Belgrade Media Report 20 May
LOCAL PRESS
• Holy Assembly Bishops: Unacceptable any change of Kosovo status (B92/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Best confirmation of unity and struggle for national interests (RTS)
• Djuric: Great victory of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Drecun: Serbs people in Kosovo and Metohija defended right to survival (RTS)
• Two Serbian parliament Committees: Resolution based on lies (Tanjug/RTV)
• Jeremic: If Vucic forwards platform on Kosovo, party to consider return to parliament (Beta)
• Bosniaks are holding B&H hostage (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Leaders of SDA, DF, SBB B&H sign joint statement on principles and priorities of patriotic bloc (BHT1)
• Serbs in Federation of B&H announce appeal regarding underrepresentation of Serbs in authorities in Federation of B&H (ATV)
• Covic with Merkel: European and NATO path of B&H has no alternative (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: there is video showing how Izetbegovic lines-up soldiers in uniforms of so-called RB&H Army, but nobody reacted to this video (RTRS)
Croatia
• Merkel and Weber participate in HDZ election rally (Hina)
Montenegro
• Montenegro becoming more compatible with EU member states (TMN)
• European election results won’t affect Montenegro Progress Report? (Pobjeda)
• ODUPRISE Representatives satisfied with visit to Brussels (Vijesti)
Albania
• Basha expressed gratitude for Britain’s valuable aid in the Kosovo war and its independence process (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Hahn: Green light for North Macedonia in self-interest of the EU (European Western Balkans)
• Talk of resetting Balkan borders risks backlash (ekathimerini)
Police arrest seven suspects in anti-extortion operation (Gazeta Express)
The news website reports that seven people were arrested in Pristina today as part of an anti-extortion operation by Kosovo Police. A prosecutor for the Basic Prosecution in Pristina told Express that the suspects will be initially held in detention for 24 hours. Citing different sources, the news website reports that among those arrested are […]
Read More →LDK and Vetevendosje walk out of Assembly session demanding Veseli’s resignation (media)
Opposition parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Vetevendosje, walked out of today’s session of the Assembly demanding the resignation of Kadri Veseli, leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), following PDK MP Flora Brovina showing the media a photograph she claimed depicted an Albanian woman being raped by Serbian forces. The authenticity […]
Read More →PDK reacts to Vetevendosje and LDK walking out of Assembly session (Kallxo)
Head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, Memli Krasniqi, reacted to opposition parties the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Vetevendosje, walking out of today’s session of the Assembly demanding the resignation of Kadri Veseli, Speaker and PDK leader. The session today was called to establish a commission that would work on […]
Read More →Kurti: Veseli pushing initiative for tribunal to confront specialist court (media)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti accused Kadri Veseli, Assembly Speaker and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), that he is pushing forward with initiative to set up tribunal for trying war crimes Serbian forces committed in Kosovo in order to confront the Specialist Chambers. “He requested an International Tribunal for Serbia’s genocide in Kosovo, […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Germany once again confirms support for visa liberalization (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, said today that Germany has once again confirmed its support for visa liberalization for Kosovo. Haradinaj took to Facebook to write: “Germany has again confirmed support for visa liberalization for Kosovo. In its latest article, FAZ highlights the support of German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, for the visa liberalization process, […]
Read More →LDK to coordinate actions for a motion of no confidence against government (media)
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Isa Mustafa has announced the party plans to undertake concrete steps in bringing down the current government led by Ramush Haradinaj. In a Facebook post, Mustafa said he will meet in the coming days leader of Vetevendosje Albin Kurti “to coordinate actions for a motion of no […]
Read More →Kosovo police arrest four people on suspicion of harvesting human organs (Daily Mail)
Two men and two women were arrested Thursday during a raid of a private clinic. They are suspected of ‘illegal transplantation and trafficking of human organs’. Last month two doctors and two nurses working at another private clinic in the same Pristina region were arrested on suspicion of similar offences. See at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7042683/Kosovo-police-arrest-four-suspicion-harvesting-human-organs-selling-rich-patients.html
Read More →Lista Srpska scores landslide victory in North Kosovo polls (Prishtina Insight)
Preliminary results show that candidates from Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista, the main ethnic Serb party in Kosovo, won by a landslide in four municipalities in northern Kosovo where snap mayoral elections were held on Sunday. Preliminary results from Sunday’s snap elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo show that candidates from the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party […]
Read More →Kosovo MP Admits ‘War Rape’ Photo Probably False (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo MP Flora Brovina, who sparked outrage by showing media an explicit photograph allegedly depicting Serbian soldiers raping an ethnic Albanian woman during the war, admitted that this was probably untrue. Flora Brovina apologised on Friday for showing the explicit photograph to media and claiming that it showed three Serbian soldiers raping an ethnic Albanian […]
Read More →Elections in the north: Voting not possible with Serbian IDs (KoSSev)
Voting in today’s extraordinary elections for mayors is only allowed with Kosovo’s ID cards, the President of the Central Election Commission, Valdete Daka announced at a media press conference, Indeksonline reported. The KoSSev portal received the same information in the field. At yesterday’s conference held by the coalition of NGOs monitoring elections – Democracy in […]
Read More →Srpska Lista, Serbian officials on election victory in northern Kosovo municipalities (RTS, Tanjug, RTV Puls, TV Most, Radio Kosovska Mitrovcia)
Srpska Lista and Serbian officials reacted to the election victory in the four northern Kosovo municipalities by saying it is a victory of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and an important step in a struggle for the Serbian state and national interests, media report on Monday. Goran Rakic, a mayoral candidate in Mitrovica […]
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