Belgrade Media Report 16 July 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 16 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• For China, Kosovo is Serbia, and so it shall remain (Tanjug/Kurir/B92)
• Mondoloni: Macron didn’t say Serbia should be punished (Politika)
• Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja authorize Pristina to represent them in Brussels (Beta)
• Lo Cascio: Intensified Belgrade-Pristina dialogue good news (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik warns Vucic of threatening statements by Oric (RTRS)
• Oric states he has never called for new war (N1)
• RS gives negative opinion to declaration on war crimes signed in London (TV1)
• USC Assembly holds another urgent session dedicated to issue of migrants (TV1/Nezavisne)
• Bissell says NATO HQ will continue to provide support to B&H in process of registration of prospective military property (Avaz)
Montenegro
• Lutovac: Personal ties affect relations between Serbia and Montenegro (Dan)
• DF is planning new protests (Pobjeda)
• Hahn: Croatia must not block Montenegro’s accession talks (Dan)
fYROM
• EC to launch technical part of screening process for Macedonia next week (MIA)
• Macedonia celebrates NATO membership invitation ahead of ‘historic’ year (MIA)
• Greece parliament to pass name deal ‘without problems’, says Kotzias (MIA/Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Turkey’s accession talks ‘should end,’ Kurz tells Kathimerini (ekathimerini)
Read More →Vetevendosje requests investigation on €53 million allocated for motorway (Lajmi.net)
Read More →Vetevendosje requests investigation on €53 million allocated for motorway (Lajmi.net)
Vetevendosje Movement requested today from justice bodies to initiate investigation with regards to the decision of the government of Kosovo to allocate additional €53 million to “Bechtel&Enka” company, for building the Pristina – Hani i Elezit motorway. Kosovo Assembly MP from this political party, Liburn Aliu, said during a press conference that if the contract […]
Read More →“For China, Kosovo is Serbia, and so it shall remain” (Tanjug, B92)
Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang has said that as far as Beijing is concerned, Kosovo is Serbia – and that it shall remain that way. Ambassador Li noted that the presidents of Serbia and China, Aleksandar Vucic and Xi Jinping, will have a meeting in China during a gathering known as the Summer Davos. […]
Read More →How the Balkans Summit Failed on Truth and Justice (Balkan Insight)
By: Marlies Stappers, Thomas Unger (Impunity Watch) The recent EU-Western Balkans summit in London failed to back the establishment of a regional truth-seeking committee – another missed opportunity for Europe to help tackle widespread impunity for past crimes. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/how-the-balkans-summit-failed-on-truth-and-justice-07-13-2018
Read More →Veseli hopeful of positive visa liberalisation recommendation (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, said he was hopeful that the European Commission will come out with a positive recommendation on visa liberalisation for Kosovo. “Citizens of Kosovo and its institutions expect a positive recommendation for the fact that there has been progress and technical criteria have been implemented. We have signals that the recommendation […]
Read More →Tadic, Djuric polemics on TV duel about Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)
Former President of Serbia and leader of the Social-Democratic Party (SDS), Boris Tadic sent an invitation to the current President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, inviting him to a TV duel on Kosovo, Serbian media reported. SDS said in a press statement, Tadic invites Vucic to a TV duel, not as representative of the opposition, but […]
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