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Belgrade Media Report 14 January 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Due on a farewell visit with Dacic (Tanjug)
• Vucic in Pasjane: We will not abandon the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Radio Serbia/RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija have a future (RTS)
• Vucic and Dodik: Serbia and RS wishing best possible relations in region (Radio Serbia)
• Zannier: Opportunity for positive mediating role (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• FB&H will get the government (Srna/Fena)
• Soja DF’s candidate for the Vice-President of the Federation of B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Vucic: Dodik and the RS should have been consulted with regard to the joint statement (Srna)
• Dodik: RS will not recognize self-declared Kosovo (Srna)
• Vice-president of the Federation of B&H submitted another 2,200 pages of documents concerning the war crimes against Serb civilians (RTRS)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia’s prime minister in landmark Kosovo visit (Telegraph.Co.UK)
• Kosovo Minister Urged to Quit for ‘Savages’ Statement (BIRN)
• EU funding for Serbia well spent, says EU budget watchdog (EUObserver)
• German, UK, Ministers Push Bosnia Reform Plan (BIRN)
• Bosnian Party Accused of Harbouring War Criminals (BIRN)

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Vucic: Serbian gov’t will always be there for its citizens (Dailies)

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 The Serbian government will always be there for its citizens, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said while opening a maternity ward, part of a new hospital in the village of Pasjane, southeastern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), on Wednesday. Addressing those gathered at the ceremony, Vucic said that Serbia had always had the courage to defend and preserve […]

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Stojanovic and Jablanovic ignore Mustafa, wait on Vucic (Gazeta Tribuna)

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Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic and Minister of Communities and Returns, Aleksandar Jablanovic, ignored today the meeting of the Government of Kosovo, led by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. Instead they joined Serb population gathered in Pasjane to wait on the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, […]

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Thaci’s planned Montenegro lecture canceled (Tanjug, B92)

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Kosovo Deputy PM Hashim Thaci’s lecture, scheduled for Thursday in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, has been canceled for security reasons. Thaci was to speak about “NATO integrations.” The daily Dnevne Novine quoted unnamed sources who said it was assessed that the lecture would have been “a good opportunity for some citizens to express their dissatisfaction with […]

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Trepca to be returned to Kosovo Government  (Koha)

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In the regular meeting of the government of Kosovo on Wednesday, it was decided that the mining complex Trepca should be returned from the Kosovo Privatization Agency (KPA) to  the government of Kosovo. Kosovo’s Minister for Economic Development Blerand Stavleci said that with government’s proposal to amend the law on public enterprises, the Assembly of Kosovo may decide […]

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Vucic’s visit is favouring of one candidate (KiM radio)

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Members of the Serbian national forum (SNF) welcome the visit of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, but they complained that he decided to come to Gracanica during the election campaign. SNF made an announcement stating that the visit of Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo and Metohija, although announced in December last year, “was rescheduled exactly for […]

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Security concerns for Thaci’s visit to Montenegro (Indeksonline, Telegrafi)

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Indeksonline sources confirmed that Montenegro’s intelligence services and security forces have been put on alert for the upcoming visit of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci. Security intelligence agencies are reported to be concerned that Thaci may be the target of an assassination attempt by Serb nationalists. This has led to changes […]

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Serbia’s prime minister in landmark Kosovo visit (The Telegraph)

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Kosovo visit of Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia’s prime minister, signals a new chapter in the history of both countries. Serbia’s prime minister is making a landmark visit to Kosovo on Wednesday, signifying the first step towards normalising relations between the two countries. The first official visit by Aleksandar Vučić is “humanitarian and religious” in nature, according […]

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Minister Murati seeks accountability for Jablanovic’s statement (Koha)

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Minister of Diaspora Valon Murati has asked for accountability from the Kosovo government regarding recent remarks of the Minister for Communities and Returns, Aleksandar Jablanovic. Murati said Jablanovic’s statements are in violation of the Constitution of Kosovo and offensive to mothers of missing persons in Gjakova/Djakovica. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa responded to Murati’s speech by […]

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Cliff: Difficult topics await Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels (Telegrafi)

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British Ambassador to Kosovo Ian Cliff said that establishment of association/community of Serb municipalities will be a difficult process. He announced that the issue will be discussed in the upcoming rounds of Pristina-Belgrade dialogue. Cliff made the comments in Prizren during a meeting with the head of Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Teodosije. Apart from the […]

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Haziri sees Vucic’s visit to Kosovo as a pilgrimage (Indeksonline)

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Lutfi Haziri, deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo. Sees the visit of Serbia’s Prime Minister in Kosovo together with the other ministers for Orthodox holidays, as a pilgrimage. “Kosovo cannot be endangered by Serbia,” said Haziri, who is also mayor of Gjilan, a municipality where Serbia’s PM Aleksandar Vicic will start his visit […]

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Vucic with nationalist statements: Kosovo is the cradle of Serbia (Kosovapress)

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After inaugurating the maternity hospital in Pasjan, Serbia’s Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, held a speech in front of the gathered population. Once again, he could not refrain from nationalist statements. “Kosovo is the cradle of Serbia. We will never forget Kosovo. We, as the government of Serbia, will continuously engage to create as many jobs […]

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