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Belgrade Media Report 02 September

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: We are not signing peace agreement with government in Pristina (Danas)
• Joksimovic: No peace agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (Tanjug)
• North preparing protest over latest EULEX decisions (Novosti)
• Farina: More patrols after murder of Serbian gendarme (Beta/Tanjug)
• Mogherini: EU enlargement policy should continue (RTS)
• Kosovo at the crossroads (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA convention: Goal is 1,000 new jobs monthly (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: Pressure in political negotiations unacceptable (Srna)
• South Sudan: Senka Sojkic proposed as best police officer on UN peace mission (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Locates Alleged Organ Trafficking Doctor (BIRN)
• ‘Trial’ Dashes Hope of End to Balkan Church Feud (BIRN)
• Macedonia detains more than 100 illegal immigrants from Syria, Iraq (Reuters)
• Islamic Jihadists Transiting Croatia, Report Warns (BIRN)

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Joksimovic: There will be no peace agreement between Serbia and Kosovo (Blic)

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Minister without portfolio responsible for European integration Jadranka Joksimovic said today that the outcome of the Brussels Dialogue “will not be a peace agreement” between Serbia and Kosovo. Joksimovic assessed the statement of outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci as a prelude to the start of the second phase of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia […]

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The Corruption Energy Company (Zeri)

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Editor Enis Veliu notes that over €1 billion were spent in the Kosovo Power Corporation (KEK) through procurement processes, but despite this the energy system is in a very bad state. “Surprisingly enough, no one has been accused of corruption so far, although there have been rumors. This clearly shows that large groups of interest […]

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Limited options: Either broad-based government or new elections (Koha)

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Naim Rashiti, political analyst with the Pristina-based Balkans Group for Policy Research, argues in an opinion piece that if the Kosovo Assembly fails to elect the assembly presidency, political parties should reach a quick agreement for a broad-based government. According to Rashiti, a broad-based government (PDK, LDK, AAK and NISMA) would not have good governance […]

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Northern Kosovo prepares protest (Vecernje Novosti)

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Serbs from northern Kosovo, bitter due to latest EULEX decisions, announce new political battle. Arrest warrants against legal Serb representatives are aimed at ethnic cleansing of Serbs. Serbs from northern Kosovo will organize a massive peaceful protest in days to come due to arbitrariness of EULEX. The line was crossed after representatives of this international […]

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Syle Hoxhaj uses enthusiastically the EULEX expression “we will catch the big fish” (gazetablic)

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Syle Hoxhaj, Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, spoke today about functionalization of a new mechanism with which the State Prosecution would target the most serious cases, especially those of economic crime. Hoxhaj said that through this mechanism, they will also investigate well-known politicians and powerful economic companies, using the expression of one of the EULEX prosecutors, that […]

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Church officials in Kosovo worried about the arrest warrants (RTK2)

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Bishop of Raska and Prizren Diocese, Teodosije, has expressed deep concern regarding the EULEX arrest warrants issued for current and former mayors of Zubin Potok, Stevan Vulović and Slaviša Ristic. Bishop Teodosije stressed that the latest EULEX decision “caused great anxiety among Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and does not contribute to the creation of trust and cooperation, […]

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Brovina: Preparations for assembly session will be finalized next week (RTV21)

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Flora Brovina, MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), who chaired the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly, told RTV21 that the session would not resume this week as preparations will be finalized next week. Brovina also suggested that the opposition bloc consisting of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo […]

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Beqiri: Request for new elections, Thaci’s blackmail (RTKlive)

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Ismet Beqiri, general secretary of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), stated today for Politiko.net  that coalition block considers that the request for new elections, expressed by the adviser of the outgoing Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, is blackmail. Beqiri said that the Democratic Party of Kosovo is trying to intimidate one of the three parties […]

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“Dr. Death” found in the Netherlands (Vecernje Novosti)

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Yusuf Sonmez, who has been accused of organized crime, organ trafficking and illegal surgeries on Serbs and people of other nationalities, is in the Netherlands, the newspaper “Vecernje Novosti” has learned from the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution Office. EULEX prosecutor Jonathan Ratel requested the issuance of a red Interpol warrant for the Turkish doctor, who […]

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Serbia Locates Alleged Organ Trafficking Doctor (Balkan Insight)

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02 Sep 14 Serbian authorities say they have located Yusuf Sonmez – who the EU rule of law of mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has accused of people trafficking and organised crime – in Amsterdam. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade Yusuf Sonmez. Photo by BETA Serbia’s office for war crimes prosecution said Sonmez, orginally from Turkey, had […]

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Students without transportation and today (KIM radio)

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School buses, which are transporting students from villages to schools in central Kosovo, did not appear this morning too, as on Monday. In the secondary Economic School in Laplje Selo say that some students have made their own arrangements majority of them didn’t come to school. In the company in charge for student’s transportation say […]

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