Belgrade Media Report 17 October 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 17 October 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Americans trying to remove every trace of UNSCR 1244 (B92/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Slap to peacekeeping efforts and return to policy of pressures (Tanjug/RTV)
• Turkey will support any agreement reached by Serbs and Albanians (Tanjug)
• Brnabic: Visit of Putin confirms traditional friendship with Russia (Beta)
• Kingdom of Lesotho withdraws recognition of Kosovo’s independence (Beta)
• Grushko: EU to pressure Pristina (Beta/Izvestia)
• Scott: US policy on Kosovo is no news (B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• No significant changes in election results for members of B&H Presidency and RS President (ATV)
• US Embassy, OHR react to Covic’s conditioning of formation of authorities with changes to Election Law (FTV)
• Dodik: When I arrive in B&H Presidency, I will not accept MAP activation, nor B&H’s accession to NATO (Srna)
• SNSD, SDA and HDZ B&H might be main parties that will form authorities at state level (EuroBlic)
• SDS’ Mektic: Some people in SDS have been dishonest, if they wanted SDS to cooperate with SNSD, they should have said so before elections (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• Plenkovic pleased with talks with Macron (Hina)
fYROM
• Zaev ‘ready’ to reach consensus with everyone, including opposition leader (MIA)
• US disappointed with VMRO-DPMNE’s leadership, Mitchell tells Mickoski (MIA)
• NATO accession talks begin; up to parliament if Macedonia becomes a member (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia: 16+1 Summit focuses on linking W. Balkan states (Anadolu)
Read More →Vucic: Austria true friend, stances and positions on Kosovo different (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia and Austria have good relations, but that their stances on Kosovo differ, RTS reports today. Speaking at a joint press conference following the meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Alexander Van der Bellen, President Vucic said he has informed his Austrian friends about Serbia’s readiness to talk about Belgrade-Pristina relations, […]
Read More →MUP: Admission of Kosovo to Interpol would be violation of international law (Tanjug)
Eventual admission of the so-called Kosovo to Interpol would represent violation of the international law, Serbian Ministry of Interior State Secretary, Dijana Hrkalovic said, Tanjug news agency reported. She also added, this would represent violation of a legally binding UN SC Resolution 1244. According to the Ministry’s press statement, Hrkalovic made these remarks during the […]
Read More →Works on social village in Gjilan continue (Koha)
Gjilan Director for health care and welfare Selami Xhamajli, informed that works at the social village in Gjilan are continuing with an accelerated dynamic. The village will include facilities for abandoned children, those with special needs, mother protection, the facilities for older people, dormitories for female respective male children, school etc. He said the village […]
Read More →Albanians refuse to see St. Vitus as a holiday in Kosovo (RTS, Koha Ditore)
Albanian MPs, members of the relevant parliamentary committee that discussed the Kosovo Holidays Act, voted unanimously against the demands of the Serbian List to include the June 28th (Serbian Orthodox holiday Vidovdan (St. Vitus) in the act, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). The RTS quotes Pristina daily Koha Ditore that the Serbian List requested […]
Read More →Remarks on the government report about the dialogue (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly committee for foreign affairs, diaspora and strategic investments discussed today the government report on the dialogue with Serbia, drafted in June. Head of this committee Vjosa Osmani from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) said there is no professional analysis or assessment of the relations with Serbia. She added that the report should […]
Read More →LDK in negotiations with coalition MPs to bring the government down (RTK)
Opposition political parties hope to find support of some of the coalition government MPs to vote the motion of distrust on Haradinaj’s cabinet. General Secretary of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Ismet Beqiri said they are in negotiations with some MPs of the coalition government, however he did not specify their names. He stressed […]
Read More →Kocijancic: Next round when two sides determine (Tanjug)
The next high-level meeting within the Brussels dialogue would be held when the two sides decide, EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic told Tanjug news agency. “The time, place and agenda, as well as the format of dialogue are set by the two sides. The new meeting would be announced as soon as it is confirmed,” Kocijancic […]
Read More →The decision on cadastral lines between municipalities of Gracanica and Kosovo Polje not assessed by the competent Ministry (Kossev)
The Gracanica Municipal Assembly, by the decision of September 12th this year, decided to hand over two cadastral zones in the size of about 100 ha to the Kosovo Polje municipality, on the proposal of the Gracanica Mayor, Srdjan Popovic, reported portal Kossev. Almost a month later, reports portal Kossev, on October 10, the Municipal […]
Read More →Vulin responds to Scott again: Arrogance is a novelty (Tanjug, B92)
“Policy of the USA towards Kosovo is not new, but the arrogance of the USA Ambassador and disrespect he showed towards Serbia is,” Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin stated, Tanjug news agency reported. This way Vulin responded to the USA Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott post on Twitter, following his inappropriate statement about Kosovo, made […]
Read More →Vucic: Americans want to remove all traces of Resolution 1244 (B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Americans obviously have an aim to remove “the last traces of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244,” B92 reports today. Vucic made these remarks commenting on a letter the ex-US ambassador in UN, Nikki Haley sent to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asking for withdrawal of UN Mission […]
Read More →Two Patriarchs in Kosovo (Kossev)
The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej arrived in Kosovo this morning using the Jarinje crossing. He will be making a two-day visit to Kosovo. The patriarch is accompanied by Patriarch of the Antioch, Jovan X, as well as members of the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Bishop of Backa Irinej Bulovic, Metropolitan […]
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