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Belgrade Media Report 17 March

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Wisest policy for Kosovo (Radio Belgrade)
• Djuric, Vulin: Pogrom in Kosovo and Metohija must never be forgotten (RTS/Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Kosovo Serbs safer than before (RTS)
• Eleventh anniversary of March pogrom against Serbs and Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija (Danas)
• SRS: Annul the Brussels agreement (Beta)
• Joksimovic: Opening of a chapter by mid-year would be an achievement (Beta/Tanjug)
• Germans persistently hindering Serbia (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Council of Ministers completed (Nezavisne)
• SNSD and DNS delegates not participating in the House of Peoples of B&H (RTRS)
• Genjac: We are entering a period of blackmail, blockage and obstruction by the SNSD (Fena)
• Hague Tribunal rejects Goran Hadzic release plea (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• World Bank supports Serbia in creating better real estate management for its citizens and investors (The Financial)
• EU to implement Bosnia association pact (EUobserver)
• Bosnia’s Radoncic Accused at Kelmendi Drug Trial in Kosovo (Hetq)
• Russia in the Balkans: Perceptions and Realities (Balkan Insight)

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Vekaric: Finding missing persons most important (TV Most)

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Association of families of kidnapped and murdered in Kosovo and Metohija marked the 11th anniversary of Pogrom against Kosovo Serbs in 2004, whereas Serbian deputy war crimes prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that the paramount goal is to find kidnapped and that perpetrators are brought to justice. “Our paramount goal is to find them, and to […]

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Veseli travels to Panama to promote Kosovo in Latin America (Lajmi)

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Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli is travelling to Panama today, a country which has recognized Kosovo’s independence in 2009. Many countries in Latin America, under the influence of Spain’s position, have yet to recognize the independence of Kosovo. “Promoting Kosovo in this continent and consolidating relations with countries of the region is one of our […]

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Facts that kill the people of Kosovo – day by day (Koha Ditore)

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The paper’s Swiss-based columnist Enver Robelli, writes in an opinion piece that Kosovo people are at risk from cancer due to Obiliq Power Plant, they are also poor because they have been robbed by politicians and they are hopeless because of the “sterile debates that happen in Kosovo society.” The author writes that a society […]

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Dutch ambassador: Rejecting special court will harm Kosovo (KosovaPress)

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The Dutch Ambassador to Kosovo, Robert Bosch, said on Monday that if Kosovo fails to establish special court, then Kosovo would have a United Nations court. “For Kosovo, it is better to have a special court, rather than a UN court, since there are countries that are not good friends with Kosovo and they have a […]

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Former Serbian police officers announced protest tomorrow in Mitrovica (KoSSev)

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At least 500 former Serbian police officers and administrative staff from all former Serbian police department in northern and southern Kosovo will stage a protest tomorrow at 11:00 in North Mitrovica in front of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Meotohija, which is only the initial one since they announced another one in a […]

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Unemployment forcing Roma community to migrate (Koha)

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Dozens of Roma families from the village Plemetin have migrated to the European Union countries in the past few months. Their favorite destination is France, where they feel they have greater chances to win asylum status. Roma families in Kosovo complain for poor living conditions and high unemployment rate have pushed them to flee Kosovo. […]

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Haliti: Kosovo does not discuss special court with Holland (Indeksonline)

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Deputy Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, Xhavit Haliti, stated that Kosovo institutions will not discuss creation of the special court for war crimes in Kosovo with the authorities of Holland. He said to the journalists that Kosovo authorities will discuss the court with Brussels, even though the headquarters of the court is expected to […]

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Kostic: We’ll never forget violence in 2004 (RTK2)

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The Mayor of Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality Vladeta Kostic, said today on the occasion of anniversary of March Pogrom that Serbs in Kosovo will never forget innocent victims of the violence in 2004 which lasted several days. Kostic stressed that 11 years ago the biggest persecution of population took place in the comprehensive European history. “Everything around […]

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Vucic: Wise policy in Kosovo (Blic)

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Vucic said that the State of Serbia and the Serbian people in Kosovo should lead “wisest and most responsible policy” in order not to repeat the suffering of 17 March 2004. “17 March, violence and destruction of religious sites must never repeat again,” said Vucic on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the mass […]

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Joint session of Serbian municipalities tomorrow in Gracanica (KIM Radio)

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Joint session of all Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo will take place tomorrow in Gračanica/Graçanicë, a source from the Serbian List told Beta agency. Session was set to take place at the last week meeting between representatives of Kosovo Serbs and the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and the head of Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo […]

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Mihajlovic: Kosovo Serbs more safe than they used to be (RTS)

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The director of the Serbian Government’s Public Information Office Milivoje Mihajlovic stated today that Pogrom on 17 March 2004 was an instrument of ethnic cleansing, but that 11 years later Serbia has the biggest influence in Kosovo as of 1999, and that Kosovo Serbs are now more safe than they were at that time. At […]

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