Tension flares in Kosovo over possible land swap with Serbia (New Jersey Herald)
Tension flared in a familiar section of the Balkans as thousands of people marched Saturday in Kosovo’s capital against a possible territory swap with former war foe Serbia, while the Serbian government put its troops on alert after special police were deployed to Kosovo’s Serb-dominated north. See at:https://www.njherald.com/article/20180929/AP/309299954#
Read More →Refugees from Kosovo Living in Poverty in Serbia: Report (Balkan Insight)
A report by the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees said that many people who were displaced from Kosovo following the 1990s conflict have no income or adequate housing. The Serbian Commissariat for Refugees on Monday presented a report on the living conditions of refugees from Kosovo in Serbia which said that some 68,500 out of almost […]
Read More →Kosovo president visits disputed area after similar visit by Serbian leader (Euractiv)
Kosovo’s president made a rare visit on Saturday (29 September) to a disputed, mainly ethnic Serb area in the north of the country, angering Belgrade just three weeks after Serbia’s president infuriated Pristina by visiting the same area. “Let’s work together for a new Kosovo…Kosovo is one, unique, independent and a sovereign country,” President Hashim […]
Read More →Almost 200.000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo live in Serbia (Tanjug)
According to the latest data, in Serbia, without Kosovo and Metohija, there are 199.584 internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug news agency reported. Out of this number, 68.514 persons, respectively 16.644 families are in state of need, they do not have housing solution and adequate incomes to provide such housing. These are the […]
Read More →Second LGBTI parade ‘In the Name of Freedom’ on 10 October (Insajderi)
On 10th of this month, LGBTI and citizens in the protection of the rights of this community will march to the second pride parade in Pristina called “In the Name of Freedom”. The parade will be held in “Skenderbeu” square starting at 11:30 and lasting until 14:30. In the announcement of the event published on […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 01 October 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Monday 1 October 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Thaci spends 15 minutes at Gazivode Lake (Beta)
• Vucic: Pristina’s moves endangered peace, multiple agreements violated (Beta)
• Dacic on deployment of security forces in the north of Kosovo (Prva TV)
• Djuric: ROSU seized Gazivode so Thaci could ride in a boat (RTS)
• Vucic says he will ask Putin for support in international forums (Beta)
• Maja Kocijancic called on calm and restraint from all sides (RTS, Beta, B92)
• NATO chief coming to Belgrade in first half of October (Tanjug)
• “Thaci’s move should be put on Stoltenberg’s table” (B92, Prva TV)
• Dacic: By the end of the year, between 5 and 10 countries will withdraw the recognition of KiM (Studio B)
• Dacic: The cells of the prison in Scheveningen are waiting for the KLA members (Vecernje Novosti)
• America accepts change of borders in Balkans (Vecernje Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS President Dodik meets Russian President Putin (RTRS)
• RS President Dodik comments on his meeting with Russian President (RTRS)
• RS President Dodik condemns statements of HR Inzko regarding interfering in elections in B&H (ATV)
Croatia
• Milorad Pupovac Attacked in Zagreb (Slobodna Dalmacija)
• Prime Minister: Everything must be done to prevent tensions in society (Hina)
• Parties and officials condemn attack on Serb minority MPs (Hina)
• Serbian President talks with Serb minority MP attacked in Zagreb (Hina)
fYROM
• SEC: 99.33% vote “For” in the referendum, voter turnout 36,27% (Meta)
• Zaev: Early elections if VMRO-DPMNE does not respect the peoples’ decision (MIA)
• Zaev: I will not resign, MPs to follow the majority vote (Meta)
• Ahmeti: The referendum was consultative and there are more important issues than snap elections (Meta)
• Mickoski: The referendum was unsuccessful, the people said “No” to the Agreement with Greece (Meta)
• Greece, EU, NATO and Washington hail Macedonia’s referendum result (MIA)
• Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: It’s time for Macedonia’s political elite to show maturity (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• U.S. and EU, but not Germany, support land swap in Balkans (The Wall Street Journal)
Read More →Thaci: Macedonia’s Albanians proved their will pro-Western values (Klan)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci hailed the referendum held on Sunday in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. “Macedonia’s citizens, with their will and vote decided at the democratic referendum, on their new name and their Euro-Atlantic future. Yesterday’s voters including all our Albanian compatriots there, witnessed citizenship and clear will of Western values. I […]
Read More →Vetevendosje announces another massive protest (Zeri)
Vetevedosje Movement plans to organize during the following weeks even more massive protests than the one of the last Friday, if President Hashim Thaci does not withdraw from his idea of division of Kosovo. “We hope that President Thaci and the other institutions, including the government, have understood properly our message and that there will […]
Read More →Kosovo’s all-men Academy of Science (Prishtina Insight)
A recent report shows that the Academy of Science and Arts of Kosovo faces ‘a crisis’ in virtually all facets of the institution, including membership and content. A report published by Integra, an NGO based in Prishtina, called “Crisis in the Academy” highlights numerous issues related to the Kosovo Academy of Science and Arts, ASHAK, […]
Read More →Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri expected to resign post (media)
Telegrafi quotes reports from RTV Dukagjini saying that Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri is expected to officially resign his post today and that he has already presented his resignation to Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Sources said the reasons behind Tahiri’s resignation is his discontent with the functioning of the justice system, in particular the political interference […]
Read More →Disagreements between political parties block draft law on public broadcaster (KP)
Kosovapress reports that disagreements between ruling and opposition parties’ representatives in the Assembly committee on public administration, local governance and media have resulted in the draft law on public broadcaster RTK not being approved. Opposition representatives demanded answers to concerns they raised before the bill reaches the Assembly while ruling parties wanted this to be […]
Read More →“Compulsory military service is Serbian Army’s future” (Tanjug, B92)
The introduction of compulsory military service is a result of the need to provide a model for the functioning of the military in the long run. It is also a necessity in conditions of military neutrality, the new chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army (VS), Lieutenant General Milan Mojsilovic has said. “I […]
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