Kosovo’s Foreign Affairs Ministry condemns arrest of former KLA soldier in North Macedonia (Express)
Kosovo’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has condemned the arrest of former KLA soldier Tomor Morina in North Macedonia, based on Serbia’s arrest warrant. “We condemn the arrest of former KLA soldier by North Macedonian police based on an Interpol warrant sponsored by Serbian state. This is yet another example of Serbia’s political abuse with the […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 24 July 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 24 July 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic expects Haradinaj will return from The Hague soon (TV Pink/Beta)
• Vulin: International community needs to repeat investigations into massacre of Serbs in Kosovo (Beta)
• Djuric: International community sends message that crimes against Serbia in Kosovo are permitted (Beta)
• Drecun: New evidence against Haradinaj (RTS)
• Ljajic: Both citizens and business at loss over Pristina’s taxes (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM unanimously adopts decision on temporary financing (N1)
• Izetbegovic and Covic agree formation of new authorities in Federation of B&H and B&H should be accelerated (Hayat)
• Sarovic: I am ready to become new B&H CoM Chair if I receive support of parliamentary majority (ATV)
Montenegro
• NATO Commander for transformation; Andrea Lanat in Montenegro (TMN)
• Countries of the region should follow Montenegro’s example (CDM)
• Opposition must show it’s ready to run the State (Dan)
Albania
• Leyla Moses Ones: USA will stand by your side while the judiciary reform gives a new shape to your future (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Who will be in charge – Western Balkan countries worried about the EU top jobs (European Western Balkans)
Read More →Vucic: Serbian tear has no parents (RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented today on the news that Ramush Haradinaj was interviewed in the Special Court for KLA crimes in The Hague saying that no one has brought the justice to the Serbs and he expects it won’t happen in the future either, RTS reports. He underlined that double standards are at […]
Read More →Bostane: Strong society needs strong women (RTV Puls, Radio kontakt plus)
Representatives of US KFOR and OSCE Mission in Kosovo donated yesterday blankets, mattresses, pillows and quilts to the Women’s Support and Development Centre in Bostane village to help women victims of the domestic violence, RTV Puls reports. They also said creating a strong society requires strong women. This donation is a small token that women […]
Read More →Specialist Chambers to deal with 10 cases, 100 individuals to appear in front of the court (Express)
The portal reports that after Ramush Haradinaj’s interview at the Specialist Chambers in Hague, Serbian media started propagating that his invitation is related to the “Yellow House.” However, former U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Tracey Jacobson had said in February of 2015 that the Court will not be dealing with more than 10 cases. “This court […]
Read More →N1 to broadcast documentary “Organs Trade: Scandal in the Heart of Europe” tonight (TV N1)
Twenty years after the NATO bombing of Serbia and conflict in Kosovo, destiny of several hundreds of missing Serbs still remains unknown, TV N1 said. According to the Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report many of them have been kidnapped and taken to the camps in the north of Albania, and later became […]
Read More →678 days of Ramush Haradinaj (Prishtina Insight)
Prishtina Insight provides a brief rundown of Ramush Haradinaj’s 678 days of governance and the decisions that will have profound effects on Kosovo’s future. In 2005, Ramush Haradinaj’s 100-day tenure as Kosovo’s Prime Minister was interrupted by an indictment accusing him of committing war crimes. Officials from his party, the Alliance for the Future of […]
Read More →Kosovo Launches Large-Scale Action to Seize Illegal Arms (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Police raided sites across the country on Wednesday in the hunt for illegal weapons, after a deadline to register arms expired in June. Kosovo Police began a large-scale operation in the early hours of Wednesday morning to confiscate illegal arms, targeting numerous locations across the country, police spokesperson Bajram Krasniqi confirmed to BIRN. He […]
Read More →Haradinaj remains silent during interview with Specialist Prosecutor (media)
Outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj spoke to the media outside the Specialist Chambers offices in The Hague following his interview. He said that on legal advice, he invoked the right to remain silent and not answer any questions. “This concludes all my legal obligations towards the Court,” he said. To the question of […]
Read More →Krasniqi concludes interview with Specialist Chambers (media)
Former Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, concluded his interview with the Specialist Chambers in The Hague. “I have performed by legal obligation, in line with applicable laws,” Krasniqi told reporters as he was coming out of the court’s building.
Read More →Jeremic: If you want to get rid of Kosovo vote for Vucic, Djuric reacts (Danas, TV Most)
Leader of Peoples’ Party (NS) Vuk Jeremic said yesterday that all those who would like to “get rid” of Kosovo and Metohija should vote for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Danas daily reports. “(…) Kosovo and Metohija can become an independent state only by a signature of the Serbian hand on […]
Read More →Smajlovic: Witnesses are main problem with Haradinaj (RTS)
Ramush Haradinaj would face The Hague Court for the third time and it remains unknown if an indictment against him would be raised RTS reports today. Journalist Ljiljana Smajlovic said the witnesses are still the main problem when it comes to Haradinaj. “Witnesses are the main problem with Haradinaj, they were afraid earlier to talk […]
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