Vucic: Haradinaj nominated “private Serb” for his minister (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today that the Pristina decision to introduce tariffs on Serbian goods defreeze so-called frozen conflict, Tanjug news agency reported. He added, this is the reason why he is afraid of everything that might happen in the future. Vucic also said that Ramush Haradinaj “nominated private Serbs for his ministers,” in […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 25 February 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 25 February 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: There is no 17-point plan (Politika)
• Vucic urges Serbs in Kosovo not to join Albanian army (Tanjug/B92/Novosti)
• Vucic concerned by EU’s inability to pressure Pristina (Tanjug/B92)
• Stankovic: South has always been and will remain part of Serbia (Novosti)
• US Embassy: US not to dictate agreement between Serbia and Kosovo (Beta)
• Loiseau: Present state of EU doesn’t allow enlargement (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Convocation of the House of Peoples of B&H headed by Spiric, Covic and Izetbegovic? (Nezavisne)
• Opposition leader questions his Bloc’s refusal to join government (N1)
• Adopted answers to additional questions from EU Questionnaire (Srna)
Croatia
• Croatian and Slovenian presidents meet in Zagreb (HRT)
Montenegro
• Prime Minister: Kosovo’s appeal for alliance against Serbia makes no sense (RTCG)
• Despite bad weather, protest gathered around 10,000 citizens (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Dimitrov: Main topic of the presidential elections should be our country’s future (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Opposition is getting ready for the presidential elections; the majority is yet to nominate its candidate (Nezavisen vesnik)
• France warns Macedonia that it may not approve opening of EU accession talks (Republika/MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• FYROM Issues Reference Guidelines for International Media (Greek Reporter)
Read More →Thaci sends Haradinaj to Constitutional Court, Veseli helps him (Koha)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, has sent at the Constitutional Court the decisions of the government for the immovable properties of Kosovo to be transferred under the property of municipalities, by withdrawing them from the privatization process. The President claims that with this decision, the Prime Minister has violated the Constitution of Kosovo and […]
Read More →Dijana Zivic nominated Minister for Agriculture Forestry and Rural Development (Lajmi)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj nominated today Dijana Zivic on the position of the Minister for Agriculture Forestry and Rural Development. “I nominated today Dijana Zivic as minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development. I wished the new Minister success in her duty and assured her on my full support in service of […]
Read More →Haradinaj orders construction of Lumbardh hydropower plant to stop (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, has ordered today to stop the construction of a hydropower plant in the Lumbardh river in the Western part of Kosovo, the news website reports. Following a mass protest by citizens in Peja and legitimate concerns raised by residents of the Rugova region about the hydropower plant project, Haradinaj said […]
Read More →Serbs in Vitina fear for their safety (RTK2, Radio kontakt plus)
Savic family house in the center of Vitina was target of unknown attackers last week. The noise of stones hitting the window shutters woke up the family members during the night on Wednesday. Fearing for their safety, they did not get out of the house. RTV Puls reported this is the sixth attack against the […]
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Read More →Vucic concerned by EU’s inability to pressure Pristina (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has expressed his concern over Pristina’s stance to, despite pressure from the international community, not revoke its tariffs on Serbian goods, Tanjug news agency reported. The President Vucic, speaking to the Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio in Belgrade on Monday, said Serbia will return to dialogue only after the withdrawal of […]
Read More →Western Balkan thermal power plants are biggest air pollutants in Europe (Serbianmonitor.com)
The latest report of the European Energy Community, headquartered in Vienna, and the network of nongovernmental organizations led by the Alliance for Health and the Environment (HEAL) and the European Environmental Protection Organization, titled “Europe Beyond Coal”, warns that 16 thermal power plants in the Western Balkans pollute the region and the whole of Europe […]
Read More →PM Haradinaj meets families of missing persons, pledges support (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today families of missing persons and told them that reconciliation with Serbia will be difficult if the families of missing persons don’t “stretch out the hand of peace.” “This is a wound for all of us, regardless of ethnic background,” Haradinaj said adding that the issue of missing […]
Read More →Jamie Shea: NATO Feared Russia Might Seize Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
In an interview with a BIRN Kosovo TV programme, former NATO spokesperson Jamie Shea reflected on the tensest moment of the alliance’s air campaign against Serbia – when Russian forces suddenly showed up in Kosovo. See at: https://bit.ly/2SmchxT
Read More →The detailed agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is leaked (IBNA)
The draft of the final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia has finally been revealed. Based on this agreement, which has been made public in social networks in Kosovo, Mitrovica obtains the status of a Free City, while Trepca mining complex, which is estimated to have around 500 billion euros worth of natural resources, obtains a […]
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