Good morning! Dritan’s having fun in Belgrade again, while the Serbian regulatory body for electronic media doesn’t allow us to shut down Pink TV. The consequences of the ‘Europe Now’ program feel much worse now.
Dritan’s having a blast in Belgrade
Informer writes that they were offered Montenegro for NATO. The worst is that this propaganda sounds realistic having in mind the Western policy, in terms of endorsing Vucic’s aggressive behaviour in the Balkans. Dritan has arrived in Belgrade. He’s again attending the event organised as part of the Open Balkan initiative. He visited stands, tried out wines with the Serbian President, who, meanwhile, has become a wine expert, pleasantly surprised with the fact that Montenegrins have finally learned to make white wines. Abazovic was again condescending, behaved as if in the streets, and at one point the host even warned him that he exaggerated in telling jokes. The Serbian regime media pointed out that the two leaders were served at one point by the son of the Serbian president, known for his connections with crime gangs.
Novak Djokovic was returning his patriotic debt as well, he was the event’s mascot, hugging with the leader, just like he did with Dodik. Members of Dritan’s party took photos with him as well.
Where are all those “Don’t drown Belgrade” people and Djilas’ party, former Dritan’s partners, in this story?
Summit of the winners of the 2020 elections
The meeting of the winners of the 2020 election is scheduled for today. At the same time, a session of the parliament was scheduled, where a vote of no confidence in Danijela Djurovic should happen. The DF is hosting the event. They will try to agree on a government reflecting their win in the elections. Both URA and SNP were against, criticizing the Democrats, but Abazovic has been sending somewhat softer messages these days. We shall see what will happen in the end, but the clock is ticking and they have less than two weeks left to reach an agreement.
Are we to shut down Jovana Jeremic?
Today we’ll know whether we will finally sanction Pink after the meeting of the Council of the Agency for Electronic Media. The reason for the meeting of the Council was the reporting of TV Pink M about the mass shooting in Cetinje on August 12.
Pobjeda daily learns that the president of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) from Serbia, Olivera Zekic, asked our regulators not to vote on blacking out Pink TV today, which reported in a primitive way about the Cetinje tragedy.
Outcomes of the Europe Now program now visible
While the former ministers continue with their populism, and are now demanding an increase in pensions, their decision to increase salaries has influenced the price rises, and as Minister Damjanovic claims, it’s created mess in public finances. Aside from the fact that there’s no money for drugs for the most seriously ill, Damjanovic announced yesterday that the budget revision envisaged the missing funds of 715 to 720 million euros, while the spending of deposits is less compared to last year. According to him, the previous administration spent 409 million euros, while this one will spend around 384 million.
That’s all for today, and this week. Until Monday.
Kind regards,
Ljubomir Filipovic, CdM observer
