Djuric, Srpska Lista react on protest walk in Mitrovica North (B92, KoSSev, BETA)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said yesterday in a news conference that protest walk in Mitrovica North “One of Five Million” is a failure in a political sense, BETA news agency reported. “In a political sense that gathering has failed. If you have less than 60 persons and they are […]
Read More →LDK MP supports Veseli’s proposal to suspend 100-percent tariff on Serbian goods (media)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP, Ramiz Kelmendi, is supporting Assembly President Kadri Veseli’s proposal to suspend for 120 days the 100-percent import tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods, online media report. Kelmendi said he was in favor of the tariff but that it should be provisionally suspended because it is jeopardizing Kosovo’s relations with […]
Read More →Kosovo tariffs: Thaçi and Vučić support a compromise, Haradinaj does not back off (European Western Balkans)
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini stated yesterday that she had spoken to the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi and repeated that it is necessary to revoke tariffs on goods from Serbia so that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue could be resumed as soon as possible. She added that the normalisation of relations is crucial for Kosovo, Serbia, […]
Read More →Kosovo’s parliament approves 2019 budget, avoids crisis (Reuters)
Kosovo’s parliament approved the 2019 budget on Sunday after an opposition party agreed to support the minority government two days after the deadline expired, forcing a halt in all state expenditure. The budget passed with 65 votes in the 120-seat parliament. The coalition government, which holds 53 seats, negotiated the support of the opposition Social […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo’s Intelligence Agency, among biggest contributors to peace in region (media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci praised today the work of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (AKI) on its 10th anniversary. Thaci wrote in a Facebook post that with its professionalism, the AKI has become one of the biggest contributors to peace in the country and the region. “I encourage the Kosovo Intelligence Agency to continue its mission […]
Read More →“One of Five Million” protest held in Mitrovica North: No more terror (KoSSev)
The first “One of Five Million” protest was held on Saturday in Mitrovica North. Around one hundred people attended the protest. Their demands, as they say, are simple – they want to know who the perpetrators and instigators of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic are, and for everyone in Serbia to have the right to […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 01 February 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 1 February 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Scott: We need to know where Serbia is and where Kosovo (TV Prva/B92)
• Dacic: Serbia ready to give active contribution to fight against terrorism (Tanjug)
• Lukashevich: Kosovo is a point of instability (Tanjug/Sputnik)
• Elias: UN tribunal contributes facts to reconciliation discussion (N1)
• Stanisic, Simatovic released until trial by 2 May (Beta)
• Opposition discussed document it calls Agreement with the people (Tanjug/RTV/RTS)
• Tadic: Boycott is legitimate action (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Not to allow any review of SDA initiative (Srna)
• Izetbegovic: We wanted to stop the discrimination in RS (N1)
• B&H’s accession to NATO would mean further disintegration of RS (Srna)
• Zaev hopes B&H will become a member state of both EU and NATO (N1)
fYROM
• Germany signs the Protocol for Macedonia’s accession into NATO (Meta)
• Stoltenberg expects all 29-member states to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Zakharova: Name solution should be acceptable for both sides (Nezavisen vesnik)
• SDSM and DUI fight for the same pool of Albanian voters shakes their coalition (Republika)
Albania
• White House called Rama regarding the Kosovo – Serbia issue (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Melescanu: Romania supports opening new chapters in negotiations between Montenegro, Serbia with EU (Stiripesurse)
• Bulgaria will build pipeline to transport Russian gas (Reuters)
OSCE broadcast 04 February
• OSCE concerned about inclusion of RTK into Law on Public Sector Salaries (RTK1)
• Veseli proposes conditions for tariff suspension (Klan Kosova & RTK1)
• Analysts predict Government reconfiguration, rather than election (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Law on Dialogue unnecessary, interferes in Assembly’s work (KTV)
• Deçan/Decane Municipality considering not to asphalt five kilometres, due to Monastery’s objection (KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 4 February
• Hahn’s proposal on tariff under condition for “ceasefire” (Koha)
• Veseli’s proposal on tax foresees reciprocity measures (RTK/Klan)
• Albanian PM Rama dines with Kosovo’s leaders (media)
• PM’s Office: Pressure will not lead to lifting of tax (Zeri)
• Pajaziti: Solution for tax will be found these days (Epoka)
• Will UN Security Council debate Kosovo on February? (Klan Kosova)
• Beqiri: LDK would join a broad-based government (media)
• Haradinaj: We have awoken Kosovo’s economic giant (Zeri)
• LDK and Vetevendosje against Law on dialogue (Epoka)
• Vetevendosje to send Law on dialogue to Constitutional Court (Epoka)
• Hoxhaj responds to Russian diplomat (RTK)
• Thaci and three MPs to attend Prayer Breakfast (Kosova Sot)
• Following dismissal, Rikalo says there is no place for Serbs in Kosovo (Zeri)
• KSF structure to be approved by March (Zeri)
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