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Belgrade Media Report 16 July

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia has a historic chance of becoming an EU member-state (RTS/Politika)
• Merkel commends Brussels dialogue (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• U.S. Embassy in B&H: Dodik’s statements not worthy of a response (Fena)
• Strasbourg: New ruling against B&H (Beta)
• Galijasevic: “Vijestiummeta.com” site close to Islamic community in B&H (Srna)
• Ivanov requested Merkel to assist parallel settlement of name dispute (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Village Searched For Remains of War Dead (BIRN)
• Thaci’s thirst for power is harming Kosovo (EUObserver)
• Bosnian Croat Fighters Indicted for Multiple Rapes (BIRN)
• Court: Dutch not liable for most Srebrenica deaths (AP)
• The Macedonian Revolts: A Dangerous Development (Daily Sabah)
• Slovenia’s next prime minister (The Economist)

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In two days, 30 thousand people sign petition for raped women (kosovapress)

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The number of the signatures of the people who seek international justice for the sexually abused women during the conflict in Kosovo has reached 30 thousand only in two days. However the entire activity will not end on Friday, since the Kosovo Statistics Agency (KSA), will continue with collection of signatures in rural parts of […]

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Rakic calls Gashi not to threaten with bulldozers (RTK2)

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Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic urged the Minister of Spatial Planning in the government of Kosovo Dardan Gashi, not to test the good will of people and the management of the northern part of the city, and to solve problems peacefully and in civilized manner. “You cannot advocate for an agreed solution and to threat. This […]

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Opposition bloc without agreement with Vetevendosje in the Assembly (Koha)

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Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that President Atifete Jahjaga cannot interfere and ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the post of Assembly Speaker. “This situation is different from the candidate for Prime Minister and she cannot do this now. 40 MPs can now send this […]

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Government’s deceiving (Zeri)

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Milaim Shefkiu says that Kosovo leadership seems to be lost not knowing how to come out of the political deadlock from 8 June elections. None of the political parties, according to Shefkiu, is reflecting institutionalism and each is trying to somehow benefit from this situation. When shortly after election results, a coalition was reached between […]

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Dacic: Dialogue with Pristina priority (Politika)

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Vienna – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic during a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council, held yesterday in Vienna, presented priorities of the forthcoming Serbian 2015th OSCE presidency. He assessed that the Ukraine crisis opened up certain key issues of the European security, and that it is necessary to make all […]

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Stalinists don’t want to be replaced – they usually fall (Koha Ditore)

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In today’s weekly column, Halil Matoshi, writes that since history is considered as a life teacher, the historical analogy of Hashim Thaci, who Matoshi refers to by his initials HTH, with former dictators is becoming increasingly fuller as the more he stays in power, the more he becomes arrogant and unpredictable and “even a threat […]

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Vetevendosje: Dialogue and privatization damaged Kosovo the most (Koha)

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Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti met today in Pristina with Swedish Ambassador for Albania, Kosovo and FYROM, Mats Staffansson. Kurti said after the meeting: “We have insisted on a written agreement with the AAK-LDK-NISMA coalition, because we don’t want to have the same governance that we had before. We believe that dialogue and privatization are the […]

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LDK leader calls for mutual trust (Koha)

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As the public is awaiting an agreement between the opposition bloc and the Vetevendosje Movement, Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account about his position vis-à-vis Vetevendosje’s requests. “Good governance is secured by a clear platform that determines the government program, the participation and responsibilities of partners […]

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The end of July expected to shatter Kosovo: indictments for war crimes, organized crime and corruption (Gazeta Blic)

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Based on international sources in Pristina, Gazeta Blic reports that Kosovo will be shaken during the last week of June and the entire August, as never before since the 1999 conflict, due to the pressed charges and arrests of former and current Ministers and deputies. “Majority of them are key figures in Kosovo’s politics,” these […]

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Kosovo Village Searched For Remains of War Dead (Balkan Insight)

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Forensic experts are hunting for evidence at a grave site in the Kosovo village of Rezalle, where 42 Albanians were allegedly killed by Serbian forces in April 1999. Prenk Gjetaj, the chief of Kosovo’s missing persons commission, told BIRN that the search in the village of Rezalle in the Skenderaj/Srbice municipality of northern Kosovo was […]

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Dacic presents priorities of Serbian OSCE chairmanship (Tanjug)

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VIENNA – During its chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) next year, Serbia will use experience to offer contribution to stability and peace in the world, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said at the meeting of the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna Tuesday. […]

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