Dacic: Serbia guarantees religious freedom, Serbs in Kosovo targets of chauvinism (Danas)
Serbia as a secular state recognizes seven traditional religious communities, while 28 religious communities are active there and is fully committed to providing enjoyment of this human right in all spheres of life, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said at the Washington Ministerial Conference on Religious Freedom. Dacic also noted that members of all churches […]
Read More →Serbia proposes territorial swap with Kosovo (Al Jazeera)
Serbia has raised the prospect of a new deal with neighbouring Kosovo, which seceded from Serbia 10 years ago, that could see the two countries draw up new zones and swap chunks of territory. https://bit.ly/2LR2qO9
Read More →‘Kosovo’s Mandela’ dies at 82 (Reuters)
Adem Demaci, a former long-term political prisoner known to ethnic Albanians as the “Mandela of Kosovo” for his resistance to Serb rule, died on Thursday at the age of 82, officials said. https://reut.rs/2K14ami
Read More →Dacic: USA ready to support compromise for Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)
USA administration is ready to offer support to Serbia in finding a compromise solution for Kosovo issue, and that is very positive for Serbia at this moment, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told Tanjug news agency. Dacic also expressed impression that the current situation in relation between the two states is different comparing to the […]
Read More →Pacolli: Kosovo, example of religious tolerance (RTK)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, said in his remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious, Freedom hosted by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, that Kosovo is an example of religious tolerance and that it will continue to promote this asset throughout the world. “Interreligious harmony is a principle which we have nurtured through […]
Read More →President to address nation on Kosovo issue in September (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he will address the nation in mid-September regarding the solution for the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. Vucic said he would until then “continue the fight not to lose everything, but to try to get something” – which he said seemed to him like “we have a good […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 26 July 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 26 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic thanks Israel for not recognizing Kosovo (Beta/RTS)
• Readiness of Serbia, United States for strengthening bilateral relations (Tanjug/RTS)
• Simic: We talked openly about the position of our people in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Jevtic: We don’t expect the 4 August deadline to be met (TV Pink)
• Ljajic: Serbia is no drastically hit by Pristina’s measures, but this is a matter of principle (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: NATO will probably try to dispute my victory in elections (Nezavisne)
• Cvijanovic meets Trump’s closest associates (ATV)
• Izetbegovic condemns lack of reaction to Dodik’s insults against Srebrenica victims (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Covic meets Grabar-Kitarovic in Zagreb (HRT1)
• Israel: Croatia has moral obligation to deal with past (Hina)
Montenegro
• Vukovic: Serbia will lose in every area if it lets the Church frame the policy (Dnevne novine)
fYROM
• Zaev: Decision for calling referendum by late July, even without opposition VMRO-DPMNE (MIA)
• Macedonia launches NATO pre-accession talks (MIA)
• Parliament elects SEC members, endorses amendments to Electoral Code, laws on government and financing of political parties (MIA)
• Four Western Balkan countries urge Kosovo to fully revoke tariffs on produces (MIA)
Albania
• US State Department report, Mediu: Albania not a safe place (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Ankara’s Rising Balkan Influence Rattles Allies (VOA)
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