Belgrade Media Report 06 August 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 6 August 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Remembrance Day for killed, exiled Serbs in Operation Storm (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
• President addresses Serbs in Kosovo in open letter (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: There is no better time for resolving the Kosovo issue (TV Pink/Tanjug)
• Drecun: To use change of US stand towards Kosovo (RTS)
• DSS breaks off coalitions with SNS (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic: We need Croatia to strongly stand by Croats of B&H (TV1)
• Dodik convinced that Serb people will find strength to unite into single state during this century (RTRS/TV1)
• Ceremony honoring Serb victims of Oluja held in Banja Luka (N1)
• Izetbegovic: Issue of Kosovo and status of RS are being linked in vain (N1)
• Ivanic: I do not support Dodik’s thesis about connecting statuses of Kosovo and RS (BNTV)
• Ivanic says it is necessary to improve security at B&H borders to prevent further arrival of migrants (TV1)
Croatia
• Generals Gotovina and Markac receive state decorations (Hina)
• Croatia’s ministers react to Vucic’s statement (Hina)
• Pupovac: We expect a culture of peace (Hina)
fYROM
• Zaev: Macedonia needs wise politicians to ensure better future for the country (MIA)
• EC urges all political stakeholders to contribute to implementing Skopje-Athens name deal (MIA)
Albania
• Vasili against Thaci on Kosovo border issue (ADN)
• Berisha against Thaci: Do not use Presheva for trade (ADN)
• Presheva Issue, Thaci strong replies with Berisha (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Putin’s Waning Clout in European Backyard Exposed by Greek Spat (Bloomberg)
• Problems mount for migrants on new Balkan route into EU (The Irish Times)
Prayer for Kosovo, Bishop Teodosije in Mitrovica North today (Radio kontkat plus)
Read More →Prayer for Kosovo, Bishop Teodosije in Mitrovica North today (Radio kontkat plus)
After the evening liturgy, Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije would serve today in Saint Demetrious Church in Mitrovica North “Prayer for Kosovo and Metohija,” Radio kontakt plus reported. The same prayer would be held until Friday in other temples and churches across Kosovo. Bishop Tedosije called upon priesthood, monks and believers that in the difficult days […]
Read More →Agim Bahtiri requests Gjergj Dedaj’s dismissal (media)
Mayor of Mitrovica South and deputy leader of the Alliance for New Kosovo (AKR) Agim Bahtiri, has requested from the government of Kosovo respectively Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, to urgently dismiss Gjergj Dedaj from all the positions in Kosovo institutions. “With his announcements and continuous actions during the last months, Gjergj Dedaj has induced clashes […]
Read More →Association/Community draft statute to be submitted to Brussels only (Kallxo)
Kallxo news website reports that the draft statute of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will not be submitted to the government of Kosovo but only to EU authorities in Brussels. The government is expected to receive only the report of the work of the Management Team tasked with preparing the draft statute. A source said […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: In future Kosovo to be discussed at SC three times a year?
There is still a “clash” in the Security Council regarding London’s decision to remove Kosovo from the agenda in August, while Russia and China refuse to move discussion on Kosovo behind the closed doors, Belgrade-based daily Vecerenje Novosti reported. Therefore, discussion on the situation in Kosovo three times a year, open to public, according to […]
Read More →There’s no better time to solve Kosovo problem – PM Dacic (Tanjug, B92)
The situation is currently such that we have a good opportunity to solve the issue of Kosovo and Metohija with a compromise, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Dacic also pointed out that he “does not know whether and when there will be a better opportunity.” The position of Russia has changed by it becoming a […]
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