Belgrade Media Report 10 April
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Any conflict would set region back 100 years (Tanjug/B92)
• Djuric: Thaci threatening with guns (Tanjug/B92)
• Vulin: Serbs not unprotected anymore, pogrom will not repeat (RTS)
• Ljajic: CEFTA is in serious crisis (Tanjug)
• Djilas’ Alliance for Serbia becomes operational on 9 May (Danas)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croat member of B&H Presidency organizes working dinner for officials from B&H and region (TV1)
• Dodik and Vucic in Mostar (Srna)
• Vucic opens Mostar Economic Fair (Fena)
• Borissov: Non-adopting of changes to B&H Election Law might block B&H permanently (Klix.ba)
• Plenkovic: It depends on political will if it is realistic to amend Election Law in next 20 days (Klix.ba)
• HNS Presidency rejects recent agreement on Election Law of B&H reached between SDA, DF, SDP and SBB B&H (TV1)
• SDP B&H’s Masic: Let Covic and HDZ B&H calm down, they represent five per cent of citizens (Dnevni list)
• Juncker: If we do not calm Balkans down, new war is possible there (Nezavisne)
Croatia
• Plenkovic in Mostar: B&H a top priority for Croatia (HRT)
fYROM
• First debate on vote of (no) confidence in Zoran Zaev’s government to be held tomorrow (Meta)
• Interview: PM Zaev talks reforms, government reshuffle, economy, name talks (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Borissov expresses optimism about Sofia summit on the Balkans, in spite of partial boycott (The Sofia Globe)
Read More →EULEX ready “to go home” (RTK)
The European Union Mission, EULEX, which took the “the reins” to strengthen rule of law in Kosovo in 2008, is expected to officially conclude its ten year mandate on 14 June. In a response to Indeksonline, the Information Office of this Mission, stressed that Until the end of the mandate on June 14, 2018, the […]
Read More →Twenty years on from Kosovo’s darkest hour, football is offering a bright new future (Independent)
Read More →Twenty years on from Kosovo’s darkest hour, football is offering a bright new future (Independent)
As the wind sweeps in south from the Klina freeway and the daylight cedes to dusk, the sleepy northern-Kosovan town of Skenderaj could be a thousand miles from anywhere. Spring has started. The cold, though, is perishing. Dust kicks up off the road where the route in and out of town veers off to join […]
Read More →A Tale Told Thrice: In North Kosovo, “Pure Provocation” or “Brutal Lynching”? (Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Read More →A Tale Told Thrice: In North Kosovo, “Pure Provocation” or “Brutal Lynching”? (Foreign Policy Research Institute)
In late March, Kosovo internal security forces detained and then expelled a senior Serbian government official, Marko Đurić, who traveled to a North Kosovo ethnic Serb district known as North Mitrovica. While Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić was adamant that Mr. Đurić complied with the 2013 Brussels Agreement’s pre-notification requirement for official visits, Kosovo’s First Deputy […]
Read More →Kurti: We favor motion of confidence, we want early elections (media)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said today that his party is in favor of a motion of confidence against the Haradinaj-led government and that they want early parliamentary elections. Kurti writes in a Facebook post that the current government “has failed morally” and that it must be dismissed. Kurti argues that “the cases of Nenad Rikalo […]
Read More →Greek FM Kotzias to visit Kosovo as part of his Balkans tour (Koha)
The Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, is expected to visit Kosovo as part of his Balkans tour that begins today. Kotzias will initially visit Belgrade and then Pristina, Tirana-based news portal abcnews.al reported quoting Greek paper Proto Thema. “Even though Greece has not recognised Kosovo, Nikos Kotzias’ visit carries a positive message,” the Greek paper […]
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- Kosovo-Serbia Declaration on Missing Persons Remains Unimplemented - Balkan Insight 26/04/2024Kosovo-Serbia Declaration on Missing Persons Remains Unimplemented Balkan Insight
- Measures against Kosovo on the table of EU institutions - Eunews 26/04/2024Measures against Kosovo on the table of EU institutions Eunews
- Kosovo fails to overturn power plant award - GAR 26/04/2024
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