Belgrade Media Report 07 March 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 7 March 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I did not talk about recognition, it’s not my topic (Tanjug/B92)
• Brnabic thanks Italy for unequivocal support (Beta)
• Dacic: Who is playing a double game in the Kosovo case (FoNet/Tanjug/RTS)
• Support of the Czech Republic on Serbia’s EU path (RTS)
• Committee for Kosovo and Metohija reviews report of Office for Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Drecun orders Dveri MPs to leave session of Committee for Kosovo and Metohija (Beta/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Religious extremism in Kosovo and Metohija (RTV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic: Many technical details need to be implemented (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Formation of Council of Ministers delayed inexcusably (Srna)
• Ivantsov: Balkans should not have to choose between Russia or EU (Srna)
• Izetbegovic: Coalition partners will be the ones who do not refuse to join the government (Fena)
• Several B&H nationals allegedly among captured ISIS fighters in Syria (N1)
Croatia
• Will Pupovac leave ruling coalition? (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: We defend our sovereign right to choose our own future path (CDM)
• Tusk with Djukanovic: Protests in Montenegro are not a problem (CDM)
• Opposition parties and “Odupri Se” organizers conversations in progress (Vijesti)
Albania
• Rama: Protests, not organized by people, but by former leaders who were ousted from the power (ADN)
• Basha: No dialogue with Rama (ADN)
• Xhacka: Albania voice for the Euro-Atlantic values and aspirations of the countries of the region, including Kosovo, in order to ensure protection from threats coming from Russia (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Preparation for Trials on Kosovo War Crimes Enters Final Stage – Lawmaker (Sputnik)
• The Art of the Deal: Washington’s push for a final agreement between Serbia and Kosovo (European Western Balkans)
Serbian FM says some European countries preventing agreement on Kosovo (TV N1, BETA, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic accused “some European countries” of trying to prevent a quick agreement over Kosovo. Dacic did not specify which countries he claimed are playing games because they don’t want to see Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement quickly, adding that he does not believe the United States are playing that […]
Read More →US supports Thaci, UK has Haradinaj’s back – report (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
Belgrade-based daily Blic writes that at this time, in Kosovo, “US interests on one hand, and those of great powers on the other” are clashing. According to the paper, against the position of the United States stands, first and foremost, Great Britain. The United States is in favor of Belgrade and Pristina reaching an agreement, […]
Read More →Protest against tariffs, unification of city, and seizure of Trepca held in Mitrovica North (Radio KIM)
A protest gathering was held at midday in Mitrovica North against the tariffs Pristina introduced on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, unification of Mitrovica and seizure of Trepca, KIM Radio reports. Protesters, including citizens, Trepca workers, students and Serb political representative said they would use all allowed means to fight for their remain […]
Read More →Dveri MPs almost caused incident in Serbian Parliament over Kosovo (BETA)
Member of opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) Dveri Movement MPs Bosko Obradovic and Marija Janusevic raised the banners saying, “No Division, No Surrender”, “You Betrayed Kosovo” and “Kosovo is Serbia” at the beginning of a meeting of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, BETA news agency reported. The banners also included “One […]
Read More →Haradinaj calls on MPs to discuss dialogue platform (Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj called on MPs to present their views on the dialogue with Serbia and the platform outlining Kosovo’s position in the process. “I urge the MPs to express their views because the Assembly has been given the opportunity to preserve Kosovo of 17 February,” Haradinaj said today at the Assembly […]
Read More →Limaj: Kosovo’s sovereignty and status are nonnegotiable (RTK)
Co-head of the Kosovo State Delegation for talks with Serbia, Fatmir Limaj, said at the Assembly of Kosovo while presenting the platform for dialogue with Serbia that the document specifies that status and sovereignty of Kosovo are nonnegotiable. “The topics that cannot be negotiated, that are inviolable and irreversible for the Republic of Kosovo include […]
Read More →Kurti: Government trying to justify the President through the dialogue platform (RTK)
Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, took to Facebook to write that tomorrow is the eighth anniversary of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. He added that a day later will be eight months since MPs received government report on the 33 Brussels agreements, for minor progress and major stagnations. Kurti continued saying that […]
Read More →Vetevendosje requests from Prime Minister to withdraw draft law on dialogue (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly MP from Vetevendosje Movement Albulena Haxhiu, said today that if Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj does not withdraw the draft law on dialogue, then they will address the matter at the Constitutional Court. Arben Gashi, MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) on the other hand added that the platform on the dialogue […]
Read More →LDK objects session on dialogue on the day of KLA epopee (RTK)
The extraordinary session of the Assembly of Kosovo has started with the disapproval of the Democratic League of Kosovo. According to LDK, discussion for the dialogue with Serbia on the day of KLA epopee, represents an insult for the victims in Prekaz. Avdullah Hoti, caucus of LDK, said there was no urgency to discuss the […]
Read More →Regional Cooperation is the Key to Finding the Wartime Missing (Balkan Insight)
Improved investigative and forensic techniques mean it is still possible to find and identify the remaining 12,000 people who disappeared during the Balkan wars – but cooperation between governments is essential so families can finally know the fate of their missing loved ones. In the last 20 years, governments in the Western Balkans have been […]
Read More →Serb goods from Kosovo big success in central Serbia stores (B92, RTS)
Products by Serb manufacturers from Kosovo have quickly sold out in stores in central Serbia, “and I expect the number of these products to increase soon.” This has been announced by the State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy, Branimir Stojanovic, who spoke for RTS on the occasion of the recent, for the first-time organized […]
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