Belgrade Media Report 20 December 2018
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 20 December 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Gratitude to Serbia for not introducing counter-measures against Pristina (Tanjug/Politika)
• Malmstrom: Clear political context of Pristina’s discriminatory measures (Beta)
• EU: Trump’s letter support to dialogue (Tanjug/B92)
• Ljajic: Losses worth 34.6 million Euros (RTS)
• Stoltenberg: KFOR to continue mission (Tanjug/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Western Balkans leaders meet with EU officials in Brussels (TV1)
• Zvizdic does not have right to represent B&H in Brussels (RTRS/Srna)
• Radmanovic says admission to NATO will have to wait, advocates military neutrality (Dnevni list)
• SDA invites all MPs in B&H Parliament who announced appeals regarding B&H CEC decision to file one together (N1)
• Dudakovic and others plead not guilty of crimes in Una-Sana Canton (ATV)
Montenegro
• Darmanovic: Process of the formation of the army in Kosovo must be gradual (CDM)
fYROM
• Zaev – Tusk: If Macedonia continues at this pace, it can make up for lost time for EU integration (Meta)
• Brussels changes its position on amnesty, Zaev offers to help on Kosovo (Republika)
Albania
• Two Iranian diplomats expelled, US high officials support Albania (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s Vučić doesn’t share Trump’s optimism on Kosovo deal (politico.eu)
Read More →Serbia’s Vučić doesn’t share Trump’s optimism on Kosovo deal (Politico)
Pristina must revoke tariffs for talks to restart, Belgrade says. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said Wednesday he doesn’t share Donald Trump’s apparent optimism about the prospects of a Kosovo peace deal. The U.S. president made a surprise intervention into faltering talks between Serbia and Kosovo aimed at reaching agreement on issues left unresolved from their […]
Read More →Kosovo Media Report Notes 16 Attacks on Reporters (Balkan Insight)
A report on freedom of media and safety of journalists in Kosovo published on Wednesday noted 16 cases of attacks against journalists in 2018, two of which were physical. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo on Wednesday published its latest report on the freedom of media and safety of journalists which noted 16 cases of […]
Read More →EU on “Trump’s letter to Vucic and Thaci” (Tanjug, B92)
The EU sees a letter that the US President Donald Trump has sent to presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci as a sign of support and encouragement to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Tanjug news agency reports. This was said by EU Spokesperson Maja Kocijancic. “We see this letter as a sign of support and encouragement by […]
Read More →Stefanovic: Serbs in Kosovo do not trust Pristina institutions (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic said Serbs in Kosovo do not trust Pristina institutions, adding that Pristina’s police and army cannot replace KFOR and EULEX, Tanjug news agency reports. According to him, Pristina by establishing the so-called army wanted to show that Kosovo no longer needs international presence. “It is unacceptable because Serbs […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Woman’s role in society has improved (RTK)
The American Chamber organized today a round-table entitled “Women’s promotion in entrepreneurship and decision-making” where they discussed the challenges that women face, starting from low rate of employment, low salaries and a range of other challenges. Atifiete Jahjaga, former President of Kosovo said the issue of empowering women is becoming more important and added that […]
Read More →Texas Congressman Ted Poe expects Washington to be more involved on resolving the issue of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Lajmi)
“I think that Washington will be more involved and it should be more involved on the solution of this issue and maybe the EU moves to a different role, because I think that the United States can help to encourage not only Serbia but also Kosovo to sit at the discussion table to resolve the […]
Read More →Why it’s time for the Kosovo Security Force (EUobserver)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli writes in an opinion piece for EUobserver that Kosovo needs an army to protect its territorial integrity and citizens of all communities and that the new, transformed Kosovo Security Force will be “a professional, multiethnic and NATO-interoperable army.” “The overarching logic is that an established and transformed KSF will be […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo supports U.S. policy on Iran (RTK)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci expressed his support today for Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s decision to expel Iranian diplomats on national security grounds. “In strong support of Albania PM @ediramaal over Iran. Kosovo fully aligns itself to @StateDept @SecPompeo & @WhiteHouse @AmbJohnBolton policy on Iran. Kosovo and the Western Balkans are a Euro-Atlantic area free […]
Read More →Haradinaj meets negotiating team, pledges support (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today members of the Kosovo negotiating team for dialogue with Serbia headed by Shpend Ahmeti (PSD) and Famir Limaj (NISMA). In a Facebook post, Haradinaj said the meeting focused on the need to coordinate actions and timeframes in the dialogue process and that the negotiating team can count […]
Read More →Hoti: We will use all constitutional mechanisms over CEC appointments (Zeri)
Avdullah Hoti, head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group said they plan to address the Constitutional Court regarding the decision of President Hashim Thaci to appoint one LDK member to the Central Elections Commission (CEC). “LDK is entitled to two members at the CEC. Any other practice would constitute a constitutional violation […]
Read More →Ministry stops Bahtiri’s initiative for “unification of Mitrovica” (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that the municipality of Mitrovica South announced today that the Ministry of Local Government has not allowed the municipality to send to central institutions an initiative aimed at amending the law on the administrative boundaries of municipalities. Mitrovica South Mayor Agim Bahtiri had launched the initiative with the goal of “unifying […]
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