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Belgrade Media Report 09 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume in Brussels; Djuric: Union and judiciary on the agenda (RTS/Tanjug/Beta/TV Prva)
• Nikolic’s cabinet: New platform is about agreement on normalization with Pristina (Danas)
• Gasic: Army not a topic of Brussels dialogue (Danas)
• Pristina has a contingency plan for taking over Trepca (Politika)
• Leposavic unable to stop construction of illegal hydropower plants (Novosti)
• Gudenus: US responsible for wave of Kosovo refugees (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Anniversary of the biggest post-war protests in FB&H (Srna)
• The PFB&H House of Representatives supports Cavar, Mahmutbegovic and Dunovic (Oslobodjenje)
• Tomorrow request for a special session of the Assembly (RTRS)
• Bosic called on Salihovic to comment on the charges against Dzaferovic (Srna)
• Almost no terror act is committed without someone from B&H involved (Srna)
• European right wing with sharp condemnation against Zaev (Kurir.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia’s Vucic to rekindle Kosovo talks with view to EU entry (Bloomberg)
• A thin red line between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo (DW)
• Asylum seeker numbers rise dramatically – Kosovo and Syria top the list (DW)
• The disaster of Kosovo should be a warning to all humanitarian interventionists (The Week)
• 6 Bosnian Immigrants Indicted For Using Facebook, PayPal To Facilitate Extremists In Syria (AP)
• Bosnians Hold Protests to Warn Authorities (BIRN)
• Croatia And Serbia: The Elusiveness Of Genocide – OpEd (Eurasia Review)

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Kosovo greatest challenge – army cheif (Danas,B92)

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The most important political and security challenge for Serbia is the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, Ljubisa Dikovic has said. The Serbian Army (VS) chief told the Belgrade-based Danas newspaper that Serbia is, at the moment, not under military threat. “The greatest security threats are ethnic and religious extremism, international networks of organized crime and […]

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Kirby claims that the issue of Kosovo-Serbian property will come on the agenda (Koha online)

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The Ambassador of the United States in Belgrade, Michael Kirby, said that he is optimistic regarding the continuance of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. “The issue of the property will necessarily become part of the agenda, however, implementation of the agreement reached in 2013 should be much more important for Serbia,” Kirby told the […]

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Gudens: Austria should reconsider recognition of Kosovo (Koha online)

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The deputy leader of Austira’s Freedom Party, Johan Gudenus, stated that the wave of the emigrants from Kosovo that western Europe is facing is a proof that Kosovo’s independence and its recognition was a mistake. He added that the United States, as supporters of independence, should take over the responsibility. Gudenus stressed that despite the […]

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Krasniqi: Ahtisaari’s package is being reopened (Gazeta Express)

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After the question of the leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, on who gave them the mandate  to discuss Kosovo’s justice system with Serbia, Chairman of the National Council of this party, Jakup Krasniqi, also wrote on […]

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Opposition’s wrong fund (Kosova Sot)

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The paper claims in its front-page editorial that the proposal of the opposition parties to the government of Kosovo to set up a fund to prevent the influx of people leaving for European countries by using it to create new jobs is an unsustainable idea because unemployment is not something that can be solved by […]

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Beqiri: PM Mustafa willing to report on Pristina-Belgrade talks (Lajmi)

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The head of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Ismet Beqiri, said on Monday that the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, is willing to immediately report on what would be discussed in Brussels, and it is ready to do this on Thursday, if this round of talks ends today. This, according to him, […]

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Kosovo has no luxury to treat dialogue with Belgrade as priority (Koha Ditore)

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Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his weekly column that the upcoming round of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is expected to remain the same as the previous meetings. The EU is not going to change its position on the dialogue as it believes the process so far has been quite successful. Belgrade will […]

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Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to resume in Brussels (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – Belgrade and Pristina will meet in Brussels to resume their talks on the normalization of relations, now facilitated by the new European foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, for the first time after ten months on Monday. The negotiating teams are now being headed by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, prime […]

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Diocese: Temple on the land of the Serbian Orthodox Church (KIM radio)

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The construction of the Temple of Christ the Saviour in Pristina began on land owned by the SOC and according to the procedures in 1992, it was announced from the Diocese of Raska and Prizren. Regarding articles published in certain Kosovo Albanian media that the church of Christ the Saviour was built illegally and should […]

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Gašić: Army will not be the topic of the dialogue (Danas)

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Formation of Kosovo’s army will not be the topic of this round of Brussels dialogue, said Bratislav Gašić, Defence minister of Serbia, commenting on the recent announcements of the Kosovo officials. He said that such statements are for internal political use and that Serbia is serious country, which abide to all signed agreements and obligations […]

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Pantic: The seizure of property in Kosovo will be a model for others (Radio Kontakt Plus)

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Krstimir Pantic, MP in the Parliament of Serbia, said that the issue of property rights is unchangeable category everywhere in the world and that it must be valid also in Kosovo and Metohija. “If we allow Kosovo to seize Serbian state property then this would be a bad example, which will be a model for […]

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