Belgrade Media Report 09 April 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 9 April 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Serbia’s most important foreign policy priority preservation of territorial integrity and sovereignty (RTS/Beta)
• Gojkovic: Belgrade ready to continue dialogue despite that the other side has not fulfilled any of its obligations (Beta)
• Thaci calls elections, Belgrade silent – what does it mean? (TV Prva/Beta/B92)
• Serb List: Participation in elections following meeting with Serbian President (RTS)
• Obradovic files criminal charges against Vulin for violating the Constitution (RTV/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Vucic and Covic talk about cooperation between Serbia and B&H (Fena)
• SNSD, HDZ B&H and SDA announce separate talks on formation of authorities at level of B&H and Federation of B&H (BHT1/TV1/N1)
• B&H fails to appoint new B&H delegation to PACE by 6 April (ATV)
• Dodik interview: Situation in B&H chaotic, general stalemate evident in country (Srna)
• Zvizdic: Border at Drina River will remain until doomsday (N1)
Croatia
• Croatia wants EU to keep focus on Southeast Europe (Hina)
Montenegro
• “Odupri Se” Protest organizers pointed out that resistance will not stop (TMN)
• Opposition and organizers agreed on putting more pressure on the government (CDM)
• Sigfusson: It’s important that every voice in the parliament is heard (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Several convicts in 27 April case request presidential pardons (Nezavisen vesnik/Republika)
Albania
• Political crisis, US official Palmer 100 minutes meeting with Rama (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The French are clear – Serbia cannot enter the EU in 2025 (European Western Balkans)
• ‘I am a soldier of America’: Kosovo PM says he follows US lead against Serbia & Russia (RT)
Veseli: EU should react to Serbia’s and Vucic’s provocations (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said the source of the rhetoric used by the Minister of Local Government Ivan Teodosijevic derives from Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and it aims casing tensions in Balkans and Kosovo. “The language of hatred and racism used by one of the institutional representatives from the Serbian List is unacceptable and […]
Read More →NEWS Kosovo’s Vetevendosje Plans Albanian Offshoot to Promote ‘Unification’ (Balkan Insight)
Leaders of Kosovo’s opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) party said they have applied to open a sister organisation in Tirana to promote the ‘national unification’ of Albanians. Vetevendosje on Monday applied to the First Instance Court in Tirana to register a ‘centre’ under the name ‘Self-Determination Movement in Albania’, aiming to promote the nationalist, left-wing party and […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Chauvinist discourse has no place in Kosovo institutions (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj has reacted to the statements of the Serb Minister at the government of Kosovo, warning with his dismissal. Hoxhaj said ‘the fascist discourse of the Serbian List is a political cynicism and hypocrisy and at the same time an effort to hide the truth and deny crimes committed by […]
Read More →Haradinaj deposed Minister Todosijevic over statement on NATO bombing (KoSSev)
KoSSev portal reported that following the report of Voice of America on Vesna Mikic being deposed of her function as Kosovo Deputy Minister of Justice because of her comment on NATO bombing of the-then Federal Republic Yugoslavia, while there was no reaction to the similar statement that Ivan Todosijevic, the Minister of Local Self-Governance Administration […]
Read More →Hoxha seeks Poland’s support for visa liberalisation (media)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, met the Polish Minister for Investment and Economic Development, Jerzy Kwiecinski, and urged the government of Poland to support visa liberalisation for Kosovo. “I underlined in the meeting that any restriction to the free movement of our citizens is a restriction to the achievement of the youth’s integrating […]
Read More →Why is Pristina criticising EU for siding with Belgrade? (RFE)
Representatives of Kosovo institutions have been voicing their distrust towards the European Union and its officials for a while now by accusing it of a number of issues, including for siding with Serbia, RFE reports quoting political analysts. Artan Muhaxhiri said the main reason behind Pristina leaders’ signs of mistrust towards the EU is that […]
Read More →Discriminated over her stance on NATO bombing? (VOA, KoSSev)
According to numerous reports it is not a rare occurrence that women in Kosovo are discriminated against in many areas of social life, while the attitude of some employers or heads of the institutions toward women is different comparing to the one toward the men. One of the latest examples is a dismissal of Vesna […]
Read More →Vucic: We respect sovereignty of others; you do the same (Tanjug, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic has said that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of all countries in the region and has no claims towards any territory. Therefore, Vucic said, speaking in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) on Tuesday, he expects other countries to act in the same way. Vucic also pointed out that those politicians who think the territorial […]
Read More →Top Serbian military brass meeting in Belgrade (Tanjug, B92)
Serbia’s top military brass is meeting this Tuesday in Belgrade. The Collegium of the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army will consider the security situation in the country and its surroundings. The meeting is presided by Defense Minster Aleksandar Vulin and held in the Banjica 2 barracks […]
Read More →Serbian opposition leader filed criminal charges against Minister of Defence (Danas, BETA, TV N1)
Chairman of the opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) and leader of Dveri Movement Bosko Obradovic said on Tuesday he had filed criminal charges against Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin because of his statement that Serbs and Albanians should delimitate. Obradovic considers that such statement violates the Constitution and Serbian laws, BETA news agency reported. “This […]
Read More →Crime and freedom of movement are the biggest security problems in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, KIM radio)
The biggest security problem for the Serb community in the North of Kosovo is crime and for the Serbs South of Ibar freedom of movement – says the research within the project “Did the Brussels Agreement Forgotten Citizens” conducted by NGO “Crno Beli Svet” (Black and White World) and TV Mir based in Leposavic. The […]
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