Belgrade Media Report 31 January 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 31 January 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic writes to Trump, seeks support for solving Kosovo issue (Tanjug)
• Kuburovic: Serbia ready to enable access to Hague Tribunal archives (Beta)
• Djilas: It matters who walks not who speaks during protests (N1)
• DS to boycott parliament, city and local assemblies (Beta)
• SDS to boycott parliament (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Presidency members end their two-day official visit to Brussels (N1)
• Dzaferovic: I am convinced that we will find way to approve B&H CoM Chairman-designate and at same time activate Annual National Program for membership in NATO (BHT1)
• Komsic: B&H Presidency members agreed to hold meeting as soon as they return to Sarajevo in order to find way out of this situation (FTV)
• Dodik: Most important thing is to form government and get EU candidate status (Srna)
• US might now focus on resolving two remaining issues – status of Kosovo and situation in B&H (Nezavisne novine)
Montenegro
• Montenegro and Albania: Albania as the essential part in state policies (CDM)
fYROM
• “North Macedonia” will probably be in use from 15 February (Meta)
• DUI to go with its own candidate in the presidential election (Republika)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU must bring Serbia and Kosovo back to the table (EurActiv)
Read More →Kosnett slams the door, leaves furious from the meeting with the leaders (RTK)
RTK portal reports that the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett has left the meeting with the Kosovo institutional leaders, held this morning, upset from the rejection of the Prime Minister Ramush Hardinaj to suspend the tax and restart the dialogue. RTK sources reportedly said that Kosnett has demonstratively left the meeting and slammed the […]
Read More →Transgender Macedonians Hail “Turning Point” European Court Ruling (Balkan Insight)
A human rights court ruling, backing a Macedonian transgender man’s battle to change his gender on his birth certificate, is being watched closely in nearby Kosovo. The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, has ruled that Macedonia’s requirement that people to undergo gender reassignment surgery before their gender marker on ID documents can be changed […]
Read More →Hungary to Keep Control Over Skies Over Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
After controlling most air traffic over Kosovo since 2014, Hungary is to remain in charge of this for ‘an indefinite period’ after April, when the current five-year agreement expires, NATO has confirmed. The upper air space over Kosovo – skies above 10,000 feet – will remain under the control of a Hungarian state company for […]
Read More →Vucic wrote to Trump, requests support in finding solution for Kosovo (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic wrote a letter to the US President Donald Trump, asking for support in finding a lasting and sustainable solution for Kosovo and Metohija, as well as invited him to visit Serbia, RTS reports. Vucic thanked Trump for the support the US offers to Serbia on its EU path, in particular for […]
Read More →No Kosovo official will be getting US visas – report (BETA, B92)
The US won’t be granting entry visas to any Kosovo officials after Pristina’s refusal to revoke or suspend taxes on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is being reported on Thursday by Prisina based Albanian language website lajmi.net. According to this, Washington with this began to apply concrete measures against officials of Kosovo after the […]
Read More →Albania’s Prime Minister Rama sets Greater Albanian signals (DerStandard)
Kosovar Prime Minister Haradinaj wants to lift tariffs against Serbia in return for recognizing Kosovo The dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo is slowly entering the “hot phase”. On Tuesday, Kosovo’s PM Ramush Haradinaj agreed to lift 100 percent tariffs on Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for 120 days. In return, Belgrade should recognize Kosovo and give Kosovo […]
Read More →Protest against annexation of Mitrovica North to be held tomorrow (Politika, Tanjug)
A protest “Against annexation of Kosovska Mitrovica” will be organized at noon tomorrow, in front of EULEX premises in Mitrovica North, Tanjug news agency reports. Rector of Pristina University, temporarily dislocated to Mitrovica North, Rade Grbic, Student Vice-Rector, Nemanja Bisevac and director of the Clinical and Hospital Centre in Mitrovica north urged citizens from Kosovo […]
Read More →Macedonia wants positive solution for Kosovo, Zaev tells N1 (TV N1)
Macedonia’s stand is that we want to see a positive solution reached by Belgrade and Pristina which would bring lasting peace, development and progress towards the European Union, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told N1 on Wednesday. “We don’t know what they are talking about, we just listen. I went through a difficult process of negotiations […]
Read More →U.S. intelligence community warns of potential conflict in Western Balkans (RFE)
Radio Free Europe quotes a report released by the United States Intelligence Community stating that the possibility of an open conflict and Russian influence remain the key challenges to the security in the Western Balkans. According to the report, Russia will try to use ethnic tensions and corruption in the Balkans to prevent the region […]
Read More →New robberies in Gorazdevac (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio kontakt plus)
Last night yet another theft occurred in the village of Gorazdevac, Pec municipality, causing uneasiness among the village residents, Radio Goradevac reports. A cow and two calves belonging to Miroslav Dasic were stolen. At the same time a vehicle belonging to Ersa Berisha was stolen as well. The cases are reported to Kosovo police.
Read More →Haradinaj: The U.S. wants us to give dialogue a chance (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said after a meeting he and Assembly Speaker Kadri Veslei and President Hashim Thaci had with the U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett that the U.S. want Kosovo to give dialogue with Serbia a chance to succeed. “We listen to these views carefully,” he said. Haradinaj is reported to not have […]
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- IMF cuts Kosovo's 2024 GDP growth projection to 3.8% - SeeNews 18/04/2024IMF cuts Kosovo's 2024 GDP growth projection to 3.8% SeeNews
- New statue of Tony Blair in Kosovo town honours 'Tonibler' cult - The Independent 17/04/2024New statue of Tony Blair in Kosovo town honours 'Tonibler' cult The Independent
- Montenegrin President Asks for Justice for 1999 Killings of Kosovo Albanians - Balkan Insight 18/04/2024
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