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Belgrade Media Report 22 October 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Ashton objective negotiator (RTS/Politika)
• Serbian Olympic Committee: State bodies notified of initiative for Kosovo’s admission into IOC (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Albanian government to detain responsible individuals (RTS)
• Committee for Kosovo and Metohija to discuss security situation in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Marina Pendes: B&H aims to keep actual level of engagement in UN Peacekeeping Missions (Anadolu/Vijesti)
• B&H Court revokes verdict for terrorist Haris Causevic (Dnevni avaz)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian Police Official to Be Jailed in Germany (BIRN)
• Serbian Party Outlines Bosnian Coalition Plan (BIRN)
• Bosnian native living in Forest Lake may be tied to 3 slayings (Star Tribune)
• Nine people detained in Macedonia corruption probe (www.aa.com.tr/en)
• Mladic Witness: Muslims Started Conflict in Foca (BIRN)

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Putin left Belgrade disappointed, says U.S. senator (B92/Tanjug)

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  TIRANA — U.S. senator Chris Murphy says he left the Western Balkans with a clear intention to push for greater American involvement in a critical moment for the region. Commenting on the visit last week to Serbia of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the senator said that he does not think it harmed relations between […]

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Both sides to refrain from wrong moves (Danas)

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Burning a house of Serbian returnees in village Drsnik, Klina was the latest in a series of everyday incidents in Kosovo, which followed after political scandal in the football game between teams of Serbia and Albania in Belgrade. Mostly returnees’ houses south of the river are burned and slogans with threats written on their walls. The […]

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Thaci: Hoxhaj and Ismaili will be going to Belgrade (Koha)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said in the meeting of the government that Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enver Hoxhaj, and Minister of Economic Development, Fadil Ismaili, will be travelling to Belgrade to attend a meeting aimed at strengthening regional cooperation. Thaci also spoke about the anticipated visit of Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, to […]

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Haradinaj disappointed with President Jahjaga (Kosovapress)

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The refusal of President Atifete Jahjaga to address the Constitutional Court asking it to clarify item 127 of its recent ruling on election of Assembly speaker has caused disappointment with the leaders of the post-election coalition made of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA). […]

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Brovina clarifies: I will not call a session without agreement (Gazeta Blic)

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Kosovo’s oldest MP and chairperson of the Assembly’s constitutive session, Flora Brovina, said she will not call another session without a prior agreement between political parties. “There is no sense in calling a session because without an agreement, neither the Assembly speaker nor the deputy speakers can be elected” said Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) […]

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IOC to discuss possible Kosovo Olympic recognition: spokesman (Reuters)

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6:21am EDTBELGRADE (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee will discuss the possibility of granting Kosovo Olympic recognition on Wednesday, an official said, a move that has angered Serbian Olympic officials. “We can confirm that Kosovo will be addressed at the Executive Board (later on Wednesday),” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told Reuters. The Serbian Olympic Committee […]

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Minorities outraged with the president (RTKlive)

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Deputy of Kosovo Assembly Duda Balje after the meeting they had deputies of minorities said that they are outraged with the president that has refused their request and did not sent the item 127 in Constitutional Court/ She said that they have thought that the president will play the role of facilitator between the deputies […]

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Successful cooperation between KFOR and EULEX (KiM radio)

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KFOR commander, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and the new head of EULEX, Gabriele Meucci, talked in Pristina about the security situation in Kosovo and the recent events that have affected the security situation in the region, announced the KFOR. “KFOR, as the third line of response, is providing a safe and calm environment in Kosovo, in […]

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Jahjaga was invited on behalf of Kosovo (Danas)

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic confirmed arrival at the meeting of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission, which will be held in Belgrade from 31 October to 2 November. On the other side, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga still didn’t confirm participation, was stated from the Serbian ethnic group of this world organization. Except Jahjaga […]

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For TV N1 Kosovo is not an independent state (Danas)

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Regional TV stations follow the attitude of the United Nations Belgrade – Kosovo will be not be an independent state for the new regional television N1, which is the exclusive partner of CNN for the region, told Danas Jugoslav Cosic, Director of the Program for Serbia of the new regional television , which will broadcast […]

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Our Demons Won in Serbia-Albania Match (Balkan Insight)

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22 Oct 14 For the sake of our own future, we Kosovo Albanians need to liberate ourselves from a destructive obsession with Serbia. Mikra Krasniqi Pristina I was sitting across the table from a Rwandan government official in an office overlooking Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. After talking business for a while—I was there as […]

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