Belgrade Media Report 05 August 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 5 August 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic in Krusedol: You got rid of the Serbs – does this make you happy or successful? (Tanjug/B92)
• Dacic: Somalia on the way of re-examining decision on independence of Kosovo (TV Pink)
• Kosovo’s admission into Interpol: Violation of international law (RTV)
• Djilas will not participate in election dialogue unless it is open to the public (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Sarovic: All masks fell off with Izetbegovic’s confession that Dodik and he worked on transfer of competences of RS to level of B&H (BNTV)
• Izetbegovic claims Dodik is conditioning authority formation (BNTV)
• SNSD: Latest SDA’s offer is nothing new, we do not accept any political blackmails (RTRS)
• Authority without conditioning (Oslobodjenje)
• Doboj used by migrants as flow-through zone (Oslobodjenje)
• Veritas: International community keeps silent as it did 24 years ago (Srna)
Croatia
• Plenkovic and Grabar-Kitarovic: Croatia marks with pride the 24th anniversary of the magnificent military and police operation Storm (Hina)
• SNV: Croatia must assume responsibility for crimes committed in Operation Storm (Hina)
Montenegro
• Dialogue in Montenegrin way (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Tug of war between Serbia and Kosovo after Macedonia arrests a war crimes suspect (Republika)
Albania
• Albanian President to Parliament: Election Decrees Constitutional, Should be Enforced (Exit.al/ADN)
• CEC meeting failed, Mediu asks dismissal of four members (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia slams Israeli envoy for celebrating Croatian ‘pogrom’ (The Times of Israel)
Read More →Drecun: New evidence against Ramush Hardinaj gathered (RTS)
Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Working Group has gathered new evidence that can take Ramush Haradinaj to the indictment seat, Chairman of the Committee Milovan Drecun told RTS. He added almost 160 illegal prisons of the KLA were identified. Drecun also told RTS the working group is doing its utmost to gather as much evidence […]
Read More →Dacic: Bolton might visit region in August (KoSSev, Happy TV)
US President National Security Adviser John Bolton could visit our region by the end of August, if there would be positive indications that Pristina could revoke the tariffs, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Happy morning broadcast, KoSSev portal reports. “In previous US administration you had official stance that Kosovo issue is resolved, […]
Read More →Serbia’s military chief: “We have Russian support for the Kosovo challenges” (Tanjug, B92)
As our strategic partner, Russia will continue to provide support to Serbia, Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Milan Mojsilovic said. He stated that we have Russia’s army support for the challenges in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, B92 reports. Mojsilovic who paid the first official visit to his counterparts […]
Read More →Dacic: Somalia to reconsider decision on recognizing Kosovo (Tv Pink, RTS)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink the aim of Belgrade is to bring down the number of states that recognized unilaterally declared Kosovo independence below 97, adding that Somalia is on the way to reconsider its decision as well. “Our aim is that the number drops below 97, respectively less than half […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly expected to be dissolved on 22 August (media)
The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly decided to set 22 August as the date when the MPs are to vote on the dissolving of the Assembly. Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said the meeting of the Assembly presidency resulted in consensual agreement to set the date for the dissolving of the Assembly which he said […]
Read More →AAK’s Tahiri: Polls put us at 22 percent (Zeri)
Besnik Tahiri, general secretary of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said that the recent polls have put the party at a 22 percent support rating while its leader Ramush Haradinaj enjoys 55 percent of support from the Kosovo electorate. “This would put AAK as the first party in the country, i.e. election […]
Read More →Tahiri: We need an agenda to address needs of Albanians in Presevo Valley (media)
Kosovo’s outgoing Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, met today in Pristina with Ragmi Mustafa, chairman of the National Council of Albanians in Presevo Valley, several news websites report. Tahiri said after the meeting that Kosovo needs to have a genuine and systematic agenda to address the needs of the Albanian community in Presevo Valley. “Because […]
Read More →Trajkovic: Coalition of Serbs from Kosovo will not be established today, talks underway (BETA, Danas, KoSSev)
President of European Serb Movement from Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic confirmed to BETA news agency that the talks on establishing a coalition of parties, organizations and individuals from the Serb community in Kosovo are underway, and refuted information that the establishment would become official today, August 5. “Preparations and talks with Serb representatives from Kosovo, diplomatic […]
Read More →Srpska Lista reacts to announced coalition (TV Most)
Establishment of a coalition by compromised individuals and parties in Gracanica, lead by Rada Trajkovic is carried out with a sole aim to weaken political unity of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and break the links between our people and Belgrade, Srpska Lista said in a statement, TV Most reports. Srpska Lista this way reacted […]
Read More →Veseli: New elections are in Kosovo’s interest (media)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader Kadri Veseli said that in the current circumstances Kosovo cannot avoid early parliamentary elections. “I have said this before, and I will repeat it: elections are inevitable, and they are in the interest of the Republic of Kosovo. The Democratic Party of Kosovo will always […]
Read More →Eparchy of Raska-Prizren reacts to the mass held at St. Nicholas Church in Novo Brdo (KoSSev, Raska-Prizren Eparchy)
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Kosovo Dode Gjergji and the retired Bishop of Bar Zef Gashi with their clergy and a group of believers served a mass on Thursday at the remains of the Orthodox Christian cathedral of St. Nicholas in the vicinity of the Novo Brdo medieval fortress, KoSSev portal reports. As it was […]
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