Belgrade Media Report 27 July 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 27 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia cannot give more than its interests are (Tanjug)
• Vucic: I will address the nation in mid-September regarding Kosovo (RTS)
• Improvement of overall bilateral cooperation with US (Beta)
• Dacic: US ready to hear creative solutions for Kosovo (VOA/Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Patriarch Irinej: I remain with the statement on the position of Serbs in Montenegro; only and most optimal solution is for Kosovo to remain Serbian land (Prva TV/B92/Tanjug)
• Scott: Our relationship with Serbia can be like 100 years ago (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H before the doors of unseen crisis (Glas Srpske)
• B&H HoR discusses amendments to Law on Flag of B&H (TV1)
• Wigemark: Amend Law on Criminal Procedure as soon as possible (Dnevni avaz)
• US Senator Wicker: B&H can be better with better leaders (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Vucic: All Serbs know that Kosovo is lost (Globus)
• Croatia to pay 4.2 million euro for NATO membership this year (Hina)
fYROM
• Zaev: Without implementation of Prespa Agreement Macedonia cannot join EU, NATO (MIA)
• Spasovski: Small group of criminals stands behind anti-EU, NATO propaganda in Macedonia (MIA)
• Macedonia opens Chapter 23 of EU acquis this September (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Beware Chinese Trojan horses in the Balkans, EU warns (politico.eu)
Read More →KoSSev: Visit of European diplomats to Special Protection Zone, RTK against Sava Janjic (KoSSev)
Read More →KoSSev: Visit of European diplomats to Special Protection Zone, RTK against Sava Janjic (KoSSev)
“I am sad to see the slanderous attacks on Father Sava,” USA Ambassador in Pristina, Greg Delawie wrote on his Twitter profile, KoSSev portal reported. This message came after headlines appeared in the Kosovo media linking Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic with Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan in Pristina, with video recording showing Arkan, but […]
Read More →Jeremic: Vucic dares to have duel with TV camera only, Djuric reacts (Danas, B92)
Read More →Jeremic: Vucic dares to have duel with TV camera only, Djuric reacts (Danas, B92)
Leader of Peoples’ Party Vuk Jeremic told Danas daily that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic “is a pathological coward,” since he lacks strength to face Jeremic either in TV duel or the courtroom, while he is publicly commenting his statements almost on a daily basis. “I invite him to exchange our arguments and discuss about everything. […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: Quasi patriots from SNF should not lecture us (Tanjug, Novosti)
Srpska Lista voiced criticism yesterday over Serb National Forum stances claiming Srpska Lista has no right to present its own stances as stances of the Serb population, since it did not get support to betray Kosovo, Vecernje Novosti daily reported. In a press statement sent to the media, Srpska Lista said that “self-proclaimed intellectuals from […]
Read More →Lekaj: Orthodox Monastery not affected by Decan-Plave road construction (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister of Infrastructure, Pal Lekaj, visited works for construction of the Decan-Plave road along with ambassadors of EU countries, members of the Council for Protection of Cultural Heritage, the head of the EU Office Nataliya Apostolova and KFOR Commander Salvatore Cuoci. Lekaj underlined at the site that the construction works are not going to […]
Read More →SNF: Srpska Lista does not act on behalf of Serb people (FoNet, Danas)
Serb National Forum (SNF) said yesterday it disagrees with the statement of Srpska Lista (SL) that “majority stance” of the Serb population in Kosovo and Metohija is to support any solution Belgrade proposes for the Kosovo issue, Danas daily reported. Srpska Lista has the right to act on behalf of itself, but not on behalf […]
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