Belgrade Media Report 02 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Dacic: New UNSC session on Kosovo and Metohija on 31 October (RTS)
• Brnabic: Prerequisite for continuation of dialogue is withdrawal of taxes (Tanjug/Beta)
• Haavisto: Taxes imposed by Pristina are unacceptable, but also Serbia’s lobbying for withdrawal of recognitions of Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Resolution 1244 is the only one that matters (RTV)
• Schieb: Serbia needs agreement on Kosovo for EU integration (TV Prva)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions to Dodik’s statement regarding the departure of foreign judges from BiH CC as condition for formation of CoM (ATV)
• Dodik: Gendarmerie is most modern form of combating terrorism and other threats to security (Glas Srpske)
• Komsic: Decision to deny residence permits to Turkish citizens needs to be reviewed by B&H Presidency (N1)
• Komsic: Why is Croatia upset about what I say if I’m irrelevant? (N1)
Croatia
• President Grabar-Kitarovic formally announces bid for second term in office (Hina)
Montenegro
• President Djukanovic received the Finnish Foreign Minister (CDM)
• Protest in Podgorica: Fighting the same battles with the same poor results (CDM)
• Djukanovic on official visit to North Macedonia (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: The good news for starting EU negotiations will have a positive impact on both the region and the EU (Nezavisen vesnik)
• The Economist Western Balkans Summit sends a strong message: We expect the EU to materialize its promises (Nezavisen vesnik)
Vucic’s invitation to the Visegrad Group summit is a precedent, sending clear message (Blic, Politika, B92)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes on the importance of Czech President Milos Zeman invitation to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to participate in Visegrad Group Summit. Daily considers that the invitation was “a kind of precedent” and added that, “as a rule, these meetings do not discuss topics on which participants have divergent views, Kosovo could […]
Read More →Around six thousand Diaspora votes arrive at CEC (RTK)
Voting through mail has started from 19 September. “The period of voting through mail is ongoing. So far, by 1 October, we have received five thousand and nine hundred packages supposed to be ballots,” said Valmir Elezi, spokesperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC). He added that Diaspora voted will be accepted by CEC until […]
Read More →Hungarian PM in sudden visit to Belgrade, tours river with Serbia’s President (N1)
Victor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary came to Belgrade on Tuesday in what appeared to be a sudden, private visit during which he toured the river in Serbia’s capital with his host President Aleksandar Vucic, N1 reported. ”We are discovering the beauties of Belgrade from the river with Serbia’s great friend,” Vucic said on […]
Read More →British Ambassador calls on people of Kosovo to vote (Klan Kosova/RTK)
British Ambassador to Kosovo, Nicholas Abbott, has called on the people of Kosovo, regardles of age, gender and background, to go out and vote on this Sunday’s parliamentary elections. He said 6 October is an important date as it enables the people to choose the direction of their country. Abbott also said that citizens should […]
Read More →Serbia intimidates Kosovo Serbs with “Fake News” (Arbresh.info)
The news portal reports that media close to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reported for an alleged group of Albanians who plan to attack Serbian population in the north. “There is a danger that some cases of ammunition lost from “Adem Jashari” cantonments close to Fushe Kosove, ended up in hands of the B13 group, […]
Read More →Serbian president decries fine against Lista Srpska (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic has condemned the 30,000 euro fine issued against Lista Srpska by Kosovo’s Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel following a complaint submitted by BIRN. In an interview for Radio Television Serbia, RTS, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic criticized a penalty of 30,000 euros administered to Belgrade-backed Kosovo Serb political party Lista Srpska. The […]
Read More →Kosovo Serbs brace for election in long shadow of political violence (The Irish Times)
Belgrade shields suspect in critic’s murder as its allies in Kosovo are accused of dirty tricks In death, as in life, Oliver Ivanovic is at the troubled heart of Kosovo Serb politics. Twenty months after he was gunned down in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, his legacy as a Serb moderate who criticised Belgrade […]
Read More →Protests against MHPP in Strpce: Matkos Group halted construction on private land plots (KoSSev)
For ten months now, the citizens of Strpce have been unsuccessfully trying to prevent the construction of mini hydroelectric power plants in this municipality. They are still not giving up on what can only be described as a quixotic fight. They were able to temporarily halt the construction in Bitinja today, given that the works […]
Read More →Dacic: Security Council session on Kosovo on 31 October (RTS)
Ivica Dacic told this morning Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that after a long delay with the UK, Serbia had agreed on some of the dynamics of those regular sessions and that there are no longer any problems. He says that the topic is now on the agenda and the latest UN Secretary-General’s report on […]
Read More →Belgrade finances all Kosovo Serb freshmen in the north (Beta)
Belgrade based news agency Beta reported that the new academic year started on Tuesday on all ten faculties of the former Pristina University, relocated in the north Mitrovica with over 1,100 Serb freshmen financed by Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported. Serbia’s Ministry of Education has declared the 2019-2020 academic year as the year of […]
Read More →Serbia needs agreement on Kosovo for EU integration process, says German envoy (TV Prva, Beta, N1)
The German Ambassador in Belgrade Thomas Schieb said on Wednesday that Serbia needs a comprehensive agreement with Kosovo to take what he called a decisive step in its European integration process. ”Germany wants to see the comprehensive agreement reached through a dialogue,” he told TV Prva adding that Serbia must resolve the Kosovo problem to […]
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