Belgrade Media Report 03 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Bans only for Serbs, our response is massive turnout for elections (RTS)
• Odalovic: I do not rule out new provocations aimed at Kosovo Serbs (RTS/B92)
• SNS offers transport to displaced Serbs from Kosovo to vote for Serb List (RTV Kraljevo/N1)
• Serbian MPs with delegation from Ghana (Tanjug)
• Lavrov: US trying to revise Brussels Agreement Belgrade and Pristina signed (RTS/Tanjug/Beta/N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik once more asks for foreign judges to be removed from B&H CC (Hayat)
• SBB B&H’s Arnaut: Komsic saved NATO road of B&H (Dnevni list)
• Komsic: I do not expect formation of new authorities soon (Dnevni list)
• Interview with High Representative Valentin Inzko (Oslobodjenje)
• Lavrov: US and its European partners intend to pull B&H into NATO (ATV)
• Pompeo to visit North Macedonia and Montenegro, his visit to focus on issues of Kosovo and region’s Euro-Atlantic integration (Nezavisne novine)
• UN Special Rapporteur Gonzales Morales criticizes B&H authorities for poor management of situation with migrants (BHT1)
Republic of North Macedonia
• President Pendarovski meets with Montenegrin President Djukanovic (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Rutte: The Netherlands is less concerned about North Macedonia than Albania (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Finland urges the European Commission to give its consent to the start of accession talks with Albania (Radio Tirana)
• Schulz calls on EU to open negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia (Radio Tirana)
• President Meta kicks off official visit to Estonia (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Albania, North Macedonia EU Hopes Depend on Big Players (BIRN)
We Know Why Vucic Considers BIRN the Enemy (Balkan Insight)
By attacking BIRN once again, Serbia’s President is, as usual, trying to divert his own public from social unrest, corruption scandals – and his increasingly authoritarian grip on institutions. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his proxies routinely label BIRN and its journalists liars and traitors. His well-practiced authoritarian concept of “enemies” and “foes” has been […]
Read More →CEC reacts to Djuric: Voting on Sunday only with Kosovo documents (Indeksonline)
Valmir Elezi, spokesperson of Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has reacted to the statement of Serbia’s Director of the Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric, who accused Kosovo officials for discrimination of Serbs during the election campaign. “I call on all Kosovo Serbs who are in the voters’ lists, to use their right to vote, no […]
Read More →Kosovo Accreditation Agency axed from European network organization (Prishtina Insight)
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education has discontinued the membership of Kosovo Accreditation Agency following accusations of political interference and unprofessional conduct, endangering the recognition of Kosovo diplomas abroad. The Kosovo Accreditation Agency’s regional membership in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, ENQA, a consortium of institutions that ensure […]
Read More →Vucic, Erdogan to host summit on October 7-8 (Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will next week host Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who will be on an official visit to Serbia on October 7-8, the Serbian president’s press office announced Wednesday. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will next week host Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who will be on an official visit to Serbia on […]
Read More →For Serbia and Kosovo, Support Comes With Strings Attached (Bloomberg)
After 20 years, the two countries remain enemies. And the superpowers seem to want them to stay that way. For centuries, small countries have relied on bigger ones to protect them. The trick was to avoid becoming too much of a pawn in the greater game of the superpowers. Spanned by mountains that run more […]
Read More →Schoolbooks Perpetuate Kosovo-Serbia Divisions in Classrooms (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb children are taught under different educational systems, using textbooks that give differing versions of history – and sometimes perpetuate ethnic prejudice and nationalist ideas, experts say. https://bit.ly/2n8Lw6u
Read More →Tanjug crew allowed through Jarinje administrative crossing after 2-hour wait (Tanjug)
A Tanjug crew was allowed on Thursday to enter Kosovo after a two-hour wait at the Jarinje administrative crossing. The crew members’ personal documents were also returned to them. The reporters had been held at the administrative crossing with the explanation that they needed approval from the Pristina interior ministry and that they must wait […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: Pompeo targets Albanian lobbyists (B92)
One of Kosovo’s most extreme lobbyists has been targeted by fierce criticism of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti wrote today. The daily writes about the lobbyist US Congressman Eliot Engel, describing him as ”the creator of lies about the alleged rape of 20,000 Albanian women during the war in […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Serbia to change approach to Kosovo (VOA)
Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and candidate for prime minister Ramush Haradinaj said in an interview with Voice of America in Albanian that though his term in office as prime minister of Kosovo got caught short due to him resigning after being summoned by the Specialist Chambers in The Hague, […]
Read More →Aleksandar Ivanovic: Djuric was carrier of the wild campaign against Oliver (Gazeta Express)
Oliver Ivanovic’s nephew Aleksandar Ivanovic, told Serbian broadcaster N1 that head of the Office for Kosovo at the Serbian government Marko Djuric, was one of the main carriers of the wild campaign against the late Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic. He recalled Oliver Ivanovic’s statements that showed his fear that he could be killed. Aleksandar Ivanovic […]
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