Belgrade Media Report 07 November 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 7 November 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Union of the Comoros withdraws recognition of Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: No diplomatic effect from protest note (RTS)
• Mondoloni: Ceremony in Paris dedicated to peace and dead, and not to victors (RTV)
• Djuric: International community must react to Pristina’s decision, Brussels dialogue blocked (Beta)
• EU: Pristina to explain increase of taxes on goods from Serbia and B&H (RTS)
• EU announces that Vucic and Thaci will meet on Thursday (Tanjug/B92)
• Jerinic might take over position of SDS leader from Vukota Govedarica (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• HR Inzko presents report to UN SC (FTV)
• Reactions to Inzko’s report to UN SC (Nezavisne)
• Kosarac slams Inzko for asking B&H CoM to implement international agreement on grant of Saudi Arabia to Ejup Ganic’s University (EuroBlic)
• B&H CEC confirms final results of elections (RTRS)
• US Embassy: B&H CEC should act without political influence (Oslobodjenje)
• Austrian Ambassador Pammer: Authorities in B&H need to be established as soon as possible (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik: I will take oath in RS parliament on 19 November and then attend inauguration in B&H Presidency in Sarajevo (RTRS)
• Dodik visits Doboj, meets Petrovic who promises he will support him (RTRS)
• Govedarica: SDS will always work in interest of RS, we do not need some grand coalition or Serb unity with SNSD (Oslobodjenje)
• Kosovo decides to tax Bosnian products (N1)
Croatia
• Serb minority representatives warn about rise in hate speech (Hina)
fYROM
• Reconciliation body led by Remenski and Aleksandrova has been established (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Media freedom in Serbia: How serious the situation really is? (European Western Balkans)
• Slovenia to Arm Border Guards as Migrants Attempt to Break Through the Balkans (Breitbart)
“Kosovo leaders already in Interpol – on arrest warrants” (B92, Tanjug)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic remarked on Wednesday that Pristina’s “entire leadership is on Interpol’s arrest warrants (notices).” Dacic did this after announcing that another country had revoked its recognition of Kosovo. Speaking about the possibility of Kosovo joining Interpol later this month – something Serbia is fiercely opposed to […]
Read More →Raskovic Ivic in an open letter to Vucic: I urge you not to go to Paris (KoSSev)
A Serbian deputy, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic sent an open letter to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, calling on him to cancel his attendance of the anniversary of the end of the First World War in Paris, which will show that Serbia will not accept blackmail, humiliation and a revision of history. See more at: https://bit.ly/2RHKDM6
Read More →Gornje Kusce: Two cows and vehicle stolen (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus)
Two cows belonging to the Stajic family and a vehicle belonging to Dragan Kostic were stolen last night in the village of Gornje Kusce, Novo Brdo municipality, RTK2 reports. Inhabitants from the village told RTK2 there were few more theft attempts last night. Around 1500 Serbs live in the village, and it is located 3 […]
Read More →EU confirms Thaci-Vucic meeting tomorrow (media)
Online media outlets quote a statement issued by the European External Action Service (EEAS) confirming reports that President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci and President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic will meet tomorrow, 8 November, in Brussels. “At the meeting, the two leaders are expected to confirm their readiness to intensify the work to reach a legally […]
Read More →Letter to Serbian Orthodox Church Assembly: Kosovo and Metohija must not be alienated (Politika)
A group of Serbian intellectuals and Church dignitaries sent a letter to the Serbian Orthodox Church Holly Assembly today, saying that half a year after the SOC session on Kosovo, the situation has deteriorated, and there is a real danger of surrendering the province, Belgrade-based daily Politika writes today. Signatories of the letter noted it […]
Read More →Kosovo Customs begins implementing the decision on additional tax on Serbian goods (RTS)
Radio Television Serbia reports that Adriatik Stavileci, Kosovo customs spokesman told the media in Pristina that Kosovo Customs Service has begun to apply the decision of the Kosovo government on additional taxation of 10 percent for imports of products from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Stavileci say that this is a volume of goods […]
Read More →Bosnia says Kosovo tax is a precedent that cannot be tolerated (Koha)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Trade, Mirko Sarovic, said that the decision of the government of Kosovo to impose a 10 percent tax on imported products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a precedent that cannot be tolerated. Sarovic said the decision isolated Kosovo from the CEFTA community. “We will seek an urgent reaction […]
Read More →Kosovo milk producers hail trade measures towards Serbia and Bosnia (Klan Kosova)
The association of Kosovo milk producers has welcomed the latest decision of the Ministry of Trade and Industry for imposing protective measures to products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina saying it will protect local production. “Several times we have raised our voice against trade inequality with Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and we are […]
Read More →Serbian Orthodox Church Holy Assembly of Bishops session: Position on Kosovo remains unchanged (Blic, Radio kontakt plus)
Position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) regarding Kosovo remains unchanged – neither partition, nor independence, Belgrade-based daily Blic reports today, adding the stance was reconfirmed during the first day of Holly Synod autumn session in Belgrade. This meeting of the Holy Assembly of Bishops is the first one in the fall, after almost eight […]
Read More →LDK backs down, wants to withdraw resolution on dialogue (Indeksonline)
The Democratic League of Kosovo has reportedly backed down from its resolution on dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia which aimed to prevent President Hashim Thaci from discussing border correction with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic. Citing an unnamed source, Indeksonline reports that LDK MP Armend Zemaj has asked the Assembly Presidency to remove the resolution […]
Read More →Veseli: Kosovo entitled to visa liberalisation decision in December (media)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said today that the citizens of Kosovo have remained unjustly isolated by not being able to travel freely to Europe. “Until now we were told liberalisation is not a political but entirely a technical issue. Now there are voices saying it is a political matter,” Veseli said after the meeting […]
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