Belgrade Media Report 13 May 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 13 May 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic confirms he will address Holy Synod, thanks Patriarch for invitation (Beta)
• Dacic: Nobody can say whether we’ll join EU in 2025 (Tanjug/RTS/B92)
• Apostolakis: Clear stand of Greece on Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Troude: It’s time for France, too, to withdraw Kosovo recognition (Novosti/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Abolition of RS Army was mistake, this decision was reached under huge pressure of IC; Members of 3rd Infantry Regiment of RS should wear uniforms of RS Army while marking this day (RTRS/ATV/BHT1)
• Dzaferovic, Komsic strongly criticize Dodik’s statement regarding soldiers of Third Infantry Regiment of B&H AF (FTV/TV1/Hayat)
• Dodik and Cvijanovic criticize HR Inzko’s report to UN SC (N1)
• Dodik and Cvijanovic criticize SDA for standstill in formation of B&H CoM (ATV)
• SDA calls for formation of strong political alliance at B&H, FB&H level (BHT1/TV1)
• Dodik calls on Thaci to stop mentioning and critically speaking about RS (ATV/RTRS)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski takes over the presidential office from Ivanov (Republika)
• Pendarovski inaugurated as President, Xhaferi led the ceremony in Albanian (Republika)
• With Pendarovski’s inauguration, Macedonia faces becoming a fully bilingual country (Republika)
Albania
• Opposition set to continue anti-govt rallies (ADN)
• Opposition’s protest, PM Rama urges for dialogue (ADN)
• Opposition to protest until the removal of government (ADN)
• EU appeals to political leaders in Albania to restraint (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• McAllister: EP was very clear, media freedom a key indicator of readiness for EU membership (European Western Balkans)
Read More →KoSSev organises “Women in media” conference in Budva (KoSSev)
Access to official information and interlocutors, especially from the sphere of political life, as well as the safety of male and female journalists present challenges in the work, which were discussed the most by female journalists from Kosovo at the two-day conference in Budva. During the conference, twenty-one female journalists harmonized/agreed the text of a […]
Read More →Dacic: Nobody can say whether we’ll join EU in 2025 (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday that no one can say precisely whether Serbia will become a member of the EU by 2025, B92 reports. 2025 was in the past mentioned by European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker, but only as a tentative date. Dacic said that Serbia will do everything in […]
Read More →Todic: Elections organised in an ambiance of fear and uncertainty (RTS)
Elections for the mayors of four municipalities will be held on Sunday in the north of Kosovo, RTS reports. In the next five days, candidates will have the right to hold rallies and present themselves to voters. Zoran Todic, a Serbian List candidate for Mayor of Leposavic municipality told RTS that the elections are organized […]
Read More →Thaci: No reconciliation with Serbia without resolving fate of missing persons (Koha)
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said today at a commemoration event in the village of Korishe that there can be no reconciliation with Serbia until the fate of the missing persons is resolved. “I am happy the Assembly of Kosovo has been put in motion by drafting a resolution condemning genocide committed in Kosovo by […]
Read More →Op-ed: It’s time for a new approach to the Balkans (The National Interest)
In an op-ed published for National Interest, Frank Wisner, former U.S. envoy on Kosovo status, Cameron Munter, President of the New York-based EastWest Institute, and Marko Prelec, expert on south-east Europe, write that the leaders of France and Germany, as seen during the recent Western Balkans summit in Berlin, must focus on real solutions for […]
Read More →Declaration on reconciliation of Serbs and Albanians soon (N1, NOVAs)
A deputy leader of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) said late on Sunday that organisation would soon present a declaration on the reconciliation between the Serbs and Albanians which, according to SSP, both Pristina and Belgrade parliaments should adopt. Marinika Tepic told Nova S television the declaration would be the beginning of […]
Read More →Environmentalists file complaint over Kosovo’s coal project (Reuters)
Environmentalist groups on Monday filed a complaint with the European Union’s energy watchdog challenging the legality of a power purchase agreement for a planned $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Kosovo. Kosovo and London-listed power firm ContourGlobal picked on May 3 a consortium of General Electric subsidiaries to build the 500-megawatt plant, which is designed […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly to debate creation of war crimes tribunal on Thursday session (media)
The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly decided to hold a session on Thursday to discuss the setting up of a tribunal that would try war crimes committed in Kosovo by Serbian forces. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli spoke about the setting up of a commission that would work on documenting Serbian crimes in Kosovo and would […]
Read More →PSD MP, Dardan Molliqaj, arrested in Pristina, later released (media)
Online media outlets report about the arrest of Dardan Molliqaj, MP from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) early this morning in Pristina. Kosovo Police confirmed the arrest and said it was carried out in line with an arrest warrant issued by the Pristina Basic Court. Meanwhile, PSD issued a statement saying Molliqaj was arrested in […]
Read More →“Military parade was message to our friends, and enemies” (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink)
The military-police parade ”Defence of Freedom ” was a clear message to friends and enemies, everyone should interpret it as they see fit, says Aleksandar Vulin. Asked to comment on the claim made by some Western media that Serbia was engaging in “sabre-rattling” during a time of instability in Kosovo and Metohija, the defense minister […]
Read More →Rama for TV Pink: Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe!
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama points in an exclusive interview to Belgrade based TV Pink that he strongly advocates a new era in Albanian-Serbian relations and believes that Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe. – I always thought and I still believe that Serbs and Albanians […]
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