Veseli: Kosovo to have own army despite Belgrade’s protest (Klan Kosova)
In an interview with Croatian paper Vecernji List, Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said the new Kosovo army is expected to have 5,000 active troops and 3,000 reserve. He said Kosovo will have its army despite Belgrade protesting the move. “We will do this together with international community and we are in continuous contact with […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 02 November 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 2 November 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: UN Security Council session on Kosovo scheduled for 14 November (Tanjug/RTS)
• Brnabic: Making Belgrade-Pristina dialogue possible without “red lines” (Beta)
• General Mojsilovic meets KFOR Commander (Beta)
• Beckovic: I am impressed that a poet could endanger safety of a NATO member (RTS)
• Antic, Rakovic: Montenegro’s decision, decision of an authoritarian state (TV Prva/B92)
• Serbian, foreign observers for national minority elections (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• CEC is torn between legal obligation and constitutional limitations, and is exposed to pressure (Dnevni list)
• EUD: We reject accusations of pressure on the B&H CEC (Hayat)
• SDA, SDP B&H, NB call on CEC to apply results of population census 1991 (N1)
• Dodik announces SNSD will propose Viskovic as RS Prime Minister-designate (ATV)
• SDS City Board in Doboj accepted SNSD’s invitation to enter authorities – Govedarica reacts (ATV/BN)
• Dodik tells OSCE’s Berton his initial activity at new post will be return of B&H’s internal sovereignty (TV1/ATV)
Montenegro
• Matija Beckovic barred from entering Montenegro (Dan)
fYROM
• From now on VMRO-DPMNE will act as a single MP group and will be led by Nikola Micevski (Meta)
• Micevski expects that the parliamentary majority will accept the Amnesty law (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Albanians Vote Amid Pessimism and Apathy (BIRN)
Read More →“Murders of journalists unresolved, punishment for assaults minimal” (KIM Radio)
In Kosovo over the last years there are, in average, 30 attacks against journalists, and since the beginning of this year there have been 13 attacks. Most of these cases remain unresolved, while attackers go unpunished, President of the Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo, Budimir Nicic told RTV KIM. Nicic also recalled unresolved […]
Read More →Kuburovic: Statement of Nasim Haradinaj call to international institutions to react (Tanjug, RTS)
Serbian Justice Minister, Nela Kuburovic told Tanjug news agency that scandalous statement of Nasim Haradinaj, who said he was killing Serbs and he regrets of not killing as many as he would like, is a call to the international institutions to urgently react, so the Special Court for KLA crimes starts working as soon as […]
Read More →Brnabic: “Red lines” are not helpful (Tanjug, B92)
Belgrade is ready for a compromise with Pristina, but at this moment it is still far away, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said, Tanjug news agency reported. Brnabic also noted that those from the outside should not speak about “red lines” before hearing about a possible agreement between the two sides. The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is […]
Read More →First meeting of General Mojsilovic and KFOR Commander (Tanjug)
Serbian Army Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Milan Mojsilovic met in Belgrade with KFOR Commander, Major General Salvatore Couci, Tanjug news agency reported. This is the first official meeting of the two generals, since General Mojsilovic assumed the duty in September this year. The two military officials spoke about current security situation in Kosovo and Metohija, as […]
Read More →Merkel writes to Mustafa, expresses concern over border change idea (Kosovapress)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) said in a statement to the media that the party leader, Isa Mustafa, received a letter from the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, thanking him for his letter in which he presented views on the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Merkel in her letter said it was important for Kosovo to […]
Read More →LDK MPs boycott Assembly session today (media)
Most news websites report that MPs from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Vetevendosje Movement (VV) are boycotting today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly. LDK MPs confirmed that they made the decision to boycott the session on Thursday evening. Media also note that on Thursday, the Assembly did not adopt a LDK-sponsored resolution that […]
Read More →Apostolova urges Kosovo Assembly not increase age of imported vehicles (media)
Head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, urged Kosovo Assembly not to endorse proposal for increasing the age of imported cars to 15 years. “This proposal goes against EU directives on CO2 vehicle emissions. It will have serious impact to the public health. Last European Environment Agency report on Air Quality classes Kosovo […]
Read More →“Adequate punishment for perpetrators is needed” (KIM Radio)
Ruzica Simic, from the NGO Women’s Right, sent a protest letter in support to the victim of domestic violence, Katarina Mitic, from Donja Gusterica, whose husband was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for attempting to murder her, KIM Radio reports. In the protest letter Simic underlined it is high time to […]
Read More →Vucic: Don’t confuse wish for peace with weakness (BETA)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday his country needed peace above all, but pleaded with others “not to confuse that with a weakness,” since the country knew how to defend its freedom by arms during the First World War, and will know how to do the same if someone endangers it,” Beta news agency […]
Read More →Court in Gjakova sentences man to 24 years in prison for double murder (media)
All news websites report that the Basic Court in Gjakova has sentenced Pjeter Ndrecaj to 24 years in prison, for murdering his wife and daughter, and for illegal possession of weapon. Ndrecaj pleaded guilty to all three counts, adding that he accidentally murdered his daughter.
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