“Enough with what Hashim wants. Hashim depends on us” (Tanjug, B92, Blic)
“You, Hashim, depend on us. I’m pleading with you to talk, not to be saying what you want, and what you don’t want.” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said this to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci during a joint meeting within the Brdo-Brijuni summit held today in Tirana, Albania. According to the Belgrade-based daily Blic, Vucic “pointed […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo was saved from partition (Lajmi)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj commented today on the process of dialogue with Serbia, saying that EU High Representative Federica Mogherini no longer leads the process and that as a result Kosovo has been saved from partition, the news website reports. “The Berlin Summit was a very precious and successful event for Kosovo because the […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 09 May 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 09 May 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Western ambassadors urge Vucic to “exercise restraint” (Tanjug)
• Vucic: We can count on Italy (RTS)
• Mogherini: There is no conspiracy to divide Kosovo (Beta)
• Dacic about Thaci and Rami: The pinnacle of insolence! (RTS)
• Vucic from Tirana: Albanians say impossible things, they made Europe got used to it (Novosti online)
• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue after tax abolition (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Panel of leaders of Western Balkans marks beginning of second day of 2019 Annual Meeting and Business Forum of EBRD (TV1)
• HR Inzko submits report on B&H to UN SC, he calls on leaders to overcome differences and form authorities (TV1)
• Palmer meets members of Presidency: US remains committed partner to B&H in process of meeting conditions for Euro-Atlantic integration (BN TV)
• Summit of Brdo-Brijuni Process starts in Tirana (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: EU must accept Balkans; otherwise, Russia and China will take it over (CDM)
• Five years prison sentence for Mandic and Knezevic (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev-Palmer meeting: Elections proved that the country is a mature democracy (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Plenkovic: We will do our best North Macedonia to open accession talks in June (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Interpol refuses to issue international arrest warrant for Gruevski (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Albania and Kosovo to fully ‘open borders’ (ADN)
• Opening of Accession Talks, Mogherini expects a positive response (ADN)
Kosovo’s political class has delivered a decade of failure (Prishtina Insight)
By: Visar Xhambazi The current political class in Kosovo may give the appearance of stability, but it is incapable of delivering good governance, European integration and most importantly, people’s basic wellbeing. Kosovo’s first contractual agreement with the EU, the Stabilization and Association Agreement, SAA, entered into force in April 2016. At the end of that […]
Read More →EU’s sweet dreams about WB will never become reality, Vucic says (N1)
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said in Tirana on Thursday there would be nothing of the European Union’s “sweet dreams” about the Western Balkans countries this summer, the FoNet news agency reported. Addressing the Brdo – Brijuni summit in the Albanian capital, he predicted that Serbia and Montenegro would not open any new chapter in negotiations […]
Read More →Veseli on Europe Day: Delays in visa liberalization, a stain for the EU (media)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Kadri Veseli, said today that the European Union should keep its promise for visa liberalization for Kosovo as the latter has met all the requirements in the process. On Europe Day, Veseli said the unjust isolation of Kosovo’s citizens is a stain for the EU. […]
Read More →Thaci: There will be no Serbian Republic in Kosovo (media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci spoke at the Brdo-Brijoni Summit about the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. He said there will be no association with executive competencies in Kosovo. He added that Kosovo-Serbia agreement will not produce a Serbian Republic in Kosovo. Thaci said each day, week, month that passes without reach of the agreement, will […]
Read More →LDK responds to Haradinaj’s accusations (media)
Avdullah Hoti, caucus of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) reacted to the statement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradianj, that LDK has done nothing against the idea for the division of Kosovo. Hoti said such statement shows Haradinaj’s opportunistic political character. He wrote that in February 2018, LDK has requested from the […]
Read More →Thaci shakes hands with Vucic, ignores Dodik (media)
Just before the start of the Brdo-Brijuni Summit in Tirana, Albania, the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, shook hands with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, report media. However, Thaci refused to shake hands with the Serb member of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik. Two days ago, Thaci refused to travel to […]
Read More →Kosovo MPs draft a resolution accusing Serbia of genocide (Prishtina Insight)
A parliamentary commission approved a draft resolution accusing Serbia of committing genocide against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, although experts questioned whether it has any practical purpose. An ad hoc parliamentary commission set up to prepare a resolution condemning crimes by Serbian forces during the Kosovo war approved a draft text on Tuesday and […]
Read More →Investing in Kosovo (emergingeurope)
Emerging Europe sits down with Neil Taylor, head of Kosovo at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to discuss both the opportunities and challenges facing the young country. As country boss of one of the leading institutional investors in Kosovo, few people are in a better position to offer a thorough perspective of […]
Read More →Kosovo MPs Draft Resolution Accusing Serbia of Genocide (Balkan Insight)
A Kosovo parliamentary commission approved a draft resolution accusing Serbia of committing genocide against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, although experts questioned whether it has any practical purpose. An ad hoc parliamentary commission set up to prepare a resolution condemning crimes by Serbian forces during the Kosovo war approved a draft text on Tuesday […]
Read More →LINKS
UNMIK
Peacekeeping
UN News Center
From Google News- Georgian opposition leader punches MP during debate - BBC 15/04/2024Georgian opposition leader punches MP during debate BBC
- Potamophylax kosovaensis, an insect species newly discovered in Kosovo, is already endangered - Phys.org 15/04/2024Potamophylax kosovaensis, an insect species newly discovered in Kosovo, is already endangered Phys.org
- OSCE Chair Ian Borg Concludes Diplomatic Tour Across Serbia, Kosovo, and Moldova - Vindobona - Vienna International News 15/04/2024OSCE Chair Ian Borg Concludes Diplomatic Tour Across Serbia, Kosovo, and Moldova Vindobona - Vienna International News
- Georgian opposition leader punches MP during debate - BBC 15/04/2024
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General
Media Sources
