Belgrade Media Report 09 July
LOCAL PRESS
• Serbia committed to strengthening strategic partnership with China in 16+1 initiative (RTS/Beta/Politika)
• Vucic: Serbia, India maintain mutual respect, support (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Any solution regarding Kosovo must pass referendum (RTS)
• Dacic: We are often unaware of resistance to EU enlargement (RTS/Beta/B92)
• Drecun: Pristina trying to skip formation of ZSO (RTS)
• Ljajic: Easiest to freeze Kosovo issue from a café (Novosti)
• Smajlovic: Even if we recognized Kosovo in 2008 we wouldn’t be in EU (B92/TV Prva)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: There is no justice for Serbs in B&H; Shameful report written and imposed by Ashdown will be abolished (ATV)
• Covic meets Wigemark, discusses political situation and election issues in B&H (Vecernji list)
• Bosniak parties want to create their own state through separatism (Vecernji list)
• HDZ B&H to attempt to prevent adoption of Law on Constituencies by invoking mechanism for protection of vital national interests (FTV)
• B&H Presidency approves signing of declarations that will be adopted at EU-Western Balkans summit (BHT1)
Croatia
• Serb paramilitary leader’s sentence for war crimes reduced (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: European perspective still significant to Montenegro (RTCG)
• Szijjártó: Montenegro is ready to join EU even this year (Pobjeda)
• Linking Belgrade-Budapest high-speed railway with ports in MNE&AL expected (CDM)
fYROM
• Macedonia expects to be invited to join Alliance at NATO Summit in Brussels (MIA)
• Zaev: By joining forces Central, East European countries may attract new investments (MIA)
• Macedonia-Montenegro defense cooperation sets example for Western Balkan region (MIA)
Albania
• Greek-Albanian issues to be postponed (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• China says open for trade with east Europe as clash with U.S. ramps up (Reuters)
Read More →Djuric: Politicians in Pristina nervous, not everything as they have imagined (Serbian media)
Read More →Djuric: Politicians in Pristina nervous, not everything as they have imagined (Serbian media)
The statements of politicians in Pristina show that their nervousness is heightened, which means that something does not go the way they have planned and imagined that it has already been solved, and that someone in the international community begins to look at things differently than they hoped to be, said today the Director of […]
Read More →Hahn: Decision on visas for Kosovans, before summer holidays (RTK)
The EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, gave signals before the start of the Western Balkans Summit in London that the decision on visa liberalization for Kosovo will be made before the summer holidays. However, he did not predict what this decision could be. He also told the media that […]
Read More →Thaci discusses visas with Hahn through a telephone conversation (RTK)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, had today a telephone conversation with the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. “I had a very good phone conversation with Johannes Hahn, EU on important matters in EU – Kosovo relations, including next steps in the EU decision making process on visa liberalisation […]
Read More →Haradinaj and Pacolli at Economic Summit in London (RTK)
The Economic Summit between the European Union and six Western Balkans countries will be held today and tomorrow in London. Kosovo is being represented by the Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behgjet Pacolli. PM Haradinaj is expected to meet the British Secretary of Defense, Gavin Williamson, to […]
Read More →“Even if we recognized Kosovo in 2008 we wouldn’t be in EU” (TV Prva, B92)
Journalist Ljiljana Smajlovic on Monday spoke for Belgrade based Television Prva (TV Prva) about the Belgrade-Pristina talks, the country’s EU future, and “Trump’s people”… “There is a theory that there had been talks about an exchange of territory, but that the Americans told the Serbs this cannot happen, all related to the Crimea issue,” Smajlovic said […]
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From Google News- ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership - ALDE Party 23/04/2024ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership ALDE Party
- Top EU diplomats put Serbia against the wall with Kosovo - Euronews 23/04/2024Top EU diplomats put Serbia against the wall with Kosovo Euronews
- European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo - European Western Balkans 23/04/2024European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo European Western Balkans
- ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership - ALDE Party 23/04/2024
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