Belgrade Media Report 26 February 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 26 February 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Haradinaj makes his private Serb cabinet minister (Beta/B92)
• Brnabic: Taxes biggest obstacle to normalization of relations (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Mihajlovic: First section of Nis-Merdare highway to start by year’s end (Beta)
• Presevo valley to be included in dialogue (FoNet)
• Kocijancic: There is no “Balkan Spring” (Tanjug)
• NGOs advocate harmonization regarding Kosovo and EU integration acceleration (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Zvizdic is certainly not the one to set conditions (Srna)
• Bosniaks use NATO as excuse to prevent Serbs appointments to State government (Srna/N1)
• Answers to additional questions submitted to European Commission (Srna)
• Cubrilovic: Constitution should be amended under broad agreement (Srna/Glas Srpske)
• Zvizdic: B&H will not be assembly point in the Balkans (Srna)
• Presidency Chairman opens Economic Forum 2019 (Fena)
• Izetbegovic – Kukic: Constructive and comprehensive meeting between SDA and PDA (Fena)
Croatia
• Interior Minister visits North Macedonia, discusses migration (Hina)
Montenegro
• It’s not up to Russia to decide who will become NATO member (Pobjeda)
• Ministry of Defense of Austria: Foreign policy and cooperation will provide security of the region (Partner)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Xhacka: The Western vision culminated with the signing of the Prespa Agreement (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Time for Europe’s longest-serving ruler to go (politico.eu)
Read More →Mihajlovic: We can’t afford the luxury of waiting for EU train (Tanjug, B92)
Serbia and the whole region are part of Europe, Serbian Minister of Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said, commenting on a statement made by the French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau. French Minister told Serbian press ahead of her visit here this week that “the current state of the EU does not allow for new accessions.” […]
Read More →Haradinaj responds to Thaci’s warning with resignation (Gazeta Express)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, commented the announcement of the President of Kosovo who said t hat he would resign if the agreement with Serbia and unification with Presevo Valley are not supported by the Assembly. “I do not know in what contest the President explained unification with the Valley, but based on […]
Read More →Image of modern world is fake (Radio kontakt plus)
Challenges faced by journalists in this local community, and even beyond, are such that the audience does not expect to hear the truth and cannot distinguish between lies and truth. This was concluded in a discussion held on Monday at the EU Info Center in Mitrovica North, and panelists were journalists Tatjana Lazarevic and Idro […]
Read More →Mustafa: Serbia is not interested to normalize relations (Klan)
Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) claims that Serbia is not interested to normalize relations with Kosovo, and even less to recognize Kosovo as a state. “Serbia’s actions, especially those for unrecognition of independence of Kosovo by some countries, just as the campaign against Kosovo’s membership at Interpol, speak that this […]
Read More →Thaci: Bytyci brothers’ murderers, at senior Serbian institutions (RTK)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci met today Ilir Bytyci, brother of the three murdered brothers, U.S. citizens and members of “Atlantiku” battalion during the war. He said he has raised the matter of the Bytyci brothers in many meetings with international representatives. “Recently, we have discussed this issue also with U.S. senators and congressmen […]
Read More →U.S. appoints Reeker for the solution of disputes between Kosovo and Serbia (RTK)
The United States has appointed a career diplomat to deal with the open contest that exists between Kosovo and Serbia. Diplomat and expert of the Balkans, Philip Reeker is expected to replace Wess Mitchell as responsible for Europe and Eurasia. Reeker is one of the biggest promoters of relations between the US and Greece. In his new position, […]
Read More →KDI: Citizens want the tax to remain but also want to maintain good relations with the West (Koha)
Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) presented today possible course of events if the import tariff on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina remains in place and those if the measure is suspended. According to KDI, if the tax is not suspended, it could have a positive effect in the sense of Kosovo exercising state sovereignty […]
Read More →Pentagon worried about Russia’s meddling (B92, Beta, Pobjeda)
Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon says the US is worried about “Russia’s meddling in the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of the Western Balkans.” “Russia seeks to derail Euro-Atlantic perspective of the countries such as North Macedonia and Montenegro through the aggressive approach and deterrence,” Pahon told Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda. He added that the US “see North Macedonia and […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbia agreement, new momentum for Kosovo’s CoE membership (Klan Kosova)
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland is quoted as saying that a final agreement between Serbia and Kosovo would give Kosovo a possibility to become the newest member of the Council of Europe. “If there is an agreement, there will be a new situation/momentum,” Jagland told Klan Kosova from a conference underway in Helsinki. […]
Read More →Spain’s hostility to Kosovo forces UEFA to move youth games (AP/Washington Post)
Spain’s refusal to respect the flag and anthem of Kosovo has forced UEFA to move qualifying games in soccer’s Under-17 European Championship. The latest hostility from Spain toward athletes from Kosovo seems to break a promise its government made to the International Olympic Committee to respect athlete rights. https://wapo.st/2GQHN67
Read More →A Kosovo deputy, Gorani, withheld support to Haradinaj after the election of the Minister Diana Zivic (Blic, Kontakt plus radio, Radio Mitrovica Sever)
A Kosovo deputy, from the Gorani community, withheld his support to Haradinaj after Diana Zivic’s election as minister. After the reaction of the representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo to the appointment of Dijana Zivic as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development in Kosovo instead of Nenad Rikalo, also reacted and a representative […]
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