Novo Brdo: Five cattle stolen last night, perpetrators unknown (RTV Puls)
Five stolen cattle are result of the last night thefts in Novo Brdo municipality. Unknown perpetrators have stolen a cow and a calf belonging to Nikola Maksimovic family from Boljevac village, and also another cow and a calf were stolen from their neighbor Igor Maksimovic, RTV Puls reports. An Albanian family of Jakup Mustafa from […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 13 March 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 13 March 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Borell: Secession is contrary to principles of international law (Tanjug/RTV/RTS)
• Dacic: Spain strongly supports integrity, sovereignty of Serbia (RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia warned KFOR and NATO that it will intervene if Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are attacked (Tanjug/TV Pink)
• Drecun: Serbia would not abandon its people at Pristina’s disgrace (RTS)
• Ljajic: Text of agreement with Eurasian Economic Union harmonized (Tanjug)
• SzS: Huge protest on 13 April if requests are not met (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Radoncic: We are not interested in participation in government (Fena)
• Bombing of Yugoslavia starting point for all current conflicts (Srna)
• Putin, Jinping and others wish Dodik a happy birthday (Srna)
• Hahn concerned about China Bank loan for Federation of B&H energy project (N1)
Croatia
• RS blocks connecting natural gas pipeline between B&H and Croatia (HRT)
• Croatia and Albania sign exchange agreement (HRT)
• Croatian President meets with UN Secretary General, gives speech (Hina)
Montenegro
• Montenegro at Informal General Affairs Council in Bucharest (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• OSCE/ODIHR will monitor the presidential elections with 279 observers (Meta)
• Zaev to chair next meeting of Stabilization and Association Council (Republika)
• Pipe burst at SPO has flooded a part of the evidence in the cases of “Empire”, “Three Hundred” and “Spy” (Meta)
Albania
• Political crisis, SP gathers allies (ADN)
• Basha calls Albanians to fight for a change (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the United Nations’ Security Council (EEAS)
• NATO parliamentarians urged to increase focus on Balkans, security in the Eastern Mediterranean during visit to Greece (NATO Parliamentary Assembly)
• NATO’s 1999 aggression was turning point for int’l relations — Yugoslavian ex-top diplomat (TASS)
Russia adopts document on NATO’s 1999 attack against Serbia (Sputnik, Tanjug, B92)
Russia has adopted a document on the 20th anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Tanjug is reporting this on Wednesday, citing Sputnik, that the text states “the initiators of this crime must be held responsible.” According to the document adopted by the Federation […]
Read More →Kosovo’s New War Crimes Strategy Faces Political Obstacles (Balkan Insight)
Special Prosecutor Drita Hajdari has recently moved office, but most of the files on war crimes which were handed over to the Kosovo authorities by international prosecutors last year are already on her shelf. There is a huge backlog of unfinished cases waiting their turn to be dealt with, and last month the Kosovo Prosecutorial […]
Read More →Hoxhaj reacts after failure of RYCO meeting (media)
Enver Hoxhaj, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, took to Twitter to react for the failure of the meeting of the board of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO). Media reported earlier today that Board member Milica Skilevic, was dismissed by Serbian state only for confirming participation at this meeting which was to be held in […]
Read More →Haradinaj does not mention suspension of tariff after the meeting with British official (Lajmi)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today with United Kingdom’s Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Richard Moore. After the meeting, Haradinaj took to Facebook to write that Kosovo is committed to sustainable stability and peace in the region and that according to him, Kosovo is interested to […]
Read More →Domestic violence against women on rise in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Coordinator for domestic violence in the Office of Kosovo prosecutor Natasa Radovic said in an interview to the Radio kontakt plus that in the first two months this year 60 cases of domestic violence were registered in northern Kosovo and that the victims were mostly women. “In 2017 we had about 87 cases of domestic […]
Read More →Spanish FM: Spain does not recognize Kosovo, supports compromise solution (BETA, B92)
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrell during the visit to Belgrade said his country is against the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, but it supports a compromise solution, BETA news agency reported. He spoke in Belgrade with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. President Vucic thanked Spain for its principled stance on Kosovo and an […]
Read More →“Cases of Kosovo and Catalonia are not comparable” (BETA, B92)
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Wednesday in Belgrade that the cases of Kosovo and Catalonia are not comparable. These two situations, he said, have nothing to do with one another. “Such comparisons fall on deaf ears. They have no weight, although advocates of Catalonia’s independence like them,” Borrell said in response to questions […]
Read More →Brnabic: It is not time yet for Serbia’s response to Pristina’s platform (FoNet, Danas)
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said it is not time yet for Serbia’s stance and response to the Pristina’s platform on negotiations with Belgrade, FoNet news agency reported. Brnabic told journalists in Belgrade, it is needed to hear stances of the international actors first, foremost that of Brussels, which is a guarantor of the agreement and […]
Read More →Drecun: Serbia will not leave its people at Pristina’s merciless (RTS)
Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told RTS that in a case of a massive violence taking place in Kosovo, and if KFOR can not or does not want to react, Serbia would not leave its people at Pristina’s merciless. Speaking for the RTS news edition, Drecun also […]
Read More →Kosovo Police special unit arrests a terror suspect (Indeksonline)
The news website reports that the Fugitive Active Search Team, a special unit of Kosovo Police, arrested on Tuesday evening a person wanted by Interpol. Unnamed sources told Indeksonline that the person – an Albanian from Montenegro – is suspected of terrorism. The suspect is also believed to have assisted two people from fleeing a […]
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