Belgrade Media Report 14 March 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 14 March 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Serbia appreciates Spain’s principled position on Kosovo (Beta)
• Vucic to Moore: Abolishment of taxes first, then dialogue (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Pristina’s platform is a premeditated murder of the dialogue (TV/Pink/Tanjug)
• KFOR denies knowledge of Pristina’s plans (Tanjug/B92)
• McAllister: Most important for Belgrade and Pristina to return to negotiating table (RTV)
• Russia adopts document on NATO’s 1999 attack against Serbia (Tanjug/B92/Sputnik)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Principles for forming authorities to be signed soon, without consent to NATO integration (Srna)
• Dodik: Belgrade-Sarajevo motorway major contribution to RS growth (Srna)
• Kojic: Karadzic expects to be acquitted (Srna)
Croatia
• Plenkovic comments on status of national minorities (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: Protests are entirely political, I won’t resign; Danger for Montenegro regarding the delimitation of Kosovo and Serbia – I’m not stimulating paranoia (CDM)
• Reinke: False news from Russia is a threat for Montenegro (Dnevne novine)
Republic of North Macedonia
• After Kosovo, Rama wants to see borders between Albania and Macedonia erased as well (Republika)
Albania
• Macedonian PM criticizes opposition for burning MP mandates (ADN)
• Rama appreciates designation of Albanian as 2nd language in North Macedonia (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The U.S. Department of State Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Read More →Turkey responds to the U.S. on expelled Turkish citizens (RTK)
The Turkish Embassy in Pristina has quoted on its Facebook page the Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy as saying that it is becoming more and more understood that FETO organization presents a serious danger not only for Turkey but also for those countries where it is operating. “We pay attention […]
Read More →The vulnerable points on the map: Kosovo’s air pollution and its causes (Pristina Insight)
From healthy to hazardous, Kosovo has upped its monitoring of the decline of the county’s air quality in the last few years. An infographic from BIRN’s own monitoring team illustrates the dangers and explores the solutions of this phenomenon. The alarmingly high levels of air pollution recorded over the past two years in Kosovo, particularly […]
Read More →Hague Prosecutors to Question Two More Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighters Enver Shala and Bashkim Ndrecaj are the latest in a series of former guerrillas to be invited for interview by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague, which is probing wartime and post-war crimes. Enver Shala, a Germany-based former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, said on Wednesday that he has […]
Read More →Tahiri: Awareness on domestic violence brought the first serious punishment (RTK)
The Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, signed today with the Office of UnWomen in Kosovo a Memorandum of Cooperation, on the Integrated System for Recording the Domestic Violence Cases. “At the signing ceremony, Minister Tahiri mentioned that exactly for domestic violence, for the first time the courts in Kosovo have imposed the capital punishment of […]
Read More →Kosnett: Kosovo continues to be held back by corruption (media)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett said Kosovo continues to be to be held back by corruption, attacks on journalists, expulsion of foreign citizens without due process and violence against minorities. “Kosovo 2018 Human Rights Report released. A step forward taken with passage of revised Criminal Code. Kosovo continues to be held back by […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Non-majority communities should be involved in the dialogue (media)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today with members of Turkish community, Müfera Şinik dhe Enis Kervan. “In order for the State Delegation for the Dialogue with Serbia to include other communities that live in Kosovo, I discussed this morning with MPs from the Turkish community Müfera Şinik dhe Enis Kervan, whose expertise […]
Read More →Vucic to Moore: Revoking tariffs first, then dialogue (Tanjug, Politika, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed hope today the international community would continue with rational calls to Pristina to give up on the tariffs it imposed against Serbia and Serbian people, Tanjug news agency reported. Vucic said during the meeting with Foreign Office Director General for Political Affairs Richard Moore Serbia would immediately after these anti-civilized […]
Read More →Montenegro President Blames Outside Interference for Election Loss (Balkan Insight)
Milo Djukanovic has made clear his displeasure at the way Albanian and Kosovo leaders contributed to his own party’s defeat in local elections in the new municipality of Tuzi. Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has criticized Kosovo and Albanian officials for supporting the ethnic Albanian coalition that won local elections held in the recently reconstituted municipality […]
Read More →Soltes: Hope for visa liberalization this year must not be lost (Lajmi)
The European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Kosovo, Igor Soltes, told the news website today that hope for visa liberalization for Kosovo this year, must not be lost. Asked about the position of member states on the matter, Soltes said, “I cannot give you an answer to this question, but I certainly hope so. This question should […]
Read More →Topalli: Deportation of Turkish nationals, drastic violation of human rights (media)
Faton Topalli, Vetevendosje MP who has been appointed as head of the assembly committee for oversight of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, told reporters today that the deportation of six Turkish nationals last year was a drastic violation of human rights. “The issue of the Gulenists was discussed at the Kosovo Assembly. A parliamentary investigation committee […]
Read More →CoE: Serbia’s answer to violence against women not adequate (BETA, Danas, TV N1)
Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, said Serbia’s institutions had not dealt appropriately with the violence against women and that issue remained a serious topic concerning human rights in the country, BETA news agency reported on Thursday. Mijatovic told Belgrade-based daily Danas daily that female journalists in Serbia were under risk […]
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