Belgrade Media Report 28 March 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 28 March 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Mogherini meets Vucic (RTS)
• Djuric: Serbs will not give up ZSO despite threats (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Pristina given three weeks to start forming ZSO (Tanjug/B92)
• Round table on cultural heritage held as part of internal dialogue on Kosovo (Beta)
• Moscow and Washington react to events in Kosovo (Beta/Tanjug/B92)
• EULEX denies having taken part in police action on Monday (Tanjug)
• Serbia will not expulse Russian diplomats (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Foreign Ministry: B&H has not been requested to expel Russian diplomats (N1/TV1)
• Cormack, Wigemark meet SBB B&H delegation (TV1)
• Niksic on changes to Law on Elections: SDP will not accept any solution that would be in collision with Constitution of FB&H (Vijesti.ba/Dnevni list)
• EC welcomes submission of B&H’s answers to Questionnaire (Hayat)
Montenegro
• Russian diplomat persona non grata in Montenegro (CDM)
• Albanian Alternative supports Djukanovic in the elections (MINA)
fYROM
• Ivanov: Decision to expel Russia diplomat hurried (MIA)
• Zaev: Macedonia’s decision to expel Russian diplomat shouldn’t disrupt the relations with Moscow (MIA)
• Five of indicted for 2017 parliament incident detained again (Republika)
Albania
• Russian diplomats expelled from Albania, US Embassy reacts (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Majority of citizens against exchanging Kosovo for EU membership (EurActiv)
Read More →Session of 10 Serb-majority municipalities in Mitrovica North – 3 conclusions adopted (KoSSev portal)
Read More →Session of 10 Serb-majority municipalities in Mitrovica North – 3 conclusions adopted (KoSSev portal)
Chairperson of the Mitrovica North Municipal Assembly, Dejan Guresic read conclusions from today’s session where 10 Serb-majority municipalities’ representatives participated. The conclusions were adopted unanimously, KoSSev portal reports. In case Pristina is not ready to start working on the establishment of the Association of the Serb Municipalities in the next three weeks, Serb municipalities and […]
Read More →Kosovo government: Any initiative for Serb association is illegal (KosovaPress, RTK)
Read More →Kosovo government: Any initiative for Serb association is illegal (KosovaPress, RTK)
The Information Office of the Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, noted that any initiative which is not based on democratic laws and procedures of Kosovo, will not be implemented nor respected. “Association is an obligation of Kosovo deriving from the dialogue process in Brussels and which will be implemented in the near future. No initiative which […]
Read More →Djuric: Serbs would not give up on ZSO, despite threats (BETA, B92)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric said that Serbs in Kosovo would not give up on establishing the Association of the Serb Municipalities, despite threats of some of Pristina ministers, BETA news agency reported. “Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija would not give up on ZSO, since it is our right and […]
Read More →Rakic’s ultimatum to Kosovo: If you do not establish Association, we will (Koha)
The leader of the Serbian List, Goran Rakic, said that they have informed the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, that “If Pristina does not establish the Association, then we will establish it on our own on 20 April and in this manner fulfill Brussels Agreement.” “Association is not against anyone but in service of all […]
Read More →Forced to choose between Kosovo and EU, Serbians pick Kosovo (BETA, B92)
According to a new survey, a huge majority of Serbia’s citizens would pick Kosovo if they had to choose between Kosovo and the EU. The choice in question refers to “accepting Kosovo’s independence as a condition for EU membership” – and as many 81 percent of respondents in the poll, conducted by the Institute for […]
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