Belgrade Media Report 26 December 2017
United Nations Office in Belgrade
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 […]
Read More →Lumezi: Fight against corruption not going well (Kallxo)
Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, said that he was not pleased with results in the fight against corruption. Speaking at the meeting of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Lumezi said measures need to be taken to improve the track record of corruption fight. “We do not have satisfactory results in the fight against corruption,” he said.
Read More →Haradinaj: I speak to everyone, I am open (Kossev, Slobodno Srpski)
Haradinaj says that all issues that have so far been part of the dialogue in Brussels have no weight, because the main question between Kosovo and Serbia has not been resolved, and that is Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia. Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj was a guest in TV Show “Slobodno Srpski” on Sunday night; among […]
Read More →Reactions of Serb officials on Specialist Court initiative (RTS, Tanjug, Novosti, TV Palma, KIM Radio)
Chairperson of Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun commenting on an initiative to repeal or revoke the Law on Special Court for the War Crimes told RTS “it is about a well-thought plan, which, although it was clear would not pass, should serve as a message that the situation in Kosovo could […]
Read More →Bishop of Backa Irinej: People cannot break Kosovo’s oath (Novosti, KIM Radio)
“The outcome of the so-called internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija would be as its current flow – multiplied voices, and the state leadership must seriously take into account the stance of the majority of Serbs, Serbian Orthodox Church Bishop of Backa Irinej said, emphasising he does not believe the Serbian people would let down […]
Read More →Dacic: I would like extraordinary elections (RTS, FoNet, Danas)
Serbian Minster of Foreign Affairs and leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Ivica Dacic said yesterday he is pleased with the results of the local elections (that took place in five Serbian municipalities) and he would like to have an extraordinary parliamentary elections, Danas daily reported. Speaking for the RTS main news edition, […]
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