Belgrade Media Report 14 May 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 14 May 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbians will have chance to declare themselves on Kosovo (Beta)
• Djuric: We are for compromise on Kosovo and Metohija, we don’t want unilateral solutions (RTS)
• Drecun: We do not accept Kosovo’s membership in the UN in exchange of ZSO (Radio Belgrade)
• Laketic: Results from Italy are basis for the work of our commission (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: Government reshuffle is not on agenda (RTS)
• KFOR could leave Kosovo (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic: There is no room for changes to Election Law, now it is necessary to find technical models for holding of elections (Srna)
• Covic: Changes to B&H Election Law in this year are out of the question; B&H does not need foreign diplomats to say what will happen if the Election Law is not changed (RHB)
• They are asking for fair elections, and hoping for Inzko’s reaction (Nezavisne)
• There are two methods at disposal of B&H CEC when it comes to resolving issue of election of delegates in Federation of B&H HoP (TV1)
• Cormack: There are concrete and practical solutions for issue of electoral legislation (FTV)
• RS government holds urgent session on issue of influx of migrants (RTRS)
fYROM
• Solution to name issue in the hands of PMs Zaev, Tsipras (MIA)
• Opposition VMRO-DPMNE calls for urgent leaders’ meeting on name negotiations (MIA)
• Xhaferi: Language law to be published in Official Gazette at appropriate moment (MIA)
Albania
• Saimir Tahiri to face court on Tuesday (ADN)
• US Embassy welcomes security measure against Tahiri (ADN)
• EU supports Albania on fight against crime and corruption (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia, a commission of inquiry on impoverished uranium (ANSAmed)
• Interview: Belt and Road Initiative features win-win for China, CEE – expert (Xinhua)
PM Haradinaj: Trepca will be activated (media)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said today that Trepca enterprise will be activated, as the new Trepca board has finalized the statute and will proceed with further procedures of creating managerial structures. Haradinaj made these comments during the inauguration of Pristina-Vushtrri-Mitrovica road. “This is coming at the same time as the good news […]
Read More →Corruption is Kosovo’s main problem, colonel says (N1, Vecernje Novosti)
Colonel Nick Ducic, the new commander of the US military base in Kosovo has assessed the situation in Kosovo as stable, noting that the crucial problems Kosovo is faced with are corruption and organized crime. Speaking for Belgrade-based daily Vecernje novosti, Ducic has announced his soon visit to the central Serbia, where he will meet […]
Read More →Drecun: We do not accept Kosovo membership in UN in turn for ZSO (RTS, Radio Belgrade)
Read More →Drecun: We do not accept Kosovo membership in UN in turn for ZSO (RTS, Radio Belgrade)
Serbia will not accept membership of a false state of Kosovo in UN in turn for Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities, Chairperson of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told Radio Belgrade. He repeated a stance that the only acceptable solution to Belgrade is the one reached in a compromise. What we […]
Read More →Youth Assembly: We are not the future, but the present of Kosovo (KIM radio)
The United Nations in Kosovo organized a two-day Youth Assembly in Pristina, entitled “The Power of the Youth – Joint Building of Peace and Security”. This event brought together 160 young representatives of various organizations from all over Kosovo. The goal is their involvement in decision making and making recommendations for institutions. Today and tomorrow, […]
Read More →Two decades since first kidnappings in Kosovo (FoNet, Danas)
Association of Families of Kosmet Victims said in a press release that 14th May 2018 marks two decades since first organized kidnappings of Serb civilians took place in Kosovo and Metohija, Danas daily reported. The Association reminded that a worker Zarko Spasic was kidnapped two decades ago from his working place in Belacevac colliery. The […]
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