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Belgrade Media Report 3 November 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia promoting stability in the region (Politika/Novosti/Danas)
• Dacic: Important activities of Serbian diplomacy in the region and worldwide (Radio Serbia/Politika)
• Djuric requests protection of Serbs in Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
• Stoltenberg: KFOR committed to its mandate in Kosovo (Danas/Tanjug)
• Ugljanin: BNV for resolution of Bosniak issue (Tanjug)
• Fehratovic: We request elections to be annulled (RTS)
• “Europe has died in Pristina” (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Igor Radojicic: As things stand, I will not be Prime Minister (Press)
• Lobbying for power in Banja Luka (Politika’s Sarajevo correspondent)
• Dodik: “South Stream” or total blockage of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Novosti)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Planned western Balkans reconciliation meeting crumbles (Reuters)
• Russia Reduces Gas Flow to Serbia over Unpaid Debt (novinite.com)
• Yugoslavia’s Last Defense Minister Dies in Moscow (AP)
• Ministers from Austria, the Western Balkans and V4 Meet in Slovakia (FriedlNews)
• Post election games have begun in Bosnia (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• Republika Srpska Opposition Strikes Back at Ruling Party (BIRN)
• FYROM FM says Athens, Skopje ‘nowhere near a solution’ (ekathimerini.com)

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Europe has died in Pristina (Danas)

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The United Nation Security Council Resolution 1244 was never abolished, what means that it is still valid. This means that Kosovo is part of Serbia, and this is not negotiable. Of course, Kosovo could have a special status, but according to the UN resolution it is part of Serbia. The thing is quite simple, says […]

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Djuric: Cooperation with Serbs the way forward for settling problems (RTS)

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The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric voiced expectation that representatives of political parties of Kosovo Albanians will provide support and protection to Serbs in Metohija. He announced construction of the new school in Klina/Klinë Municipality. During his visit to a returnee village Vidanje in Klina/Klinë municipality Djuric said […]

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Jahjaga with a ‘recipe’ on announcing elections (Gazeta Blic)

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President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has already a ready-made recipe on how to announce new elections. International experts are said to have prepared the legal roadmap on how Jahjaga could announce elections if the political crisis persists. In a document which Gazeta Blic claims to possess, international experts advise Jahjaga to take into account that […]

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Capture of the state (Tribuna)

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Columnist Donik Sallova writes today that for the first time since June elections, last week the parties of the VLAN coalition showed signs of giving up on the demand to have the post of Assembly speaker by claiming that the key objective of the coalition is to undertake reforms so necessary in Kosovo. In a […]

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Vllahiu: Each passing day deepens the political, institutional and budgetary crisis (Telegrafi)

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Arber Vllahiu, advisor to President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, said that each passing day without institutions means loss of Kosovo’s credibility in the international arena and is dangerous for the internal processes and decrease of the citizens’ welfare. “Each day lost means further deepening of the political, institutional, budgetary, and financial crisis. A joint meeting […]

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Not known if UN will support petition for raped women (dailies)

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The United Nations has not given any sign of significant support to the initiative which seeks justice for women raped in Kosovo during the conflict. The petition, which collected 120,000 signatures in July, requests the UN to draft a report and establish a tribunal which would prosecute these crimes. The initiator of this petition, Edita […]

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The bad situation in the Serbian municipalities in Kosovo (RTS)

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President of the Municipality Partes / Pasjan, near Gnjilane, Dragan Nikolic pointed out that the situation in the Serbian municipalities is extremely bad, even one year after the local elections. “The major problem is the budget. Partes/Pasjane municipality is the municipality with one hundred per cent of Serbian population and we received lower budget because […]

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Divided cities learn lessons from one another’s struggles (Globalpost)

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This year’s Forum for Cities in Transition fosters a growing tradition of communication among societies seeking to heal from long term conflict. ELFAST — This city has risen in the aftermath of the 1998 Good Friday agreement, a treaty that brought an end to 30 years of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles.” While pockets […]

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EULEX’s failures, a tragedy for Kosovo (Koha Ditore)

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Brussels based correspondent of this daily considers that it would have been good if the EU should learn a lesson from the recent scandals with EULEX. This would have been a benefit for the future of the European Union and its operations outside of its territory as much as for Kosovo. The EU should act […]

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Kosovo President Fails to Break Political Deadlock (Balkan Insight)

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03 Nov 14 Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga has been unable to resolve the political dispute which has meant that no government has been formed in the five months since parliamentary elections. Nektar Zogjani BIRN Pristina Jahjaga is no closer to finding a solution after a series of talks with political parties failed to produce any […]

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Scandal hits EU officials probing Kosovo corrpution (Express.co.uk)

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IT WAS billed as Brussels’ biggest and most expensive foreign crisis mission, a chance for the EU to proudly fly its flag while bringing order to lawless Kosovo. By: Marco Giannangeli Published: Sun, November 2, 2014 Yet last night that dream lay in tatters when it emerged that senior EU officials were themselves being accused […]

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