Belgrade Media Report 08 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Partition is Dacic’s stance, government yet to decide (Tanjug/B92/Beta)
• Vucic to Montenegrin officials: Thank you for taking such good care of Serbia (Beta)
• Serbia, B&H to strengthen economic and political cooperation (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Dacic: Those who live in enclaves don’t think it’s part of Serbia (Prva TV/Tanjug/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Mektic says there are many misinformation, speculations re migrant crisis in B&H, there is lack of cooperation at regional level (TV1)
• First session of Coordination Body for Monitoring Movement of Illegal Migrants in RS held in Banja Luka (BHT1)
• Bihac Mayor Fazlic expresses support to announced protest over migrant crisis (Nezavisne)
Croatia
• Croatian Foreign Ministry reacts to Serbian President’s comparison with Nazism (Hina)
• Dozens of migrants caught crossing from Bosnia to Croatia to Slovenia (Hina)
Montenegro
• Attacks on Montenegro serve as a way of blurring the recognition of Kosovo (CDM)
fYROM
• Opposition VMRO-DPMNE’s stance on referendum to be revealed by 10 September, leader Mickoski says (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbs and Croats still segregated in Vukovar’s schools (Deutsche Welle)
Read More →Vucic meets with member of Bosnia presidency (B92, Tanjug)
President Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Member Mladen Ivanic. According to a press release from Vucic’s office, during the conversation, he “stressed the need to strengthen political relations and economic cooperation.” Vucic added that this was in the spirit of good neighborly relations and in the interest of both […]
Read More →Opposition alliance to be formally established in September (BETA, B92)
Opposition People’s Party (NS) leader Vuk Jeremic says the Alliance for Serbia will be formally established in September. Jeremic told Beta that opposition leaders will this month present a 30-point program of the Alliance for Serbia “in direct communication with citizens across the country” – and that they are “open to suggestions and willing to […]
Read More →Kosovo’s President, Belgrade Willing To Consider Border Changes (RFE)
Senior government officials in Kosovo and Serbia have indicated a willingness to consider border changes as part of a peace process aimed at ending a dispute over Kosovo’s independence that has hampered both country’s accession to the European Union. https://bit.ly/2KB3eWa
Read More →Haradinaj: Opening the borders issue, unacceptable (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said during a visit to Vlora, Albania, that he considers the issue of ‘border adjustment’ to be unacceptable. “Borders cannot be moved with words,” Haradinaj said. “Today’s reality is a result of wars and the opening of the borders issue is unacceptable to me.”
Read More →Women NGOs accuse institutions of failing to protect women and children (media)
Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) has expressed outrage at the recent murder of a mother and daughter by the husband/father in the village of Brekoc, Gjakova/Djakovica municipality. In a statement, women NGOs said they were deeply concerned at the lack of interest on the part of relevant institutions regarding the lives of women and girls in […]
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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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