Russia expects OSCE to condemn Kosovo incident — envoy (TASS)
Russia’s Permanent Representative to OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said that Moscow expects “an appropriate reaction to these developments from the current OSCE chairmanship” Russia expects the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to react to the Kosovo incident with UN employees, Russia’s Permanent Representative to OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday. “Pristina’s provocation, in […]
Read More →Kosovo Declares Russian UN Staffer Persona Non Grata (The Moscow Times)
The Kosovo government said on Friday that a Russian national working for the UN mission would not be allowed back into the country after his expulsion. It said the UN staffer, Mikhail Krasnoshchenkov, had been declared persona non grata. The UN mission, UNMIK, said on Thursday the Russian had sustained injuries when he was arrested during a […]
Read More →Haradinaj and Pacolli with disagreement on who proclaimed Russian national persona non-grata (Gazeta Express)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj informed today that he has made the decision to proclaim the Russian national arrested during the police action in the north and who was serving at UNMIK mission, persona-non grata with the request of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. However, it appears that there is a disagreement in […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 31 May 2019
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 31 May 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic on Thaci’s statement: If there is no EU reaction, we know what we will do (RTS)
• Vucic: Trust in western part of international community destroyed (TV Prva)
• Vucic visits Russian UN staffer injured in Pristina’s raid (B92)
• Brnabic: Pacolli’s statmenet in accordance with policy of preventing flow of goods (Beta)
• Slovak Prime Minister: EU should have reacted more firmly to Kosovo police action (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic, Chepurin: Police operation in northern Kosovo an obvious provocation (Beta)
• Stefanovic: Serbia demonstrated strength and firmness (RTS)
• Fabrizi: Serbia has not progressed enough in rule of law (RTS/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Nobody can humiliate RS; RS parliament will decide about status of RS because this is unbearable (ATV)
• Dodik and Izetbegovic fail to reach agreement on formation of B&H CoM and activation of MAP on Wednesday (N1)
• Niksic: When it comes to formation of authorities in B&H, I am not optimistic at all (FTV)
• Komsic: HNS’ policy has experienced complete defeat (Hayat)
Croatia
• Szijjarto says INA-MOL dispute is burdening bilateral relations (HRT)
Montenegro
• Head of European Union Delegation in Montenegro (TMN)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Optimism in North Macedonia following progress report (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• German Officials: Albania not ready for EU (ADN)
• US Embassy supports Albania’s integration to EU (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Lavrov urges UN to respond to Kosovo’s attempts to strip Russian diplomat of immunity (TASS)
Read More →EULEX denies involvement in 28 May police operation (media)
EU rule of law mission (EULEX) has denied any involvement in the Kosovo Police operation on 28 May. “With reference to recent reports that appeared today on a number of media outlets, EULEX wishes to state that the Mission was in no way and at no time involved in Kosovo Police’s operation called ‘Contraband’ that […]
Read More →Vucic on Thaci’s threat: We will react decisively (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia would react in serious, responsible and decisive manner if a referendum on unification of Kosovo and Albania would happen, Tanjug news agency reported. He made these remarks while asked to comment on the statement of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci who said earlier if the EU continues with the isolation […]
Read More →U.S. mission to OSCE applauds Kosovo Police operation (Insajderi)
Lane Bahl, Acting Political Counselor with the U.S. Mission to the OSCE hailed the recent Kosovo Police operation saying it is part of Kosovo’s efforts to fight corruption and strengthen rule of law. “The United States applauds law enforcement efforts by the Kosovo government to combat corruption and strengthen the rule of law. The Kosovo […]
Read More →Serbian authorities release Kosovo citizen arrested yesterday (media)
Serbian authorities have release Astrit Piraj from Kosovo arrested yesterday as he was travelling with a bus to France via Serbia, confirmed officials from the Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Read More →Vulin: Thaci’s statement is the killing of dialogue (KIM radio, TV Pink)
Statement by Hashim Thaci that Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) will not be formed is the best test for the authority of the European Union, said Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Minister of Defense, reports KIM radio, quoting Belgrade based TV Pink. According to Vulin, if this statement goes without sanctions, it will mean that the EU […]
Read More →Vucic: PM Brnabic was referring to Kosovo leadership, not entire Albanian population (Danas)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today Prime Minister Ana Brnabic in her remark “people from the forest” was not referring to the entire Albanian people, but to the Kosovo leadership respectively Hashim Thaci, Ramush Haradinaj and Kadri Veseli, Danas daily reported. “She did not speak about the entire population, but about the three of them. […]
Read More →Mihajlovic: Statement of PM Brnabic used to justify violence against Serbs in northern Kosovo (RTS)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said Pristina authorities are using the statement of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic – that Albanian political representatives in Pristina as former members of KLA “are people from the forest,” to justify brutal violence and arrests of Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija by ROSU unit, RTS reported. […]
Read More →Serbs from Zubin Potok announce lawsuits against police (RTS)
Public broadcaster RTS reported that the Zubin Potok municipality started to make an assessment of damages made during the action of Kosovo special police ROSU units in this municipality on Wednesday. “We will file lawsuits against them to all possible legal and judicial bodies. We will use the legal tools, hire lawyers, because it is […]
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