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Belgrade Media Report 27 August 2019

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 27 August 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Continued support of Slovenia to Serbia’s EU path (Tanjug/RTS)
• Cooperation agreements with North Macedonia signed (Tanjug)
• ISAC: Serbia fails to comply with 40 percent of EU foreign policy declarations (N1)
• Djilas: McAllister refuses to call things by their true name (Beta)
• Dveri to boycott elections (FoNet/RTS/RTV)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Presidency decides on Dayton B&H on Tuesday (RTRS)
• Covic expresses expectations that Presidency of B&H will appoint B&H CoM chairman on Tuesday (FTV)
• Dodik: B&H is dying slow death that is accelerated by Komsic and Dzaferovic (Srna, by Tatjana Paradjina)
Republic of North Macedonia
• The most serious tool is the truth: Zaev and Brnabic join forces to fight fake news (Meta)
• Pendarovski: “Racket” case is not a benchmark (MIA)
• Zbogar: “Racket” became a reality show (Republika)
• No progress in negotiations on public prosecution law (Republika)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Merkel-Macron EU Leadership Contest: What do the Western Balkans Have to do With it? (Sputnik)

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LDK General Council unanimously supports Osmani’s running for PM (media)

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The General Council of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) supported today the proposal of the leadership of this political party, to trust the mandate of the Prime Minister to Vjosa Osmani. The leadership of the Democratic League of Kosovo voted on Monday Osmani as their candidate for Prime Minister of Kosovo. Mayor of Gjilan, […]

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CEC says it needs over €5 mill for elections, complains of delays (Koha)

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The Central Election Commission held a meeting today following the announcement of election date by President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci. Ilir Gashi from the CEC’s department for budget and finance said that they will be needing more than €5 million to organise early elections on 6 October. He said the funding issue needs to be […]

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Germany, France, UK express concern over accreditation agency deadlock (Indeksonline/Kallxo)

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The embassies of France, Germany and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over the deadlock of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency saying this puts the upcoming academic year at serious risk. “The Embassies regard independent, accountable and transparent institutions as key to regulating the accreditation process of educational programmes and they have full respect for the […]

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Message to British Ambassador: Let him say who these criminals are (Tanjug, B92)

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Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic urged British Ambassador in Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell to say who the criminals are for which he said Kosovo citizens should not vote for, Tanjug news agency reports. “I would like to hear who these criminals are because we were kept persuaded that these are wonderful people and there […]

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The missing persons issue should not be politicised (media)

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Panelists of a conference on missing persons that took place in Pristina today, organised by the Missing Persons Resource Centre, made calls for the issue of missing persons not being politicised and be treated with priority. The outgoing British Ambassador, Ruairi O’Connell, said the governments in the Balkans pledged at the London summit not to […]

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Odalovic: They do not give remains of killed Serbs to families (Radio KIM)

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Kosovo authorities have refused to hand over in Pristina mortal remains of seven members of Sutakovic and Petrovic families kidnapped and killed in Djakovica in 1999. They agree to hand over the remains to the families at administrative crossing with Montenegro, Radio KIM reports. These are remains of seven persons, five from Sutakovic and two […]

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Srpska Lista will have opposition in elections in Kosovo (RFE, KoSSev)

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Radio Free Europe writes that the Serbian community would have a possibility to choose who to vote for in the upcoming elections in Kosovo, given that no Serbian political party responded to a call of Srpska Lista for united participation. Talks between political opponents of Srpska Lista are underway RFE continues, while on the other […]

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Popovic: Aim of attack against healthcare facility in Staro Gracko is to intimidate Serbs (Tanjug)

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Mayor of Gracanica municipality Srdjan Popovic in the strongest terms condemned the latest attack against the healthcare facility in the village of Staro Gracko saying that such acts cause disturbance and concern about the safety of the Serbian community in this area, Tanjug news agency reports. Popovic underlined it is incomprehensible that someone breaks into […]

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KLA graffiti in Strpce municipality (RTS)

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During the weekend in the villages of Bitinja, Popovce, Brezovica and Rakanovac “KLA” graffiti and inscriptions “Kosovo-Albania” were written, RTS reports. The case was reported to the Kosovo police that is looking for the perpetrators. The inscription of graffiti has caused disturbance among the Serbs living in the area, where they make the majority and […]

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Eparchy of Raska-Prizren condemned stoning of bus from Kosovo (KoSSev)

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The Eparchy of Raska-Prizren condemned “the act of vandalism“ – the stoning of a bus from Kosovo in the vicinity of Krusevac (central Serbia), KoSSev portal reports. “Not only are such cases inhumane, but they also indirectly jeopardize the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija“, the Eparchy said in a statement, adding that the perpetrators […]

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Vucic met with McAllister (Tanjug, B92)

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President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic had a meeting with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, David McAllister, Tanjug news agency reports.  This is the first McAllister’s visit to Belgrade after taking up a new duty. On his Instagram account, the President posted that Serbia agrees with the EU member […]

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