Belgrade Media Report 23 July 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 23 July 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic hopes KLA crimes will not go unpunished (Beta)
• Brussels waits, France doubts US obstruction, and US deems Germany favors Haradinaj (B92/TV Prva)
• Milivojevic: Haradinaj will profit at the elections (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• US Congressman Kinzinger: Serb nationalist parties are obstructing formation of authority in B&H (Dnevni avaz)
• Decision on temporary financing of B&H institutions at hands of Dodik and Covic (FTV)
• Komsic: Serbia and Croatia have not been showing particular willingness to address border issues and discuss it in normal circumstances (FTV)
Croatia
• New ministers assume duties (HRT)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: Gruevski and his propaganda, not Macedonians, appropriated neighbors’ history
• (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Byrnes: Thorough, swift and transparent investigation on corruption allegations (Alsat M)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Why Brussels is unnerved by China’s Balkan overtures (bne IntelliNews)
Read More →Specialist Chambers do not tell in what capacity requested presence of former KLA senior leaders (media)
The Specialist Chambers and the Office of the Specialist Prosecutor of Kosovo did not offer information in their electronic response to Telegrafi about the investigation, due to professional, legal and ethical reasons. According to them, the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) is investigating serious cross-border and international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, as […]
Read More →Konjufca: No need for technical government, we prefer LDK for pre-election coalition (Express)
Vetevendosje Movement caucus Glauk Konjufca, held a press conference where he appealed to Kosovo’s President to proclaim new elections as soon as possible. He said once again that that his political entity prefers a pre or post-election coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He added that Kosovo does not need technical government. “We […]
Read More →Haradinaj travels to The Hague, says Kosovo is stronger than ever (media)
Before departing for the Netherlands where he will be interviewed by the Specialist Chambers, the outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said freedom fighters have always been on the right side of history. “Kosovo has moved forwards in Euro-Atlantic journey and is stronger than ever, aligned with peace and permanent friendship wit the U.S. […]
Read More →Isa Mustafa to run for post of LDK leader again (Indeksonline)
Citing unnamed sources, the news website reports that Isa Mustafa will run again for the post of leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). The LDK will hold its general convention on August 3 and Mustafa reportedly enjoys the support of the majority of party branches and senior party members that were once considered […]
Read More →Bloody Harvest: 1999 Massacre of Kosovo Serbs Remains Unpunished (Balkan Insight)
Two decades after 14 Serbs were killed in a massacre while harvesting their crop in the Kosovo village of Gracka e Vjeter/Staro Gracko, their families’ hopes for justice are fading as no one has been prosecuted. The annual wheat harvest season is most difficult time of the year for Slavica Popovic. Wherever she goes during […]
Read More →Guerrilla, Politician, Suspect: The Legal Battles of Kosovo’s Haradinaj (Balkan Insight)
Ramush Haradinaj made a successful transition from Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to prime minister – but now prosecutors in The Hague have interrupted his political career for a third time. In an unexpected turn of events, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj held an extraordinary press conference on Friday to announce that he was resigning […]
Read More →“Brussels waits, France doubts US obstruction, and US deems Germany favors Haradinaj” (Prva TV, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said that Kosovo Prime Minister in resignation Ramush Haradinaj is not withdrawing, given his recent move. “He made this move in order to eliminate Hashim Thaci and the others on the political scene, and to return as a victim of the Court for the so-called KLA”, Dacic told Prva […]
Read More →Dacic: Dialogue in coma (Tanjug, B92)
Europe obviously did not manage to ensure implementation of the Brussels agreement, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday, B92 reports. Dacic added he has signed this agreement and Belgrade still sticks to it; however, Pristina does not think at all to implement it. “We shall see how the situation would further evolve. […]
Read More →Krasniqi: PDK is ready for elections (Telegrafi)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) deputy leader, Memli Krasniqi, told the news website today that this party is ready for new parliamentary elections. “The Democratic Party of Kosovo is totally ready for the election process and expects a date for the elections to be set as soon as possible after the dissolution of the Assembly,” […]
Read More →Bishop Teodosije served memorial to murdered Serb harvesters (Srna, TV N1)
Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije served today a memorial service to 14 Serb harvesters, killed two decades ago, in the village of Staro Gracko, Lipljan municipality, SRNA news agency reported. Following the service, Bishop Teodosije said that “for twenty years we gather in Staro Gracko and recall this heinous crime for which no one was held […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: International community to stop anti-Serbian hysteria (RTS)
Beating up and arrest of 70-year old Vojislav Todorovic from Gnjilane at crossing point of Konculj is yet another attempt to intimidate the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, Srpska Lista said in a statement and urged the international community to stop “anti-Serbian hysteria”, RTS reports. SL added this incident caused uneasiness among the Serbs in […]
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