Ljajic: If taxes are not lifted, dialogue remains frozen (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said it is not possible to predict further Pristina’s moves and whether it would revoke its decision on additional taxes for goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanjug news agency reported. Ljajic noted there is a clear consensus among the international circles that taxes are […]
Read More →“Holbrooke’s model” of negotiation the most realistic (Danas)
Belgrade based daily Danas writes about three possible ways of US engagement in search for a solution to the Kosovo issue. Commenting on the expected increase of the US engagement in the next phase of negotiations on Kosovo, which many see as final, unofficially Western diplomats for daily Danas cite as the first ”the Kissinger […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: Bahtiri’s political performance for unification of Mitrovica (RTS, Tanjug)
Srpska Lista (SL) said Agim Bahtiri should know that the Serbian people in the north of Kosovo and Metohija are not afraid by his political performances, while his petition on “unification” of Mitrovica he can use “for hygienic purposes only,” Serbian public broadcaster RTS reports. SL added that Bahtiri “instead of presenting “mad ideas” and […]
Read More →PM Brnabic on Kosovo army, special police, dialogue (BETA, RTS)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has assessed that the formation of an army in Kosovo and a statement of a KFOR spokesperson “make a mockery of all agreements,” BETA news agency reports. Brnabic said that forming an army was contrary to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, the Brussels agreement, and the Kosovo Constitution itself, and […]
Read More →Kosovo: First Guerrilla Commanders Called to The Hague (Balkan Insight)
Parliament in Pristina adopted a law that allows the Specialist Chambers to operate back in 2015, but signs that the new court’s first indictments are now on their way only came in December this year, when several former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA were invited to give interviews to the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office […]
Read More →Serbian FM receives message from Russia’s Lavrov (B92, Tanjug, Srbija.gov.rs)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent holiday greetings to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic. In his message dated December 21, Lavrov said that Moscow is ready for further close cooperation “on the Kosovo issue.” The Foreign Ministry announced in a press release late on Tuesday that Dacic was […]
Read More →Serbian official responds to Haradinaj statement (N1, FoNet)
The Kosovo Albanian political elite is in a panic after Prime Minister Ana Brnabic informed the world about their unlawful and anti-civilization measures, Serbian government official Marko Djuric said in a written statement to the media. Djuric, the acting head of the government’s Office for Kosovo, said the Kosovo Albanian political elite is “reacting to […]
Read More →Vucic: “Rosu can go to North under two conditions; rest are lies” (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told on Tuesday the pro-government TV Pink that “the only and real truth” is that Pristina’s Rosu units can enter the north of Kosovo only under two conditions. And these are KFOR’s permission, and the consent of the Serb community, Vucic said. “That’s the whole truth, the only truth. Whoever says otherwise, […]
Read More →Kremlin confirms Putin’s January visit to Serbia (Tanjug, B92, TASS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to make a visit to Serbia in January 2019, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, TASS reported. “Preparations for the president’s visit to Serbia are underway, the visit is planned for January,” Peskov said. The Russian agency noted in its report that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 24 December 2018
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Daily Media Highlights
Monday 24 December 2018
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Putin in Serbia on 17 January, we’ll talk about everything (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic: No change of format of dialogue (RTS)
• Stankovic: No official mention of exchange of territory (Danas)
• Rosu can go to northern Kosovo and Metohija without KFOR’s approval (Politika/Beta/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic and Dzaferovic respond to statements made by Dodik during meeting with President Vucic in Belgrade: It is impossible to achieve right to self-determination (TV1)
• Cvijanovic meets Brnabic in Banja Luka; Cvijanovic, Dodik, Brnabic attend donor night (N1/RTRS)
• Legal deadline by which B&H Presidency was supposed to appoint new Chairman of B&H CoM expires (TV1/RTRS)
• If Law on Elections is agreed upon, authorities in FB&H, as well as in state, can be formed in one month (Vecernji list)
• RS 2019 budget adopted (Srna)
• Grabar-Kitarovic: Croats in B&H are in unenviable position where they cannot be guaranteed full and real equality (Vecernji list)
fYROM
• President Ivanov signs the amnesty law (Republika)
• Bulgarian President Radev objects to the name “North Macedonia” (Republika)
• Mickoski: Zaev is dismantling Macedonia piece by piece (Republika)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbian president expresses support for Prespes accord (ekathimerini.com)
• Russia’s OSCE envoy urges Kosovo to reverse its decision on creating army (TASS)
Armed Albanian formations cannot enter North – Dacic (Tanjug, B92)
Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic says no armed formations of Albanians can enter northern Kosovo without the consent of KFOR. Dacic added, speaking on Monday, that this agreement that had been reached with NATO should be translated into a directive that everyone in the field should respect – “in order to avoid […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 26 December
• Negotiating team heads, Ahmeti and Limaj, meet President Thaci (media)
• Thaci asks Constitutional Court to interpret international agreements (Zeri)
• Assembly to hold an extraordinary session on the dialogue (Lajmi)
• No unity among political parties on dialogue, despite efforts (Epoka)
• Mustafa says Kosovo needs unity for dialogue with Serbia (Zeri)
• LDK’s Selmanaj: We won’t be part of political games (media)
• Haradinaj calls Brnabic’s request to Rama, shameful (media)
• Brnabic: No dialogue prior to removal of tax by Pristina (RTK)
• Dialogue with Serbia: LDK, VV write to EU (RTK)
• Serbian President plans to step up aid for Kosovo Serbs (media)
• Serbian List opposes Bahtiri’s initiative for Mitrovica unification (Zeri)
• PDK leaders dine in Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri takes part (media)
• Government aims to reduce unemployment rate through games of chance (Koha)
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