EU interior ministers discuss asylum centers in Western Balkans: report (Xinhua)
VIENNA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — A conference for the interior ministers of the European Union (EU) as well as Southern European states was held in Vienna on Thursday, with asylum centers in the Western Balkans a key topic on Thursday’s agenda. See at: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/14/c_137466071.htm
Read More →An Offensive Plan for the Balkans That the U.S. Should Get Behind (The New York Times)
A Kosovo-Serbia land swap would be peaceful ethnic cleansing. But at least it would bring peace. The Balkans remains in strategic limbo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia 10 years ago, but Serbia has yet to come to terms with its loss — refusing to recognize Kosovo and stirring trouble between the country’s ethnic Serbs and […]
Read More →An Offensive Plan for the Balkans That the U.S. Should Get Behind (The New York Times)
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 14 September 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Friday 14 September 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Guarantees for Serbia’s EU membership in 2025 must accompany agreement with Pristina (RTS, Reuters, Tanjug)
• Hahn: Correction of borders as possible “final part of the puzzle” (Tanjug)
• We resume dialogue, but agreement unlikely to be reached (Beta, Tanjug)
• Vucic: I clearly distanced myself from Milosevic’s politics (VIP)
• Drecun: Pristina government’s decision on the army destabilizes talks (RTS)
• Vulin: Formation of Kosovo army is attack on Vucic’s peace efforts (Tanjug)
• NATO, US reacts to “KSF transformation” draft law (Beta)
• Serbian President denies interfering with election in RS (Beta, Srna, N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Lavrov’s visit to B&H postponed (TV1)
• RS President Dodik meets with Russian Ambassador to B&H Ivantsov (TV1)
• Dodik: B&H does not mean anything to Serbs (Jutarnji list)
• Covic: There will be no B&H without unity among Croats and with Bosniaks, our brothers (Vecernji list)
• Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Kingdom of Netherlands pay official visit to B&H (FTV)
• Izetbegovic and Ivanic meet Benelux foreign ministers (Oslobodjenje)
• Maas, Juncker say EU must strengthen its presence in Western Balkans (Nezavisne)
• Slovenian President’s Office: Pahor’s statement misinterpreted by media (Nezavisne)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: New media-political offensive from Serbia (TVCG)
fYROM
• Wess Mitchel: Macedonia ahead of historic opportunity, opposition to encourage citizens to vote (MIA)
• Name agreement unacceptable for opposition VMRO-DPMNE (MIA)
• Mitchell: Prespa Agreement an opportunity to welcome you as 30th NATO member (MIA)
• Mogherini: EU is open for you; keys to country’s future in citizens hands (MIA)
• EU, NATO membership mustn’t be an alibi for ‘bad’ agreement, President Ivanov tells EU’s Mogherini (MIA)
• Hahn: If the opportunity is missed, the door will be closed for decades, if not for ever (MIA)
• US Defense Secretary Mattis to visit Macedonia on Monday (MIA)
• FM Dimitrov: Visit of US Defense Secretary to Macedonia demonstrates Washington’s interest in Balkan stability (MIA)
• Bushati: Macedonia-Greece agreement significant for entire region (MIA)
Albania
• Rama: Visa liberalization for Kosovo, late decision but to be appreciated (ADN)
• EP Decision for visa liberalization, Meta congratulates Kosovo (ADN)
• Visa liberalization, Kryemadhi: Extraordinary news (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Land swap is not a solution – Try harder (EWB , by Adriatik Kelmendi)
• An offensive plan for the Balkans that the U.S. should get behind (The New York Times)
Hahn: Correction of the boundaries as a possible “final part of the puzzle” (RTS, MIA)
Read More →Hahn: Correction of the boundaries as a possible “final part of the puzzle” (RTS, MIA)
EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says that within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, “territorial exchange” or “border correction” is not excluded as “the final part of the puzzle”, reports Radio television of Serbia, quoting the FYROM’s news agency MIA. In an interview with correspondent of MIA agency in Brussels, Johannes Hahn emphasized […]
Read More →Veseli calls for unity of political specter (RTK)
Kosovo’s Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli, said on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy that democracy represents the best model of governing in the human political history, as it manages to ensure a governing which does not violate the highest value of an individual and societies – freedom. “We believe in this idea therefore […]
Read More →NATO, US reacts to “KSF transformation” draft law (B92, Beta, Radio Free Europe)
NATO has assessed that the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is a question for the Kosovo authorities. A NATO official told Radio Free Europe on Thursday that “any change in the structure, mandate, and mission of the KSF will require constitutional amendments” and that it “supports the development of the force “under its […]
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