to Netherlands Enes Jahic arrested for war crimes against Serb civilians (TV1)
• Dodik: Huge mistrust in Court and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H (Srna)
• Commission to overcome problems between two political blocs in the RS falls apart (BNTV)
• Working group for preserving national identity of Serb people discusses Agreement on Special Parallel Relations of RS and Serbia (RTRS)
• FUP arrests Abdic and four more people suspected of murder of HVO General Vlado Santic (FTV)
• B&H Prosecutor’s Office to request court to abolish acquitting verdict in Oric case? (RTRS)
• Dodik and Covic meet in Banja Luka to discuss current political situation in B&H and region (TV1)
Croatia
• Croatia expects Slovenia and Hungary to stop blocking its OECD bid (T portal)
• Commemoration held for Praljak (Novi list)
Montenegro
• Serbian file on attempted terrorism was created long before 16 October (Pobjeda)
• This is why DF returns to parliament (CDM)
• Civic opposition ready for protests (CDM)
• Rogozin sent party colleagues to support Knezevic and Mandic (Pobjeda)
• Russia tries to destabilize the Western Balkans using misinformation (CDM)
• Boskovic: Montenegro supports B&H on its NATO path (CDM)
• Thaci sees Montenegro’s accession to NATO as the best news this year (N1)
fYROM
• Zaev: Talks have not reached stage of new names (Republika)
• Zaev-Haradinaj: Diva Naselba will not affect Skopje-Pristina relations (MIA)
• Ahmeti meets Palmer (MIA)
• Macedonia – NATO DPRC meeting in Brussels (MIA)
Albania
• Meta hosts Vujanovic (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Brussels is back into the Balkans, if selectively (Politico)
Read More →Tahiri determined to compensate victims of sexual abuse during the war in Kosovo (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri held today an introductory meeting with the Amnesty International team, respective with Deputy Director Gauri van Gulik, and rapporteurs Sian Jones and Jelena Sesar. Tahiri informed them about his priorities during the four year mandate as well as the work that is being done in harmonizing legal norms with […]
Read More →IMF: Do not increase the number of veterans (Koha)
Head of the International Monetary Fund for Kosovo, Stephanie Eble, appealed to Kosovo authorities not to increase number of pension and non-contributory schemes. During a press conference held together with the Minister of Finance Bedri Hamza, she said that Kosovo continues to mark sustainable growth due to investments and exports. “Programs for social benefits should […]
Read More →“Russia sanctions, Kosovo recognition would make us champs” (B92, RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is in Paris this Tuesday for the climate change summit. Speaking for RTS, he commented on Monday’s opening of two new two chapters in Serbia’s EU membership negotiations. Vucic sees participation in the summit as an opportunity to meet with the French president who is at the moment one of the […]
Read More →KLA veterans’ associations launch petition against specialist chambers (Telegrafi)
Head of the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans’ Association, Hysni Gucati, said in a press conference that they consider the specialist chambers to be a biased institution and that it needs to try all those that have committed crimes, including Serbs. Gucati said they have decided to launch a petition against the specialist chambers to […]
Read More →Ombudsperson: Electricity paid for Serbs in the north, a human right violation (media)
Kosovo’s Ombudsperson, Hilmi Jashari, said today before the members of the Assembly committee on human rights that he has asked the Energy Regulatory Office and the Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company (KEDS) to reimburse clients that have so far been charged extra to cover for unpaid electricity bills in the north and that this […]
Read More →Zaev: I am happy I am the first Macedonian Prime Minister to visit Kosovo (media)
Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), has arrived in Pristina and met with Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Following the meeting, Zaev posted on Facebook: “the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Kosovo have positive and constructive relations and cooperate on all levels,” Zaev posted on Facebook. He said […]
Read More →Macedonia’s Zaev set to warm up ties with Greece, Kosovo (AP)
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Macedonia’s prime minister reiterated his will on Tuesday to reach a solution with Greece following more than two decades of disputes over his country’s name. Zoran Zaev said Macedonian and Greek officials were working “to reconfirm their will of resuming essential talks … to reach a solution.” Zaev, in power since […]
Read More →Lumezi reacts to leaked phone taps, denies ties with PDK (media)
Kosovo’s State Chief Prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, reacted today after Pristina-based KTV broadcasted on Monday phone taps among senior Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials, mentioning Lumezi. Lumezi denied having ties with the PDK and said the efforts against him are destined to fail. He also claimed that “behind the attacks are structured criminal groups that […]
Read More →Albin Kurti trump card of great powers? (Vecernje Novosti)
The rhetoric used by Self-determination MP, Albin Kurti on the unification of Kosovo and Albania, although not new has specific significance at this moment not only because of the movement’s ascent, but also of the splice of great powers’ interests, whose trump card he could be, Serbian daily Vecenje Novosti writes today. According to […]
Read More →Hahn: Serbia progressing, to focus on rule of law and dialogue (Tanjug, Dnevnik)
EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn welcomed last night opening of the new chapters in Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, and highlighted that Serbia in the future must focus on the rule of law and normalization of relations with Pristina, Serbian media reported. He assessed the opening of chapters as an indicator […]
Read More →Today the fourth round of internal dialogue on Kosovo, by the end of the year another three (NMagazin)
The fourth roundtable of the internal dialogue on Kosovo, initiated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, will take place in Belgrade today. This round table is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, and during the course of December, three other events will be organized to gather sports associations, experts in the field of economy […]
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