Week of CEFTA in Belgrade: Kosovo to take over chairmanship (KoSSev portal)
The week of CEFTA starts today in Belgrade, while Kosovo is expected to take over the chairmanship from Serbia in the CEFTA Secretariat meeting, KoSSev portal reports today.
Serbian MP Ristić submitted initiative to assess constitutionality of regulation on pensions for judicial staff (Danas)
Slavisa Ristic, MP of the Movement for Serbia’s Salvation - New Serbia and a former prominent member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) submitted yesterday an initiative to assess the constitutionality of the Serbian Government’s Regulation on exercising the right to pensions for employees in the judiciary and the Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions in Kosovo, Danas daily reported.
“That Regulation stipulates that judges and prosecutors in Kosovo shall receive a pension in the amount that equates 65 percent of the last salary they have received and a certain percentage
"Izetbegovic's statement was dangerous provocation" (B92, BETA, Politika, Tanjug, TV Pink)
Bakir Izetbegovic saying that he hopes Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) will recognize Kosovo represented "a dangerous provocation."
This is according to former US Ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery.
Montgomery added that he "hoped the international community will react strongly and condemn this statement."
"There is a history of instability, which includes BiH, Kosovo and Macedonia, and Serbia has for several years been a factor of stability in the region, and this is very important, but in th
Vucic: "A clear intention of the Albanian factor to weaken the position of the Serbian List" (Serbian media)
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic told reporters during a visit to the construction site of the Belgrade-Waterfront Gallery that next week the SNS should adopt a position on calling parliamentary elections along with the Belgrade ones.
Vucic also stated that the intention of the Albanian factor and the part of the international community was clear to weaken the position of the Serbian List and Serbia in Kosovo, and that he expects this pressure to continue, reported the Serbian media.
B92: Text of statement given by Serb judges in Kosovo (Serbian media)
Member of the Kosovo Assembly Korab Sejdiu has published the text of a statement recently made before President Hashim Thaci by Serb judges and prosecutors.
N1 first reported that Sejdiu received the signed statements from the Presidency of Kosovo, after filing an official request.
Suriname Home Affairs Minister: Decision is expression of friendship (BETA, B92)
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic in a meeting with Suriname Home Affairs Minister, Mohamed F. Noersalim expressed Serbia’s gratitude over the decision to revoke recognition of Kosovo independence, Serbian media reported.
Đurić: Second and third roundtables on Kosovo in November (Radio Mitrovica)
“Internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija aims to hear and take into account the opinion of all citizens of Serbia, and the first round table gathered more than 40 law professors and deans of all law faculties in Serbia, from whom we were able to hear very creative ideas” Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to Serbian media.
Djuric addressed the criticism of some opposition parties which claim that the internal dialogue is a farce and said that those very same parties remained silent for decades and hid behind the patriotic slogans a
Serious and open talks on Kosovo, without politicians as main stakeholders (Tanjug, Blic)
Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic said today that an internal dialogue on Kosovo would continue this month and rejected criticism that the dialogue is staged, adding these are the first serious and open talks on Kosovo, without politicians being main stakeholders, Serbian media reported.
Dikovic and Fungo on security challenges (KiM Radio)
Serbian Army Chief of Staff, General Ljubisa Dikovic met with the KFOR Commander Major General, Giovanni Fungo yesterday in the military barracks “Banjica 2,” KIM Radio reported.
Sutanovac: Parliamentary debate instead of staged dialogue (N1)
President of Democratic Party (DS), Dragan Sutanovic commenting on the first roundtable within the internal dialogue on Kosovo, said that DS expects a true debate in the parliament and not a staged dialogue, TV N1 reported.