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Belgrade Media Report 25 Fabruary 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia devoted to stability and peace in Ukraine (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic: OSCE and Serbia receive support at UN (Tanjug)
• Churkin supports Serbia at OSCE helm (Tanjug)
• Stojanovic hopes for a reaction from the state over the “red” warrant (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Serb ministers still waiting for Vucic’s invitation (Politika)
• UNMIK’s judiciary suspended proceedings way back in 2000, but documents on this appeared only a few days ago (Politika)
• Milenkovic: We expect opening of several chapters this year (Danas)
• Kerry: Serbia also in “line of fire” (Tanjug/Ria Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Today meeting of the SDA, HDZ and DF leaders (Srna)
• British Ambassador to B&H: Edward Ferguson-B&H should join the EU and NATO (Nezavisne)
• Amnesty International: Serbs in Croatia still suffer discrimination (Srna)
• Kitarovic next week in B&H (Beta)
• FYROM: Widespread anger at the media close to the SDSM, funded by Soros (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• ‘Kosovo exodus – lesson for West not to meddle in other countries’ affairs’ (RT)
• Serbia respects Bosnia’s territorial integrity but prioritizes Republika Srpska (Journal of Turkish Weekly News)
• Bosnians Argue Over Claim to Slice of Montenegro (BIRN)
• Juncker cancels meeting with Macedonian PM over tensions (EurActiv)

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How many people have to die…? (Kosova Sot)

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The paper’s front page editorial today blames the government of Kosovo about the death of a Kosovo Albanian two-year-old child who died in an asylum camp in Hungary. The paper writes that Kosovo institutions are responsible for people fleeing Kosovo to seek better future in European Union countries. “This death is a direct accusation against […]

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Home medical visits for mothers and children (Kosova Sot)

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The Family Medicine Center in Prizren, supported by UNICEF, has begun with home medical visits for mothers and children. The director of the Medical Centre, Mehmedali Gashi, said that medical visits at home aim to improve the health of mothers and children. According to him, the Ministry of Health, and other institutions, NGOs and other […]

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The U.S. send hundreds of prosecutors to Balkans (Indeksonline)

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The United States are sending hundreds of prosecutors to Balkans, Middle East and Northern Africa to investigate the jihadists who are returning from Syria, and who joined the fights in Syria. “The prosecutors and law implementation advisers are being sent at the respective regions suspected to have such groups,” the U.S. lawyer Eric Holder is […]

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Mustafa pledges: Thaci, the President of Kosovo in 2016 (Gazeta Blic)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, stated today that the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, is expected to become the President of Kosovo next year. Mustafa said during a press conference that the Democratic League of Kosovo will respect the agreement with the Democratic Party of Kosovo, adding that Thaci will become […]

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Kurti requests from EULEX to give an account for one and a half billion euros (KosovaPress)

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Albin Kurti, the outgoing leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, met today at the  Vetevendoje headquarters the Ambassador of Finland in Kosovo, Anne Meskanen. During this meeting Kurti requested clarification for EULEX’s one and a half billion euros spent in Kosovo. Kurti stressed that instead of adding the special court to Kosovo, EULEX should give account […]

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Attempt of suing Serbia is futile (Vecernje Novosti)

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Pristina cannot sue Serbia for alleged genocide against Albanians in 1999, because Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations.  As a professor of international law Tibor Varadi explained, in order to initiate the case there must be consent of the opposite party, or an international treaty, or convention signed by both parties: “Without […]

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Serbia “in line of fire” , says U.S. official (B92, Tanjug, Beta)

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WASHINGTON — The United States thinks a number of European countries, Serbia among them, are “in the line of fire” when it comes to relations between Washington and Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was appearing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee when he was asked about “the growing influence of Russia in Europe.” In […]

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Momir Stojanovic: The warrant aims to intimidate Serbs (RTS, Blic)

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SNS MP, Momir Stojanovic said that he had heard that for him was issued “red” Interpol warrant but that he hopes the reaction of the Serbian state. “I hope that I have a state that will decide about such an arrest warrant, because aim of this warrant is to intimidate Serbs to return to Kosovo […]

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Minorities are not privileged but protected by the Constitution (RTK2)

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The representatives of the Serbian community condemned the statement of Kosovo’s Minister for Diaspora Valon Murati, who said that one of the reasons for discontent and mass emigration of Albanians from Kosovo is the privileged status of minorities and problematic relation with the Serbian community.  Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic said that statement […]

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Dismissal of Jablanovic paralyzing municipalities in the north (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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Municipalities in northern Kosovo which are administered by the Civic Initiative Srpska have shown solidarity with Aleksandar Jablanovic, who was dismissed from the post of the minister for communities and return from the Kosovo government due to ‘insulting’ statements. They have frozen their work and are now waiting for decision from Belgrade about the future […]

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Dusan Spasojevic: Hahim Thaci is cynical (Vecernje Novosti)

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By normalization of relations Pristina implies that they will submit a lawsuit for genocide against Serbia, while in the same time they expect from Belgrade to enable it through recognizing  ‘Republic of Kosovo’ at the United Nations. It could be said that Hashim Thaci’s announcement is highly cynical since Kosovo is not entitled formally to […]

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