Belgrade Media Report 16 April 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 16 April 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbs, it’s time to unite (Alo/Tanjug/B92)
• Vucic receives Chepurin to discuss Beijing meeting with Putin (Tanjug/RTS)
• Gojkovic holds consultations in Serbian parliament without SzS present (RTS/Beta)
• Serbian parliament hosts 15th COSAP (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions to Dodik interview for Vecernje Novosti (ATV)
• Izetbegovic: Croatia should demonstrate more respect towards B&H (Dnevni list)
• Dodik warns that there will be paralysis in work of legislative authorities at B&H level if new B&H CoM is not formed (TV1, RTRS)
• DF says they have nothing against formation of new ministries in CoM (Dnevni list)
• HDZ B&H Ministers in CoM will not attend next B&H CoM’s session in support to SNSD (ATV)
Montenegro
• US Ambassador: Protests are legitimate, but the dialogue shall be held in the (Pobjeda)
• Montenegro is an oasis of peace thanks to Djukanovic (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Presidential election campaign in North Macedonia enters its final week (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Meta: NATO’s intervention in Kosovo established peace and contributed to stability of region – deep gratitude to US and to all that completed that noble mission (ADN)
• Dutch MPs propose the suspending of visa-free travel for Albanians in the Schengen Zone (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Orbán: Stemming Migration along Balkan Route ‘Joint Hungary-Serbia Success’ (Hungary Today)
• Slovenia and Croatia should be setting a better example for the Western Balkans (Emerging Europe)
Patriarch Irinej in Mitrovica North: “Who gives away one’s home?” (KoSSev)
“You have to make this fateful decision to stay where you are, and this is not the decision of an individual, it is the decision of the Serbian people,” the Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej said today at the Church of St. Dimitrije in Mitrovica North, KoSSev portal reported. The Patriarch has been visiting […]
Read More →Two more suspects on Oliver Ivanovic’s case (Express)
State prosecution is continuing with investigation initiated last year to catch Oliver Ivanovic’s murderer. Two additional suspects are under the loop of the special prosecution. According to prosecutor Syle Hoxhaj, the two wanted suspects live in Mitrovica North and are involved in organized crime. “The investigation is ongoing. We have collected evidence, interviewed different people […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Those acting ‘unfairly’ when Kosovo faces Serbia will be put to shame (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today in his birth-village of Gllogjan during a commemoration event for KLA fighters that Albanians are people of sacrifice and respect but will not allow someone offending their pride and deny their pain. “We are respectful people but a line should be crossed with us. Those who think they […]
Read More →Kukan: EU clearly demonstrated lack of leadership in the dialogue (European Western Balkans)
The agreement between Belgrade and Pristina will be a task for Federica Mogherinis’s Successor because this European Commission mandate does not have time for it, underlines Chairman of Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee Eduard Kukan. Kukan criticises the EU for lacking the leadership in conducting Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, reports RTS. “I […]
Read More →Veseli: We need to come together to conclude agreement with Serbia (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said in a visit to Kacanik today that Kosovo’s political spectrum needs to come together to conclude an agreement with Serbia but added that territory of Kosovo is nonnegotiable. “I believe that we will come together, government and opposition, leave grudges aside and directly engage in concluding the issue with […]
Read More →Hodzic: I am ready to cooperate with all mayors (RTK2)
The newly appointed Minister of Local Government, Adrijana Hodzic states that she is ready to cooperate with all the mayors of 38 municipalities in Kosovo, regardless of which community or political party they belong to. Hodzic told RTK2, the Bosnian language program, that the appointment was related exclusively to her expertise on local government, and […]
Read More →Deimel: Mogherini should not have supported secret Thaci-Vucic talks (DW)
German-based Balkans analyst and deputy director of the Southeast Europe Association, Johanna Deimel, said in an interview with Deutsche Welle in Albanian that Germany is among the countries that have firmly opposed the border change idea as part of an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. “Exchange of territories is in violation to European fundamental values,” […]
Read More →Still no candidates for mayors in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
Three days have left until the application deadline for the mayoral candidates in the four northern municipalities. The Central Election Commission said yesterday no political entity applied for the mayoral elections in Mitrovica North, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic municipalities, Radio kontakt plus reported. Srpska Lista Deputy Chair Igor Simic told the Radio, Srpska Lista […]
Read More →Three Serbian high school girls experienced an incident during hitchhiking (Kontakt plus)
Mayor of Gracanica, Srdjan Popovic, strongly condemned yesterday’s incident that happened to three high school girls. KIM radio reported that three girls were hitchhiking, when an Albanian stopped and gave them the ride, but refused to stop on the way to school which is in Laplje Selo. The case was confirmed to KIM radio by […]
Read More →SDP: Even after 15 months no official facts on murder of Oliver Ivanovic (BETA, Danas)
Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) warned today that even after 15 months since the murder of its leader Oliver Ivanovic “there are still no official details or facts” related to this crime, Danas daily reports. SDP recalled in the statement that Kosovo Special Prosecutor recently stated the investigation into Ivanovic’s murder is still […]
Read More →Chepurin: Dacic and Lavrov to meet on April 17 in Moscow (Vecernje Novosti)
Foreign Ministers of Serbia and Russia, Ivica Dacic and Sergey Lavrov, will meet in Moscow on April 17, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, quoting Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin. “Confidential contacts between foreign political authorities have become regular,” Chepurin noted in his Twitter account. He added that Dacic and Lavrov “complement intensive and […]
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