Belgrade Media Report 04 September 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 4 September 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Dayton 2 for Kosovo (Srpski Telegraf/Tanjug)
• Mogherini: Chance of reaching agreement within months is realistic (Beta)
• Community of Serb Municipalities could be part of the final agreement (Tanjug)
• Joint letter of Serbian Orthodox congregations and organizations in the US to senators, members of Congress and administration officials (NSPM/KosSev)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Pacolli not to attend informal meeting in Banja Luka; Dodik: Pacolli is not welcome in Banja Luka (BHT1)
• OHR: Entities do not have right to secession and exist on ground of Constitution of B&H (N1)
• B&H HoR to discuss request for Mektic’s removal on Tuesday (RTRS)
• B&H HoP’s CLAC defines proposal of amendments to Law on Criminal Procedure of B&H (FTV)
• Retrial in case of Oric and Muhic starts before Appellate Division of Court of B&H; B&H Prosecutor Janjic receives death threats (BNTV)
• ‘Quick Response 2018’ begins in Butmir (N1)
Croatia
• Croatian Navy vessel joins NATO operation in Mediterranean (Hina)
fYROM
• Zaev-Page: All political stakeholders to put Macedonia’s interests as priority at upcoming referendum (MIA)
• Dimitrov: Upcoming referendum will be successful (MIA)
• Xhaferi meets Head of OSCE/ODIHR referendum observation mission Petersen (MIA)
• Mogherini: Opportunities for opening EU accession talks to be seized now (MIA)
• Dimitrov-Scherbak: EU-, NATO-oriented Macedonia wants strong relations with Russia (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hahn: We should leave Serbia and Kosovo to discuss the issue of territory (European Western Balkans/RFE)
• Western Balkans: Dateless accession perspective (EURACTIV)
• Kosovo-Serbia land swap could send whole region into turmoil (RT)
US Serbs Urge Congress to Reject Kosovo Partition (Balkan Insight)
Serbian-American right-wing diaspora organisations and clergymen wrote a letter to the US Congress and administration opposing any exchange of territories between Serbia and Kosovo. Leaders of Serbian Orthodox congregations and Serbian-American organisations have appealed to Congress members and the US administration to protect the rights of Kosovo Serbs and expressed “strong opposition to the proposed […]
Read More →Pacolli: Negotiating team will have no power to talk about territory (Kallxo)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister and leader of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), Behgjet Pacolli, reconfirmed his party’s support for the appointment of a negotiating team for dialogue with Serbia but underscored that it will not have any competencies to negotiate the territory of Kosovo. He also said the Assembly will approve the composition of the team […]
Read More →Kosovo minister pulls out of Bosnia meeting, citing Serb ‘threats’ (Reuters)
PRISTINA/SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli has pulled out of a ministerial meeting in Bosnia after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said he was not welcome in the country’s autonomous Serb region. Kosovo is one of the countries in the South-East European Cooperation Process, whose ministers are to meet on Wednesday in Banja […]
Read More →Kosovo FM cancels the trip to Bosnia (N1)
Kosovo Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, cancelled his trip to Banja Luka, after “threats and obstacles” he encountered following the invitation to attend a meeting of the regional foreign ministers in that Bosnian city, the minister said on Tuesday. Pacolli was invited to attend the informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process […]
Read More →Chepurin about Putin’s arrival to Belgrade (Serbian media)
The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia is expected in October or November, said Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin. He said that a large number of businessmen from Russia will come before the visit of Putin to Belgrade. Chepurin reminded that Serbia and Russia have good cooperation, but also great unused opportunities […]
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From Google News- A Father's Promise broadcasting in Kosovo - English - Prensario Internacional 10/05/2024A Father's Promise broadcasting in Kosovo - English Prensario Internacional
- Femicide in Kosovo: Why do women keep being killed? - DW (English) 10/05/2024Femicide in Kosovo: Why do women keep being killed? DW (English)
- German Ambassador: Kosovo Must Set Up Serb Body to Join Council of Europe - Balkan Insight 10/05/2024German Ambassador: Kosovo Must Set Up Serb Body to Join Council of Europe Balkan Insight
- A Father's Promise broadcasting in Kosovo - English - Prensario Internacional 10/05/2024
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