Belgrade Media Report 04 July 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 4 July 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: Pristina’s decision unprecedented move and a slap in EU’s face (Novosti/B92)
• Palestine’s stand on non-recognition of “Kosovo” remains unchanged (Tanjug)
• Mojsilovic with KFOR Commander on “disrespect of procedures” (Politika)
• Fabrizi: EU not changing stand on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (FoNet/RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Western Balkans Summit kicks off in Poznan (Hayat)
• Cvijanovic: RS fully committed to EU path (BN TV)
• Former HR Schwarz-Schilling wonders when Dodik will be removed for his actions and behavior (Nezavisne novine/DW)
• Dodik: Schwarz- Schilling is professional Serbophobe and Bosniak lobbyist (RTRS)
• US supports B&H’s goals, membership in NATO and EU (Nezavisne novine)
• Bosniak bloc headed by SDA continues several months long post-election agony (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Tannock to Djukanovic: I’ll come to Podgorica to see the European flag (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Schweitzer-Bluhm: We look forward to welcoming you in NATO and start the EU negotiations (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Zaev: NATO integration will have great positive effects on the security and prosperity of our country and region (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Zaev tells Macron that the EU has no future without enlargement (Republika)
Albania
• EC turns down the Netherlands’ request to lift visa regime for Albania (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• The Dangerous Politics of Playing the Victim (Foreign Policy)
Read More →Cakaj and Pacolli “shock” Serbia with diplomatic agreement! (Indeksonline)
Albania’s Acting Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj and Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli signed on Tuesday in Tirana an agreement for the unification of diplomatic missions of Kosovo and Albania, the news website reports. Cakaj tweeted that the move “opens new horizons for joint institutional actions”. Pacolli said the agreement “marks a major step toward our […]
Read More →Hoti: Dialogue must be led by a legitimate government (media)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group chief, Avdullah Hoti, said today that “Kosovo has lost two years with the anti-constitutional interference by the President and the Government through the negotiating team in the process of dialogue with Serbia”. “All this happened because the Prime Minister abstained from his constitutional competencies, by initially trying to […]
Read More →EU’s anti-terrorism experts visited Kosovo Police (RTK)
An EU delegation of experts against terrorism visited Kosovo Police today. They discussed identification of needs, and joint elaboration of priority actions for Kosovo’s war against terrorism, prevention and combating of violent extremism, conditions for their implementation as well as possibilities of EU’s support on priority actions. “EU experts valued highly the commitment and support […]
Read More →KDI: Dialogue should be led by PM, supervised by Assembly (media)
Representatives of the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) said at today’s press conference that the Constitutional Court’s verdict on the constitutionality of the Law on State Delegation marks a turning point in the dialogue process as all dilemmas have been removed regarding the role and responsibilities of constitutional institutions in the field of foreign policy. “The […]
Read More →Weber: Borrell will help Serbia understand reality of independent Kosovo (Express)
Western Balkans analyst Bodo Weber said in an interview to the news website that EU foreign diplomacy chief nominee, Josep Borrell, will help Serbia understand the reality of an independent Kosovo, “as accepting this reality is the only way to reach a final and comprehensive settlement that will ensure long-term peace in the Western Balkans […]
Read More →Forget Poznan-EU Needs a New Balkan Policy (Balkan Insight)
With the old ‘Berlin process’ and EU enlargement in the Balkans dead in the water, Brussels should forget the doomed Poznan summit and work fast on a new, more realistic, approach towards the region. See at: https://bit.ly/2XnefR9
Read More →EU Commissioner says tariff issue must be resolved ASAP (media)
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said today that the issue of Kosovo’s import tariff on Serbian goods needs to be resolved as soon as possible, several news websites report. “We hope we will sign here in Poznan several agreements on trade liberalization and to facilitate services. We strongly oppose the introduction of trade barriers as means […]
Read More →Grand EU Bargain Foreshadows Frustration From Poland to Kosovo (Bloomberg)
European Union leaders may have sought to balance political, national and geographic interests when choosing the bloc’s new leadership, but ex-communist nations both inside and outside its borders look to have ended up with the short end of the bargain. While the EU’s biggest eastern members helped torpedo German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan and celebrated […]
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- IMF cuts Kosovo's 2024 GDP growth projection to 3.8% - SeeNews 18/04/2024IMF cuts Kosovo's 2024 GDP growth projection to 3.8% SeeNews
- New statue of Tony Blair in Kosovo town honours 'Tonibler' cult - The Independent 17/04/2024New statue of Tony Blair in Kosovo town honours 'Tonibler' cult The Independent
- Montenegrin President Asks for Justice for 1999 Killings of Kosovo Albanians - Balkan Insight 18/04/2024
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