International Day of Missing Persons – region still looks for 10.167 persons (RTS)
International Day of Missing Persons is being marked in Serbia. As a consequence of the wars that happened in the region during the nineties 10.167 persons are still uncounted for. Out of this number more than 3.800 persons are of Serb nationality RTS reports today. RTS added that the families of the missing persons would […]
Read More →Vucic: Srpska Lista will have powerful opponents from both Albanian and part of Serbian media (KoSSev)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Srpska Lista (SL) should take part in the upcoming elections in Kosovo on October 6th, although they will have “powerful opponents in both the Albanian and part of the Serbian media“, KoSSev portal reports. Vucic added that he is currently waiting to “receive a report from the Office for Kosovo […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 29 August 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 29 August 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Internal reforms to be implemented parallel with EU enlargement (Tanjug)
• Gojkovic on parliamentary cooperation with Russian Ambassador (RTV/Tanjug)
• Djuric: United participation at elections in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Former MEPs with Serbian authorities and opposition behind closed doors (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ruling parties sided with Dodik, opposition has its doubts (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: I understand Komsic’s statement well (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Komsic should not threaten anyone (Srna)
• US Embassy, UK Embassy, German Embassy, Italian Embassy and EUD issue joint statement saying postponement of session of Presidency (BNTV)
• Wigemark pays farewell visit to Zvizdic (BHT1)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Council of Public Prosecutors rules unanimously to start procedure for Janeva’s dismissal (Republika)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia pact with Russian bloc to be short-lived, EU says (EUobserver)
• Serbia and North Macedonia still not fully aligned with EU’s foreign policy (European Western Balkans)
UNMIK Headlines 30 August
• Parties waiting for last minute to declare pre-election coalitions (Koha)
• Mustafa: LDK will not enter any coalition without its candidate for PM (Bota Sot)
• Kosnett meets CEC head Daka and outgoing PM Haradinaj (media)
• Daka: International presence in the north guarantees citizens’ votes (Telegrafi)
• Hamza: We have allocated budget for elections (Insajderi)
• Vucic: Serbian List should take part in Kosovo elections (media)
• Hoxhaj: It is time for Serbs to elect leaders not puppets (Zeri)
• Rasic: We do not cooperate with Serbian List (RTK)
• Nitaj: Tariff is a strong instrument in Kosovo’s hands (Express)
• Kosovo marks International Day of the Disappeared (media)
Szijjártó: Serbia should be given EU membership before 2025 (RTS, Tanjug)
Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó pledged for faster accession of Serbia and the Western Balkans to the EU, Tanjug news agency reports. “Serbia must be enabled to join the EU even before 2025,” Szijjártó said. He made these remarks in a meeting of the European Union Council in Helsinki, adding that the integration of […]
Read More →US Ambassador Kosnett attended liturgy in Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM, social media)
Radio KIM reported that Serbian Orthodox Church Visoki Decani Monastery marked yesterday the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Displaced persons from Djakovica and Decane were among attendees. The Liturgy was also attended by the US Ambassador in Kosovo Philip Kosnett with his wife Alison and the US General Shaun Harris with […]
Read More →Osmani: Coalition with Vetevendosje can happen even after 6 October (RTK)
Despite the disagreements, the Democratic League of Kosovo refuses to have as a governing partner any other political party except for Vetevendosje. LDK’s candidate for Prime Minister Vjosa Osmani said this partnership will reached be it before or after 6 October, and that unthought statements to not contribute to concretization of cooperation. Speaking about the […]
Read More →Rada Trajkovic: New coalition established (RTK2, Radio Kosovo 2)
RTK reported on Wednesday that some Serb political representatives south of the Ibar River have established a new pre-election coalition ahead of early parliamentary elections in Kosovo, scheduled to take place on October 6. Meanwhile, Rada Trajkovic confirmed to Radio Kosovo 2 program in Serbian, that a new coalition had been established between her, Nenad […]
Read More →Haziri believes LDK-Vetevendosje coalition is happening (media)
Deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Lutfi Haziri confirmed the meeting between LDK leader Isa Mustafa and Vetevendosje’s Albin Kurti. “We have gotten closer, there are no differences. We are working in this direction. LDK has its candidate for prime minister, Vjosa Osmani. They de facto have their leader Albin Kurti who […]
Read More →Results of “Perception of Serbian community towards Kosovo Police” research, published (media)
Kosovo Center for Security Studies has presented the research “Perception of Serbian community towards Kosovo Police. A friend or a foe?” According to this research, the stance of Serbian community towards Kosovo Police is predominantly shaped by daily politics and overall political developments between Kosovo and Serbia. “The K-Serb community has a low level of […]
Read More →Srpska Lista reacts to new coalition: In elections people would return them to the political past (TV Most)
Srpska Lista (SL) has reacted to the new coalition established by Serbs in Kosovo, TV Most reports. In a press statement Srpska Lista argued that as they said it “rent-a-Rada, Nenad Rasic, Dragisa Miric, Slavisa Petkovic and Branislav Markovic publicly marked the beginning of a joint anti-Serbian action in the campaign for parliamentary elections, and […]
Read More →DiA calls on parties to guarantee gender equality in their ballots (media)
Coalition of NGOs monitoring elections process, Democracy in Action, has issued a press statement saying it has begun preparations for the upcoming elections scheduled for 6 October. DiA called on political parties to respect the gender quotas when nominating members to the municipal election commissions and also when compiling their ballots. “Statistics from previous parliamentary […]
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