Belgrade Media Report 14 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: The attempt to abolish the Serb List will cause catastrophic consequences (Tanjug/B92)
• Opening ceremony of 141st IPU Assembly (Tanjug)
• Chilean parliament speaker: Chile stands by its position and will not change it: Chile respects Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug)
• Gojkovic meets parliament speakers of Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia, Egypt (Tanjug/RTS)
• Brnabic: Belgrade never severed economic ties with Kosovo (Beta)
• Vucic: No one offers us anything; no one will give us anything (Beta/Tanjug)
• Dodik: I do not know why are they still trying to preserve Bosnia (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic: ANP is internal matter of B&H; Issue about ANP refers to respecting of laws and decisions of B&H institutions (Avaz)
• Komsic comments Dodik-Erdogan relationship (Face TV)
• Covic: HNS will initiate discussions on amending of B&H Election Law on Monday (BHT1)
• Dodik: SNSD completely understands and supports HNS’s stance on need for amendments to B&H Election Law (Srna)
• Kavazovic reelected Head of Islamic Community in B&H (TV1)
Montenegro
• Elections Code of Conduct requests acceptance of election results (Dan)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev believes he will get the EU accession date, won’t allow early elections even if he doesn’t (Republika)
• Nikoloski expects no date to open EU accession talks, says only early elections can help us now (Alfa TV/Republika)
• Nikoloski asked that Macedonia is given a date to open accession talks during his meetings in Rome and the Vatican (Republika)
• French veto looms over Macedonia (Republika)
Albania
• How Venice’s Commission final report changed (ADN)
• Kurti wants Albania to see Serbia through eyes of Kosovo (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Macron Seeks to Slow EU Expansion in Blow to Balkan Aspirations (Bloomberg)
• Let’s move forward in the western Balkans (politico.eu)
KoSSev: Media poisoning with envelopes
Police, prosecutors, Kosovo’s Central Election Commission, none of them said yesterday what exactly happened in the building of the Ministry of Infrastructure in Pristina, in a room where votes from Serbia were counted, writes today portal KoSSev. About 3,700 envelopes with votes in the recent Kosovo snap parliamentary elections arrived at Pristina from central Serbia […]
Read More →Palmer canceled participation in Belgrade Security Forum (Serbian media)
Serbian media reports that Western Balkans State Department Special Representative Matthew Palmer cancelled participation in Belgrade Security Forum, taking place October 16-18. Matthew Palmer was scheduled to address the official opening of the Belgrade Security Forum on Thursday 17 October on “Sustainable Solutions for the Western Balkans”. German diplomat in charge of the Western Balkans […]
Read More →Sexual violence survivor files lawsuit with Special Prosecution (Express)
The news website reports that Shyhrete Tahiri – Sylejmani, a survivor of sexual violence from the war in Kosovo, has filed a lawsuit at the Special Prosecution of Kosovo today demanding justice. “I am here with you today to share the pain I have in my soul. I represent all the mothers, brothers and daughters […]
Read More →CDHRF: Trajkovic’s statement is ill-willed and concerning (media)
The Pristina-based Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) has issued a reaction to a recent statement by former Kosovo MP Rada Trajkovic who claimed that the lives of LDK and Vetevendosje candidates for Prime Minister, Vjosa Osmani and Albin Kurti, could be in danger, news websites report. The CDHRF said Trajkovic’s […]
Read More →Guterres: The challenges of today require a multilateral world (Dnevnik, Blic, Tanjug)
In meeting the challenges of today, we need a multilateral world with strong multilateral institutions, as well as universal respect for international law, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who addressed the opening of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) via video link, Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reported. “In this way, we will […]
Read More →IPU gathered 2.000 participants from 150 countries (Tanjug, Beta, B92)
President Vucic opened the 141st session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union last night, sending the message that a world of dialogue and compromise is possible. The opening ceremony of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) began with the intonation of the Serbian anthem at the Belgrade Sava Center. The IPU will run until October […]
Read More →President Thaçi informed by Daka, Lumezi and Maxhuni regarding investigations of CEC employees case (media)
The Office of the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, issued a press release to inform that he has received today in a meeting the Chair of the Central Election Commision (CEC), Valdete Daka, the Chief State Prosecutor, Aleksandër Lumezi and the Director of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, Shpend Maxhuni, who informed him about the results […]
Read More →OSCE was not involved in process with envelops from Serbia (B92, Kosovo-online)
OSCE Mission in Kosovo Spokesperson Senad Sabovic said OSCE is not involved in the process of counting votes from Serbia, B92 reports. “We know what is happening in Central Election Commission, but I can not make a stance or assessment because we do not have insight into this process, we were not involved in this […]
Read More →Vucic concerned about Pristina attempts to abolish the Serbian list, he says it will lead to to catastrophic consequences (B92, Kosovo online, TV Pink, N1, FoNet, Vecernje Novosti )
Kosovo online portal reports, quoting TV Pink, that President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said, at the beginning of the meeting with the President of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matviyenko, that he was very concerned about the situation in Kosovo, especially regarding recent events and […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: Envelops without supervision, votes disputable now (RTS)
Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to count votes from the central Serbia until responsible bodies perform analysis because some CEC members reported unpleasant outdoors after touching the envelops and subsequent itching as well as suspicion of being poisoned, RTS reports today. Meanwhile, Srpska Lista said that “re-tailoring of peoples’ will” is taking […]
Read More →Grenell kick-starts stalled Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (neweurope.eu)
In a move aimed at kick-starting the stalled Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, the US’ Special Presidential Envoy, Ambassador Richard Grenell, wound up his impromptu visit to Pristina and Belgrade with a simple message from President Donald J. Trump: “The people of Serbia and Kosovo want peace, economic development, jobs, and a better life for their children.” See […]
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