Belgrade Media Report 12 July 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 12 July 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Mali: Pristina denying reality with lies (Novosti/Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: Gratitude to Georgia for principled support of Serbia’s territorial integrity (RTS/Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija demands immediate release of arrested Serbs (RTS)
• Drecun: Well-coordinated campaign by Pristina and Tirana (RTS)
• Germany holds lecture to us about genocide?! (Novosti)
• Seselj: Genocide not committed in Srebrenica (Beta)
• Trifunovic: Genocide committed in Srebrenica (Beta)
• McAllister: EP regrets denial of genocide in Srebrenica by Serbian politicians (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• It is time for the international community to wake up from this dream (FTV)
• MICT President Agius: It was established beyond any reasonable doubt that genocide was carefully planned and carried out in systematic and brutal way (BHT1)
• Mogherini and Hahn: Tragedy of Srebrenica haunts Europe (Hayat)
• HR Inzko: I will personally advocate adoption of law banning denial of genocide (TV1)
• US stands next to victims and those who respect international law (TV1)
• Turkish President Erdogan: History will never forget Srebrenica genocide (Hayat)
• Russian Ambassador Ivantsov: All innocent victims of tragic events in first half of 1990s should be respected (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik: Bosniaks are creating a myth about Srebrenica (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• Plenkovic extends his condolences for Srebrenica genocide (Hina)
Montenegro
• Putin and Trump congratulated Djukanovic the Statehood Day (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: These pranks are a private arrangement not an act by the Russian Federation (Nezavisen vesnik)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Can Western Balkans learn from V4 experience in the process of reconciliation? (European Western Balkans)
Read More →Strpce residents again prevented reconstruction of mini-hydro power plant (KoSSev)
This morning around 9.00 hrs “Metkos Group” company from Pristina tried again to start the works on the reconstruction of mini-hydro power plant at the place called Oberreke in Strpce. According to KoSSev portal around 50 residents from Strpce gathered at the location to prevent the works and they managed to stop it. In mid-February […]
Read More →Veseli’s request for inquiry into KLA veterans’ lists seen as slap to Haradinaj (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli’s request for establishment of a commission to look into the list of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans is seen as being unnecessary, intrusion into the justice system and above all, a slap to his coalition partner, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovapress reports quoting Vetevendosje and legal experts. Vetevendosje MP Rexhep […]
Read More →Heldt: Site in Novo Brdo only preserved, there would be no further works (KoSSev, Radio Gorazdevac)
German Ambassador in Pristina Christian Heldt commented on recent controversy related to changing the history that occurred after the Kosovo Ministry of Culture restoration of Saint Nikola Church in Novo Brdo, for which Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts said it is a part of the Orthodox heritage, represented as […]
Read More →Lukashevich: Albania to have neutral stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said Russia expects Albania, when it takes over the Chairmanship of OSCE to have a neutral stance on the process of resolving the Kosovo issue, Vecernje Novosti reported. He also told members of the OSCE Permanent Council that the situation in Kosovo remains a serious challenge […]
Read More →Haradinaj meets Rugova, discuss demarcation correction (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today former Rector of Pristina University Mije Rugova, to discuss the flow of the finalization of the process of reconsidering the demarcation of border with Monetengro. “Review of the demarcation in the direction of Kulla and Çakorr is a process that has already been agreed by the […]
Read More →Belarus against Kosovo membership in Interpol (BETA, N1, Radio kontakt plus)
Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Serbia Valery Brylev confirmed his country remains against Kosovo membership in Interpol, as was the case during the voting last year, the Serbian Internal Affairs Ministry said in a statement. “Respecting the international law, United Nations Security Council Resolution and the Interpol rules must be a priority at […]
Read More →Drecun: Arrest part of well-coordinated campaign of Tirana and Pristina (RTS, Tanjug, Dnevnik)
Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Chairman Milovan Drecun told RTS that the latest arrest of two Serbs in Kosovo, school principals, is part of a well-planned and coordinated campaign of Tirana and Pristina, adding such cases of illegal arrests would continue. Drecun also said he is not surprised “since it is one […]
Read More →Srpska Lista condemns arrest of two Serbs, school principals (Radio kontakt plus)
Srpska Lista (SL) in the strongest terms condemned the arrest of the two Serbs, school principals who dedicated their lives to raising and educating young people, adding they do not deserve the humiliating treatment they are exposed to, Radio kontakt plus reported. Kosovo police said yesterday they arrested two Serbs over “espionage.” In a press […]
Read More →Zoran Djokic pleaded not guilty (Radio KIM)
Special Court in Pristina started a trial of Zoran Djokic from Pec suspected of committing war crimes against the civilian population in March and April 1999, in this town. Djokic pleaded not guilty after hearing the charges, Radio KIM reports. According to the indictment Zoran Djokic is suspected of “committing war crimes against the civilian […]
Read More →Shala: Social democratic NISMA wins 10 MPs according to all polls (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry and member of the presidency of the Social democratic NISMA, Endrit Shala, said on Thursday that according to all polls, this party will win 10 seats in the Assembly in the event of early general elections. During a debate on RTV Dukagjini, Shala said NISMA has fared well in […]
Read More →Who is preventing economic freedom in the north of Kosovo? (European Western Balkans)
While everyone is politicizing the boycott of Serbian entrepreneurs and giving it an ethnic connotation, nobody is actually talking about the economic causes of this protest. Was this protest politically initiated or does this act by the entrepreneurs have economic justification? Things are not black and white and the 100% tariff on Serbian products has […]
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