UNMIK Headlines 26 April
• CEC certifies Serbian List following ECAP ruling (media)
• ESI: Discussions on border changes bring back tensions in the Balkans (Koha)
• Ahmeti on Berlin Summit: There are rumors that Germany has a proposal (RTK)
• Kosnett: Kosovo has good laws but implementation of court decisions, a challenge (media)
• Serbian Police detain and interrogate SLS official at border crossing (media)
• Vetevendosje leaders file lawsuit against Thaci and Veseli (media)
• Lekaj: Opposition is making noise, there are no elections this year (Epoka)
• “Kosovo should be in the UN Report for sexual violence during conflict” (RTK)
Adopted appeal of the Serbian list, the candidates go to the polls (Tanjug, RTS)
The candidates of the Serbian List will be able to take part in the elections for the presidents of the municipalities in the Kosovo north, because the appeal they filed has been accepted, Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reported. The CEC’s Appeal Panel in Pristina adopted the appeal of the Serbian List, whose candidates were […]
Read More →A child’s smile and message “Just May There be no War” (KIM radio)
The primary school pupils from different parts of Kosovo performed and so made a children’s festival in Gracanica last night. Acting, singing and dancing have been shown on the stage of the Culture Center in Gracanica, reports KIM radio. The program entitled “The Month of Child’s Smile” was prepared by 120 pupils of several elementary […]
Read More →Kosovo leaders react to Jovanovic’s stopping by Serbian police (media)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said stopping and interviewing the member of Kosovo government Srdjan Jovanovic is an unacceptable action which aims persecution of Kosovo Serbs who want to integrate in Kosovo. “This is an act that aims encouragement of hatred and insecurity among Kosovo Serbs,” Veseli said. He added that the European Union should […]
Read More →Serbian police stop and interview PM Haradinaj’s advisor (RTK)
Srdjan Jovanovic, adviser to the Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was stopped today at the Dheu i Bardhe (Konculj) border crossing by some MUP members while travelling to Vranje. They allegedly told him the Serbian intelligence service BIA ordered them to stop him. This is not the first time that Serbian authorities undertake such […]
Read More →Vetevendosje leaders file lawsuit against Thaci and Veseli (media)
Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetevendosje Movement and Glauk Konjufca, caucus of this political entity, have filed a lawsuit at the Basic Prosecution against President Hashim Thaci and the Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli. According to Kurti, Thaci and Veseli slandered under oath against him, Glauk Konjufca and Sadri Ramabaja, during the hearing held on 28 […]
Read More →Hoti: Kosovo institutions risk returning empty-handed from Berlin (Kosovapress)
Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group, Avdullah Hoti, said that Kosovo leaders are about to travel to Berlin for the summit of the Western Balkans without unified positions and without legitimacy. “Disagreements over the lifting of the tax make this issue even more complicated,” Hoti wrote on Facebook. “Berlin summit could […]
Read More →Kosnett: Kosovo has sound laws but implementation of court decisions remains a challenge (media)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Kosnett, said in a debate organised by the Kosovo-based think tank Fol that Kosovo has sound laws but that implementation of court decisions remains a challenge. “As Kosovo enters the second decade of independence, it has capable institutions and sound laws stemming from its Constitution. Citizens have more access […]
Read More →Usurped properties and cases unrecorded so far (Radio KIM)
According to the BIRN research by the end of May last year there were 12.823 property-related cases in the Kosovo Comparison and Verification Agency. These cases mostly relate to the agricultural land, business and residential premises. The usurped property issue was a topic of a debate held yesterday in Caglavica, Radio KIM reports. Participants in […]
Read More →Police to protect Rada Trajkovic (FoNet, Danas)
Leader of the Serb European Movement from Kosovo and Metohija, Rada Trajkovic stated the police said she would be offered protection, adding she expects to see what kind of protection she will get, Danas daily reports. In the earlier statement made for Politika daily, Trajkovic said she addressed the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs since […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 25 April 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 25 April 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Unlike others, China doesn’t pressure Serbia (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic thanks Georgia for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Jeremic: Serbia must not relinquish Kosovo under any condition (Beta)
• Patriarch Irinej: Kosovo is spiritual cradle of Serbian people (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic meets Radoncic; says SBB B&H is yet to accept invitation to become part of authorities (BHT1)
• Radmanovic: some progress was made during last meeting on CoM formation (N1)
• Leaderships of Cantonal Boards of SDP B&H and NS confirm they have minimum parliamentary majority to form program TC government (FTV)
• Canton 10 government yet to be formed; Source says obstructions are caused by disagreements within HDZ B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• HDZ B&H, SDA issue statements, accuse each other of obstructions regarding formation of new HNC authorities (Dnevni list)
• Dodik meets Serbian Patriarch Irinej ahead of his visit to Vatican (BHT1)
• OHR: Current political discourse related to reserve police forces in entities, which started with unilateral step taken by RS on this issue, does not contribute to peace and stability in B&H (Al Jazeera Balkans)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Siljanovska: The government is very nervous before 5 May (Republika)
• Mickoski: We expect victory in the runoff, many citizens are encouraged to oppose the government (Republika/24 TV)
• Clashes within the IRC as Buzaku proclaimed himself to be a reis while Rexepi disputes his decision and condemned the judge to death (Meta)
Albania
• Parties registered for local elections (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Xi meets Serbian president (Xinhua)
Read More →Shots fired in village Donja Gusterica, no one was injured (KIM radio, RTV Gracanica, KoSSev)
Yesterday around 11 am, an unknown person fired shots at the premises within the household of Dragan Maksimovic and at the vehicle belonging to his son-in-law in Donja Gusterica village, reports Gracanica based KIM radio. Maksimovic is the director of the elementary school ‘King Lazar’ in this village. KIM radio reports, quoting RTV Gracanica, that […]
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