Belgrade Media Report 08 May 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 08 May 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I will not recognise Kosovo within present borders, no matter what (RTS)
• Dacic: Pristina will cross the red lines real soon (Tanjug)
• Vucic in Italy with an official who is in favor of re-examining Kosovo’s recognition (Tanjug)
• EU Delegation chief: Pristina to lift taxes, no alternative to dialogue (N1)
• Fabrizi: Focus on reforms, rather than on whether EU wants you (Tanjug)
• Dacic to Djukanovic: I agree, lets will return to Badinter’s borders (RTV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• EBRD 2019 Annual Meeting and Business Forum begins in Sarajevo, Thaci and Vucic not attending (TV1)
• Summit of Brdo-Brijuni Process; Serb leaders are not welcome; Viskovic: Dodik and Vucic should go to Tirana anyway (RTRS)
Montenegro
• PM Markovic: We don’t respond to unfounded objections from Serbia (CDM)
• Merkel and Macron want to build up momentum for Serbia – Kosovo dialogue (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pope Francis: Your land is a bridge between East and West and a meeting-point for numerous cultural currents (Nezavisen vesnik)
Haradinaj: Vucic, Thaci, Rama discussed Kosovo’s partition under Mogherini’s mediation (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj accused President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama of discussing plans for partition of Kosovo under the mediation of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. “These is well-grounded suspicion that Aleksandar Vucic, Edi […]
Read More →Swiss ambassador: Border correction idea could lead to trouble (media)
Switzerland’s Ambassador to Kosovo, Jean Hubert Lebet, said border correction idea has never worked and warned that such an option could spell trouble for both Kosovo and Serbia. “If borders are shifted, the sources of conflict will not be resolved, especially not in the Balkans. You could get into trouble,” he said. “Border change idea […]
Read More →Tahiri: Prosecution of war crimes, the only way forward (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, said that despite the twenty-year period that has passed, war crimes committed in Kosovo have not gotten old and need to be addressed by local institutions. “Twenty years have passed but not even if 200 had passed, justice cannot be denied and those that are responsible for war crimes, […]
Read More →Vucic met Quint ambassadors and EU Delegation head (Tanjug, Dnevnik)
President Aleksandar Vucic met with ambassadors of Quint countries, USA, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany as well as Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia. During the meeting described as open and constructive Vucic told the ambassadors that Serbia, without any fault, was placed in a difficult position and he understands neither the tariffs […]
Read More →Kosovo HLC: Establishment of international court for Serbian crimes in Kosovo not possible (TV N1, BETA, RTK2)
Director of the Kosovo Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) Bekim Blakaj said today he understands the motives of the Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli wanting the justice two decades after the conflict, adding he considers that the establishment of the international court is not possible, BETA news agency reports. “The International Court should be established by […]
Read More →Congo does not recognize Kosovo (RTS)
The Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry received a note from the Embassy of Democratic Republic of Congo in Belgrade refuting the claims of Behgjet Pacolli who said earlier “that the Democratic Republic of Congo would soon recognize Kosovo,” RTS reports. “In line with the content of the note that the Embassy in Belgrade received from the […]
Read More →Thaci leaves for Tirana to participate at Brdo-Brijuni Summit (media)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci travelled today to Tirana to participate at the Summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process leaders. Thaci will meet today in Tirana with the President of Albania, Ilir Meta. He will also meet today with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. They will discuss Kosovo’s European perspective and […]
Read More →Haradinaj: EU to respect our achievements through visa liberalization (media)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today with heads of the missions of the EU member states in Kosovo and head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova. They Discusses Kosovo’s achievements and challenges in the European path. Haradinaj took to Facebook to assess that the government is fully engaged on fulfillment […]
Read More →Kurti: Thaci sabotaged himself by excessive servility (Koha)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said that President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci has ‘sabotaged’ himself by showing ‘excessive servility’ for an agreement with Serbia. In a Facebook post, Kurti recalls that it’s been four months since Thaci replied to the U.S. President Donald Trump pointing out to the letter’s third paragraph: “Let me give you my […]
Read More →Angela Merkel’s cabinet: We want dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (Pobjeda, Tanjug, B92)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron wanted to give a new impetus to the process of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda reports referring to the statement from Merkel’s cabinet. Responding to a question whether the direct involvement of Germany and France in resolving the Kosovo issue means […]
Read More →Vucic: Overthrow me in the streets, I won’t recognize Kosovo (RTS, Blic, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic late on Tuesday spoke about possible solutions for Kosovo, but also about expectations from the upcoming meetings in Rome, and in Tirana. Vucic was a guest at the Serbian public broadcaster RTS show “Upitnik” where he spoke about solutions for Kosovo after the Berlin summit, noting that he does not want […]
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