Belgrade Media Report 21 February 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 21 February 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic to invite Putin to visit Serbia (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic and Lavrov pen joint op-ed (B92/Tanjug)
• Strengthening strategic partnership with France (Beta)
• Serbian, Albanian foreign affairs delegations meet in Belgrade (Beta)
• Dodik: My relations with Vucic are better than with any other Serbian President; I asked Vucic not to separate issue of Kosovo from issue of RS (Prva TV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Announced NATO military exercise with depleted uranium causes many reactions (ATV)
• Dodik: plans on preparation of exercise were demystified (Srna)
• B&H HoR postpones vote on amendments to Election Law of B&H (BHT1)
• Covic and Izetbegovic receive delegation of Croatian parliament (Vecernji list)
• OSCE: Changes to Law on Elections must be agreed in B&H (Dnevni list)
Croatia
• Families of missing Croatian soldiers meet with Serbian President (Hina)
• Serbian minority leader criticizes status of Serbs in Croatia (Hina)
• Minister: Croatia is an example for national minority rights (Hina)
• Corruption perception in Croatia among highest in EU (Hina)
Montenegro
• Parliament cannot influence the work of DIK (CDM)
• This is what the declaration signed by Vujanovic and Thaci says (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Ivanov: Macedonia expects Turkish support and lobbying for NATO accession (MIA)
• President Ivanov meets Turkish PM Yildirim, speaker Kahraman (MIA)
• Bakoyannis: We want a package deal the whole international community will accept (MIA)
• Tsipras, Merkel discuss name issue in phone call (MIA)
Albania
• Rama clarifies idea of ‘joint [resident’ (Klan TV/Top Channel)
• Negotiations with Greece, Meta indicates ‘red line’ (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The difficulties of exchanging territory in the Balkans (The Economist)
Read More →Ymeri: We are against demarcation (RTK)
Visar Ymeri from Vetevendosje Movement said that the current agreement means that there was no demarcation but verification of the border so far. “This agreement in this manner should have not been submitted to the Assembly at all. Political parties were divided in two political groupings for three years now. This proves that Kosovo has […]
Read More →Veseli: Review all the laws by 31 March (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said that Kosovo Assembly MPs have to conclude with review of all laws under the European Reform Agenda. “The Assembly of Kosovo will continue to intensify its work, with the aim of moving forward toward many significant reforms for the country, as well as creation of the Army of Kosovo. […]
Read More →The mother tongue endangered; the institutions do not respect the law (Kossev, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
Read More →Vetevendosje to meet for the final decision on demarcation (Indeksonline)
The Vetevendosje Movement is against the new annex-agreement for the border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro. However, this political party is expected to meet today in order to come up with the final decision on the position they are going have during tomorrow’s Assembly session. Vetevendosje MP Ali Lajci, told Indeksonline that this annex-agreement is […]
Read More →The mother tongue endangered; the institutions do not respect the law (Kossev, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
The sentence stating “the law is good, but its application is bad” has become so worn out that it seems that those who say it do not believe it anymore. The best example is the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo. Representatives of several relevant institutions and civil society, today on the International […]
Read More →Brother of Oliver Ivanovic: “Oliver in conflict with Radojcic? President surprised me” (B92, Danas, KoSSev)
Read More →Brother of Oliver Ivanovic: “Oliver in conflict with Radojcic? President surprised me” (B92, Danas, KoSSev)
Claims of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that Oliver Ivanovic was in conflict with Milan Radojcic since 2000, no one could confirm, Danas daily reports today. According to Danas, neither Ivanovic’s family nor his associates could confirm this information. Brother of Oliver Ivanovic, Miroslav told Danas, he does not believe Ivanovic ever met Radojcic. “I […]
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