Serbian officials in North Mitrovica for Vidovdan (Kossev)
Not being in Gracanica at the liturgy, nor present at the traditional Memorial Service in Gazimestan, instead paying a visit to North Mitrovica – The head of the Kosovo Office, Marko Djuric, and the Serbian Minister of Education, Mladen Sarcevic, attended a ceremony for Mitrovica University Day, celebrated on Vidovdan. The two high Serbian officials […]
Read More →Partition is a fatal mistake; It requires an incident that at this moment no party can control (Kossev, RTV)
Read More →Partition is a fatal mistake; It requires an incident that at this moment no party can control (Kossev, RTV)
“The leadership in Belgrade will bear terrible pressure in the upcoming weeks, which Belgrade itself may have partially induced,” said journalist Milivoje Mihajlovic. “First of all, Serbs in the North are under pressure. They have been in a cooking pot for years, and the cooking pot has been boiling this entire time,” KoSSev editor Tatjana […]
Read More →Police arrests three individuals suspected for terrorism (RTK)
After a several month investigations, in cooperation with Kosovo’s Intelligence Agency, and as continuance of the operation dated 05.06.2018, the Directory Against Terrorism in cooperation with the Special Prosecution of Kosovo, undertook today a police action in Prizren and Skenderaj regions, to implement the order issued by the Basic Court in Pristina. Three individuals, with […]
Read More →Putin to visit Serbia this coming fall (B92, Tanjug)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Serbia in the fall, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday morning. “I was told by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with whom I spoke in Moscow yesterday, that this was being planned,” Dacic told RTS. Dacic also said Lavrov told him that if the format of the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 June
• Thaci: There are no red lines in dialogue (media)
• Opposition alarmed over Thaci’s statement for “no red lines” in talks (Koha)
• Shala: Thaci told Mogherini ‘we want formal recognition from Serbia’ (media)
• Hoxha: Visa liberalization recommendation, before summer break (media)
• No visa liberalization before 2019 (Koha)
• Bajrami: Dialogue without visas (Koha)
• Government: ASMM, according to Constitution and no executive powers (Koha)
• Assembly establishes investigating commission on expelling of Gulenists (Zeri)
• T-shirts with Milosevic’s photo and Mladic masks for Vidovdan (Zeri)
Belgrade Media Report 28 June
LOCAL PRESS
• Vulin banned from entering Kosovo (RTS)
• Vucic, Wess Mitchell discuss Belgrade Pristina dialogue (Beta)
• Dacic with Lavrov in Moscow (Tanjug)
• Palma to Putin: Here’s the jersey, here’s the land … (Tanjug)
• “We are waiting for an apology because of Plenkovic and Serbia aggressor” (Vecernje novosti)
• Hague case against Jojic and Radeta ceded to Serbia (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Council of EU adopts seven conclusions on B&H (Hayat)
• MPs, officials comment on conclusions of Council of EU (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Ivanic openly defends UK intelligence officers because they come to create pre-election atmosphere to present him to people as eligible (RTRS)
• Federation of B&H President Cavara: Bosniaks hope that OHR will impose Law on Constituencies (Vecernji list)
• Operational HQ for Migration Issues in B&H convenes (N1)
• B&H will not become migrant collection center (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: RS cannot organize centers for migrants (TV1)
Croatia
• Croatia to send warship to the Mediterranean Sea to fight terrorism (T portal)
fYROM
• Mickoski: Macedonia did not receive a date for negotiations, but a date for an assessment (MIA)
• EC starts preparatory work for Macedonia, Albania negotiations (MIA)
• Luxembourg FM Asselborn gives insight into the compromise over Macedonia’s accession talks (MIA)
• Zaev to meet Tusk, Hahn and Stoltenberg in Brussels (MIA)
• EU commissioner Hahn believes in successful referendum (MIA)
• Official announcement for NATO invitation expected tomorrow, says Pendarovski (MIA)
• Spasovski: Macedonia in no position to host migrant camps (MIA)
Albania
• Accession talks, Rama accuses opposition: Sadists and vulgar! (ADN)
• Bushati for Negotiations: There are no extra conditions (ADN)
• EU Ambassador in Tirana Vlahutin: Albania Received 3 positive decisions by EU (ADN)
• Fleckenstein promises support for Albania till end (ADN)
• Albanian and Kosovo’s Police, Cooperation during touristic season (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Fresh tensions in the relations between Kosovo and Serbia (IBNA)
• Greece’s support for fYROM (Ekathimerini)
Haziri: Dialogue without opposition will fail (RFE, RTK)
Deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Lutfi Haziri, told Radio Free Europe that without LDK and political forces at the Assembly of Kosovo, the dialogue process with Serbia cannot be successful. “We expect a parliamentary debate which determines the format, so who is the representative or representatives that will set the criteria […]
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