Belgrade Media Report 07 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic congratulates Serb List on election results (Tanjug)
• Vucic: This is one of my favorite victories (RTS)
• Dacic: US expects government with Self-Determination and DSK (Tanjug/RTV/RTS)
• Djuric: If they want a legitimate government, they will have to knock on Serb List’s door (RTS)
• Djuric: No one should count on unconditional support from Serb List (Tanjug)
• Drecun: There would be no space for negotiations with Self-Determination in power (Tanjug/RTV)
• Erdogan: Any agreement of two sides on Kosovo and Metohija is acceptable for Turkey (Politika)
• Dodik: One day people will have to decide on status of RS (Kurir)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Year of lost expectations which, just like elections, was marked by divisions and conditioning (Vecernji list)
• Izetbegovic: Authorities at B&H level could be formed by end of month (Hayat)
• Dodik: Izetbegovic’s announcements about formation of B&H authorities unrealistic (RTRS)
• Cavara rejects claims of Izetbegovic (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: Sarajevo is carrying out political aggression against RS (Nezavisne novine)
• DNS reaches decision to suspend coalition relations with SNSD at all levels (BN TV)
• Dodik’s reaction to DNS Presidency’s decision (N1/Novosti)
• Members of B&H Presidency on official visit to Serbia (FTV)
Montenegro
• Biserko: Serbia’s presence in Montenegro is becoming more aggressive (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• President Pendarovski meets US Secretary of State Pompeo in Ohrid (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Zaev-Pompeo: Strong support for opening the EU accession talks (Nezavisen vesnik)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Opposition Wins Election That May Help Bid for EU, NATO (Bloomberg)
• Enlargement tales: Albania, North Macedonia, and influencers of a different kind (New Europe)
Vucic congratulate birthday to Russia’s Putin (Beta, N1)
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s President congratulated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin his 67th birthday and wished him “good health and personal happiness, as well as the strength, to continue to successfully represent Russia’s and the fraternal Russian nation’s interests,” the Beta news agency reported on Monday. In their phone conversation, the two leaders agreed to meet in […]
Read More →A victory that goes beyond politics (Prishtina Insight)
Sunday’s election results were a political earthquake that will resonate beyond the formation of the next government. The electorate have exhibited a refusal to surrender to the blackmail and nepotism that have been endemic in Kosovar politics for the last 20 years, writes Eraldin Fazliu in an opinion piece. He says Vetevendosje’s victory in yesterday’s […]
Read More →Vogel: Election results determine pace of dialogue with Serbia (RFE)
Toby Vogel, an expert with the Democratization Policy Council, said in an interview for Radio Free Europe that the victory of two opposition parties – the Vetevendosje Movement and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) – in the parliamentary elections in Kosovo on Sunday reflects the dissatisfaction of the people with the 12 years of […]
Read More →Palmer told me who would form Kosovo Govt. two months ago, says Serbian FM Dacic (Beta, N1)
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday that the US representative to the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer told him two months ago that Washington expected Kosovo opposition politicians Albin Kurti and Isa Mustafa would form a new government, the Belgrade based news agency Beta reports. Dacic told reporters, after the 19th Economic Summit held […]
Read More →Conditional and mailed ballots to be counted in the coming days (Kosovapress)
The sensitive election material from all Kosovo municipalities is on its way to the Counting and Results Centre and all of it is expected to arrive by the end of today, said Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Valmir Elezi. Elezi said that conditional ballots as well as those of special-needs persons and mailed ballots will […]
Read More →Thaci: Let us show same political maturity in forming new government (media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci congratulated the people of Kosovo and political parties on “excellent elections” saying that Kosovo has once again shown a high level of political and democratic maturity. “I congratulate the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo and political parties on excellent elections, and dignified, free and democratic voting. Kosovo once again showed […]
Read More →Pacolli congratulates Kurti and Osmani on election results (Kallxo)
Leader of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) Behgjet Pacolli congratulates the people of Kosovo for voting peacefully and also congratulated opposition leaders, Vetevendosje’s Albin Kurti and the Democratic League of Kosovo’s (LDK) Vjosa Osmani, on clear victory. “I congratulate Albin Kurti for his political integrity and Mrs. Osmani for creating new energy on the foundations […]
Read More →Kosovo Voters Want a New Future, but Old Problems Linger (NYT)
Ever since Kosovo ended its war with Serbia two decades ago, its dominant political figures have all been men who rose to prominence as fighters and held onto power despite failing to secure a lasting peace and presiding over a floundering economy. But in parliamentary elections on Sunday, a new generation of politicians offered them […]
Read More →Kosovo election: Opposition parties claim win (BBC)
Opposition parties have claimed the greatest number of votes in Kosovo’s general election. Centre-left Vetevendosje and centre-right Democratic League (LDK) are each expected to win about 25% of the vote. The election was called in July when Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned to face questioning by a war crimes court in The Hague. https://bbc.in/31TsksJ
Read More →Two Opposition Parties Win Kosovo Parliamentary Elections (RFE)
Kosovo’s two major opposition parties — the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Vetevendosje — appear to have upended the ruling party, in power for 12 years, during snap parliamentary elections held on October 6. With nearly 96 percent of the ballots counted as of 3:56 a.m. local time on October 7, the website of […]
Read More →Opposition parties overturn Kosovo politics with election victory (Euronews)
Albanian nationalist opposition party Vetevendosje was poised for a narrow victory in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results early Monday, with another opposition party in close second. Election Commission results based on 80% of votes counted gave the party 26% of votes, slightly ahead of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party which won […]
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