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Belgrade Media Report 20 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia sincere mediator (Radio Serbia)
• McAllister to Serbian MPs: Serbia to face number of obligations (Tanjug/Politika)
• Two Serbian cemeteries desecrated in Obilic (Tanjug/RTV Plus)
• Keefe: The smoother Brussels agreement implementation goes the speedier Serbia’s progress on EU path (Vreme)
• Kosovo is the 208th FINA member (Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dunovic: Stories about my legitimacy might even be unconstitutional (Srna)
• Dodik: I am a man of peace (Oslobodjenje/TV N1)
• Mogherini to visit B&H on Monday (Oslobodjenje)
• Croatia to pay USD 4m, banks 12m in Yugoslav-era debt to Swiss bank (Dalje.com)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Blair hired to advise Serbia: PM Vucic ‘needs some kind of PR coup’ (RT)
• Montenegro Opposition Slates Mayor’s Diplomatic Post (BIRN)
• EU Foreign Ministers Create New Roadmap For Bosnia And Herzegovina (SETimes)
• Ivica Dačić: All OSCE member countries must focus on resolving regional conflicts (APA)
• How the Badinter Commission on Yugoslavia laid the roots for Crimea’s secession from Ukraine (London School of Economics)

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Austria tells Kosovars not to waste time seeking asylum (Reuters)

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BY FATOS BYTYCI, PRISTINA Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:11am EST (Reuters) – Austria published a full-page appeal in Kosovo’s biggest daily newspaper on Friday telling Kosovars they were wasting their time and money trying to win asylum in the EU, responding to a sudden surge in migration from the impoverished Balkan state. Seven years since […]

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Blair’s spin doctor recounts “fascinating trip” to Belgrade (B92)

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Alastair Campbell, known as former British PM Tony Blair’s adviser and spin doctor, has written a blog post about his recent “fascinating” visit to Belgrade. He recently held a lecture for Serbian government employees tasked with public relations, causing considerable media attention, while the government announced that “cooperation with him and Blair’s consultancy will help […]

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KFOR remains committed to providing security in Kosovo (RTK2, Tanjug)

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The mission of KFOR remains committed to the mission of providing security and freedom of movement for all citizens of Kosovo, NATO’s supreme commander for Europe, US General Philip Breedlove said. The first man of NATO in Europe, US General Philip Breedlove said during a visit to Kosovo that he is extremely pleased with the […]

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Who does the Republic belong to? (Koha Ditore)

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Lumir Abdixhiku writes that the seventh anniversary of Kosovo’s independence must have been the grimmest day, adding however that this was expected under the current circumstances. He writes that two mandates of the seized state were enough, and that the third one brought the exhausted Kosovo into its knees. He claims that there is coldness […]

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Thaci meets Turkish Prime Minister, Davutoglu (RTKLive)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, is continuing his visit to Turkey, and on Friday met with Turkey’s Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. Thaci and Davutoglu discussed the latest political developments and economic cooperation between Kosovo and Turkey, and agreed to take measures to increase the volume of Turkish investments in Kosovo. “Prime […]

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Hyseni in the U.S., asks for Kosovo’s membership in Interpol (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, is staying in Washington at the invitation of Secretary of State John Kerry, to attend the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. During the sessions, Hyseni provided detailed information on Kosovo’s efforts to cope with the problem of violent extremism and terrorism.  Hyseni also had a special […]

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German ambassador: Escaping is not a solution to economic problems (Lajmi)

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The German Ambassador to Kosovo, Angelika Viets, on Thursday made a visit to the municipality of Ferizaj/Urosevac, and called on people not to leave Kosovo. Viets met with the Mayor of Ferizaj/Urosevac, Muharrem Sfarca with whom she discussed the phenomena of irregular migration. “The new government of Kosovo has understood clearly the reasons that people […]

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Chapters hit the Berlin Wall (Vecernje Novosti)

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Berlin seeks implementation of the entire Brussels Agreement. The beginning of the negotiations will not be on the agenda of the European Council until the autumn session. Serbia could open the first chapters in early fall; if all the points from the Brussels agreement were applied – Novosti learns at the top of the European […]

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Women lack decision-making posts (Kosova Press)

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The Agency for Gender Equality in Pristina launched a report on Wednesday entitled “Participation, the role and position of women in central and local institutions and political parties in Kosovo”,  which derived from the Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325 “Women, Peace and Security”.  Ardiana Gashi who presented the report, said that compared […]

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Mihajlovic: Highway and railroad to be constructed with Albanians (Tanjug)

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The technical working group of Serbia and Albania today will review two projects of regional importance – construction of a railroad and a highway, which are due to be presented by the prime ministers during May in the European Commission, said the Deputy Prime Minister in the Serbian Government and Minister for Construction, Traffic and […]

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Jablanovic: Without pressure on Pristina no A/CSM (Tanjug)

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Without pressure from the international community on official Pristina it is hard to expect the start of creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM), stated today the head of the steering committee for creation of the C/ASM and Mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanovic. “It is obvious that in current situation it is impossible, it […]

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