Belgrade Media Report 19 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Recognition of Kosovo within existing borders is a red line Serbia will not cross (Tanjug/RTS)
• Jovanovic: Brnabic might find acceptable Kosovo secession with border adjustments (Beta)
• Dacic: My goal is for the number of Kosovo recognitions to fall below 97 (TV Happy/Tanjug/RTV)
• Djuric: We are finding ways to supply the people (Politika)
• Serbian opposition walks out of meeting with authorities (N1)
• Boycott unless new REM elected by 15 September (FoNet)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Komsic openly depraving the system on which B&H rests (Srna/Glas Srpske)
• Dodik says he will vote against B&H’s ANP at B&H Presidency’s special session on Tuesday (BHT1)
• OHR: RS’ attempts to undo previously agreed reforms are contrary to DPA (ATV)
• Dodik: Construction of the “Milos Veliki” Highway important for all Serbs (Srna)
Albania
• Basha: Rama is Balkan’s most corrupt PM (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia’s new Chinese-built highway section opens to traffic (Xinhua)
• Serbia to get Russian-made Mi-35 and Mi-17 military transport helicopters in early 2020 (TASS)
Trajkovic to FoNet: Taking out Kosovo from the preamble is the reason for the dialogue between the authorities and the opposition (KoSSev, Dnevnik)
The president of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic told Belgrade news agency FoNet that the “sole reason” for initiating a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition in Serbia was an attempt to hold and the opposition partially responsible in case Kosovo was taken out from the preamble to the Serbian […]
Read More →“AAK and PSD to announce pre-election coalition this afternoon” (media)
Several media outlets are quoting Kosovapress reports saying that the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Social Democratic Initiative (PSD) will officially announce their pre-election coalition today at 3 p.m. The coalition is expected to be announced at a joint press conference between AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj and PSD’s Shpend Ahmeti. PSD […]
Read More →Limaj after meeting Mustafa: Kosovo needs a government that gets work done (media)
Leader of the Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, met today leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (PDK), Isa Mustafa. After the meeting he did not comment on whether his party would enter a possible pre-election coalition with Mustafa’s LDK but underlined that Kosovo “needs a government that gets work done.” “Kosovo needs a […]
Read More →Minister Lluka meets company tasked with preparing Kosovo Telekom for privatisation (Koha)
Outgoing Minister of Economic Development Valdrin Lluka met today representatives from the German company “Detecon” selected by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on request of the government of Kosovo, to prepare Kosovo Telekom for privatization. “A team from Detecon stayed in Kosovo and met main stakeholders of this important enterprise for the country’s […]
Read More →Meta: Albania cannot be part of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (media)
President of Albania, Ilir Meta, said in an interview with RTV21 that Albania should not be involved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on normalisation of relations. “The issue is how can the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue end in the best possible way for both countries but also for the region as it is a crucial […]
Read More →Ahmeti: Fruitful meeting with Mustafa (Ekonomia Online/Telegrafi)
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD) leader Shpend Ahmeti said today’s meeting with Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa was fruitful and focused on possible cooperation between the two parties. “We continued discussions and consultations we had on cooperation on the eve of elections and we focused on important topics for the PSD […]
Read More →PSD’s Ahmeti on possible coalition with Haradinaj’s AAK (Indeksonline)
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD) leader Shpend Ahmeti told the news website today that his party has ‘approximated positions’ with Ramush Haradinaj’s Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK). When asked to comment on media reports that the two parties will sign a pre-election agreement today, Ahmeti said: “Yes, we have approximated positions with […]
Read More →Confessions of an Islamic State fighter (The Economist)
Fitim Lladrovci travelled to Syria to fight a holy war. Now back in Kosovo, he continues to call for jihad. Alexander Clapp is granted a rare interview See at: https://bit.ly/2KHtIso
Read More →Serbian president Vucic to meet US State Secretary Pompeo at UN headquarters (N1)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on the margins of a debate at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, the state department said in a press release. “Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will travel to New York on August 20 to participate in a UN Security […]
Read More →Djuric: Belgrade finding the ways to supply Serbs in Kosovo’s north (Beta, Politika, N1)
Belgrade is finding the ways to supply the Serbs in the north of Kosovo despite pressures and increased police controls, Head of the Government’s Kosovo and Metohija Office Marko Djuric told Serbian media. Speaking for the Politika daily, Djuric said it was so important that the Serbs showed solidarity and readiness to fight for their […]
Read More →Dacic to RTS: One more country withdraws recognition of Kosovo (B92, RTS, Politika)
The Head of Serbian diplomacy, Ivica Dacic, told Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Friday that this week he will say the name of the 15th country that withdrew the recognition of Kosovo. Dacic said for RTS that in this moment less than 100 countries acknowledge ”the independence of so-called Kosovo”. „The President Vucic told me […]
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