Belgrade Media Report 30 January 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 30 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: We respect B&H but we want Serbs there to feel safe (Tanjug/Beta/RTS)
• New Free Trade Agreement to be signed with Turkey on Tuesday (Beta)
• Vucic, Trajkovic: Kosovo Serbs to be also part of internal dialogue (RTV)
• Brnabic: Serbian Stream to replace South Stream (Tanjug/Blic)
• Development of relations with Vatican in all areas (RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia attaches great importance to remembrance of Holocaust (RTS/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic and Vucic meet with Erdogan in Istanbul; Izetbegovic: Results of this meeting could be historic (TV1/N1/Hayat)
• Right to vote must be given to every citizen of B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Cardinal Puljic with US Ambassador to B&H about Law on Elections (Dnevni list)
• Presidency of B&H in Brussels – with Juncker and Daul about changes to Law on Elections and situation in B&H (Vecernji list)
• Ambassador Del Vechio says ‘Sejdic-Finci’ cannot be implemented without constitutional changes (Nezavisne novine)
Croatia
• Foreign Minister: Serbia has no credibility when it comes to Jasenovac (HRT)
• Serbian President Vucic invited to visit Croatia in mid-February (Hina)
• Croatian police send fines to Slovenian fishermen (HRT)
Montenegro
• Vukovic: No basis to challenge legitimacy of the elections (Pobjeda)
• Bugajski: Montenegro needs Djukanovic’s leadership (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Zaev: The referendum about the name is not anything tragic, frightening or impossible (Meta)
• VMRO-DPMNE’s Mickovski meets EC officials Mogherini, Hahn (MIA)
• Xhaferi postponed the debate on the Law on Languages, because “there are no technical conditions” (Meta)
• Zaev meets NALED Serbia director Jovanovic (MIA)
Albania
• Rama: Name talks – continuation of Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration (ADN)
• DP, resolution in parliament for Albania’s vote in UN (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Bulgarian, Serbian Ministers Discuss Transport, Infrastructure Projects (BTA)
• Tajani: Montenegro and Serbia can be ready by 2025 (European Western Balkans)
“Ivanovic murder strong slap to Kosovo government” (KIM Radio)
“Murder of Oliver Ivanovic is a great challenge for Kosovo society and a strong slap to the Kosovo Government, and to all of us who live in Kosovo,” Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Milan Radojevic said in a debate on the rule of law held in Caglavica today, KIM Radio reports. Radojevic assessed the murder […]
Read More →Hoxhaj speaks about Kosovo’s membership at CoE (RTK)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, reported today to the Kosovo Assembly Committee for Foreign Affairs. He said Kosovo will be applying to become part of the Council of Europe. According to him, there are countries which do not recognize Kosovo but they will vote Kosovo in this case. He further added that if […]
Read More →Arifi: No news on restart of dialogue (RTK)
Murder of the leader of Serb Civic Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice”, Oliver Ivanovic, made the Serbian party interrupt the dialogue with Kosovo. So for, it remains unknown when the dialogue is going to restart. This was also confirmed by the head of Kosovo team for dialogue with Serbia, Avni Arifi. According to him, there is […]
Read More →Application for status of survivors of sexual violence to (media)
Today at the launch of the application process for recognition of status to survivors of sexual violence during conflict, Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said that the government of Kosovo has taken all necessary legal and budgetary decisions to create a climate to enable survivors of sexual violence to come forward. In a Facebook […]
Read More →Vucic and Trajkovic on issues Serbs face in Kosovo (TV Most, KIM Radio)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with the Serbian National Forum from Kosovo and Metohija delegation, led by Momcilo Trajkovic, press statement of the President’s Cabinet reads, TV Most reports. In a comprehensive and open talks, members of the forum presented to the Serbian President Vucic numerous issues Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are facing […]
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