Belgrade Media Report 28 February
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Medvedja was and will remain Serbian (Tanjug/B92/RTS)
• Tenth session of governments of Serbia, Republika Srpska held (RTS/Tanjug)
• Brnabic: Further intensification of cooperation between Serbia, RS (RTS)
• Gojkovic meets with McAllister (RTV)
• McAllister to Serbian MPs: EU cannot be complete without Serbia (RTS)
• Trepca Director: We will not apply Pristina’s legal decisions (RTS/Tanjug)
• Bjørnstad: I would be surprised with Belgrade–Pristina deal in June (Beta)
• Serbian government to use name North Macedonia (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• The constitutive session of the House of Peoples of the B&H parliament: Delegates are Izetbegovic, Covic, Radoncic (Oslobodjenje)
• Cvijanovic: RS will know how to react to all attacks (Srna)
• Dodik: The first RS constitution – one of foundations on which RS rests even today (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: First constitution set foundation of freedom and RS’ existence (Srna)
• Cubrilovic: Constitution – best foundation for preservation of RS (Srna)
• Deputy Defense Minister of B&H met with Military Delegation of Russian Federation (Fena)
Montenegro
• Opposition to get back to its obligations in parliament (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev and Ahmeti agree on a joint candidate for the presidential elections (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Ivanov appoints generals ahead of presidential elections (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• EP delegation ‘fails’ with Albanian opposition (ADN)
• DP leader for protests: I do not care what internationals say (ADN)
• Opposition’s protests will continue until the removal of government (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo PM Ignores US Calls to Scrap Tariffs (BIRN)
Read More →Kosovo’s Serbia Tariff Served its Purpose, says Civil Society (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s 100-per cent tariff on Serbian-made imports has sent the desired message, but should now be reconsidered to give EU-mediated negotiations with Serbia a fresh chance, civil society groups in the country say. See at: https://bit.ly/2IHDLP8
Read More →Municipality of Gracanica: Safe, but it can be safer (Gracanicaonline.info)
NGO Human Center from Mitrovica and Kosovo Center for Security Studies from Pristina organised debate on Community Safety in Gracanica Municipality. One of the conclusions of the debate was that the security situation in the 19 villages of this municipality has improved, but that it is not entirely satisfactory. The number of criminal offenses has […]
Read More →Jeremic: Vucic offers independent Kosovo – immediately (VOA)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic offered the United States to recognize Kosovo’s independence immediately, and the exchange of territory is now on the table, Vuk Jeremic, a leader of the People’s Party and a member of the opposition Alliance for Serbia after the Washington meeting, said in an interview with Voice of America. The first and most […]
Read More →Ahmeti says he did not request suspension of the tax (RTK)
Shpend Ahmeti, co-head of Kosovo’s Negotiating Team in discussions with Serbia, has reacted to the news that their delegation requested suspension of 100-percent tax on Serbian products. “Some media are informing that State Delegation allegedly was announced for suspension of the tax. The State Delegation has not been declared pro suspension of the tax. There […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Kosovo’s relations with U.S. at lowest point ever (Koha)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said today after meeting a high-ranking delegation from Washington that relations between Kosovo and the U.S. are at the lowest point ever. Hoxhaj took to Facebook to write: “An excellent meeting with senior officials of the National Security Council. We were assured of the U.S. commitment for dialogue with […]
Read More →Pacolli: Decision on tax to be taken in coordination with U.S. (media)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli took part today at the meeting the U.S. officials from the National Security Council had with Kosovo negotiating team and said afterwards that Kosovo always won when it heeded U.S. advice. “In our journey as a country, close partnership with the U.S. is vital and as such is unbreakable. […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Agreement with Serbia to respect Kosovo’s existing borders (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj spoke about yesterday’s meeting with U.S. officials from the National Security Council saying that he explained Kosovo’s arguments about the need for dialogue with Serbia to continue and end in a legally binding agreement that would respect Kosovo’s existing borders. Speaking to reporters at the Kosovo Assembly, Haradinaj said […]
Read More →Limaj after meeting U.S. officials: Kosovo institutions trying to adopt unified position on tax (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and co-head of the negotiating team for dialogue with Serbia, Fatmir Limaj, said after meeting the officials from the U.S. National Security Council, John Erath and Brad Berkley, that he briefed them on the platform for talks with Serbia which he said he hoped would soon be endorsed by the Kosovo […]
Read More →Thaci: Negotiating team members agreed to suspend tax (RTK)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci held today a joint meeting with the principal Director for European Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, John Erath, and the Balkans Director of the U.S. National Security Council, Brad Berkley, and the Negotiating Team of Kosovo, respectively with Deputy Prime Ministers Behgjet Pacolli, Fatmir Limaj, Enver Hoxhaj, […]
Read More →EU more stubborn than Haradinaj: No dialogue if tariff remains in force (Gazeta Metro)
European Union officials in Brussels told the news website today that there won’t be a new round of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade until Kosovo’s institutions do not lift, suspend or rescind the 100-percent import tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods. “We expect Kosovo’s authorities to lift, suspend or rescind their decision on the 100-percent […]
Read More →LDK leader Mustafa describes meeting with President Thaci (media)
Most news websites cover Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa’s post on Facebook today in which he describes his meeting with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Wednesday evening. Mustafa wrote: “I met President Thaci at my house last night. He asked to inform me, as the leader of the biggest political party, about […]
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