Man sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for attempted murder of wife (KIM Radio)
M.T. who tried to kill his wife Katarina, in May this year, in the village of Gornja Gusterica is sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, KIM Radio reports today. The victim Katarina Mitic in a statement given to RTV KIM said she is not content with the verdict and announced a complaint. […]
Read More →Veseli: “We have one enemy – these are Serbia and its president” (Beta, Vecernje Novosti, NMagazin)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reports that Kadri Veseli, at the beginning of his speech at the Kosovo Assembly’s extraordinary session on the dialogue with Serbia, said that Kosovo has one enemy and that is Serbia and only one president who is against the independence of Kosovo, the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The daily reports that Veseli said […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 31 October 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 31 October 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Sustainable solution for Kosovo should be found through dialogue (Tanjug)
• Vucic: I am looking for a compromise all the time (Tanjug/B92/RTS)
• Over six billion Dinars for projects in Serb communities in Kosovo (Beta)
• Kostic: New dialogue with Pristina needed (N1)
• No major progress to be expected in Paris – French diplomats (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic sends letter to EU officials criticizing Croatian MEPs’ attitude towards election process in B&H (FTV)
• Dodik says he will decisively fight in Sarajevo for RS and its existence (ATV)
• Osmanovic: On behalf of SDA, I call on pro-Bosnian parties to form authorities together (Dnevni list)
• German and UK Embassies to B&H organize meeting with parties from B&H regarding new Reform Agenda (BHT1)
• HR Inzko to submit report on situation in B&H to UN SC on November 6 (Nezavisne)
fYROM
• Parliament endorses amendments to laws on public prosecutor’s office, and criminal procedure (MIA)
• Zaev: Rules of procedure has clearly defined deadlines, process should be completed by second half of January (MIA)
Albania
• Ministry calls Greek Ambassador (ADN)
• President Meta calls for transparent investigation (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic: I told Putin what is the Serbian solution for Kosovo (Sputnik)
• Belgrade, Pristina hold another round of dialogue in Minsk (BelTA)
Majority of University of Prishtina professors do not justify academic ranks (Prishtina Insight)
A recent report analyzing academic staff and its output at the University of Prishtina shows that over half of professors do not justify their academic ranks, while hundreds have never published papers in legitimate journals. A report called “Academic integrity, scientific publications and the management of the University of Prishtina” presented on Tuesday by the […]
Read More →Kosovo ‘Sceptical’ About New Hague Court, Says PM (Balkan Insight)
As the prosecutor at the Hague-based Specialist Chambers visited Kosovo for the first time, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said there is a sense of scepticism about the new court that will try suspects for wartime crimes. Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said after Specialist Prosecutor Jack Smith visited Kosovo on Tuesday that the new Hague-based Specialist […]
Read More →“The City of Kragujevac – EU Support for Return to Kosovo and Metohija” (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
The project implemented by the Danish Refugee Council, with the city of Kragujevac and organizations ‘Bozur’ and ‘Sveti Spas’, will assist 30 families of internally displaced persons to return to Kosovo, by providing transportation to families and their belongings to the place of return and basic returnee packages, according to their needs., reports Radio Mitrovica Sever. The project […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly session without translation in Serbian language (Radio KIM, Kontakt plus radio)
Kosovo Assembly session dedicated to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue started with half an hour delay, and according to the RTV KIM translation in the Serbian language is not provided. Serbian journalists covering the session were told there is no translation because Serb MPs are not present.
Read More →“Brnabic spoke with Thaci” (Tanjug, B92, Belta)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke on the margins of the Munich Security Conference in Minsk with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, B92 reports, referring to the Belorussian news agency Belta. According to the agency, Serbian Prime Minister Brnabic told the journalists they spoke about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, and she expressed hope the two sides would manage […]
Read More →Thaci: Agreement for mutual recognition and peace in the Balkans (Lajmi)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said in his address today at the Munich Security Conference in Minsk, Belarus, that the time has come for an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. “The world has changed. Europe is at a crossroads, with numerous developments that raise questions about the future. The Western Balkans is left in an uncertain […]
Read More →“I received message from Lavrov… we’re far from solution” (B92, Tanjug)
Aleksandar Vucic has denied that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US National Security Advisor John Bolton had agreed on a solution for Kosovo. As the Serbian president said on Wednesday in Belgrade, Lavrov and Bolton did, for the first time, speak about Kosovo. “Whatever agreements someone may be making, Serbia must agree too,” Vucic […]
Read More →Veseli: Let us draft a joint resolution, Thaci too will respect it (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Kadri Veseli, said today in the Kosovo Assembly that all parliamentary groups should meet and draft a joint platform which would then be supported by President Hashim Thaci too. “We are in front of our people and sometimes there are political games. But what I […]
Read More →PDK proposes additions to draft resolution on dialogue with Serbia (media)
Memli Krasniqi, head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, presented six points which the party considers should be incorporated to the text of the resolution on dialogue with Serbia. Item number one proposes Kosovo Assembly gives support to the continuation of dialogue for normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia as the […]
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