Belgrade Media Report 08 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Jevtic: Without talks with Serb List impossible formation of Kosovo government (RTS)
• Borrell: If China, India and Russia do not recognize Kosovo, it will not achieve statehood (Tanjug/B92)
• SzS refuses dialogue with government, wants direct talks with EP (Beta)
• DS not to take part in dialogue with parliament opposition and authorities (N1)
• McAllister: Boycott is not a sustainable solution (Blic)
• Falconi: EU to undergo reforms in next few years (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Trilateral meeting between members of the B&H Presidency, Erdogan and Vucic (N1)
• Komsic attends panel in Belgrade, speaks of importance of NATO integration of B&H (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Albanian Foreign Minister visits Croatia (Hina)
Montenegro
• Kurti won’t insist on border demarcation with Montenegro (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
Albania
• Meta on elections in Kosovo: An excellent example of the functioning democracy (Radio Tirana)
• Rama congratulates Kosovo on the successful snap parliamentary elections (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Appointment of Richard Grenell: A signal of support for border change? (European Western Balkans)
Read More →Vetevendosje leader Kurti meets U.S. Ambassador Kosnett (media)
Gazeta Express reports that Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti met today with U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett, two days after Vetevendosje won in the early parliamentary elections. Vetevendosje issued a press release after the meeting saying that Kosnett was pleased with the smooth course of the election process and the high voter turnout. “In a […]
Read More →Who speaks in the name of LDK? And what is now the first and foremost duty of Albin Kurti? (Dialogplus)
By Enver Robelli There are over 195 thousand voters of LDK and these want an answer to: what now? but they want the answer from the party, the leader, the general assembly – and not private unauthorized persons. Now the moment of truth has come. And in the moments of truth, the ones that got […]
Read More →Robelli: The day has come to believe! (Koha Ditore)
Columnist Enver Robelli writes today in the paper that the Kosovo electorate has handed over a joint victory to Vetevendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the two need to demonstrate historic responsibility in managing it. “There should be no room for triumphant and excluding poses towards one another. The one that comes […]
Read More →Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu reacts to vote recount request (media)
Albulena Haxhiu from Vetevendosje commented on Facebook about the request from the Democratic League of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA) for a vote recount. “Since this morning I have received many messages and phone calls from citizens, friends and family. They are concerned about possible tendencies for […]
Read More →Haradinaj doesn’t dispute election results, will not demand vote recount (Koha/Kallxo)
Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj said in a press conference today that he accepts the results of Sunday’s early parliamentary elections. “AAK accepts the results. We do not dispute it,” he said adding that they will not seek a vote recount. “The citizens have not given us the […]
Read More →Mogherini and Hahn issue joint statement on Kosovo elections (media)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn issued a statement on early parliamentary elections that took place in Kosovo on 6 October calling them “peaceful” and “orderly”. “The European Union looks forward to the formation of a new government as soon […]
Read More →Jovanovic (DSS): Consensus on Kosovo reintegration needed after Kurti’s victory (Danas, Kosovo online)
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) President Milos Jovanovic says that after the electoral victory of Self-determination leader Albin Kurti, it is important to see whether in Serbia is finally reached ”a consensus on the need to re-integrate the southern province into Serbia’s constitutional order”. Jovanovic told Kosovo Online Online that Kurti has proven himself a […]
Read More →Kosovo Election Winner Vetevendosje Seeks Coalition Partner (Balkan Insight)
Talks on forming a new government in Kosovo are due to start soon after the opposition Vetevendosje party came first in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections. The party has made clear it wishes to seek to form a coalition government with another former opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK. With 98.15 per cent of […]
Read More →‘New chapter’: What a left-wing victory means for Kosovo (Al Jazeera)
The left-wing Vetevendosje, or Self Determination Movement party, won snap elections held on Sunday in Kosovo, with 25 percent of the vote. It was the fourth election in Europe’s youngest nation since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008. While Kosovo’s population is just 1.7 million, about a million diaspora Kosovo Albanians formed a large […]
Read More →Key Takeaways From Kosovo’s Watershed Vote (RFE)
The leader of the left-wing opposition party claiming a surprise victory in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections has pledged to start coalition talks to end the dominance of parties led by former independence fighters and turn a corner in Europe’s newest state. Onetime student leader Albin Kurti, of the upstart Self-Determination (Vetevendosje) party, vowed to turn to […]
Read More →Kosovo LGBT Activists Add Novel Touches to Pride Week (Balkan Insight)
The Third Pride Week in Kosovo began on Monday with a reception in the government building where several top officials, including the President, Hashim Thaci, were present. The opening will continue with Majlinda Hoxha’s artistic exhibition, “QUEIN,” at the Institute for Urbanism and Design. “This is the first time that an exhibition with LGBT community […]
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