Belgrade Media Report 07 June
LOCAL PRESS
• Stefanovic: How will Pristina respect Interpol when it beats up UN representatives (RTS/Beta)
• Antic: Gas pipeline through Serbia to be completed as planned (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Assembly delegation visits southern Serbian municipalities (Beta/Novosti)
• Joksimovic with ambassadors of EU Member States, Head of Delegation on EC Report (Beta/RTS)
• Keefe: Serbia and UK have complex relations, but share values (Beta/RTV)
• Dacic: Serbia will always fight against a fake state (FoNet/Sputnik)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Hahn: B&H should not waste any more time on EU road, politicians must agree on authority formation soon (Dnevni avaz)
• Wigemark: Failure to form authorities hinders progress on European road (Srna)
• SNSD spokesperson Kovacevic accuses SDA and SDS of preparing conspiracy so that SDS’ Sarovic would replace SDA’s Zvizdic at post of B&H CoM Chairman (ATV)
• Economic arrangements of Russia, RS and B&H discussed with Lavrov (Srna)
Montenegro
• DF is coming back to the parliamentary committees (Dnevne novine)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Netherlands sees Macedonia as “not there yet” regarding the EU accession talks; German parliament deeply divided (Republika)
• Austrian MEPs demand opening of accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania (Nezavisen vesnik)
• VMRO-DPMNE demands Zaev’s resignation, a technical government and early elections (Republika)
• Zaev says early elections are possible if EU won’t allow opening of accession talks (Republika)
• Austrian paper suggests creating a Balkan union instead of bringing Balkan countries into the EU (Republika/Die Presse)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Federica Mogherini met with Gent Cakaj, Acting Foreign Minister of Albania (EEAS)
• Germany: Maas recruits for the extension of the Bundeswehr mission in Kosovo (AFP)
Raska-Prizren Diocese concerned about the unauthorized construction work at the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas in Novo Brdo (Serbian media)
Diocese of Raska-Prizren issued a statement with f=great concern over the information that announced the beginning of construction work on the site of an old Serbian medieval church, St. Nicholas, which was the cathedral church for the Serbian Orthodox bishops of Novo Brdo and Gracanica, and which is located near the Novo Brdo fortress. Diocese […]
Read More →Ahead UN Security Council session, Dacic and Lavrov about Kosovo in St Petersburg (Tanjug, Beta)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in St Petersburg about the situation in Kosovo, prior to the June 10 session of the UN Security Council. Dacic told reporters in St. Petersburg, where he is taking part in the International Economic Forum, that he introduced in detail the plan of Serbia […]
Read More →Serbian List met with Matthias Lüttenberg (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
On the second day of the visit to Berlin, the delegation of the Serbian List, the President Goran Rakic, Vice President Dalibor Jevtic and members of the Presidency Bratislav Nikolic and Sasa Milosavljevic spoke with Advisor to German Chancellor Matthias Lüttenberg. The Serbian List in a statement said that Association / Community of Serbian Municipalities […]
Read More →UK appoints new ambassador to Kosovo (media)
Nicholas Abbott has been appointed United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Kosovo, media report quoting a statement issued by the British Embassy in Pristina. “Mr Nicholas Abbott has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo in succession to Mr Ruairi O’Connell who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Abbott will take […]
Read More →GLPS reacts to EU cancelling waste project, says it damages Kosovo’s image (Telegrafi)
The Kosovo-based think tank Group for Legal and Political Studies has reacted to EU’s decision to cancel a project for construction of a hazardous waste storage after Kosovo institutions failed to provide adequate support. GLPS said losing on a EUR 12 million project because of Kosovo government’s “negligence” seriously damages Kosovo’s image in the EU […]
Read More →UNS and UNS in Kosovo: Revoke the Draft Law on Kosovo public service (Serbian media in Kosovo)
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the UNS in Kosovo are demanding that the Draft Law on Kosovo Public Service be withdrawn from the procedure, as it foresees the abolition of guaranteed funding for the Second Channel of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK2 – the Serbian language channel), reported Serbian media in Kosovo. […]
Read More →Dacic, US Embassy, Benjamin Franklin, Kosovo (Blic, FoNet, N1, Sputnik)
Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s Foreign Minister, told Russian Sputnik news agency he did not destroy the 100 dollars banknote by writing “Kosovo is Serbia” on it, nor did he insult Benjamin Franklin, an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the US, but followed Franklin’s essential idea, who also had a wise message that […]
Read More →YUCOM: Monitoring report on Integration of Judiciary in the Context of Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue
YUCOM’s first monitoring report was published on Integration of Judiciary in the Context of Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and the EU Accession Process. The publication “Integration of the Judiciary in the Context of Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and the Process of Joining the European Union – Report on the Implementation and Effects of the Justice Agreement” represents the first […]
Read More →Hoxha in Berlin: Kosovo needs support for visa liberalization (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, who is attending the Prayer Breakfast in Berlin today, said that Kosovo needs support in the visa liberalization process. “The symbolic of the Prayer Breakfast … promotes reconciliation and peace, especially support for vulnerable people, the poor, the unfavored, the hungry or refugees at the national and international […]
Read More →Serbian Leader ‘Following Orban’ in Controlling Media – Freedom House (Balkan Insight)
The latest Freedom House report says Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic is following the example of Viktor Orban in Hungary, in consolidating media ownership in the hands of cronies and using them to smear opponents. See at: https://bit.ly/2wGWRfu
Read More →Kosovo loses EU funds after failing to secure hazardous waste storage (Koha/Zeri)
The European Union Office in Kosovo announced that it was cancelling a EUR 12 million project to construct hazardous waste storage in Kosovo after local authorities failed to support the project. In a statement, the EU said the project foresaw the construction of a storage for hazardous waste that would be in line with EU […]
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