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Belgrade Media Report 12 March

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Joksimovic: Good day for Serbia (Tanjug)
• Analysis of harmonization with EU acquis soon (Tanjug)
• Albanian migrants were only a prelude (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Prosecutor: Order not to conduct investigations against Dzaferovic, Mahmuljin issued (Srna)
• Dodik: Information on withdrawal of Russian optima group is false (Srna)
• Dodik-Ferguson: RS must be visible in B&H’s European path (Oslobodjenje)
• Russian Ambassador to B&H: Resolutions must mention all tragedies and all victims (Srna)
• France: Montenegro not yet ready to join NATO (Tanjug’s Podgorica correspondent)
• B&H jihadist recruitment center (RTCG/Taggespiegel)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU, NATO Officials Raise Concerns over Macedonia’s Political Tensions (Novinite)
• Dacic Aims to Ease Serbia-Croatia Tensions in Zagreb (BIRN)
• Serbian central bank to consider rate cut on IMF, inflation: Reuters poll (Reuters)
• Former Yugoslav foes join forces in seeking tombstone protection (Reuters)
• Mladic Witness Blames ‘Criminals’ for Sanski Most Killings (BIRN)

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Protest against discrimination and human rights violations (Tanjug)

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Healthcare employees in northern Kosovo areas with a Serb majority have stopped working for an hour in protest against the poor security situation there and violations of their human rights. Doctors saw only urgent patients during the protest on Wednesday. The protest was organised in reaction to a threat by the police that they would […]

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Courts in Kosovo will continue to work as before (Kontakt plus radio)

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Senior Public Prosecutor in Mitrovica, Milan Bigovic said today that the Serbian judges and prosecutors in Kosovo will continue to work as before. Bigovic in a statement to Radio Kontakt Plus in Mitrovica, denied reports of some media in Kosovo which reported that functions of the employees in the Serbian justice system in Kosovo shall […]

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Prekaz, Recak, Meja… so on… (Koha Ditore)

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KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that the massacre of the Jashari family in Prekaz in March of 1998 was one of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II and while the only survivor now 17 years old, Besarta Jashari, recently told her story to the BBC, she never did so before a court […]

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Mustafa: We accept no conditions from Serbian List (Telegrafi)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said at the Kosovo Assembly session that they have received no demand from the Serbian List ministers to rejoin the government. He said he asked the Serb ministers to discuss the issue but added that they expressed no readiness to do so. “We have not received conditions and we […]

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AAK wants amendments to law on KLA veterans (Koha)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) has begun collecting MPs’ signatures to support a motion for amending the law on Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans. According to AAK, the current law does not protect the rights of all those who contributed to the KLA war.

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Hyseni in France asks support for membership in Interpol (Gazeta Express)

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Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, on Thursday met with France’s Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve. Hyseni and Cazeneuve discussed the rule of law situation in Kosovo and bilateral cooperation in combating organized crime and terrorism.  Hyseni asked for France’s support for Kosovo’s membership in international organizations, with particular emphasis on Kosovo’s membership in Interpol. The two […]

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FM Thaci meets Japan ambassador Makoto Taketoshi (Koha)

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Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci on Thursday met with Japan nonresident ambassador to Kosovo, Makoto Taketoshi. Thaci and Taketoshi discussed the cooperation between Kosovo and Japan and the support that Japan is giving to Kosovo in the political, economic and cultural area. “Kosovo can learn a lot from Japan’s experience in economic development. I was […]

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Collaku: European Parliament’s resolution supports Kosovo’s EU integration (Kosova Press)

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Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku, said on Thursday that the resolution adopted by European Parliament on Wednesday gives Kosovo strong support to the European prospects and that the European Parliament remains one of the most supportive institutions of Kosovo and its European integration process.  Collaku added that Kosovo government welcomes the recommendations contained in […]

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Over 100 persons repatriated from Germany, Austria and Hungary (Koha)

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Over 100 persons who migrated to Germany, Austria and Hungary in late 2014 and early this year, were repatriated to Kosovo on Wednesday.  The costs of returns were covered by Austrian state, while Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, warned that many more people would be repatriated during this month. Hyseni asked for additional funds by […]

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Mustafa: We will discuss issue of missing persons with Serbia (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said in the Assembly today that in his recent meeting with the European Union High Representative, Federica Mogherini, he raised a number of issues that have to be included in dialogue with Serbia. Mustafa said that talks should include the freedom of movement in the northern part of Kosovo, the […]

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Kurti: Serbs are not the problem, Serbia and the Serbian List are (RTK2)

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Former leader of the movement Self-Determination Albin Kurti said that Kosovo Serbs are not the problem, but Serbia and the Serbian List are, because they have made mini-states out of Serb municipalities. At the debate organized by the NGO ‘Fol’, Kurti said that special court is result of the pressure exerted by Serbian and Russia. […]

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