Belgrade Media Report 28 January 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 28 January 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: It will be much worse if we do not find a solution for Kosovo (B92/Tanjug/RTS)
• Irinej: Unity, not quarrels, necessary for Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Hahn: EU must stabilize the Balkans, Belgrade and Pristina must talk (N1)
• Dick Marty: The Hague hid all the evidence of the yellow house! (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Vucic: Initiative for name change of RS irresponsible (BN TV)
• HNS adopts Declaration on Position of Croat people in B&H, Covic reelected HNS President (N1)
• Reactions of Federation of B&H based parties, politicians to HNS’ Declaration on Status of Croats (BHT1)
• RS politicians, political parties react to HNS’ Declaration on Status of Croats (BN TV)
• SDA rejects claims of OHR and OSCE that announcement of its motion re name of RS is irresponsible and counterproductive (Hayat)
Croatia
• Grabar-Kitarovic: Constituent status of three peoples is foundation of DPA (N1)
• Prime minister attended panel discussion on Western Balkans (HRT)
fYROM
• Greek parliament ratifies Prespa Agreement (Meta)
• Law on Prespa Agreement published in the Greek Official Gazette (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Zaev: Congratulations my friend Alexis Tsipras, together with our peoples we reached a historic victory (Meta)
• VMRO-DPMNE will submit proposal to dissolve parliament and hold early elections (Republika)
• Zaev and Tsipras nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Socialists and Democrats, Greens and United Left (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Juncker, Mogherini and Hahn welcome the ratification of Prespa Agreement (Meta)
• Five more steps to the chair at the NATO table (Meta)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Putin’s Next Playground or the E.U.’s Last Moral Stand? (The New York Times)
• The Balkans: Did The Prespa Agreement Open Up Pandora’s Box? (Sputnik)
France supports Tahiri on shedding light on the missing persons (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice Abelard Tahiri took to Facebook to write that has received support from his French counterpart, Nicole Belloubet, on his request sent to the EU countries to make pressure on Serbia to open its archives and shed light on the fate of the missing persons from the last war in Kosovo. Tahiri […]
Read More →No sufficient efforts to shed light on the missing persons (RTK)
Even 20 years after the war, there is no justice for the war crimes in Kosovo while local and international institutions are not working to shed light on the crimes. Head of the “Voice of parents” association for the missing persons in Mitrovica, Bajram Qerkini said there are no sufficient efforts to shed light on […]
Read More →“Antisemitism, xenophobia, hate speech on rise in Europe” (B92)
As we commemorate the millions of victims of the Holocaust, antisemitic and xenophobic acts and hate speech are on the rise in Europe and beyond. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic posted this on Facebok on Monday, adding: “We all, state authorities, international organizations, civil society, academia and the media must do […]
Read More →Slovenia is Serbia’s honest friend, President Vucic says (BETA, TV N1)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that the trade exchange between his country and Slovenia rose from 571 million to 1.3 billion Euros in the last ten years, which indicates that the relations between two countries were significantly better, Beta news agency reported. Borut Pahor, the President of Slovenia, is in Belgrade for two-day […]
Read More →‘Colombia of Europe’: How tiny Albania became the continent’s drug trafficking headquarters (Independent)
‘Albania is no longer a hub of cultivation. It’s become a centre of investment, distribution, and recruitment’ The white fishing boat with the green stripe bobs up in down in rough Adriatic waters. Sirens on, the joint Italian-Albanian coast guard zodiacs precariously sidle up alongside, demanding to be let aboard to search the boat’s interior for […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb Politician Accuses Belgrade of Intimidation (Balkan Insight)
Slobodan Petrovic tells BIRN that Serbia is using its security agencies to intimidate rivals of the main Belgrade-backed Kosovo Serb political party. Kosovo Serb politician Slobodan Petrovic has accused Serbia of using state security bodies to intimidate rivals, such as himself, of a Kosovo Serb political party that is backed by Belgrade. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-serb-politician-accuses-belgrade-of-intimidation-01-25-2019 […]
Read More →Mustafa: Reckless actions can lead to Kosovo’s bankruptcy (media)
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Isa Mustafa has accused the government of Kosovo of paving the way for employees of all sectors in Kosovo to seek pay raises and warned that reckless actions can lead to Kosovo going bankrupt. “Regardless of how many days or months this government has in power, everyone […]
Read More →Haradinaj: I don’t know meaning of Thaci’s reference to snow (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said today that he did not understand the President Hashim Thaci’s reference to snow in a Facebook post. Yesterday, Thaci posted a cryptic message on his Facebook account saying that the snow was melting fast and that he hoped it would not become ‘slush’. Haradinaj said he didn’t know […]
Read More →Jovanovic: Surrender of Kosovo and Metohija would open issues of Raska and Vojvodina (Danas, BETA)
Leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Milos Jovanovic said that surrender of Kosovo and Metohija would soon open the issues of Raska district, south of central Serbia and Vojvodina province, BETA news agency reports. He made these remarks at DSS gathering in Kraljevo town, adding the future generations would have to deal […]
Read More →Vucic says Kosovo ideas have been rendered dead on arrival (B92)
Referring to solving of the Kosovo issue, Aksandar Vucic emphasized that he “sees where this is going and how it’s going with public opinion.” Speaking in a joint news conference in Belgrade on Monday with visiting Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor, the Serbian president added: “People less and less want solution, everyone thinks it’s good this […]
Read More →Assembly committee approves draft of criminal procedure code (media)
Kosovo Assembly Committee on European Integration has approved the draft of the Criminal Procedure Code which has undergone several amendments. Chair person of the committee, Blerta Deliu, said the proposed law is not in conflict to European Union directives and should therefore reach the Assembly as quickly as possible. Deliu explained that the draft code […]
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From Google News- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 SeeNews
- The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results - Sarajevo Times 26/04/2024The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results Sarajevo Times
- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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