Hoti: Claims that Serbia will not recognise Kosovo without defining border first, coverup (media)
Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group, Avdullah Hoti, said claims that Serbia will not recognise Kosovo without first defining the border with it is simply a coverup for exchange of territories. In a Facebook post, Hoti said Kosovo has already been recognised by 116 despite not concluding border demarcation with all […]
Read More →Pacolli: Tax on Serbia will not be lifted (Ora news/Zeri)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli said in an interview with Tirana-based channel Ora news that the import tax on Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will not be lifted and that he has been calling for such a measure since 2007 as he doubted the quality of goods coming into Kosovo. “I feared that Serbia’s factories […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We won’t accept Serbia’s violation of our sovereignty (WaPo)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has written an op-ed for The Washington Post where he states:“My country, Kosovo, is being asked to make an impossible choice that would cheapen the sacrifice made by U.S. soldiers, undermine the stability of the region and threaten America’s allies. In the face of sustained attack from Serbia meant to undermine our […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia Standoff Will Likely Ease, Experts Say (Balkan Insight)
The resignations of several Serbian mayors in the north of Kosovo have created a fresh spike in Serbia-Kosovo tensions – but some Serbian experts expect the crisis to de-escalate shortly. As a crisis over Kosovo’s import tax hikes continues in Serb-majority northern Kosovo, a former Serbian Minister for Kosovo, Goran Bogdanovic, says that he expects […]
Read More →“Even humanitarian aid is not exempted from paying taxes” (KIM Radio, Tanjug)
Introduction of 100 percent taxes for the goods from central Serbia significantly hampers the work of the humanitarian organizations, KIM Radio reports today. That is why the food reserves for the soup kitchens would soon end, delivery of equipment for the hospital center in Gracanica has been postponed, and the question remains if the New […]
Read More →Kosovo President: Defining Borders Will Help Solve Disputes with Serbia (VOA)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says defining the borders between Kosovo and Serbia is a key step toward easing tensions between the two nations. Border talks come 10 years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. https://bit.ly/2P7X4z5
Read More →“For Lebanon Kosovo is not only problem of Serbia” (Tanjug, B92)
Lebanon and Serbia would advance cooperation not only in the area of politics, but also economy, tourism, education, security and fight against terrorism, Lebanese and Serbian foreign affairs ministers Jobran Bassil and Ivica Dacic said, Tanjug news agency reported. It was also added that for Lebanon Kosovo is not only the issue of Serbia, but […]
Read More →Dacic: Those who gave birth to monster, must control it (Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic said taxes imposed on Serbian goods must be abolished, and Belgrade is not interested in how this will be achieved, Tanjug news agency reported. He added, that “those who gave a birth to a political monster in Pristina, must control it.” “Those who gave the birth to that political […]
Read More →“Pen is not weapon Haradinaj uses best” (Prva TV, B92)
Commenting on Ramush Haradinaj’s op-ed in the Washington Post, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said the text was written by someone else because “pen is not his weapon.” The Kosovo prime minister wrote the article published in the US daily, where he presented a series of accusations against Serbia, and claimed that the Serbian […]
Read More →EU foreign policy chief and WB PMs to meet in December? (Tanjug, B92)
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini plans to hold a meeting with prime ministers of W. Balkans in the second half of December. Tanjug said on Wednesday it learned this unofficially. Mogherini plans to organize a meeting of prime ministers of the Western Balkans six before the holiday break in Brussels, just as last year […]
Read More →Pristina’s latest moves “aimed at provoking fire of war” (B92, Tanjug)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that the Pristina authorities wanted to provoke “the fire of war” with their latest moves. Djuric told an unscheduled press conference on Wednesday in Belgrade that Serbia is calling on the EU and the entire international community to “make Pristina see reason without delay.” […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 28 November 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 28 November 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic submits request to CEFTA (Beta)
• Vucic to Mondoloni: Dialogue with Pristina when it abolishes taxes (FoNet)
• Dacic, Crnadak: Serbia, B&H will not introduce counter-measures against Pristina (Beta)
• Dacic: Enough with games, put pressure on Pristina (Tanjug)
• Djuric: They wanted 100% tax, they got 100% reaction (Prva TV/B92)
• Kocijancic gives no explanation about provocative measures (Tanjug)
• Dacic thanks Egypt for not further improving relations with Kosovo (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Inaugural session of Federation of B&H HoR held (N1)
• Inaugural session of B&H HoR scheduled for 6 December (RTRS)
• Covic: Since B&H CC’s decision was not implemented, results of elections cannot be implemented either (Hayat)
• Govedarica says that SDS will support Dodik if he invokes VNI (BN TV)
• Komsic and Dzaferovic comment Dodik’s announcement about engagement of RS MoI as his protection detail (TV1)
• Ambassador Ivantsov advocates abolition of OHR (ATV/Srna)
• Program of celebration of 9 January adopted (Srna)
fYROM
• Zaev will not run for President (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Parliament lifts immunity for former PM Gruevski (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, important for region’s European future (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue: Where the EU Went Wrong (BIRN)
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