Belgrade Media Report 21 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic with Pompeo in New York (RTV/Tanjug/Beta/RTS)
• Scott: Vucic-Pompeo meeting: Confirmation of US engagement (Tanjug)
• Protocols on acceleration of customs procedure with North Macedonia (Beta/Tanjug)
• Serbia’s opposition People’s Party decides to boycott spring elections (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Presidency fails to hold two sessions on adoption of ANP and appointment of B&H CoM chairman-designate, ANP withdrawn from agenda due to Dodik’s intention to vote against it (N1)
• RS’ reactions to removing of disputable items from agenda of B&H Presidency’s sessions (FTV)
• Other B&H political parties, officials react (FTV)
• Berton: Issue of B&H’s NATO path is being used as excuse for non-formation of state authorities (FTV)
• EUD: Formation of authorities in B&H is of key importance for progress of country in process of integration in EU (BHT1)
• Dodik: RS does not accept opening of any kind of reception centers for migrants on its territory (RTRS)
Albania
• Meta receives the new German ambassador to Tirana (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Secretary Pompeo’s Meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (State Department)
• North Macedonia Arrests Outgoing Chief Special Prosecutor (BIRN)
Smajlovic: I feel bit anxious about US support for Serbia (RTS)
Columnist Ljiljana Smajlovic tells RTS that as a citizen of Serbia, she cannot help but wonder what the US is looking for in return if they support the abolition of tariffs. Smajlovic says she is surprised by President Vucic’s meeting with Mike Pompeo because it is rare that Serbian presidents or ministers have a meeting […]
Read More →Thaci meets Daka ahead of Assembly’s motion for dissolution (media)
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci met today head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Valdete Daka to discuss preparations for possible early elections after political parties’ support for dissolution of the Assembly on 22 August. Thaci said that once the Assembly is dissolved and new elections announced, it will be important to begin preparations for […]
Read More →Pompeo to Vucic: Kosovo-Serbia agreement to result with mutual recognition (Express)
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, met on Tuesday for an official lunch with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo. After the meeting, Vucic said he managed to ensure U.S. support of making pressure on Kosovo to lift the tariff. However, a statement issued by the U.S. Department of State informed that Pompeo stressed […]
Read More →Ilir Deda will not follow Mimoza Kusari-Lila in joining Vetevendosje (media)
Alternativa co-founder and MP, Ilir Deda, said he will not follow his colleague Mimoza Kusari-Lila in entering a coalition with Vetevendosje. In a Facebook post explaining why he will not be joining Kusari-Lila, Deda wrote that he did not choose to leave Vetevendosje, two years after he joined the party in 2014, only to return […]
Read More →Krasniqi: PDK to vote in favour of Assembly’s dissolution (Telegrafi)
Head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group Memli Krasniqi said the party MPs will vote in favour of Assembly’s dissolution scheduled for tomorrow, 22 August. “Speaker Veseli has initiated a meeting that resulted in tomorrow’s session therefore the PDK vote is unquestionably in favour of the dissolution of Assembly,” Krasniqi said.
Read More →Vucic for TV Prva: At the best, Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in December (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue could continue in December. He said that early December, at best, would continue dialogue to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations because of the pending parliamentary elections in Kosovo. ”That can hardly be expected to happen before the elections which I believe will be held on October […]
Read More →Last Despatches: Serb Radio Team Abducted in Kosovo and Never Found (Balkan Insight)
Twenty-one years ago, radio journalist Djuro Slavuj and driver Ranko Perenic were seized by armed men while on assignment in western Kosovo – but the investigation was halted before the perpetrators were identified or their bodies found. See at: https://bit.ly/2Zj5CYS
Read More →Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko: Serbia’s agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union on October 25th (Tanjug, Blic)
Russia’s ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said that Belgrade was expected to sign a free-trade pact with the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 25, reported Belgrade based agency Tanjug. “This is a significant event. The media are paying due attention to it,” Botsan-Kharchenko said in a tweet. He said Serbia’s entry into the […]
Read More →Bozovic: Foreigners, Albanians and Serbs involved in Ivanovic assassination (Kosovapress)
Ksenija Bozovic, deputy leader of the Civic Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice” (SDP), said in an interview to the news agency that “foreigners, Albanians and Serbs are involved” in the assassination of Kosovo Serb political representative Oliver Ivanovic in 2018 in Mitrovica North. “After all this time and based on the procedure so far, and the […]
Read More →Lluka: Privatisation of Kosovo Telecom, right way forward (RTK)
Acting Minister of Economic Development, Valdrin Lluka, said that privatisation of Kosovo Telecom will be advantageous for Kosovo. “We think privatisation is the right way forward, it is an international practice of the developed world, a way to increase the value and parallel to that, restructure the Telecom,” he said. “We are interested in attracting […]
Read More →State Department to Belgrade and Pristina: Refrain from provocation and continue negotiations (RTS)
Serbian public broadcaster RTS reports that Following a meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the State Department issued a statement. RTS conveyed the whole statement. ”Secretary Michael R. Pompeo met today in New York City with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Secretary Pompeo praised the strong U.S.-Serbia relationship. The […]
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