Belgrade Media Report 07 August 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 7 August 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Commitment of Serbian government to reform process (Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: Pristina only looking how to maltreat citizens (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Serbian citizens need only ID card for Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Botsan-Harchenko: They are interfering in your affairs, but are not mentioning court for KLA (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Parties of ruling coalition in RS unanimously endorse agreement on formation of B&H CoM (ATV)
• Sarovic accuses Dodik of enabling B&H’s accession to NATO (BNTV)
• OHR welcomes signing of agreement on principles for formation of authorities in B&H (Al Jazeera)
• Hahn welcomes agreement on formation of B&H authorities (BHT1)
• Tegeltija says he is ready for post of B&H CoM Chairman and he expects his appointment to be confirmed by B&H Presidency (Dnevni avaz)
Albania
• President returns Criminal Code amendments for review (ADN)
• Venice fact-finding delegation to visit Tirana on Meta’s discharge (Radio Tirana/RTV Ora)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Europe’s new agenda in the Western Balkans (European Council on Foreign Relations)
Read More →“Kosovo implements agreements reached in dialogue; Serbia creates obstacles” (RTK)
Jetlir Zyberaj, adviser to Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, wrote that Kosovo remains committed to implement in good faith all the agreements reached through Brussels dialogue. Zyberaj’s statements come after the reporting in the media that Kosovo Border Police Directorate decided not to recognize Serbian passports when Serbian citizens enter Kosovo. “Kosovo can serve as […]
Read More →Veseli condemns murder of the woman in Prizren (media)
The Assembly Speaker of Kosovo Kadri Veseli has strongly condemned the murder of a women today in Prizren by her husband. “The grave murder case in Prizren is an unacceptable act which I strongly condemn. Domestic violence and the mistreatment of women are phenomena that run counter to the traditional values of our family as […]
Read More →Svecla: 22 August session is President’s game, we have some red lines (Ekonomia Online)
Vetevendosje Movement MP Xhelal Svecla considers that setting the session for dissolution of the Assembly on 22 August is a game of the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci. “We have requested for the session to be held as soon as possible, to dissolve the Assembly and go through other procedures that lead to the extraordinary […]
Read More →Joseph: Kosovo elections also a referendum on land swap idea (RFE)
Edward Joseph, senior fellow with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, told Radio Free Europe that elections in Kosovo will partly be a referendum on a number of issues, including the land swap idea. According to Joseph, border change between Kosovo and Serbia would be dangerous and would not go towards resolving their […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: Belgrade to launch diplomatic campaign in US in fall (Tanjug, B92)
Serbia announces the launch of diplomatic campaign in the US Congress in the fall, Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti daily reports. According to the daily Belgrade had decided to embark on a campaign in order to present real state of affairs on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija to the US public and to the US officials, […]
Read More →Kosovo Post executive director resigns (media)
Sejdi Hoxha, executive director of the Kosovo Post, announced his resignation saying he plans to focus on his political career. “I want to be a positive example and I don’t want anyone at any time to think I keep my public position to benefit politically. I am proud of what I achieved during the exercise […]
Read More →Thaci can still avoid elections, say interlocutors of Danas from Kosovo (Danas)
It is still uncertain whether the Pristina parliament will be dissolved on August 22, which would allow early elections to be called, claim Danas’s interlocutors from Kosovo. Some sources of daily Danas unofficially state that it should be seen whether two-thirds of MPs will vote to dissolve the parliament, and that Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci […]
Read More →“Opposition coalition ‘bothers’ Srpska Lista, we will not give up – Rada Trajkovic says” (N1, KoSSev)
President of European Serb Movement from Kosovo Rada Trajkovic announced a new coalition of Serbian parties and organizations that would take part in the possible extraordinary elections in Kosovo, TV N1 reports. On the other hand, Srpska Lista said it is a plan to destroy the Serbian community from within. “The only aim of the […]
Read More →Association: Trajkovic attacks Radojicic and protects Haradinaj (Tanjug)
Association “Kosmetske zrtve” (Kosmet Victims) said it is disgraceful that Rada Trajkovic on a daily basis in domestic and Albanian media without any evidence attacks the leadership of Serbia and Srpska Lista representatives, in particular Milan Radojicic over alleged involvement in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Tanjug news agency reported. According to the Association, by […]
Read More →“Bolton’s visit to Serbia depends of Pristina, Washington without comment” (Voice of America, Kurir, FoNet, TV N1, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said that the US President’s National Security Advisory John Bolton might visit the region in late August, B92 reports. Dacic stated there are good prospects for Bolton’s visit to Serbia if there are some positive indications that Pristina might revoke the tariffs. Bolton’s visit to Serbia would mean that […]
Read More →Russian Ambassador to Serbia “rebuked” his US counterpart: Those are fabrications (B92, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)
Statements by US Ambassador to Serbia Anthony Godfrey “on the malign influence of Moscow in Europe” is Washington’s fabrication, striving for global domination. Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that Washington “makes great efforts in waging its awkward ideological battle, putting to use its overt propagandistic machinery, no longer […]
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