OSCE Broadcast Report 13 October
• Several poisoned CEC officials taken to hospital (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Daka: Votes of diaspora will be transferred from Ministry of Infrastructure to CRC (KTV)
• Djuric says Albanians do not want Srpska Lista in Government, but “Kurti’s Serbs” (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• VV calls for shedding light on poisoning of CEC officials’ case (KTV)
• Jablanovic’s party says it possesses evidence of ballot theft by Srpska Lista (KTV)
• Kurti wants Rasic in his Government (KTV)
Kosovo: Police seized two cell phones to a member of the Central Election Commission (Danas, FoNet)
Belgrade based daily Danas reports that police in Pristina yesterday seized two mobile phones without a reason from a member of the Central Election Commission, a representative of the Serb List, Stevan Veselinovic. Daily Danas reports, quoting Kosovo based portal Kosovo online, that that his lawyer, Negovan Saranovic, explained that the allegations made by some […]
Read More →Kosovo election officials fall ill after opening boxes from Serbia (Sky News)
The ballot counters said there was an unusual smell and they then started getting itchy red eyes and hands, with some vomiting. More than two dozen election officials in Kosovo have been taken to hospital after falling ill when opening ballot boxes from Serbia. Local press reported 26 Central Election Commission officials started having allergic […]
Read More →Kosovo officials hospitalized after opening ballot boxes (The Washington Post)
More than 20 Central Election Commission officials have been taken to the hospital with health problems after opening five ballot boxes from Serbia, authorities in Kosovo said Sunday. Twenty-six officials had allergic reactions and skin problems after opening the ballot boxes, local media Kosovapress reported. Emergency center doctors said all had itching and reddened skin. […]
Read More →Vucic met with Bjornstad, Oslo Representative for the Western Balkans (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met this morning with Special Representative of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Western Balkans. Arne Bjornstad was, until recently, Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade. The president of Serbia posted information about the meeting on his Instagram account “buducnostsrbijeav”, along with the photos from the meeting.
Read More →Kosovar Vote Count Halted After Skin Problems Linked To Serbian Ballot Boxes (RFE)
Vote counting has been suspended in Kosovo after several Central Election Commission officials reported health problems after opening five ballot boxes from Serbia. Avdyl Pacolli, head of an emergency clinic in the capital Pristina, told RFE/RL on October 13 that those affected said they had allergic reactions and skin problems. A Kosovo police official confirmed […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 11 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Either compromise or we will be destroying both ourselves and each other (TV Klan/RTS)
• Vucic to Grenell: Compromise possible if Serbia’s legitimate interests are respected (Beta/Politika/RTS)
• Serbia remains active, reliable partner to OSCE (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
• Gojkovic meets IPU President Barron (Tanjug)
• Dialogue on election conditions in Serbia finished, will resume in mid-November (Beta)
• Authorities issue conclusions after MEP-mediated talks (N1)
• Brnabic joins SNS (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Principles advocated by Kurti would apply to other peoples in Balkans, primarily Serbs (RTRS)
• Komsic meets Austrian President: Reason why state-level authorities have not been formed are of political nature (N1)
• Bundalo: Launch initiative to widen “Small Schengen” (Srna)
Montenegro
• DF permanently leaves Election Reforms Committee (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Bulgaria’s parliament approves declaration on conditional support for EU accession talks with North Macedonia, Albania (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Netherlands MPs file motion against Albania’s EU talks (ADN)
• Hahn: Postponement of opening of accession negotiations for Tirana, a huge political mistake (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Turkey is a vital partner of Serbia: President (Anadolu Agency)
• Czech President’s proposal to revoke Kosovo recognition rejected (Radio Prague International)
• France Opposes EU Membership Talks with Albania, North Macedonia (Euronews/Reuters)
• Government of Bulgaria adopted a list of more than 20 conditions and a timetable for North Macedonia to fulfill them during its EU accession talks (The Sofia Globe)
UNMIK Headlines 14 October
• Prosecution to investigate suspected poisoning from postal votes from Serbia (media)
• Diaspora votes to be transferred today at the ballot counting center (RTK)
• Brnabic: Pristina wants its own Serbs in government (Klan)
• Kurti meets Rasic, discuss election process (Epoka)
• Kosovo – Serbia dialogue, a topic of discussion in Belgrade (Koha)
• Selimi: Whole dialogue process was a mistake (Epoka)
• Palokaj: Kosovo no longer needs a Ministry of European Integration (Koha)
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