Belgrade Media Report 15 January 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 15 January 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Clear message that US support to Pristina is not unconditional (RTS)
• Schieb: No deadlines for agreement, but Kosovo must be solved before EU membership (Novosti/Beta/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik announces meeting with Putin during Russian President’s upcoming visit to Serbia (Glas Srpske)
• Cvijanovic: Komsic’s condition for support to Tegeltija as B&H CoM Chairman indicates shallow policy and that B&H is country doomed to failure (TV1)
• Komsic’s statement related to possibility of having B&H CoM in technical mandate in next four years (EuroBlic)
• Dzaferovic, Cormack discuss NATO path of B&H (BN TV)
• Five cantons deliver candidate lists for Federation of B&H HoP (BHT1)
Montenegro
• Haltzel: Verbal war between Belgrade and Podgorica is something we should feel sorry about (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• “Republic of North Macedonia” amendments published in the Official Gazette (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Kocijancic: EU supports and follows national procedures for Prespa Agreement implementation (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Moscow: Constitutional changes against the will of the people; UN Security Council should discuss the name (Meta)
• Law making Albanian language official across Macedonia published without the President’s signature (Republika)
• Hahn advises Macedonia not to hold early general elections (Republika/MIA)
• VMRO may boycott the presidential elections if general elections are not called (Republika)
Albania
• ‘Foreign Minister’ issue, Rama submits his name for decree (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Macedonia Hopeful Greece Will Ratify Deal Despite Turmoil (BIRN)
Read More →Kosovo opens a Customs Office in Durrës, Albania (media)
An official ceremony of the beginning of the work of Kosovo Customs at the port of Durrës in Albania, was held today. Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Fatmir Limaj, as well as the Minister of Finance Bedri Hamza, attended the ceremony. Limaj said that this project shows that the […]
Read More →MUP warns about fake emails concerning Ivanovic murder (BETA, B92)
Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP) said emails have been sent allegedly from Serbian state authorities’ addresses, regarding the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, BETA news agency reports. The messages contain malicious and inaccurate claims, the MUP added in a press statement issued today. “The police have informed the Special Prosecutor for High-Tech Crime about this, and […]
Read More →The Hague continues interviewing Rrustem Mustafa for the second day (Klan Kosova)
The former KLA commander for the Llap Operative Zone, Rrustem Mustafa, is being questioned for the second consecutive day in The Hague of the Netherlands. Mustafa entered the prosecution headquarters at the Special Court in Hague, accompanied by his lawyer, Arian Koci, at about 10:00 hours in the morning. None of them made statements for […]
Read More →Mural of Oliver Ivanovic painted in Belgrade (TV N1)
A mural of the murdered Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic has been painted on a wall in Belgrade, not far from the city’s main police station, TV N1 reports. An unidentified artist painted a portrait of Ivanovic and wrote inscription “You Can’t Live in an Atmosphere of Fear”. The mural was painted just prior to […]
Read More →Minister Nenad Popovic: Putin will bring a message that will encourage Serbs in KiM (Tanjug)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will certainly bring a message that will encourage all Serbs in Kosovo, Minister of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic told state news agency Tanjug. He says Putin will certainly say that Kosovo, for Russia is an inseparable part of Serbia and will continue to support UN Security Council Resolution 1244. […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Next meeting in Brussels will be held in February (RTK)
Kosovo delegation for the discussions with Serbia will present on Wednesday the platform for the Brussels dialogue, in order to clarify the issues that will be discussed between the two parties. The missing persons, the displaced persons, cultural heritage, the rights of the minorities, properties, economic matters, as well as transitional justice are among the […]
Read More →Decades On, Kosovo Massacre Village Awaits Justice (Balkan Insight)
Bilall Avdiu takes his steps gently in a narrow lane of the Kosovo village of Reçak/Racak, revisiting the place where Serbian forces caught and nearly killed him two decades ago. The 72-year-old miraculously escaped death in a crowd of others on January 15, 1999, when Serbian forces entered the village and killed 44 of his […]
Read More →Draft law on Kosovo government expected to reduce number of ministries (RTK)
The draft law on the government of Kosovo reducing the number of current ministries is expected to be prepared by March, said chairman of the commission in charge of preparing draft law on government, Besnik Tahiri. Tahiri said the commission focused its work on two key aspects: lowering the number of ministries and comparing Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Kosovo leaders commemorate Recak massacre (media)
On the twentieth anniversary of the Recak massacre, Kosovo leaders have been paying tribute to the 45 Albanian civilians killed by Serbian forces. Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said the event marked a turning point in Kosovo’s fight for freedom. “Two decades ago, a vicious act shook the feelings of democratic world and mobilized […]
Read More →“Remarkable foreign policy results in 2018” (Serbian Government, B92)
Ivica Dacic has said that 2018 was marked by the extremely dynamic diplomatic activity of Serbia, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The first deputy PM and Foreign Minister spoke on Monday during the New Year’s reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized for members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the media, B92 reports. […]
Read More →Mutual accusations not beneficial for uncovering those responsible for murder of Oliver Ivanovic (Radio kontakt plus)
One year after murder of leader of Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic, his associates, family, and the public, are still denied the information regarding the investigation, and are without an answer to the question of who the perpetrators and those who ordered the killing are. Ksenija Bozovic, Ivanovic’s long-time associate told […]
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