Belgrade Media Report 19 September
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: What Izetbegovic have to do with Kosovo? (B92, Tanjug)
• Dacic: Belgrade won’t recognize Kosovo first, and then talk (Beta)
• Dacic: Demarcation is just an idea (FoNet)
• Hahn: Vucic, Thaci aware of exchange of territories limitations (Beta)
• Serbia can count on Cape Verde (Tanjug)
• Lazanski: Serbia is arming for peace and not for war (RTS)
• Dacic: Brothers and sisters in Croatia, let’s focus on future (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• US ambassador Cormack says no Kosovo-RS parallels (FoNet)
• NDP’s Krsmanovic: Vucic should not be visiting RS before elections (Oslobodjenje)
• Izetbegovic criticizes Vucic for failing to react to Dodik’s undermining of territorial integrity of B&H (RTRS)
• Dodik: SNSD member will be RS PM (RTRS)
• SDS’ Govedarica says he is going to look up to Radovan Karadzic (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik to HR Inzko: Srebrenica is and always will be part of RS, no one can interfere (ATV)
Croatia
• Croatian PM says Serbia’s road to EU is via Zagreb (N1)
• “Croatia not obstacle on Serbia’s EU road – it’s 2 others” (Jutarnji list)
fYROM
• Constitutional Court dismisses initiative disputing referendum decision (MIA)
• President Bush backs Macedonia in NATO, urges participation in historic referendum (MIA)
• Sir Duncan conveys British support for upcoming referendum, reforms in Macedonia (MIA)
• German FM Maas urges citizens of Macedonia to seize the historic opportunity (MIA)
• Speaker Xhaferi meets EP Vice President Papadimoulis (MIA)
• PM Zaev to meet US Vice President Pence on Thursday (MIA)
Albania
• Meta urges Albanians in Macedonia to vote “for” at referendum (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Tensions mount over Kosovo-Serbia deal (EU Observer)
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Memli Krasniqi, caucus of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) said Vetevendosje Movement should not be taken seriously neither by the government nor opposition. Asked about the protest that this political party is organizing, Krasnqi said “ Vetevendosje has not protested for quite some time. Even when there is no reason, they would have come […]
Read More →Veseli: Opposition should protest about Vucic’s not Thaci’s statements (RTK)
The President of the Assembly of Kosovo Kadri Veseli spoke again during a press conference about the statements of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during his visit to Kosovo. He said that Vucic would be allowed to visit Kosovo again if he decides to come as a president of a friendly country, but he will […]
Read More →Protest in Novo Brdo over frequent thefts (KIM Radio)
More than 100 inhabitants of Novo Brdo, from Serbian, Albanian and Roma communities protested today in front of the police station in Bostane village due to frequent thefts in this area, KIM Radio reported. There were six stealing cases of larger cattle this year and no one was held responsible. Police failed to find and […]
Read More →US Ambassador to BiH: Support to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, there are no parallels (Kontakt plus radio, RFE)
Read More →US Ambassador to BiH: Support to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, there are no parallels (Kontakt plus radio, RFE)
The US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina told Radio Free Europe that the US supports the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and that there are no parallels between Kosovo, Serbia and Republika Srpska (RS). “What we support when it comes to Kosovo is definitely a dialogue that is being conducted, which we believe should be conducted until a […]
Read More →KCSS: Belgrade orchestrating resignations of Serb members of KSF (RTK)
Kosovo Centre for Security Studies presented a study into resignations from the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) by Serb members which found that the resignation of over 60 Serb members was part of a well-thought military and psychological operation, orchestrated by members of military intelligence in Serbia. KCSS considers that the government of Kosovo, in cooperation […]
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