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Belgrade Media Report 3 February 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• ICJ dismisses Croatia’s claim and Serbia’s counter-claim (B92/Beta/Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Confirmation that Croatia committed mass crime against Serbs (RTS)
• Vucic and Dodik on international plans for B&H (RTS)
• Death certificate for Jablanovic (B92/Novosti)
• Serbian Army members on a peace mission course (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Video of accused FYROM leader’s meeting with PM (Tanjug, Skopje correspondent)
• Croatian leaders should condemn Glavas’s statements and release (Srna)
• Company from UAE investing 2.3 billion Euros in B&H (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UN Court Absolves Serbia And Croatia Of Genocide For Lack Of Proof In 1990s War (IBT)
• Macedonia opposition chief accused of staging coup d’etat (EurActiv)
• EU Urges Inquiry into Macedonia Opposition Coup Allegations (AP)
• Greece Could Disrupt the EU’s Balkan Policy (BIRN)
• Serbia: caught in the EU-Russia crossfire (Hurriyet Daily News)
• Montenegro: Government plan to boost competition, efficiency (New Europe)

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Nikolic: ICJ ruling confirmed mass crime against Serbs (Tanjug)

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Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday that Croatia had failed to prove that the Serbian side had any intent to commit genocide during the 1991/95 war in Croatia, but on the other hand, even though Serbia’s counter-claim had been rejected, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had found that Croatia had committed a mass crime […]

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Minister Agani meets head of UNMIK (Koha)

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Kosovo’s Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ferid Agani, met with head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Farid Zarif.  Agani thanked Zarif for the ongoing cooperation and support that UNMIK has given to the processes in Kosovo, and “assured him that his ministry will continue to cooperate with UNMIK, relying on the […]

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Vetevendosje to sue the Kosovo Police (KosovaPress)

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The Vetevendosje Movement on Tuesday filed criminal charges against the Kosovo Police commanders, for allegedly ordering police officers to exercise violence against protesters on 27 January. Albulena Haxhiu, member of the Vetevendosje Movement, said that on these criminal charges are included cases of violence exerted by Kosovo police, and that these are charges for misuse […]

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Mustafa: The government has a strategy to prevent irregular migration (Koha)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, on Monday stated that the Kosovo government already has a strategy for preventing irregular migration. According to him, there is nowhere better than Kosovo, and all of those who are fleeing Kosovo will have to come back. “We are working in all sectors of the economy, in order […]

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Saatchi & Thaci and  the “passive observer” Mustafa (Koha Ditore)

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Journalist Enver Robelli writes in an opinion piece that the image of Kosovo has been destroyed by the government and not by the majority of citizens. Robelli argues that the “concerned citizens of Kosovo can fix the image of their country through peaceful resistance until they achieve qualitative changes in politics.” Robelli writes: “Stones were […]

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Mihajlovic: First in Tirana, and then in Pristina (Danas)

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Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure  in the Government of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic confirmed that she will participate in the regional meeting of Ministers, together with Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, on 25 March in Pristina. “I will participate as a Minister of Transport, and the topic will be infrastructure connection across the region,” said Mihajlovic.  […]

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Spahiu: Albanians leaving Kosovo due to Isa Mustafa’s high treason (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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Albanians are leaving Kosovo because ruling authorities didn’t change, because the will of people was not respected, and the biggest responsibility for such situation is on the Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, who betrayed his electoral, analyst and professor of the political science at Pristina-based AAB University, Nedzmedin Spahiu, said to Kontakt Plus Radio. “Isa Mustafa […]

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First time in 16 years one ‘voice of reason’ (KIM Radio)

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“This is the first time in 16 years to hear the ‘voice of reason’ from Kosovo and Metohija. Baton Haxhiu publicly said that someone has to apologize for the stoning of Serbs from Đakovica, on the most important Serbian holiday,” said Đokica Stanojevic, President of the Association of the people from Đakovica/Gjakova, commenting Haxhiu’s statement.  […]

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Kosovo War Veterans Threaten Protests Over Pensions (Balkan Insight)

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Anxious for the payment of significant pensions, Kosovo war veterans threatened street protests next week if government does not publish a final list of former fighters in the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. The head of the a Kosovo war veterans group, the Council for the Protection of the Rights of KLA Fighters, on Monday warned […]

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Kosovo women want 40 percent representation in government (Kosova Sot)

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A group of women MPs handed over an amendment for constitutional changes to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, to increase the gender quota for women representation in the government. This amendment anticipates that 40 percent of the cabinet must be composed with women. Jahjaga said that women representation in the government is low and that is […]

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Death notice for Jablanović on social networks (KIM Radio)

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On the eve of new demonstrations organized by the Movement “Self-determination”, on social networks is circulating a death notice for Aleksandar Jablanović.  False death notice reads that Jablanović died accidentally on the street, and as mourners are listed Isa Mustafović and Hashim Tačović. The death notice reads: “Dear friends, we inform you that on 1. […]

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