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OSCE Broadcast 2 April

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• Corruption rate in 2013 increased (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Blomeyer: Kosovo should accept establishment of tribunal (Klan Kosova, KTV)
• Bresje Serb family house stoned (RTK2)
• Minority communities divided about Law on Elections (RTK1)
• Domestic violence remains concerning (Klan Kosova, RTK1)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 2 April

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Civil protection remains in northern Kosovo (Novosti)
• Serb house stoned in Bresje (Beta/KiM Radio)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns attack in Bresje (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Residence law – response to manipulation (Srna)
• Bosic: Before each election, Dodik serves up lowest manipulation of citizens with stories of referendum (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• IMF concerned over Kosovo wages increase, downgrades GDP growth (Reuters)
• Serbia Refuses to Back EU Sanctions Against Russia Over Crimea (RIA Novosti)
• With an eye on Crimea, Bosnian Serb leader calls for confederation (Reuters)

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Analysts: The only possible compromise has been reached in Brussels (RTK2)

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Political analyst and lawyer from Pristina Azem Vlasi said to Radio Kosovo in Serbian language that main issues with regards to judiciary have been agreed in Brussels two nights ago, and that only technical details have remained to be set. Vlasi claims that agreement is in the interest of Serbs from north Kosovo and that […]

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Hoxhaj lobbies for recognition in the EU – Africa Summit (RTKlive)

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In the framework of lobbying for the finalization of recognition process, Kosovo minister of Foreign Affairs, Enver Hoxhaj, has met in Brussels in the margins of EU – Africa Summit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh, as the foreign Minister of South Sudan, Barnaba Marial Benjamin. During the meetings, Minister Hoxhaj informed both […]

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Thaci: Position on Ukraine, in line with EU and US (RTK)

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Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said today that Kosovo’s position on the Ukraine crisis “is clear and is in line with the position of the European Union and the United States of America”. “We have a shared position with Brussels and Washington,” Thaci said during today’s visit to the Center for the Protection of Women […]

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Lack of security (Kosova Sot)

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The paper’s front-page editorial that three out of ten killings in the first quarter of the year happened in the city of Peja. “After law enforcement authorities failed to apprehend the perpetrators of these killings, members of parliament criticized the heads of security institutions. Interior Affairs Minister Bajram Rexhepi and Kosovo Police director Shpend Maxhuni […]

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Corruption has increased in 2013 (Kosovapress)

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Officials from the Anti-Corruption Agency announced findings that corruption has increased in Kosovo during the last year. They also said the Agency has filed 128 criminal lawsuits in 2013 relating to corruption. Hasan Preteni, Agency’s director, said that compared to 2012, the number of officials investigated for corruption has increased in 2013. He said there […]

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Politicking with the KLA (Zeri)

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Editor Milaim Shefkiu writes that the Kosovo Liberation Army was used by all political parties in the post-war period in Kosovo. “One camp was asking for votes in the name of the KLA, while the other camp was getting votes by accusing the KLA. This practice continues to this day, when political parties are playing […]

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Washington asserts no flaws in Obama’s speech on Kosovo (Radio The Voice of Russia)

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2 April 2014, 10:30 The US presidential staff has tried to explain Barack Obama’s mentioning in his recent address of a Kosovo referendum, one that was actually never held. Officials in Washington have never admitted the error. An official letter, sent in response to the Russain news agency TASS request for explanations for Barack Obama’s […]

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IMF concerned over Kosovo wages increase, downgrades GDP growth (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters – Tue, 1 Apr 2014 01:52 PM * IMF downgrades GDP growth from 3.9 to 3-3.5 * PM increases wages ahead of general election * Previous wage hike prompted IMF to cancel programme in 2011 By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, April 1 (Reuters) – The recent 25 increase of pensions and public servants’ wages […]

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Civil Defence members remain in northern Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)

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Members of the Civil Defence will continue to be deployed in the Serbian municipalities, although the dialogue in Brussels provided dissolution of this formation, Novosti learns unofficially. According to our information, the compromise is within reach, provided that the authorities in Pristina treat the civil protection, which engages about 200 members, as part of the so-called […]

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Government to support victims of domestic violence and trafficking (Lajmi)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, in a visit to the Centre for Protection of Women and Children in Pristina, promised the setting up of a special budget line for sheltering victims of domestic violence. Thaci said that in the meeting with the staff from the centre they also discussed possibilities for reintegration of women […]

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