Brnabic attends Berlin ceremonial dinner with Merkel (BETA, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian PM Ana Brnabic attended a ceremonial dinner hosted by the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Berlin on Tuesday evening. Merkel and Brnabic “sat at the same table in the ceremonial hall of the German Historical Museum,” BETA news agency said. The prime minister said that the dinner was “an opportunity to talk to the German […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 14 November 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 14 November 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Chepurin: UNSCR 1244 legal framework for resolving Kosovo issue (Tanjug/RTV)
• Schieb: Germany opposes delineation (N1)
• Ljajic: If nothing else, then let EC admit that CEFTA doesn’t exist (Politika)
• Serbia was humiliated in Paris, France messed up (Tanjug/B92/Le Figaro)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H HoR Collegium fails to reach consent on scheduling inaugural session (N1)
• Dzaferovic: SDA will be part of parliamentary majority, and not only at B&H level (BHT1)
• Milovan Bjelica says that signing of petition for early party elections in SDS will start soon (ATV)
• Bosic comments on division within SDS: This is attempt to ruin opposition in RS (TV1)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: Progress in the Balkans is at stake (CDM/Le Figaro)
fYROM
• Gruevski calls from Hungary, he asks for political asylum (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Xhaferi: Gruevski’s MP status to be re-examined in parliament (Nezavisen vesnik)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Dacic: I will protest at Security Council session over Pristina’s decision on army (Sputnik)
• The name deal and Kammenos’s endgame (ekathimerini.com)
Haradinaj: Elections are not favorable for Kosovo at this time (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj stresses that it is not a practice to announce about whether he has the parliamentary majority at the Assembly or not. Responding to the statement of the Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, on whether the government has the majority to continue with its work, Haradinaj said “the practice of […]
Read More →If KSF changes mandate, KFOR would reconsider level of engagement in Kosovo (media)
NATO’s position is very clear. The Alliance supports development of Kosovo Security Force in its current mandate. KSF is a professional force and source of regional stability. If the mandate changes, the North-Atlantic Council will reconsider NATO’s engagement in Kosovo,” KFOR Commander Salvatore Cuoci told RTK. He added that it is very important for any […]
Read More →Ambassador says no change in German stance on Kosovo (TV N1)
Recently appointed German Ambassador in Belgrade Thomas Schieb told TV N1 the official Berlin has not changed its stance on a possible demarcation between Serbia and Kosovo. He said Germany’s stance on the issue has been clear for some time and added that other European countries and Serbia’s neighbors have been expressing reservations about the […]
Read More →Kosovo Deputy PM Limaj’s War Crimes Acquittal Upheld (Balkan Insight)
An appeals court upheld the verdict acquitting former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Fatmir Limaj, who is now deputy prime minister, clearing him of responsibility for the murders of two ethnic Albanian civilians in 1998. The appeals court in the town of Gjakova/Djakovica on Wednesday upheld the verdict acquitting Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Limaj of […]
Read More →Jevtic and Strache: Problems in Kosovo to resolve in dialogue (KIM Radio)
Outgoing Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic met in Vienna with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache, KIM Radio reports. The two officials agreed that all the problems burdening people in Kosovo, both Serbian and Albanian, should be resolved in dialogue. Jevtic also asked for Austrian help in resolving the […]
Read More →Serbian President receives Russian Ambassador (Tanjug, RTS, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic believes Vladimir Putin’s visit to Serbia will be the most fruitful to date in terms of the number and content of agreement which he will sign. Vucic also thanked the Russian Federation and its president for the support they give to the territorial integrity of Serbia and its efforts to find a […]
Read More →Veseli meets Finish counterpart, gets support for visas and INTERPOL (media)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, met in Finland today with his counterpart, Paula Risikko and other Finnish MPs. Veseli thanked Rissiko for Finland’s support in the state-building process of Kosovo and both presidents highlighted the need to further cooperation, especially in the areas of economy and education. Veseli asked for Finland’s support for visa liberalization […]
Read More →Kremlin revealed what Putin told Thaci (Sputnik, B92)
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a brief talk with the president of provisional institutions in Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, Sputnik portal reports referring to the statements of Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said that Putin pointed out to Thaci Pristina should reach consensus with Belgrade, adding that Russia would support joint decision of Belgrade and Pristina. […]
Read More →Germany and US are inquiring about ‘’a secret deal between Putin and Thaci’’ (Blic)
The Belgrade daily Blic claims that the US and the most influential European countries are concerned already about the co-operation and contacts held by top officials of Moscow and representatives of Pristina authorities. Blic says that more diplomatic sources confirmed that all presidents of influential Western countries ask about this newly built relationship within the […]
Read More →“Insulted, not humiliated” – how Serbia faired in France (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92, BETA)
Serbia has not been humiliated, but it is insulted by the seating arrangement during a ceremony in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of WW1, Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Wednesday, referring to the scandal that occurred on Sunday. Vulin told TV Pink that “neither Serbia nor President Aleksandar Vucic had […]
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