Belgrade Media Report 23 September
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic at UN SC Session from September 23 until September 26 (Tanjug)
• Dacic meets with Mogherini and Western Balkans leaders (Tanjug)
• Kostunica: I had solution for Kosovo (Kurir)
• Vucic on Kostunica’s proposal: Implement it, and I will resign immediately (Tanjug)
• Dodik: One solution is for Kosovo’s north to remain in Serbia and RS to join Serbia (Prva TV)
• Kyle Scott: The campaign for annulling Kosovo recognition is equally unhelpful as are the taxes (Blic)
• Talks on election conditions to resume behind closed doors until concrete outcome is reached (Politika)
• EP’s McAllister: Serbia’s authorities and opposition talks before and after vote (Beta, RTS, Danas)
• Dodik: There is no solution in B&H without some positioning of international factor (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Leaders of biggest political parties from RS and Serbian leadership reject SDA Program Declaration (RTRS, BN TV)
• SDA Sec-Gen Genjac sends PIC Ambassador a letter because of “propaganda campaign launched from RS and Serbia” (Hayat)
Croatia
• Polls show Grabar Kitarovic with a lead ahead of the 2020 elections (HRT)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev-Mogherini: Start of accession talks – joint success of both North Macedonia and EU (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Osmani is not sure that Macedonia will receive date for EU accession talks in October (Republika)
Albania
• Prime Minister Edi Rama left for New York to take part in the UN General Assembly (Radio Tirana)
Former US envoy to Serbia: Vucic ready to talk, not to sign document (Danas, FoNet, N1)
Cameron Munter, a former US ambassador to Serbia, told belgrade based daily Danas that President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic was ready to talk about an agreement on the normalisation of relations with Pristina, but not to “sign a paper”, quoted Serbian media. Munter said he believed it was okay since there were people in Kosovo […]
Read More →Mogherini meets Western Balkans leaders, support for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue reconfirmed (media)
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, had a meeting with Western Balkans leaders at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly underway in New York. “In view of the clear European Union perspective the Western Balkans has, the High Representative and the representatives from the region reviewed substantial progress […]
Read More →Election campaign starts officially on Wednesday (Telegrafi)
The election campaign for 6 October parliamentary elections will officially start on Wednesday, 25 September and it will last ten days. 25 political entities and pre-election coalitions will be competing. The number of the citizens with the right to vote is 1,937,868. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) has decided to print 1,801,800 ballots. The number […]
Read More →Serbia accused of waging campaign to stop overturn Kosovo being independent state (express.co.uk)
SERBIA has been accused of waging a campaign to have its bitter rival Kosovo derecognised as an independent state. Kosovo foreign minister Behgjet Pacolli claims bribes, arms sales and “other dirty means” have been used to buy the support of some of Africa’s poorest countries, as well as others in South America. The latest example […]
Read More →CEC chief reacts to video allegedly showing ballot rigging (RTK)
The head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Valdete Daka has reacted following publication of a video clip claiming to show electoral fraud involving ballots sent to eligible voters of Kosovo diaspora. Daka said that the video clip needs to be authenticated before any measure is undertaken but she did raise concern over the possibility […]
Read More →Climate Protest caps Week of Environmental Activity (Kosovo 2.0)
More than a hundred protesters, predominantly young people, gathered in the center of Prishtina on Friday (September 20), to demand greater action on environmental protections. The protest was part of the wider global climate strike being held around the world on this day with citizens calling for people in power to do more to fight […]
Read More →Former KLA member rejects invitation of the Specialist Chambers (media)
Bashkim Gashi from Suhareka has rejected the invitation to be interviewed by the Specialist Chambers. KLA Veterans’ Organisation informed about his decision. “Veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army Organisation inform the public opinion that Bashkim Gashi from Suhareke has so far rejected the invitation of the Specialist Chambers.” “As Gashi visited our offices, and his […]
Read More →US envoy: Humiliation of partners in Kosovo dialogue doesn’t help (Blic, Beta, N1)
Outgoing US ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said on Monday that Belgrade and Washington had a different opinion about Kosovo but that they agreed that the only way towards progress was the resumption of the dialogue on the normalisation of relations, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with the Belgrade based daily Blic, […]
Read More →Dodik: North of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska joining Serbia as well (KoSSev, TV Prva)
The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik announced in Belgrade today that one of the possible solutions of the Kosovo issue is for the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska also joining the Republic of Serbia. ”If that is the solution, I will not oppose it,” he […]
Read More →Vucic on Kostunica’s proposal: Implement it, and I will resign immediately (Serbian media)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented on Vojislav Kostunica’s proposal that the status of Kosovo could be solved by the Hong Kong model. “I have great respect for our presidents, Boris Tadic, Vojsilav Kostunica and Tomislav Nikolic, respectively. I have a question for you – what does it mean exactly – a Hong Kong model? Who […]
Read More →Kostunica: I had solution for Kosovo (Kurir, B92, Tanjug)
Former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated that he had a proposal for solution of Kosovo issue. He said that it was based on a Hong Kong model. He claims that it would be a compromise that would rule out all the extreme options and prove to […]
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