Belgrade Media Report 25 June 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 25 June 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Norway’s Foreign Minister visits Serbia (Beta)
• Gojkovic thanks El-Sisi for not voting against Serbian interests (RTS)
• Venice Commission: Church property seizures only with court ruling (Beta)
• Dacic: We expect Montenegro to respect Serbs’ rights (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Thaci was not invited to SEECP summit as Kosovo President but rather as representative of Pristina, Kosovo remains unrecognized (ATV)
• RS MoI announces withdrawal of proposal on establishing reserve police unit; RS PM Viskovic: If we cannot have reserve unit, we will create gendarmerie (ATV)
• B&H HoP’s urgent session not held due to lack of quorum since SNSD and HDZ B&H delegates failed to come (Hayat)
Croatia
• Analysts comment on two announced presidential candidates (Hina)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Visegrad Group offers strong support to North Macedonia (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Greek PM Tsipras: Our neighbor meets the required criteria for starting the accession process (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Postponing start of accession negotiations was unfair, says Hungarian FM Szijjarto (Nezavisen vesnik)
• French Ambassador Thimonier bluntly lists areas where Macedonia falls short (Republika)
Albania
• President: Only Constitutional Court can turn down my decree (ADN)
• Electoral college adjudicates the complaint of NUP party to be deregistered from elections (Radio Tirana)
Haradinaj: Kosovo committed to contended dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj hosted today a meeting with Foreign Minister of Norway, Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide. The discussed current political developments in Kosovo and the region, increase of cooperation and joint Euro-Atlantic future. Haradinaj informed Minister Søreide about the progress of Kosovo, priorities of the government on economic development, opening of […]
Read More →Coalition of NGOs calls on MPs to adopt child protection act ASAP (Koha)
The coalition of NGOs for child protection in Kosovo (KOMF) held a press conference in front of the Kosovo Assembly today calling on MPs to adopt the child protection act as soon as possible, the news website reports. The draft law has been initiated several years ago but has yet to be adopted by the […]
Read More →Government withdraws draft law on funding of political parties (Koha)
The news website reports that the Kosovo Government today withdrew the draft law on the funding of political parties. The decision comes after many reactions and protests by civil society organizations. Nataliya Apostolova, head of the EU Office in Kosovo, too had called for the draft law to be withdrawn.
Read More →Kosovo Assembly to hold on Monday extraordinary session on Presevo Valley (RTK)
The Assembly of Kosovo will call for Monday an extraordinary session to discuss the requests of the representatives of Presevo Valley, and issue a resolution to help the population there. The decision was made by the Assembly committee for education during the meeting held with members of the committee for public administration after their visit […]
Read More →Kosova e Re will impoverish Kosovo citizens (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo’s new power plant will cause the average price of electricity to skyrocket, and in the face of both cheaper and safer options, will willfully cost the Kosovo taxpayer billions over the next twenty years. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/kosova-e-kosova-e-re-will-impoverish-kosovo-citizens/
Read More →When the state closes its libraries (Prishtina Insight)
Over the last decade, an absence of investment and institutional care has resulted in the closure of 53 libraries in Kosovo. With only five new libraries being opened, the country is left with a total of just 107, signalling a drastic decline in reading spaces in the country. Whenever reminisces about the past, Alisahit Bunjaku […]
Read More →Popovic-Ivkovic: Kosovo in Interpol would be serious precedent (Tanjug, Blic)
State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs Biljana Popovic-Ivkovic met in Baku with Azerbaijan Deputy Minister of Interior Oruj Zalov and presented to him Serbia’s arguments against reconsideration of Kosovo request to join Interpol, Tanjug news agency reported. Zalov noted that Azerbaijan supports territorial integrity of Serbia and would continue to offer support […]
Read More →EU Policy of ‘Containing’ Balkans is Dangerous Illusion (Balkan Insight)
By: Jasmin Mujanovic The decision to again delay opening accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia is not only a betrayal but a mistake – as Europe’s own security depends on a stable southeast. The decision of the European foreign ministers’ meeting to again delay the start of EU membership negotiations with Albania and North […]
Read More →A French journalist who wrote about the Kosovo Serbs has a message for those whom did not like it (Kontakt plus radio, B92)
Kontakt plus radio reported that Jean-Christophe Buisson, the Le figaro Deputy Editor-in-Chief, author of the report on the Kosovo Serbs, made on ten pages under the title “Serbian spirit of resistance”, was a target of criticism. The founder of Solidarity for Kosovo, Arnaud Gouillon, recently said, the both encountered threats and condemnations of “pro-Albanian French […]
Read More →Djuric: Pristina’s pressure against Serbs increases (RTV Puls, TV Pink, Politika)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric expressed concern today over additional pressure Pristina exercises against the Serbs in the north, adding Albanians cut off the channels of supply of basic life commodities from central Serbia. Djuric told TV Pink the shortage of some commodities in the northern municipalities started and noted […]
Read More →Council of Europe restores Russia’s voting rights (DW)
Russia has received backing from the Council of Europe’s assembly to return to the body. Moscow had its voting rights suspended five years ago over the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted in favor of restoring Russia’s voting rights, five years after they were revoked […]
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