Belgrade Media Report 28 August 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 28 August 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Serbia ready to normalize relations with Pristina (Beta)
• Vucic: Kosovo deal is crucial (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic: Historical success achieved (RTS)
• Dacic: Acceleration of Brussels dialogue (Tanjug/RTV)
• EC: Belgrade and Pristina are responsible for the content of the agreement (Tanjug)
• Merkel and Trump discussed Western Balkans (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H officials condemn attack on journalist (RTRS)
• US Embassy to B&H, OSCE, OHR, EUD condemn attack on journalist (TV1)
• RS President Dodik demands info from B&H Presidency on decision to ban Russian writer Prilepin to enter B&H (ATV)
• B&H FM Crnadak sends memo to B&H Executive Intelligence Committee asking for information about ban on Prilepin’s entry into B&H (TV1)
• Meeting of Prime Ministers of Western Balkan states held in Durres (FTV)
• Kurtz warns of influence over Western Balkans (Srna)
Montenegro
• Markovic: We must do everything to keep the young people on Western Balkans (CDM)
fYROM
• US congressmen commend Macedonia’s reform progress (MIA)
• Hahn: Citizens of Macedonia should choose between EU membership and isolation (MIA)
• Referendum campaign: Number of parties, amount of funds to be known Wednesday (MIA)
• OSCE/ODIHR to deploy 270 observes to monitor name referendum (MIA)
Albania
• Albania-Kosovo joint governments meeting in Peja (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Merkel: We support dialogue, but territorial integrity is important (European Western Balkans)
• Serbia-Kosovo possible border changes explained: What’s at stake? (euronews)
Vucic: “Kosovo deal is crucial” (B92)
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic said in a meeting with delegation of German Bundestag that Serb-Albanian agreement was of crucial importance for both sides. Vucic talked with the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the German parliament, Johann Wadephul and the group’s foreign affairs adviser Hans-Joachim Falenski about bilateral relationship, Serbia’s road to EU and […]
Read More →Kosovo courts do not recognize decisions of Serbian courts, citizens affected (Radio konakt plus)
Read More →Kosovo courts do not recognize decisions of Serbian courts, citizens affected (Radio konakt plus)
Kosovo courts do not recognize decisions of the Serbian courts; thus citizens are the most affected, Basic Court in Mitrovica judge Ljiljana Stevanovic told Radio kontakt plus. She added lack of translators and backlog of court cases, some of which became outdated or are about to become are the main issues affecting the integrated judiciary […]
Read More →Ministry: 55% of Serbian citizens support EU membership (BETA, TV N1)
If a referendum was held now, 55 percent of Serbian nationals would say yes to the country’s European Union membership, a Ministry for European Integration’s survey published on Tuesday said, the Beta news agency reported. The survey following the Euro-barometer standards covered 1,050 respondents older than 18 years of age, showed that all positive perceptions […]
Read More →Thaci: Yes to Presevo joining Kosovo, mutual recognition and UN seat, no to partition and exchange of territories (media)
Read More →Thaci: Yes to Presevo joining Kosovo, mutual recognition and UN seat, no to partition and exchange of territories (media)
Several news websites report that Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, took to Facebook today to comment on his idea for border correction with Serbia. “Yes to Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja joining Kosovo. Yes to mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia, and Kosovo’s membership of the United Nations and international organizations. No to partition and the exchange […]
Read More →Rashiq Qalaj, new general director of Kosovo Police (Indeksonline)
The news website learns that Rashit Qalaj has been appointed as the new General Director of Kosovo Police. Before taking the new post, Qalaj was head of the Police Department of Operations.
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