Belgrade Media Report 01 April 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 1 April 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic thanks Georgia for not recognizing Kosovo (RTS)
• Dacic: Very successful visit to countries of South and Central America (Tanjug)
• Framework agreement on cooperation between Serbia, Association of Caribbean States signed (B92)
• Djuric: Only purpose of taxes is to hurt Serbia (Beta)
• Milivojevic: Vucic got some more time to be cooperative in terms of Kosovo (FoNet)
• EULEX hands war crimes cases to Kosovo courts (FoNet/RFE)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Viskovic: I am sure that we will be unified (Srna)
• Viskovic: SDA conclusions and the decision of the Constitutional Court do not lead to reconciliation (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: RS has answers on the challenges coming from Sarajevo (Srna)
• Other reactions to the Constitutional Court ruling regarding the RS Day (Srna)
• Govedarica: We do not accept SNSD’s invitation to participate in the formation of the authority (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Unprincipled stand of SDS (Srna)
• Croatian spy affair: I was offered money to spy on Bosnians for Croatia (N1)
• Bosniak leader on alleged spying affair: Attempt to destabilize B&H (N1)
Croatia
• Serb minority leader Pupovac runs for European Parliament (Hina)
• Croatia disputes Slovenian Foreign Minister’s border claims (Hina)
Montenegro
• Protest organizers and 39 Deputies signed Agreement on the Future (TMN)
• Vukovic: Protests in the capital are not civic at all (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Presidential candidates launch campaigns on 1 April (Republika)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Belgrade cannot recognize Crimea as part of Russia until Kosovo issue is resolved – Vucic (TASS)
• Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Serbia four-way meeting adopts joint declaration (Stiripesurse)
Kukan: Kosovo and Serbia must remain multi-ethnic states (IBNA)
The head of the EU-Serbia European Parliamentary Committee, Eduard Kukan said during a meeting with a Serb parliamentary delegation that prior to EU accession, Belgrade and Pristina must reach a legally binding agreement which will address all existing problems. According to him, the first step needed for this is the lifting of tax on Serbian […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Mogherini derailed dialogue, inflicted political trauma (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said today at an event marking the third anniversary of the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU that the High Representative Federica Mogherini has made the implementation of the European agenda difficult “for the fact she has derailed the dialogue into exchange of territories.” […]
Read More →Radojević: Security situation in Kosovo only seemingly stable (RTS)
Both politics and economy and lately sports and entertainment, whatever the topic in Kosovo and Metohija is security is an indispensable part of the story, outgoing Kosovo Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Milan Radojevic told RTS. He added security situation on the ground is different from what is stated in the official reports. Speaking for […]
Read More →Munter: Solution for Kosovo cannot be dictated from aside (RTS)
Former US Ambassador to Serbia and Chair of the East-West Institute Cameron Munter opined that solution to the Kosovo issue can not be “dictated from aside” but it must be an outcome of an agreement by Belgrade and Pristina, RTS reported. Munter added it depends upon Belgrade and Pristina only when would the negotiations continue, […]
Read More →Ambassador Kosnett’s Interview with Radio Kontakt Plus (US Embassy, Radio kontakt plus)
Radio Kontakt Plus (RKP): Mr. Kosnett, in the first place, hello and welcome. Ambassador Kosnett (AMB): Thank you Jelena. It is a great pleasure to be here in Mitrovica North. RKP: Since we are talking about Mitrovica North, of course, political issues are always in the first place. When do you expect the Dialogue between […]
Read More →Ischinger: EU should do its homework first (RTS)
German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger in an interview for RTS said the EU perspective for Serbia and other countries in the region should be open, while the enlargement process should continue. He commented on recent messages from Paris that Serbia would not become an EU member before the union is transformed within, saying the question whether […]
Read More →Apostolova: Kosovo’s tariff on Serbian products, against SAA spirit (Koha)
On the third anniversary of the Stabilization/Association Agreement, the EU Head of Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, opposed Kosovo’s import tariff on Serbian and Bosnian goods. “Regrettably, there are decisions that go against commitments in the Stabilization/Association Agreement, namely the tariff on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 100-percent tariff is not only […]
Read More →Mustafa: CDU and LDK share the same views on dialogue with Serbia (media)
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Isa Mustafa met German MP from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Schmidt and Peter Bayer, and representatives from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Pristina last night and discussed the current situation in Kosovo, including regional cooperation and European perspective. In a Facebook post, Mustafa said: “The […]
Read More →Haradinaj says Lekaj’s statement for Swiss ambassador was unwise (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today that Infrastructure Minister Pal Lekaj’s recent statement suggesting the withdrawal of the Swiss Ambassador to Kosovo, was unwise. “It was not wise of Minister Lekaj to become involved in the debate. He has his own topics to address. I have high appreciation for Switzerland,” Haradinaj told a press […]
Read More →Vucic: We have problem with Albanians, but we also have strength (BETA, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia has a political problem with the Albanians in Kosovo but fights to preserve peace and stability. He added Serbia would “have the strength to protect the Serbs.” Vucic made these remarks in the town of Secanj, he was visiting as a part of his ongoing “Future of Serbia” campaign, BETA […]
Read More →German MPs: We support dialogue, not land swap (media)
Peter Bauer and Christian Schmidt, members of the German Bundestag said today after meeting Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, that they support dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia but not the idea of land swap. “Germany has a very clear position on this matter. We are against the idea. You cannot solve problems by creating new problems. […]
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From Google News- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 SeeNews
- The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results - Sarajevo Times 26/04/2024The Meeting of the chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia ended without concrete Results Sarajevo Times
- War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso 26/04/2024War in Kosovo and sexual violence, a painful legacy Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
- Foreign remittances to Kosovo up 5% y/y in Q1 - SeeNews 26/04/2024
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