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UNMIK Headlines 28 February

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• KSF transformation in hands of Serbian List (Koha Ditore)
• Explosion reported in Mitrovica North (Koha)
• Kosovo to be granted EU candidate status (Zeri)

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Belgrade Media Report 27 February 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UN Panel: UNMIK to apologize to families of abducted Serbs (RTS/Tanjug/Vesti)
• Dacic: Kerry commended Serbia (RTS)
• Drecun: Belgrade respects only agreements (Danas)
• Stojanovic will not be tried in Djakovica (Novosti)
• Albanians will not stop (Novosti)
• Blair in Belgrade – for a cup of coffee without sugar (New Serbian Political Thought)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Confirmed candidates for ministers in the Council of Ministers (RTRS)
• Husein ef. Kavazovic: Some are trying to use religion and do what they are doing (Oslobodjenje)
• B&H and FYROM propose Joint Balkan Armed Forces (Dnevnik.ba)
• The first sentence in the case “Putsch” – 3 years for illegal wiretapping and spying (MIA)
• Strong blow from Gruevski over the destructive scenario of Zaev (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kerry welcomes Serbia’s cooperation regarding Ukraine (USA Today)
• Serbia’s IMF package set to boost privatisation (Financial Times)
• Serbia begins NATO partnership (SETimes)
• Bosnia judge detained on suspicion of taking bribe (Jurist)
• Gruevski Has Made a Nightmare out of Macedonia (Balkan Insight)

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Serbia “oriented towards EU despite ties with Russia” (B92)

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Serbia is striving towards the EU and the country’s “traditional friendly” relations with Russia have absolutely nothing to do with its strategic orientation.  This is what Ivic Dacic, the Serbian minister of foreign affairs, told this to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during their meeting in Washington on Thursday. “I pointed out to him […]

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General Momir Stojanovic will not be tried in Djakovica/Gjakove (Vecernje Novosti)

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Serbia is not recognizing the court in Djakovica/Gjakove, but in case UNMIK request it, Serbia could question General Momir Stojanovic, who is accused of alleged crimes in Kosovo and Metohija in 1999. There is also an option that the former chief of VBA (Military Security Agency) could be questioned in Belgrade by the EULEX prosecutors, if […]

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Srpska calls for adoption of special court bill (KiM Radio)

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The Srpska List called on Albanian leaders in Kosovo-Metohija and representatives of the Kosovo government and parliament to pass a bill setting up a court that would try war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The Srpska List noted that the attacks targeting Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija are well-organized, and aimed at intimidating the […]

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Trajkovic: Without ZSO there will be no life for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Blic)

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At the roundtable “Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) and experiences of municipalities in the South”, organized in Kosovska Mitrovica by the Centre for Community Development, Rada Trajkovic, president of NGO European Movement of Serbs, said that she expects the support of Belgrade, Kosovo Albanians and the international community, in regards to the formation of ZSO. […]

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The mafia politics and criminal networks should be destroyed (Kosova Sot)

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The paper’s front-page editorial today writes about Kosovo government’s reluctance to fight organized crime and corruption and the reason behind irregular migration. “As a consequence of lack of vision and prospects, many of those who are repatriated, are migrating again, determined to leave their country. There cannot be better future for Kosovo people if the […]

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Rama requested recognition of Kosovo by Romania (Koha online)

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The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, visited today Romania, where he met with his counterpart, Victor Ponta. During the joint press conference Rama appealed to Romania to recognize Kosovo and become part of the process followed by Euro-Atlantic countries. “And the last, but not by importance, my reiterated request: my wish for Romania to […]

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Trepca’s fate to be resolved within the next 20 months (dailies)

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The Special Chamber of the Supreme Court has set the date of the 1 November 2016 as the deadline for the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) to submit the plan for the reorganization of Trepca enterprise. According to the verdict, PAK is advised to inform immediately Kosovo authorities for the financial needs, and for the […]

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Thaci reaffirms: Kosovo will sue Serbia for genocide (Indeksonline, RTK)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci reiterated that Kosovo will sue Serbia for genocide. Thaci made the comments in a press conference after meeting Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati in Pristina. Bushati on his part said that Kosovo’s integrity is guaranteed by its Constitution and that Kosovo has already been recognised by […]

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Hyseni urges Italy to support Kosovo’s membership in Interpol (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, during an official visit to Italy, asked the country’s authorities to support Kosovo’s efforts in becoming a member of Interpol and Europol. Hyseni and his Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, discussed global terrorism and violent extremism and agreed to cooperate in fighting these negative phenomena which are not nationally confined. Hyseni […]

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Civil society organizations demand Minister Murati’s dismissal (Indeksonline)

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Following the statement of the Kosovo Minister of Diaspora, Valon Murati, that “the privileged situation of non-Albanian communities, in particular that of the Serb community, is one of the main reasons behind the migration of Kosovo Albanians,” civil society organizations of the Serb and other non-Albanian communities have called on the Kosovo government to apologize […]

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