Belgrade Media Report 26 March 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 26 March 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Elections in June or next year (RTS/Tanjug/Beta/Novosti/Politika)
• Paraguay remains firm on position of non-recognizing Kosovo (RTS)
• Kuburovic: Serbia makes progress in fight against corruption (RTS/Beta)
• SzS writes to Patriarch Irinej (Beta/Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Serbs should not pay attention to enemies of Republika Srpska (Srna)
• B&H Constitutional Court again to discuss 9 January – RS Day (Srna)
• Cooperation between RS and Serbs in Kosovo will be deepened (Srna)
• Russia respects Dayton Agreement, policy of reconciliation (Srna)
• Joint marking of Serbs suffering anniversaries important (Srna)
Croatia
• SDSS to stay on with the HDZ-led coalition government (HRT)
Montenegro
• DF offered new document (CDM)
• Europe has more important things to deal with, the region can wait (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Parliament to decide on Wednesday on the laws that Ivanov refused to sign (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Siljanovska with 6% ahead of Pendarovski (Republika)
Albania
• DP calls for preparations for early election (ADN)
• Political crisis, CEC Chairman seeks protection by parliament (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Albania Opposition Leader Grilled Over US Lobbying Contracts (BIRN)
• The Latest: Montenegro arrests suspected migrant smugglers (Associated Press)
Hoxha: EU remains our only address for sustainable peace (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Dhurata Hoxha, said today at a round table organized by the three European Council Presiding countries and Group for Legal and Political Studies, that “EU remains our only address for sustainable peace, Prosperity and equal opportunities for our citizens.” “We seek from the Presidency of the EU Council an objective […]
Read More →Kosovo’s open wounds, twenty years on (Le Monde)
On 24 March 1999, Western powers dropped bombs on the federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which had dwindled since 1992 to Serbia and Montenegro. For the first time in its history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) entered into a war against a sovereign nation that didn’t threaten any of its members or neighbours. See at: […]
Read More →New CEC members to take the oath on Thursday (RTK)
The Office of the President of Kosovo announced in a press release that after the conclusion of all of the procedures and after the completion of the case files with the necessary additional information, the new Central Election Commission (CEC) members will be appointed this week. “New CEC members will swear the oath in front […]
Read More →Fajon: Tariff is risking visa liberalization (Lajmi.net, RTK)
Asked about the issue of visa liberalization for Kosovo, European Parliament MP Tanja Fajon, spoke to lajmi.net about difficult period of this process due the EU elections. “EU governments failed to give the green light for liberalisation of visas for Kosovo. We are still waiting for them, and I have continuously appealed to EU leaders […]
Read More →Serbian Accusation Lingers Of Link Between NATO Bombing, Health Woes (RFE, RL)
Serbian lawmaker Darko Laketic, head of the Commission for Researching Health Impacts of the NATO Bombing, looks at the data and draws a clear line between the Western security alliance’s 78-day bombing campaign and a rise in cancer-related disease in children born in the subsequent two decades. See at:https://www.rferl.org/a/serbian-accusation-lingers-of-link-between-nato-bombing-health-woes/29841402.html
Read More →The new Criminal Code provides for a life sentence for paedophilia (RTK2, KTV)
More than 100 minors, under the age of 16, have been sexually harassed in Kosovo over the past two years, reports RTK2, citing KTV. Sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 is punishable by the Criminal Code, but it does not explicitly mention the term “paedophilia”. Ismet Salihu, professor of criminal law, […]
Read More →Serb arrested for “illegal crossing” of administrative line (Tanjug, B92, Radio kontakt plus)
The Kosovo police have arrested “a Serbian citizen” for “illegally crossing” the administrative line (between Kosovo and central Serbia). Radio Kontakt Plus is reporting this on Tuesday, adding that the man was detained around 19:40 hours CET on Monday, in the village of Korminjane, municipality of Ranilug. “Regular court procedure has been launched against the […]
Read More →Kosovo Police: 235 betting shops searched in 33 cities, 35 closed (KoSSev)
The Kosovo Police, in cooperation with the tax administration and the Kosovo Customs, conducted an operation yesterday in 33 cities in Kosovo during which 235 casinos and betting shops were searched and 35 of them were closed. Customs seized 118 gambling machines, while some betting shops and casinos which were closed did not have a […]
Read More →Radojevic: No official information about investigation of Marko Djuric’s arrest (Tanjug, TV Most)
One year after the arrest of Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric in Mitrovica North there is no yet official information about the investigation of his arrest, Kosovo Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Milan Radojevic said, adding it is an important test for Pristina institutions that would show whether they are functional or […]
Read More →Facebook removes suspicious accounts from Russia, North Macedonia and Kosovo (Srna, N1)
The Facebook social platform said on Tuesday it deleted more accounts from Iran, Russia, North Macedonia and Kosovo because of “coordinated non-authentic behaviour,” the Bosnian Srna news agency reported. It added that a total of 2,632 accounts were erased from the operations linked to those countries from Facebook and Instagram accounts. Earlier this month, Facebook […]
Read More →US envoy: No use of Belgrade – Pristina mutual blaming (N1, Beta)
The US ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott told reporters on Tuesday the situation regarding the European Union-mediated Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations was extremely complicated, but that there was no benefit from the two sides blaming each other, the Beta news agency reported. The ambassador said it was necessary for both sides […]
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