Over 5,000 Kosovars applied for asylum in the EU during 2017 (Prishtina Insight)
The number of Kosovars seeking asylum decreased last year, similarly to other countries in the region, but Albania continues to be a concern with over 20,000 applicants in the past year. There were 5,310 first-time asylum seekers from Kosovo in the EU during 2017, according to new data published by Eurostat, the EU statistics agency. […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 22 March 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 22 March 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic meets with Guterres (RTS)
• Drecun: Unacceptable for ZSO to be means of blackmail (RTS)
• Djuric: We resolutely demand establishment of ZSO (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Kosovo will never be a state, nor will Presevo be part of Kosovo (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Interview with B&H Presidency member Mladen Ivanic (Vijesti.ba/Nezavisne/Dnevni list)
• Dodik comments on B&H path to join NATO and the EU (RTRS)
• B&H HoP session interrupted before HoP had opportunity to discuss amendments to B&H Election Law (TV1)
• B&H CC to discuss motion of HDZ B&H’s Kristo on constitutional review of Federation of B&H Constitution re structure of Federation of B&H HoP (FTV)
• Nine parties together in elections (Dnevni avaz)
• B&H CEC’s Hadziabdic: No IT experts from Russia are coming to B&H (TV1)
• Memorandum of Understanding among EUFOR, NATO HQ Sarajevo and Ministry of Civil Affairs of B&H signed (Fena)
• Netherlands decide not to extradite Herenda to B&H (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Early parliamentary elections possible in autumn? (Jutarnji list)
• Coalition partners for ratification of Istanbul Convention (HRT)
Montenegro
• Becic and Abazovic confirm cooperation (Dan)
• Montenegro expects EU support for reforms to end the negotiation process (CDM)
fYROM
• US supports resolution of name dispute as soon as possible (MIA)
• Turkey affirms support of Macedonia’s accession to NATO (MIA)
• Macedonia – Belgium – political consultations (MIA)
• SPO opens investigation on Gruevski and Ahmeti over 2011 census suspension (MIA)
Albania
• Minister Bushati on official visit to Germany (ADN)
• Bushati evaluates EU support toward integration (ADN)
• OSCE Proposes to test electronic voting (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Belgrade Could Host a Putin-Trump Meeting – Serbian FM (Sputnik)
Read More →U.S.A.: Voting demarcation affirms Kosovo’s place in Europe (RTK)
The U.S. Embassy to Kosovo, issued a press release to congratulate people of Kosovo for the ratification of the border demarcation deal with Montenegro. “Congratulations to the people of Kosovo on the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Ratification is an important achievement that affirms Kosovo’s place in Europe. Each member of parliament […]
Read More →DSS: “Both Kosovo and EU” policy is failure (FoNet, RTS)
Leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Milos Jovanovic told Serbian media the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sent from New York “a clear confession” that the policy “both Kosovo and the EU has faced a complete failure.” “This irrational Kosovo policy that he hastily implements, launched in 2008 by Democratic Party (DS), President […]
Read More →Pacolli: The only solution is Kosovo’s membership at the UN (RTK)
Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behgjet Pacolli, reacted to Serbian media allegations about a new proposal which would ensure Kosovo the status of the observing member at the United Nations. “I notice that Serbian media continue with the propaganda of Serbia’s governing courtyard, unfortunately also through the Kosovo media, reporting about […]
Read More →“Fans and media banned from Serbia vs. so-called Kosovo game” (Tanjug, B92)
A handball game between the teams of Serbia and so-called Kosovo will be played in Kovilovo on Friday without the presence of spectators and media. The Handball Association of Serbia (RSS) announced this on Wednesday. The game will be played as part of a qualifying tournament for EHF’s Women’s Junior World Championship that will take […]
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