Belgrade Media Report 07 March 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 7 March 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Main achievements of trilateral meeting were peace, stability and improvement of economic relations (RTS)
• Brnabic: Government reshuffle open topic (B92/Beta/RTS)
• Dacic seeks responsibility of SPS municipal boards (Politika)
• Djilas accuses SNS of buying votes (RTV/Tanjug)
• Enough Movement presidency submits resignation (Politika/Tanjug)
• Balsa Bozovic resigns (B92/Beta)
• Moscow wants comprehensive cooperation after Belgrade vote (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Trilateral meeting of B&H, Serbian and Croatian leaders held in Mostar (Hayat)
• Crnadak and Dacic discuss relations of B&H and Serbia (BHT1)
• Cavara: Inzko should not use Bonn powers (TV1)
• SNSD’s Kovacevic says Inzko’s announcement on possible use of Bonn powers is preparation for new attacks on RS (Glas Srpske/EuroBlic)
• Zvizdic legalizes unconstitutional name “Herzeg-Bosnia canton” (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Croatian President meets with B&H and Serbian counterparts (Hina)
• Ruling coalition leaders meet with Prime Minister (Hina)
• Slovenia ready to sue Croatia over border ruling (HRT)
Montenegro
• No changes in Berane: DPS – 17 seats, Zdravo Berane – 14, Democrats – 4 (CDM)
• Andrija Jovicevic gave up his presidential candidacy (CDM)
• NATO will not test Montenegrin armed forces this year (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Dimitrov meets with UN official Jenca (MIA)
• Dimitrov meets with Merkel’s foreign policy aide in Skopje (MIA)
• Zaev: I am innocent, the “Bribery” case was fabricated to stop me releasing the “bombs” (MIA)
• Parliament session on language law amendments postponed indefinitely (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian Energy Minister not worried about Russian gas supplies to Serbia (Neftegaz.RU)
• A new Russian pipeline in the Balkans? (IBNA)
• Zaev Calls On Greece to Examine Its Own Constitution (Athens Macedonian News Agency)
Slovenia suggests Kosovo and Serbia resolve disputes through arbitration (Koha)
Prime Minister of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, told Austrian paper Standard that Kosovo and Serbia should apply “Slovenian model” in resolving their disputes through arbitration. Cerar said the Western Balkans region should join the EU providing the candidates meet the criteria as well as resolve border disputes.
Read More →“If state supported Oliver, he would be alive today” (KIM Radio)
“If state supported Oliver Ivanovic for a mayor, Serbia would have a strong pillar, and he would be alive today, member of the Serb National Forum, Momcilo Trajkovic said today in a meeting on the situation in Kosovo, held in Laplje Selo, KIM Radio reported. The meeting in Laplje Selo started with a minute of […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia Feud Accused of Damaging Europe’s Clocks (Balkan Insight)
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, ENTSOE, says the energy dispute between Serbia and Kosovo has affected the continent’s digital clocks. Disputes between Serbia and its former province over energy and a lot of other issues have been accused of damaging many things in the Balkan region. Now, however, the two neighbours […]
Read More →Vucic: Thanks Georgia on Kosovo, we share common values (RTK2)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked Georgia for not recognizing Kosovo and assessed that the two countries share common values and present principally positions of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of internationally recognized countries, announced the Serbian Presidency, reports RTK2. The statement says that Vucic said in a conversation with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil […]
Read More →Kosovo chief prosecutor meets Dutch counterpart (Zeri)
Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, met in Pristina today Albert van der Kerk, the Dutch chief public prosecutor for international relations, Zeri and other online media report. Lumezi spoke about the functioning of the prosecutorial system in Kosovo underlining that Kosovo prosecutors are committed and ready to contribute to strengthening the rule of law and […]
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