Assembly President initiates extraordinary session on air pollution (media)
Most online media report that Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, has initiated an extraordinary session of the Assembly about air pollution in Pristina. Veseli wrote in a Facebook post that the Assembly will call on all institutions to implement immediate measures to improve the air quality.
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 26 January 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 26 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Dialogue cannot be just about us recognizing Kosovo (RTS/Beta)
• Vucic, Rama meet in Davos (RTS/Beta)
• Vucic, Hahn meet in Davos (Beta/B92/TV Prva)
• Brnabic: Foreign companies interested in expanding business in Serbia (RTS)
• Dacic invites Plenkovic to go to Jasenovac (Beta/Tanjug/B92)
• Agreement in 2019 if the “big” powers push (Novosti)
• Scott: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue must continue (Beta)
• Scott: Haley had open discussion with Serbian Ambassador to UN (Tanjug)
• Serbia, B&H sign agreement on cooperation in field of EU integration (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions in B&H after PACE adopts Resolution on B&H (TV1)
• Cvijanovic strongly criticizes OHR, claims it produces crises because it needs unrests and disorder (RTRS)
• Sejdic and Finci in disfavor of foreigners and politicians (EuroBlic)
• Zakharova: Moscow disagrees with new ideas to review DPA coming from US (FTV)
• Head of OSCE Mission to B&H Berton: Imposing solutions is not way to move forward (FTV)
• B&H HoP passes budget for 2018 (TV1)
• MPs to send letter to Juncker and Hahn concerning Zvizdic’s attempt to legalize RS census data (Klix.ba)
Croatia
• Croatia accuses Serbia of disseminating false data through Jasenovac exhibition at UN (Hina)
• PM aware of problems but proud of achievements (HRT)
• Plenkovic meets with colleagues in Davos (HRT)
Montenegro
• Markovic: Judiciary politicized by opposition (CDM)
• NATO Parliamentary Assembly will not monitor local elections (Pobjeda)
• Lavrov convinced that there will be a wake-up call in Montenegro (CDM)
fYROM
• PM Zaev meets Bulgarian counterpart and Serbia’s president in Davos (MIA)
• Volker: Name settlement would bring greater stability to Western Balkans (MIA)
• Petkov: Macedonia has a historic chance to open EU accession talks this year (MIA)
Albania
• Davos, Rama met with Serbian President and Croatian Prime Minister (Top Al)
• Vetting, members of HJC and HPC blocked in parliament (ADN)
• Albania-Greece relationship, Tsipras to visit Tirana (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• What’s in a Name? For Macedonia, Membership in the West (The Wall Street Journal)
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 January
• Arifi: Initiative for abrogating specialist chambers still under review (Zeri)
• Limaj: Special Court abrogation more dangerous than its establishment (RTK)
• Degradation of Kosovo’s diplomacy (Koha)
• Hoxhaj: Vulin’s announcements could destabilize the country (RTK)
• Tahiri: Serbia is not ready to investigate war crimes (Ekonomia e Re/RTK)
• Hoxhaj to Vucic: The only common market for Balkans is EU (RTK)
• Shala: KSF to be transformed with or without constitutional changes (Epoka)
• Cuoci: No plans for downsizing NATO troops in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
• Hoxha: Kosovo to apply for CoE membership this year (RTK)
• Delawie urges prosecutors to fight corruption (RTK)
• Kosovo’s membership of intl organizations becoming more difficult (Koha)
• Pristina leads list of most polluted world cities (media)
• No move toward unblocking Mitrovica main bridge (Koha)
• Offensive graffiti against Serbs in Uglar village (Klan Kosova)
• Initiative for Kosovo changes its name (RTK)