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Belgrade Media Report 7 July 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Only ten Serbs in the Kosovo Assembly (Politika)
• What are the consequences of the decision to admit Kosovo in the Venice Commission (Novosti)
• Finances Committee accepts Serbian government report on floods (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Zlatkovic: RS to adopt new regulation (Srna)
• Tadic to be SDS’ presidential candidate and Bosic prime minister candidate in RS (Nezavisne novine)
• EU, USA, OSCE, NATO: Everyone is entitled to protest, but not to engage in violence (Republika)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Debt-laden Serbia braces for painful reforms (Agence France-Presse)
• Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria make energy commitments (energyglobal.com)
• Serbia Urged To Adopt New Security Agency Law (BIRN)
• Bosnian Serb wartime camp chief sentenced to 15 years (Agence France-Presse)
• Bosnia floods unearth war graves (Agence France-Presse)
• Bosnia’s flood clean-up brings a hazardous wrinkle: land mines (Christian Science Monitor)
Ratko Mladic’s Soldiers ‘Only Defended Their Homes’ (BIRN)
• Macedonia Protest Unrest Leaves 20 Police Injured (BIRN)
• Croatian Government Authenticates Anti-Cyrillic Petition (BIRN)

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Return to Zac, survival thanks to huge efforts (RTS)

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Around 500 displaced Serbs returned to Kosovo in the course of last year and in the first six months of this year. That is little, admits Kosovo Ministry for Communities and Return, but they also underlined that all of them have remained to live in Kosovo. Few days ago family Komatovic has returned to Zac. […]

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Hodzic: Rakic acting as head of Administrative Office (Tanjug)

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  The Administrative Office for Northern Mitrovica will be integrated into new municipal administration set up after the previous local elections, Office Head Adrijana Hodzic stated. “The Administrative Office is the cornerstone for the future municipality of Northern Mitrovica. There is a system, there is staff and all employees will be transferred to the municipality of […]

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ZSO till autumn? (Vecernje Novosti)

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The legal basis for the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo will be established in the autumn, given that all the steps that lead to it will be carried out without a lot of political maneuvers. At first a new government in Pristina should be formed, so that its representatives, on a new round […]

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Northern Municipality of Mitrovica to move at the Administrative Office (KosovaPress)

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Chief of the Administrative Office in Mitrovica North, Adriana Hodzic, announced that this office will integrate in the new municipal administration, which derived from the latest local elections. She told KosovaPress that the Administrative Office is basis for the future municipality of Mitrovica North. According to her, no one should be surprised if the headquarters […]

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Mustafa: We have the right to create a joint parliamentary group (gazetablic)

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Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) Isa Mustafa, stated after the meeting with Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj that they have the right to create a joint parliamentary group which would allow them to gain the position of the Assembly Speaker.   “We have the right to create the joint parliamentary group, and we will […]

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Opposition could boycott Assembly session to avoid “leaking” of votes (Telegrafi)

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Contraband of MPs, according to Kosovo analysts, is one of the only alternatives left to the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to be able to form the government. However, this seems to be very difficult due to the opposition’s unification to prevent a third term for a Thaci-led government. Fisnik Korenica from the Judicial and […]

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Dacic attends UN Economic and Social Council (Tanjug)

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Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will attend a two-day meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York starting on Monday and inform the members of the council about the extent of the damage caused by the May floods in Serbia and also invite them to take part […]

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The appeal of the Serbian List rejected (KiM radio)

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A member of the Central Election Commission, Nenad Rikalo said that the appeal of the Serbian List, related to the distribution of mandates is not considered, because the Supreme Court and the Panel of Appeals noted that it is not within their job description.  Rikalo said that at the extraordinary session of the Central Election […]

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Opposition bloc undergoing final consultations (Gazeta Express)

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Leaders of the opposition bloc – Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – will meet today at the LDK offices to discussed final steps before constitution of the new Kosovo Assembly. Sources told Express that Isa Mustafa, Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj will discuss the […]

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National or religious “war” (Zeri)

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The paper’s editor-in-chief, Arbana Xharra, writes that the killing of five Macedonian youths last year is being used to portray Albanians in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as “dangerous and hardline Islamists”. “Orchestrated Albanians, instead of proving the opposite, are openly protesting in defense of the religious issue. The presence of flags with Arabic […]

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A new Albanian diaspora in the new world (Koha)

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Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that Kosovar diaspora in Western Europe is now different from what it used to be in the past and that Albanian youths nowadays are more integrated in their respective societies and are more willing to help their homeland. “Kosovo has perhaps the biggest diaspora per capita in Europe and it […]

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