Belgrade Media Report 09 November
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Dialogue to resume when Pristina withdraws illegal decisions (RTS/Beta)
• Brnabic: International community to be made aware of conduct of Pristina (Beta)
• Dacic: Pristina doesn’t want dialogue, they want us to accept ultimatum (RTS)
• Drecun: Pristina’s unilateral moves destabilize the dialogue (RTS)
• Ambassador Scott: Serbia and NATO have same strategic goal – free Europe (Beta)
• Russia speaks on EU mediated Kosovo dialogue (B92/Sputnik)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• So-called civic parties are forming political alliances without Croats and SDA in Zenica and Sarajevo (Vecernji list)
• Representatives of six parties in ZDC agree on forming parliamentary majority without SDA (BHT1)
• SDP B&H, DF, NS, NIP, SBB B&H and NBL discuss formation of authorities in SC without SDA (BHT1)
• Izetbegovic: Excluding SDA’s from talks on formation of authorities at different levels is by no means good (TV1)
• Izetbegovic calls for national reconciliation, most political leaders dismiss his statement and continue to reject possibility of coalition with SDA (Dnevni avaz)
• Newly-elected Serb member of B&H Presidency Dodik says priority in his work at new post will be departure of HR (RTRS)
• Dodik: RS reps will attend manifestations of Austrian Embassy when its reps start attending manifestations on RS Day (ATV)
Montenegro
• Tannock: I’m disappointed in the Democrats, URA (Dnevne novine)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Federica Mogherini hosted a meeting of the High Level Dialogue with President Thaçi of Kosovo and President Vučić of Serbia (EEAS)
Read More →“Protect (Kosovo) witnesses, or they will kill them” (Tanjug, B92)
Former Swiss Senator and Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur on human organs trade in Kosovo, Dick Marty says he has faith in the (Kosovo) Specialist Chambers. The chambers are colloquially referred to as “the special court for KLA (‘Kosovo Liberation Army’) crimes.” Marty is also optimistic when it comes to arresting “the big fish” in […]
Read More →Hoti: No one has the mandate to dialogue on territories (RTK)
Avdullah Hoti, caucus of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) took to Facebook to comment the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels. “No one has the mandate to dialogue on territory of Kosovo, while Thaci does not even have the mandate to dialogue with Serbia. He should be stopped by the Assembly or by […]
Read More →Kremlin confirmation: Putin plans to visit Serbia in January (N1)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit Serbia in January, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Friday during a visit to Belgrade, Russian news agency TASS reports. “We consider today’s talks an important step in preparing the planned visit of Putin to Serbia for January next year,” Borisov said at a meeting with […]
Read More →Biserko: Is it worth to sacrifice Serbs from Kosovo because of the agreement on the division of territory? (NMagazin, Danas)
Chairperson of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Sonja Biserko assessed for Belgrade-based daily Danas that the division of Kosovo and the exchange of territory became legitimate option for a part of the international community and warned that such a solution would sacrifice the fate of the Serbs there. Biserko told Danas that the Serbian […]
Read More →Russia on dialogue in Brussels (Tanjug)
Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov said the EU efforts to mediate between Belgrade and Pristina have failed and that the USA is forcing creation of Kosovo army, Tanjug news agency reports today. “It is obvious the EU efforts have failed, because Pristina rejected to implement all the agreements reached so far,” Lavrov said. Russian […]
Read More →A NATO official on “Kosovo Army” (B92, TV Prva)
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs James Appathurai told Belgrade based TV Prva that at this moment NATO provides advisory support to the Kosovo Security Force, not to any potential new army. “Although the Kosovo authorities are heading towards this, then that is something that we will have to follow very carefully,” Appathurai […]
Read More →Chancellor Merkel confirms Germany’s support for Kosovo joining Interpol (Koha)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has replied to Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj’s letter where he expressed Kosovo’s objective to join Interpol. In her letter, Merkel said Germany supports Kosovo’s membership bid saying it would strengthen integration of Kosovo into the international community and improve cooperation in the field of security. In a Facebook post, […]
Read More →Kosovo MPs call on Serb youths to join KSF (media)
Members of the Kosovo Assembly’s committee on internal affairs, security and supervision of the Kosovo Security Force discussed today at the Media Centre in Cagllavica the transition of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an army and called on the Serb youths to join it. Committee chair and MP from the Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA), […]
Read More →Only 8 percent of citizens have no stance on resolution of Kosovo issue (Tanjug, RTS)
CeSID Executive Director, Bojan Klacar said the latest researches indicate that only 8 percent of Serbian citizens have no stance on the resolution of Kosovo and Metohija issue, Tanjug news agency reported. Presenting the results of the survey, at 6th Belgrade NATO Week, Klacar said when asked about their stances on delineation in a referendum, […]
Read More →Dacic: Pristina undermines dialogue (RTS)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS that Pristina with its acts and decisions undermines the dialogue with Belgrade, and it is their tactic. He added, it is not about childish games, but about rather perfidious game that seriously threatens the entire region. Dacic made these remarks speaking for the RTS news edition, noting […]
Read More →Jeremic: Flag of Kosovo in Notre-Dame do not affect them; diplomatic and media ‘blitzkrieg’ in 2019 (Danas)
National People’s Party leader Vuk Jeremic said that Kosovo flag in Notre-Dame do not ‘affect too much’ the state top of Serbia, reports Belgrade based daily Danas. He also said that representative of Kosovo would not have been invited to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, if the “performance” […]
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- European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo - European Western Balkans 23/04/2024European Parliament adopts exemption of visa requirement for Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo European Western Balkans
- ALDE-PACE votes for Kosovo's CoE membership - ALDE Party 23/04/2024
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