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Belgrade Media Monitoring 18 September 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• What does the agreement on freedom of movement imply (Novosti)
• Pavicevic: Power supply in hands of Serb community (RTS/Tanjug)
• Kirby: We would be happy if you would also recognize Kosovo (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Preparations for the joint session of two governments (Srna)
• SNSD: We will not allow transfer of jurisdictions from RS to B&H (Srna)
• Jolevski meets Ambassador Due (Vecer)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• US organizing summit on UN peacekeeping next week (Associated Press)
• Serbs Count Their Dinars as Cabinet Weighs Social Cuts (Bloomberg)
• Milorad Dodik and Vladimir Putin: Two hours long meeting (Planeta)
• Russian Lawmaker: Kosovo’s Imposing of Anti-Russian Sanctions Due to Dependency on West (RIA Novosti)
• Turkey supports Macedonia’s bid to join NATO: Turkish PM (Xinhua)

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Kosovo imposes sanctions, Russians amused (B92, RIA Novosti,Tanjug)

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MOSCOW — Kosovo joining sanctions imposed against Russia “can only cause a smile,” the head of the Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, Aleksei Pushkov, has said. His fellow Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky noted that the decision announced in Priština on Wednesday was not surprising, considering that Kosovo is completely dependent on the West. “Bearing that in […]

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Kosovo Introduces Sanctions Against Russia: Government of Kosovo (Ria Novosti)

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BELGRADE, September 18 (RIA Novosti) – The self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo joins the United States and the European Union and imposes sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s alleged role in the Ukrainian internal conflict, as it is stated on the Kosovo Government’s official website. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers […]

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Kosovo joins sanctions against Russia over Ukraine (Ittar-Tass)

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September 18, 1:03 UTC+4 We intend to support international order, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said BELGRADE, September 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Self-proclaimed Kosovo on Wednesday joined sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, Serbian B92 television quoted Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj as saying in Pristina on Wednesday. The foreign minister said “this […]

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EU Enlargement Pause Leaves Balkans in Limbo (Balkan Insight)

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18 Sep 14 The announced pause in the European Union enlargement process has obvious consequences for the Balkan region, where several countries are anxiously knocking at the door. Gjeraqina Tuhina Brussels No new members will be allowed to join the 28-member European Union for at least the next five years. This has been confirmed by […]

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Dialogue is not transparent (RTK2)

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There are many shortcomings in the process of dialogue, and some of them are lack of transparency and lack of care for the citizens, was said at the meeting of the Group for Political and Legal Studies in Pristina. “We demand accountability of the Government of Kosovo as a party of the agreement that was […]

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Is Serbia Continuing Its Kosovo Cover-Up? (Balkan Insight)

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18 Sep 14 After 45 ethnic Albanians killed in Kosovo were exhumed from a mass grave in Serbia, why has Belgrade not prosecuted officials who ordered the criminal operation to hide the bodies? Sian Jones Amnesty International The bodies of almost 900 Kosovo Albanians who were ‘disappeared’ by Serb forces have been exhumed in Serbia […]

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Jablanovic: Interruption of the Kosovo Assembly expected (RTK2)

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The chairperson of the Serbian List Aleksandar Jablanovic stated today in Pristina that interruption of the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly was expected by Serbian MPs. He said to Beta agency that Serbian List will not support political options which would have  movement Self-Determination for the partner, neither during the voting for the Assembly […]

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Opposition bloc: Now we have the right (Gazeta Express)

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The coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative of Kosovo (NISMA) and the Vetevendosje Movement issued a joint statement after today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly. “The coalition of the LDK-AAK-NISMA and Vetevendosje Movement, after today’s constitutive session, takes note of the PDK’s […]

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Unavoidable elections (Tribuna)

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In an opinion piece for the paper, journalist Arben Ahmeti, observes that the logical solution for the current political deadlock in Kosovo is to hold elections as any other scenario creates institutions with no credibility. On one hand, the opposition coalition has no possibility to elect its own Assembly speaker. If it were however to […]

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Serbian List: We will not vote for LAN either (RTK)

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Serb members of the Kosovo Assembly abstained from voting for the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) candidate for Assembly President Arsim Bajrami. Serbian List leader Aleksandar Jablanovic said the Serb vote today would not have determined anything. “The List will continue to be constructive in the upcoming sessions. We want the crisis to be resolved […]

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Cliff: The President needs to take hold of the situation (RTK)

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British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, said today after the session of Assembly that Kosovo should not go to extraordinary elections. Cliff told reporters that the international community will not interfere to resolve the crisis because the solution rests in the hands of political parties. Cliff also said that President Atifete Jahjaga needs to take […]

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