Security situation in Kosovo complex (TV N1, BETA)
Serbian Army Chief-of-Staff, Major General Ljubisa Dikovic and KFOR Commander, Major General Salvatore Cuici during the meeting on Thursday, assessed the security situation in Kosovo as complex, BETA news agency reported. General Dikovic said the Army of Serbia recognized the international forces in Kosovo as an essential factor for stability, the guarantor of the Serb […]
Read More →Serbian National Forum: Support to the Serbian Orthodox Church, ’no’ to partition (KoSSev)
Read More →Serbian National Forum: Support to the Serbian Orthodox Church, ’no’ to partition (KoSSev)
The Serbian National Forum held a round-table “Delimitation, small Serbia – great Albania” in Gracanica yesterday, KoSSev portal reported. Members of the Serbian National Forum, civil society organizations’ representatives and politicians, including former Kosovo Assembly deputies Rada Trajkovic and Nenad Rasic were present. During the roundtable the following conclusions were reached: We decisively reject any […]
Read More →Association of Prosecutors: Blakaj has not reported any threat (Epoka)
The Association of the Prosecutors of Kosovo informed that former prosecutor Elez Blakaj has not expressed any concern or threat related to his work. According to this Association, public statements of the resigning prosecutor are coverage of his own personal interests. “So far, no prosecutor of Kosovo’s prosecution system, including former prosecutor Blakaj, has expressed […]
Read More →Kosovo Likely to Overshadow Serbian Church Synod (Balkan Insight)
Ahead of an announced referendum on Kosovo, the former province is likely to be high on the agenda of the upcoming Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church – a staunch opponent of Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo is likely to be a hot issue at the upcoming Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which has taken a […]
Read More →“Let Pristina propose any topic they want…” (Tanjug, B92)
President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic said Pristina could submit any topic they wished and “we will eventually see their outcome”. He said that in regard to announcements that the Kosovo president Hashim Thaci would submit the topic of Presevo Valley to the upcoming dialogue in Brussels. “As far as proposing topics go, I am always […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 23 August 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 23 August 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: There is no border between Serbia and Kosovo (Prva TV)
• Next Vucic-Thaci meeting of key importance (Prva TV)
• Foggo: I’d be glad to hear plans of Vucic and Thaci (Blic)
• Ivanic: Dodik taking advantage of Bosnian Serbs’ problem (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• US Embassy in B&H reacts to Dodik’s statement about agreement signed between B&H CoM and USAID (ATV)
• Dodik: US Ambassador to B&H is interfering with internal matters of B&H (RTRS)
Croatia
• Croatia extradites war crimes suspect to Bosnia (Hina)
fYROM
• US commends name agreement, hopes for successful referendum in Macedonia (MIA)
• Zaev-Merkel: Upcoming referendum reflects citizens’ vision for Macedonia’s future (MIA)
• EU’s Hahn: Forthcoming referendum – a choice between EU future and isolation (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Land Swap No Magic Wand for Serbia’s Albanians (BIRN)
• A Balkan border change the West should welcome (Politico)
UNMIK Headlines 24 August
• Thaci: No division or exchange of territories, but correction of border (Epoka)
• PM Haradinaj against President Thaci’s idea on border adjustment (media)
• Serbia wants to take away from Kosovo the “Roof of the Balkans” (Koha)
• A “hot” September for Kosovo and Serbia (Zeri)
• Haradinaj: Vetting is not problematic in Kosovo (RT21)
• Haliti: War veterans’ issue cannot be resolved by the judiciary (Epoka)
• Documents confirm interference of politics in the work of prosecution (Koha)
• Opposition requests PM Haradinaj’s resignation (Epoka)
• LDK against interference in the work of the prosecution (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Kurti is a liar and a trickster (media)
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