Belgrade Media Report 21 May
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic comments on Quint’s statement: “Stupidest thing ever” (B92/Tanjug)
• Russia will always support Serbia – especially on Kosovo (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic: Serbia and Ghana must overcome differences regarding Kosovo (Beta)
• Drecun: Delineation is not a dividing line between Serbs and Albanians (N1)
• Serbian military deploys new medical contingent to MINUSCA mission (Beta/Politika)
• Antic: TurkStream to secure gas supplies (RTS/Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: SNSD does not accept ANP (BN TV)
• NATO publishes explanation of MAP and ANP (N1)
• NATO is in focus of talks (Oslobodjenje)
• Covic: Merkel expressed support to process of Euro-Atlantic integration of B&H and resolving internal disputes based on equality of peoples (BHT1)
• Dodik: Austrian Vice-Chancellor Strache obviously framed (N1)
Croatia
• Did Angela Merkel really understand what happened at HDZ rally? (Hina)
Montenegro
• Markovic: Montenegro is EU-oriented, relations with Russia are administrative (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: Changes in government, state and local institutions in early June (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Albania – Kosovo to establish common economic area (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Though not a member, Serbia eyes EU polls carefully (EurActiv)
Read More →Veseli: It is time we seek justice (media)
Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said today on the 20th anniversary of the Dubrava Massacre that it is time for Kosovo to seek justice for the crimes and massacres committed during the war and for the Serb perpetrators to be brought to justice. “Until 2015, pictures of missing persons were outside the building of the […]
Read More →Decision on confirming ownership over 24 hectares of land to Visoki Decani Monastery not implemented yet (KoSSev)
The US Ambassador in Pristina Philip Kosnett and EU Office Head Nataliya Apostolova sent an appeal to the Kosovo authorities to implement the 2016 decision of the Constitutional Court which confirmed ownership of Visoki Decani Monastery over 24 hectares of land, KoSSev portal reports. Following 16 years long dispute the Constitutional Court made decision in […]
Read More →Vucic reacts to Quint statement on elections in northern Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he is surprised by the Quint statement following mayoral elections in the four northern Kosovo municipalities, Tanjug news agency reports today. He added the only conclusion from that statement would be that some were displeased the elections were completed in peace and order. “I want to congratulate them for their […]
Read More →“Russia will always support Serbia – especially on Kosovo” (Tanjug, B92)
President Aleksandar Vucic has received Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Federation’s State Duma. They met in Belgrade and discussed further development of Serbia-Russia cooperation in all areas, the president’s press service announced on Tuesday. Vucic said that he was honored to meet with President Putin in Beijing […]
Read More →Kosovo President Thaci meets Albanian Prime Minister Rama (media)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama. “We spoke about current political developments in Kosovo, Albania and the region, as well as Kosovo’s preparations for the Paris summit,” Thaci wrote on Facebook.
Read More →Kosovo Prime Minister Haradinaj meets Albanian President Meta (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, met last night President of Albania, Ilir Meta, in Durres. Meta said they discussed bilateral relations and the joint European perspective while Haradinaj wrote on Facebook: “Unified positions with President Ilir Meta on issues of importance for Kosovo and Albania.”
Read More →South Kosovo Mayors of Serb majority municipalities congratulate the victory to the Serbian List (TV Most)
Mayors of the Serb-majority areas in the south of Kosovo congratulated their colleagues from four northern Kosovo municipalities on a convincing election victory, it was said in the statement. “On behalf of the municipalities Gracanica, Strpce, Ranilug, Klokot, Novo Brdo and Partes, as well as on behalf of all citizens of our municipalities, we congratulate […]
Read More →BIRN Launches New Cross-Border Reporting Platform (Balkan Insight)
BIRN’s new Reporting Democracy platform seeks to unleash investigative journalism to examine the state of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network launched a cross-border journalism platform on Monday aimed at shining a light on issues affecting the health of democracy across a swathe of Europe vulnerable to […]
Read More →Western Diplomats Raise Concerns about Democracy in North Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
The US, French, German, Italian and British embassies in Pristina expressed concern about the level of democracy in Serb-majority north Kosovo after mayoral elections in which only one Serb party participated. See at: https://balkaninsight.com/2019/05/21/western-diplomats-raise-concerns-about-democracy-in-north-kosovo/
Read More →Serbia to open embassy in Ghana this year (RTS)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic, who is paying an official visit to Ghana announced that Serbia would open an embassy in this country this year, RTS reports. Dacic also urged all the countries to wait for the end of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and maintain the status-neutral position thus supporting the dialogue. Dacic recalled that over […]
Read More →Decan historians react to Apostolova’s statement on Orthodox Monastery (Indeksonline)
The head of the EU Office in Kosovo and Special Representative, Nataliya Apostolova, expressed deep concern over the lack of implementation of the Kosovo’s Constitutional Court ruling recognising the Orthodox Monastery in Decan ownership over a land which has been claimed by two socially-owned enterprises since 2000. “The EU expresses deep concern on the lack […]
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