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Belgrade Media Report 9 October

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: All recommendations from the EC report useful for Serbia (RTS)
• OSCE to continue to support Serbian government (Tanjug)
• Vekaric: Thaqi suspected in the Likovac Camp case (NIN)
• Ognjen Tadic: I would like to be the Vucic of the Republika Srpska (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• EC criticizes B&H in progress report (Beta)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU Raps Balkans Over War Crimes Prosecutions (BIRN)
• EU Commission Charts Uneven Progress in Balkans (BIRN)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world’s most complicated system of government? (The Guardian)
• IMF Downgrades Montenegro’s Growth Forecast (BIRN)

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Bloc reads a joint statement at the Kosovo Assembly session (Gazeta Blic)

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Following speeches from Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vetevendosje, Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) MPs, Vjosa Osmani from LDK read out the bloc’s joint statement asking Flora Brovina to as soon as possible call a session so that the political stalemate is resolved and new institutions are formed. In […]

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Thaci claims to have received a letter from Merkel (Koha Ditore)

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The outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, informed through Facebook that he has received a letter from the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, where she proves the determination to implement during the coming months the goals discussed during the meeting at the Conference for Western Balkans on 28 August 2014. “Following the initiative of the […]

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PDK gives up numbers, insists on new elections (Gazeta Blic)

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The Democratic Party of Kosovo is finally convinced that it does not have the numbers to elect the Assembly Speaker and establish the government. “PDK has understood the determination of the Albanian parties not to co-govern with them, therefore their only option remains to delay the constitutive session as long as possible, leading in this […]

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Thaci: There was no Assembly session but an illegal meeting (Kosovapress)

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Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci said after the meeting with the party presidency that they discussed modalities for creation of new Kosovo institutions. Thaci said that today’s Assembly session was illegal and unofficial. He said the bloc used the premises of the Kosovo Assembly by exceeding authorizations. Thaci said all […]

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The game of helplessness (Koha Ditore)

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KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi remarks in a column for the paper that today is exactly four months since parliamentary elections took place and four months since political parties for which the citizens voted continue to keep Kosovo suspended. Everything has now beginning to resemble a cynical farce which is not only insulting for the Kosovo […]

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Irresponsible politicians (Kosova Sot)

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In a front-page editorial, the paper writes that the representatives of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje have unilaterally decided to call today’s Assembly session and while a debate is good, it would be better to divert it into a different topic: into […]

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Haradinaj: We didn’t miss Flora Brovina at all (RTKlive)

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The leader of Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj emphasized that Flora Brovina was not missed at all. He evaluated that the session was led very well from Teuta Rugova. After the discussion in the Assembly Haradinaj emphasized that gathering of VLAN coalition deputies was to show the unity of this bloc. “The […]

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Kosovo with measures against extremism threats (Koha.net)

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In press release says that the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga met today with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Hashim Thaçi and the heads of the security and justice mechanisms to coordinate the actions of national institutions in the preservation of national security of the Republic of Kosovo. […]

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EU Raps Balkans Over War Crimes Prosecutions (Balkan Insight)

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09 Oct 14 The latest EU progress report said that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia are still making unacceptably slow progress in prosecuting war crimes. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade The report published by the European Commission on Wednesday, examining the progress made by the western Balkan states towards the EU, said that the […]

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Defense is ready and we expect trial to begin soon (Tanjug, TV Most, Blic)

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BELGRADE – Deputy leader of the Citizens’ Initiative SDP Ksenija Bozovic said Thursday that she expected the trial against the party leader Oliver Ivanovic to begin before the end of 2015, pointing out that his defense was fully prepared for the trial. Bozovic told Tanjug that the defense had presented all evidence Oliver Ivanovic had […]

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Session of the Assembly of Kosovo without the Serbian List (Vecernje Novosti)

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Deputies of the coalition gathered around the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), today will continue inaugural session of the Assembly of Kosovo, but deputies of the Serbian list will not be present. Their attitude is that they will participate in those sessions for which they will receive a regular call from the official authority, while […]

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