Thaci’s orders executed, five Gulenists deported (GazetaExpres)
Five Turkish citizens, Kosovo residents, identified as Gulen’s suporters, were deported on Thursday to Turkey, a few hours after they were arrested by Kosovo Police. Resident permits of Mustafa Erdem, Yusuf Karabina, Kahraman Demirez, Cihen Ozkan and Hasan Gunakan, managers of Turkish educational institutions in Kosovo, were suspended. Furthermore, Kosovo Police arrested them in the […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 29 March 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 29 March 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic seeks advice from Putin, Putin pledges support (B92)
• Scott and Vucic advocate lowering of tension (Beta)
• Popovic: Russian President’s historical message to Serbia (RTS)
• Djuric: Support to conclusions of Kosovo Serbs (RTS/Tanjug)
• All sides should refrain from provocations – OSCE (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Vucic meets Ivanic in Belgrade (TV1/BHT1/FTV)
• Ivanic: No one requested B&H to banish Russian diplomats (BNTV)
• Dodik: B&H and Kosovo are examples of failed attempts of foreigners to create states (RTRS)
• New round of talks between B&H political leaders and representatives of US Embassy in B&H and EUD to B&H fails to yield results (TV1)
• Agreement on formation of Coalition ‘Zajedno za B&H’ reached in Srebrenica (BHT1)
Montenegro
• Bojanic: Expelling Russian diplomat from Podgorica is irresponsible and hasty decision (Vijesti)
• Opposition representatives make coalitions for elections in Podgorica (CDM)
fYROM
• Zaev: Process on government coalition broadening to be finalized next week (Republika)
• Name talks are intensifying, says EU ambassador (MIA)
• Kotzias: Greece should not be afraid of a compromise with a small country (Republika)
• Greek gov’t spokesman: The ball is in neighbor’s court (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Telephone conversation with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (Kremlin website)
• Presidents of Belarus, Serbia discuss development prospects of bilateral relations (BelTA)
Kosovo Arrests 5 Turks Linked to Opponent of Erdogan (New York Times)
Kosovo police have arrested five Turks working with a group of schools owned by the cleric who Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames for an attempted coup two years ago. In a statement Thursday, the Interior Ministry said their residence permits had been revoked, without providing any reason why. According to Kosovo law, the ministry […]
Read More →Kosovo arrests six Turks over links to Gulen schools: police (Reuters)
Kosovo police said on Thursday they had arrested six Turkish nationals linked to schools financed by the Fethullah Gulen movement, which Ankara has blamed for the failed coup in Turkey in 2016. A police statement said raids connected with the arrests were continuing but did not say why the six Turks were taken into custody […]
Read More →Hoxhaj to Serbian List: Do not become Belgrade’s instrument (RTK)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj responded today to the complaints of the Serb Deputy Prime Minister Dalibor Jevtic, with regard to Marko Djuric’s arrest on Monday. Hoxhaj said Kosovo has a constitutional system and judicial order that has to be respected. He added that there is an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia reached […]
Read More →Belgrade to support Serbs in Kosovo forming ZSO – Djuric (BETA, B92)
Marko Djuric said on Thursday that Serbs will not give up on the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO). The head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija also advised authorities in Pristina who are making threats of arrest, “to arrest themselves first.” Djuric said that Serbia expects representatives of authorities in Pristina to […]
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