Over RSD 6 bn for projects in Serb communities in Kosovo (Serbian Government, B92)
A joint session of the Serbian government and representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija was held in Belgrade on Tuesday. An investment plan for the southern province was adopted and measures of incentives for potential investors were agreed on during the meeting, the Serbian government announced. President Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement for […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 30 October 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 30 October 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Issue of Kosovo and Metohija cannot be resolved without Serbia’s participation (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Difficult month ahead of us (B92)
• Joksimovic in Serbian parliament on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTV/Tanjug)
• Kukan: That was just German position; EU has no common position on Kosovo (B92/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Kosarac: Winners of elections can invite parties to participate in formation of new authorities (ATV)
• SDS official: I am not against a coalition with the SNSD (N1)
• Cvijanovic: New RS government should be appointed by end of year (RTRS)
• Covic informs Chinese Ambassador to B&H about political situation in B&H (EuroBlic)
• Izetbegovic meets Russian Ambassador Ivantsov, says broad program coalitions should be formed at all levels of authority (Glas Srpske)
• B&H CEC members disagree on whether to use 2013 or 1991 census as latest census in process of appointment of Federation of B&H HoP delegates (Dnevni avaz)
• MFA of B&H distances itself from positions of B&H Ambassador to US Hrle (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Taiani: Montenegro will enter the EU by 2025 (Pobjeda)
• Montenegro is the mediator between the EU and the region (Dnevne novine)
fYROM
• Draft amendments to reach parliament by end of week; Zaev expects more support (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE seek Law on Amnesty for those who took part in attack on September 27 (Meta)
• Xhaferi: Opposition MPs voted in line with their own convictions (Kanal 5)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Ukraine studying Croatia’s experience in reintegration of occupied territories (UAWIRE)
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 31 October
• Specialist prosecutor Jack Smith on first visit to Kosovo (dailies)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has obligations towards Specialist Chambers (Zeri)
• Kosovo Assembly to discuss dialogue with Serbia today (Epoka e Re)
• Veseli: Thaci could be testing the ground (Telegrafi/RTV Dukagjini)
• Hoti: Let’s stop President from playing games with people every day (Bota Sot)
• Thaci: Kosovo was equal to all countries at the opening of Istanbul airport (Epoka)
• Hashim Thaci shares article that says north will belong to Serbia (Bota Sot)
• Kosovo MFA condemns bus stoning in Serbia (media)
• KSF Ministry: There is interest among Serb youths to join KSF (Kallxo)
• Council of Albanian Ambassadors calls on Israel to recognize Kosovo (media)
Kosovo Foreign Ministry condemns stoning of bus in Serbia (media)
Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over repeated attacks on Kosovo’s means of transport going through Serbia saying such acts need to be strongly condemned. “Citizens of the Republic of Kosovo and those of Serbia need to move freely, without fear,” the ministry said in a statement. It further called on Serbian authorities […]
Read More →Specialist chambers chief prosecutor visits Kosovo (media)
Specialist Prosecutor Jack Smith is visiting Kosovo for the first time since taking on the post. Smith is expected to meet heads of international organisations in Kosovo, representatives of EU member states, as well as Kosovo’s Minister of Justice Abelard Tahiri and other officials of the ministry. According to an unnamed official of the government […]
Read More →Hungary supports visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Dhurata Hoxha received assurances by Hungarian officials she met in Budapest that the country will support visa liberalisation for Kosovo. in a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Interior, Sandor Pinter, Minister Hoxha stressed the importance of visa liberalisation for Kosovo adding that all conditions have been met. “Free movement would […]
Read More →Thaci in Belarus for security conference (media)
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci has travelled to Belarus to attend a conference organised by the Munich Security Conference that will gather regional actors, heads of states and representatives of international organisations and civil society to discuss regional and global security issues. Thaci, invited to the event by the head of the Munich Security Conference […]
Read More →UNFPA presents report on reproductive rights (Koha Ditore)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) presented in Pristina yesterday the State of World Population 2018 report underlining that increase of housing costs, unfavourable policies for families and careers are some of the main reasons behind the decline of fertility across the world. Doina Bologa from UNFPA said everyone should have the right to choose […]
Read More →Vucic says “Kosovo army will be formed on Nov. 28” (B92)
Aleksandar Vucic has reportedly said that he “has information about the date when the Kosovo army will be formed.” The president made the comment on Tuesday in Belgrade, during his meeting with representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija. B92 has learned that Vucic said an army would be formed in Kosovo “on November 28, […]
Read More →A Balkans plan that merits cautious backing (Financial Times)
Mooted Kosovo-Serbia deal has risks but could bring sizeable benefits. History has shown that tampering with borders in the Balkans is more perilous than in any other part of Europe. Yet Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic and his Kosovan counterpart Hashim Thaci are moving towards a landmark agreement to normalise relations between the former Yugoslav republic […]
Read More →Vucic: Kosovo and Metohija issue cannot be resolved without Serbia (RTS, Tanjug)
Neither Kosovo and Metohija nor any other issue related to Serbia can be resolved without Serbia’s participation, President Alekdandar Vucic said yesterday in Istanbul, RTS reported. Following the meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, Aleksandar Vucic would have another meeting with world leaders on November 11, in Paris, however, he is not certain the world powers […]
Read More →Special Court for KLA crimes chief prosecutor visiting Pristina (BETA, B92)
Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for KLA crimes, Jack Smith pays his first visit in Kosovo, his spokesperson Christopher Bennett said, BETA news agency reported. In a brief statement sent to the media it was said, that Smith “would take part in a series of meetings with international and Kosovo officials.” “During the visit, […]
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