Belgrade Media Report 01 November 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 1 November 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I am no enemy of Albanians (TV Prva/B92)
• Stefanovic: Only votes against matter to us (Tanjug)
• Dimitrijevic: Kosovo’s membership in Interpol would be precedent and legal violence (RTS)
• Drecun: Plentitude of documentation requires answers (RTS)
• Drecun: Terrorists like Nasim Haradinaj will be part of the Kosovo army (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Vucic is attacked because he is sincerely committed to Serb interests (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Results of elections may be confirmed next week (TV1)
• OHR: Necessary to apply Federation of B&H Constitution (BHT1)
• US Embassy: CEC has legal obligation to implement election results including to form Federation of B&H HoP in line with Constitution of Federation of B&H (TV1)
• Dodik: B&H to return to its constitutional position (Srna)
• Croat Caucus in Federation of B&H HoP says it does not recognize Komsic as member of Presidency of B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Inaugural session of RS parliament to be held on 22 November, Cvijanovic is supposed to appoint RS Prime Minister-designate by end of November (BHT1)
• New European homework for future authorities (Glas Srpske)
fYROM
• Osmani: Prespa Agreement’s implementation ‘irreversible’ (MIA)
• Osmani presents reform-oriented Plan 18 (MIA)
• SPO: VMRO-DPMNE’s assets frozen after court order (MIA)
Albania
• Albania-Kosovo joint customs near finalization (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Macedonia Name Deal’s Fate Still in Doubt in Athens (BIRN)
Read More →Srpska Lista: We did not support law on notaries (Radio kontakt plus)
At today’s Kosovo Assembly session in Pristina, an incident occurred when the chair of the session Xhavit Haliti tried by deception to include the votes of Srpska Lista MPs as a support to the law on notaries, that Srpska Lista criticized on several occasions since it does not take into account interests of the Serbian […]
Read More →Stefanovic on security situation in Kosovo, Interpol (Tanjug, B92, TV Pink)
The security situation in Kosovo and Metohija is complex, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said. He also added that the President Aleksandar Vucic is not the enemy of the Albanians living in Kosovo – but of those who want to expel and kill the Serbs living in that southern province. Commenting on Kosovo PM Ramush […]
Read More →Djuric: Kosovo army goes contrary to wish for normal relations (RTS)
Any idea of forming so-called Kosovo army goes contrary to the both, law and the wish to have normal relations in Kosovo and in the region, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said, RTS reports. Marko Djuric made this statement in Stara Planina (Old Mountain) where he was visiting […]
Read More →Vucic comments on Veseli’s statement (Prva TV, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he is not an enemy to Albanians and that he understands the statement Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli made about him earlier, B92 reports. “For the sake of Albanians, I want to say that I am not an enemy to them, on the contrary, I am an enemy to everyone […]
Read More →Smith focused on swift implementation of mandate (RTS, KIM Radio)
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith could soon raise the first indictments against perpetrators of war crimes during the Kosovo conflict, however, the Hague does not want to reveal the date when this could happen, RTS reports. “Mr. Smith visited Kosovo in order to meet with the Minster of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, other officials from the Justice […]
Read More →NGO sues Kosovo academic for libel (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo NGO Integra takes legal action for defamation against academic Mehmet Kraja, accusing him of damaging their reputation through false claims made in an op-ed written by Kraja last week. Following an article authored last Thursday by prolific writer Mehmet Kraja, a regular member of the Kosovo Academy of Science and Arts, ASHAK, Prishtina-based NGO […]
Read More →Financial Times presents flawed solution for border correction (Prishtina Insight)
An article written by the editorial board of the Financial Times vocalized its support for the territorial swap proposal between Kosovo and Serbia this week, hinging the viability of border correction on an unrealistic scenario of EU recognition. The Financial Times has joined a growing chorus of newspapers, “experts,” and former diplomats in supporting a […]
Read More →Head of Serbian Interpol: Numerous consequences of Kosovo’s membership in Interpol (RTS, KIM radio)
Serbian Interpol head Milan Dimitrijevic told RTS that the new attempt of Kosovo’s membership at the Interpol’s assembly on November 20th, would be a precedent and a legal violence. “Minister Stefanovic has clearly defined the problems and concerns of the Republic of Serbia, and those are also security, criminal and legal. A precedent would be […]
Read More →Austrian Chancellor to visit Kosovo on Tuesday (media)
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will visit Kosovo next week. On Tuesday, he will meet President Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and will discuss dialogue with Serbia, Kosovo’s European perspective and the formation of the Kosovo Army. During his stay in Kosovo, Kurz will also meet Austrian soldiers serving in KFOR. A press release […]
Read More →“Drawing target on Vucic’s head” (Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic said that “the obvious aim of Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli claims, that Serbian President is Kosovo enemy, is to draw the target on Vucic’s head,” Tanjug news agency reported. Stefanovic underlined that Vucic is no enemy to Albanians, or anyone else living in the territory of the […]
Read More →Haradinaj: KSF will not be replacing KFOR or NATO (Koha)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said that even once the transition of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is concluded, Kosovo will still need KFOR and NATO. “KSF will not replace KFOR,” Haradinaj said at a conference on KSF and Partners. “We want to join NATO, we want to work with you. Through the transition, […]
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