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Belgrade Media Report 09 July

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic-Putin talks in Moscow (Politika)
• Serbia obtained the best conditions for the South Stream from Russia (RTS)
• Djuric: Peace Park to stay in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Screening of 20 chapters completed (Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Sorensen: EU will continue to assist B&H (Nezavisne novine)
• Tegeltija: Maintain achieved level of judicial independence (Srna)
• Turkish war ships banned from entering Neum (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Vucic Tightens Serbia’s Russia Ties in Moscow (BIRN)
• Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations (Index on Censorship)
• Gazprom subsidiary awarded South Stream deal (UPI)
• 10th annual peace march starts in Bosnia-Herzegovina (World Bulletin)
• Retrial Demanded in Macedonia Mass Murder Case (BIRN)

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Djuric: Tahiri will not demolish the “Peace Park”; it stays (Kontakt Plus radio)

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Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said today that “Peace Park” in Mitrovica remains and that Serbs have no reason to be concerned. Djuric said from Mitrovica that no one in the city, and especially Deputy Prime minister Edita Tahiri, will demolish anything and it should be discussed at the table […]

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Bahtiri calls on institutions to intervene in Mitrovica (Telegrafi)

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Mayor of Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri, has reacted to what he considered to be the most serious provocation to peace and security in Mitrovica and called on Kosovo institutions to undertake all necessary measures to bring normality to the city. Bahtiri said that the decision of northern leadership to begin construction of a square on the […]

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Gashi: Our bulldozers are there and ready to remove illegal park on Iber/Ibar bridge (Gazeta Express)

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Dardan Gashi, outgoing Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning, told Gazeta Express today that the government is committed to removing the illegal park on Iber/Ibar bridge in Mitrovica. “Our inspectors are there, with bulldozers, and we are determined to remove the illegal construction. We are waiting for them to remove it as we have agreed, […]

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Who will lead the Government and Assembly, according to Krasniqi? (RTK)

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Acting Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, explained who has the right to take on the post of Assembly Speaker and Prime Minister. In a Facebook post, Krasniqi said that both posts belong to the bloc that has the majority to govern Kosovo. He said democracy implies governance by the majority and in the case of Kosovo, […]

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Thaci: Germany helped democratic processes in Kosovo (Kosovapress)

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Outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, received in a farewell meeting the German Ambassador to Kosovo, Peter Blomeyer, who is ending his mandate in Kosovo. Thaci expressed appreciation for the good cooperation between the Government of Kosovo and that of the Federal Republic of Germany and the support the German government has provided in […]

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A gas supply branch towards Kosovo and Croatia (Blic)

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In talks between Serbian and Russian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic and Dmitry Medvedev, held in Moscow, all questions about the “South Stream” were resolved. As Russian media reported, Serbia will have a status of “energy node” in the region. Serbia will have such status because pipes, which are distributing natural gas from the main pipe, […]

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Gruevski like Milosevic (Zeri)

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Editor Milaim Shefkiu writes that the latest protests in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia showed the instability of this country. “As far as the police intervention is concerned, the Gruevski government is uncompromising against Albanians and is using violence and deploying troops just like Milosevic did in Kosovo in the 1990s. In this respect, […]

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Macedonia, “an eternal prison” for Albanians! (Zeri)

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Bardhyl Mahmuti, leader of the Albanian Democratic Union (BDSH) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, writes in an opinion piece, “Albanians living in their lands in Macedonia have always proved their readiness to sacrifice everything for the good of Albania and Kosovo. Now, the situation requires […]

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Mustafa: Procedures for a joint parliamentary group end tomorrow (gazetablic)

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Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), gathered today his deputies to discuss formation of the joint parliamentary group with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA). Mustafa stated that the procedures for a joint parliamentary group of the three political parties will conclude tomorrow. […]

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Without the West’s intervention elections looming again (B92)

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Political analyst from Pristina Azem Vlasi assessed that unless there is an intervention of international factor, Kosovo faces  extraordinary elections, again. “Unfortunately, there is a risk of going to new elections, unless they don’t intervene and if international representatives don’t help us, in order for better formula to be found, because these political blocks have […]

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Petition for justice (Epoka e Re)

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The Steering Board for organizing the petition for the sexually abused women during the last conflict in Kosovo, chaired by the outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri, has decided on Tuesday to launch the petition which seeks international justice. Signing of the petition will start on 14 July and it would last five days. “The […]

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