Kosovo membership in Interpol would be political, says Serbian Internal Affairs Minister (RTS, TV Pink)
Serbian Internal Affairs Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday that the Kosovo authorities want to use membership in Interpol to reinforce statehood not to improve their crime fighting capabilities. The minister told Belgrade based TV Pink that a decision to induct Kosovo into Interpol would be political and would jeopardize that international organization’s professionalism. “If […]
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LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic urges V4 to assess Serbia’s position outside the box (Tanjug/Novosti/RTS)
• Vucic and Zeman on the possibility of withdrawing Kosovo recognition (Tanjug/B92)
• Stefanovic: Kosovo membership in Interpol would be political (TV Pink/Beta)
• OSCE without observers at Kosovo elections (Politika/Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: Grenell is a serious man (RTS)
• Grenell’s appointment – not a good sign (Beta/B92)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Sarovic proposes formation of new majority in parliament of B&H (Glas Srpske)
• Cvijanovic: Agreement is obviously not in interest of Sarajevo politicians (ATV)
• Lavrov’s statement that US and its European partners intend to pull B&H into NATO sparks reactions, Dodik says Komsic’s reaction is ridiculous (RTRS)
• Dodik: Ivanic most vocal proponent of B&H’s path to NATO (Srna)
• B&H HoR Collegium members meet Ambassador Sattler, discuss political situation, EU road of B&H (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Mike Pompeo makes historic visit to Montenegro (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: I don’t expect Bulgaria or Greece to block our Euro-Atlantic integration ambitions (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Pompeo to meet with top officials in Ohrid today (MIA)
Albania
• Senior officials in Brussels urge EU member states to give the green light for opening negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• US nominates special envoy to Serbia-Kosovo peace talks (AFP)
Read More →Bieber and Judah on Grenell’s appointment: Not a good sign (B92)
Serbian media quoted Balkan experts Florian Bieber and Tim Judah, who expressed surprise at the announced appointment of Richard Grenell as special envoy for negotiations. Professor at the University of Grazz, Bieber wondered what the role of Matthew Palmer was, the recently appointed US Secretary of State’s Special Representative for the Balkans. “If Trump appoints […]
Read More →Nebojsa Covic for TV Prva: “New Kosovo elite – distancing from the crime” (B92)
Former head of the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic points out that forthcoming elections are overture for a new Kosovo political elite. He told Prva TV in the morning program that the BBC’s prognosis was realistic and that four parties would enter Kosovo Parliament – Isa Mustafa’s Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), […]
Read More →Council of Europe discusses ROSU intrusion into northern Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
On behalf of the Serbian Parliament delegation, Dubravka Filipovski stressed that Serbia strongly supports fight against corruption and organized crime At the meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg, an exchange of views was held on the intrusion of ROSU members into northern […]
Read More →Serbian List in Kosovo: “When Serbia is calling–give your vote”; CEC: Kosovo IDs a must (Beta)
Serbian List held on Wednesday its final convention ahead of Sunday’s elections, under the “When Serbia is calling – give your vote,” slogan, adding that party was “the only guarantor of the survival of the Serbs in Kosovo,” the Beta news agency reported. The party’s candidates called on people gathered to encircle number 135 on […]
Read More →Kosovo MFA reacts to Pacolli’s meeting with Radoicic at yacht (Koha)
Investigative journalism network in Serbia, KRIK, has published a picture where the acting Foreign Minister of Kosovo Behgjet Pacolli is seen at a yacht anchored in Budva, Montenegro, in the company of the Serbian List leader Goran Rakic and deputy leader Milan Radoicic who Kosovo authorities want in connection to the murder of the Kosovo […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Joint engagement on unconditioned dialogue (RTK)
Acting Prime Minister and leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) welcomed the decision of the U.S. President Donald Trump to nominate the current U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as his special envoy on the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. “I welcome President Trump’s nomination of the current Ambassador of the United States of […]
Read More →“My vote has a value” aims increase of RAE community voters (RTK)
“My vote has a value” campaign is organized by KOSINT 2020, which is a network of civil society organisations who work on comprehensive participation of the members of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Kosovo society. Jehona Xhaferi, manager of the KOSNIT project said “My vote has value” has two objectives: “First, to increase the […]
Read More →Pacolli: Trump wants Serbia to recognise Kosovo (media)
Kosovo’s outgoing Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, hailed today U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Richard Grenell as his special envoy for the Kosovo – Serbia talks, several media report. “I have said several times in the last weeks that the new government is going to have to conclude the dialogue. It is our primary […]
Read More →Limaj: Grenell’s appointment, proof of U.S. commitment to agreement (media)
Kosovo’s outgoing Deputy Prime Minister, Fatmir Limaj, said today that the appointment of U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, a President Trump’s special envoy for the Kosovo – Serbia talks, is good news and proof of U.S. commitment for an agreement between the two countries. “I have repeatedly said that Kosovo must never avoid the […]
Read More →Zyberaj: This week alone, we rejected dozen requests for Serbian officials to enter Kosovo (Indeksonline)
Jetlir Zyberaj, advisor to Kosovo’s outgoing Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, said today that this week alone they have rejected dozen requests from Serbian officials to enter Kosovo. Zyberaj said that since the arrest of Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s office for Kosovo, no one from Belgrade can enter Kosovo without a permission from […]
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