Belgrade Media Report 29 August 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 29 August 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Wadephul: Redrawing of borders not good (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Attitude towards missing must be sincere (Tanjug)
• Support of OSCE Mission to process of Constitution amendment (Beta)
• KFOR Commander: We operate under UNSCR 1244 (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Mektic: Ruling authority is preparing incidents in RS ahead of elections (TV1)
• SNSD: Prosecutor’s Office should check Mektic’s claims about incidents ahead of elections (TV1)
• Ivanic: OSA B&H could not have prevented Prilepin from entering B&H (ATV)
• Austria to deploy additional 150 soldiers in B&H as part of EUFOR (Dnevni list)
Croatia
• Prime Minister meets with German Chancellor Merkel (Hina/N1/HRT)
Montenegro
• Markovic: Dacic’s statement is rude and not worthy of any comments (RTCG)
fYROM
• Dimitrov meets NATO Deputy Secretary General, affirms Macedonia’s determination to join the Alliance (MIA)
• US Congressmen meet Sekerinska, congratulate Macedonia on NATO membership invitation (MIA)
Albania
• Meta interview regarding Belgrade – Pristina dialogue: Dialogue aims at accepting reality, not altering it! (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo and Serbia: A dangerous but not unprecedented Balkan land swap (London School of Economics)
Read More →Thaci: I am in coordination with Kosovo’s strategic allies (RTK)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci commented the statements for and against the dialogue with Serbia, which are part of the public debate in Kosovo. He said that while in one hand we have all the allies of Kosovo’s freedom and independence supporting strongly reach of the peaceful agreement with Serbia, unfortunately, Kosovo has an […]
Read More →Haradinaj honors Ambassador Delawie with Golden Map of Kosovo (media)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, has awarded the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Greg Delawie for his work during his mandate which ends this year. Delawie was honored with the Golden Map of Kosovo, for which Haradinaj said that it is a symbol of valuing Delawie’s great work in support of Kosovo’s state agenda. […]
Read More →Pahor: Balkans should resolve problems prior to EU membership (Die Presse, media)
Read More →Pahor: Balkans should resolve problems prior to EU membership (Die Presse, media)
Boris Pahor, President of Slovenia, believes the future members of the EU should resolve mutual disputes prior to EU membership. He told Viennese Die Presse that the optimism expressed at the European Alpbach Forum with regards to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is required. “Problems exist and they require a comprehensive and patient approach,” Pahor said. “I […]
Read More →10,000 still missing in former Yugoslavia (N1, Beta)
More than 10,000 people are still listed as missing in the wars in the former Yugoslavia, an organization of the families of missing persons said on Tuesday. A total of 10,281 people are still listed as missing and their fate is unknown, including a little more than 3,600 Serbs, the Coordination of Serb Associations of […]
Read More →Sutanovac: Mandatory military service to divert focus from Kosovo (TV N1)
Former Serbian Minister of Defense, Dragan Sutanovac told N1 on Wednesday that the reintroduction of mandatory military service is just a media initiative aimed at diverting public attention from Kosovo as the most crucial topic. Sutanovac added he doubts it would be realized, saying the current Defense Ministry is “lost and incapable of finishing the […]
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