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Belgrade Media Report 14 April 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Nobody’s child in Kosovo and Metohija can be a victim of violence (Tanjug)
• Vulin condemns violence in Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti)
• Mihajlovic: Incidents in Kosovo and Metohija over nervousness (RTS)
• Boljevic: Serb judges in Kosovo and Metohija will be requested to accept Kosovo citizenship and renounce Serbian citizenship (Politika)
• Kocijancic: Serbia knows well what it needs to do (Danas)
• Brammertz: Order Seselj back in custody immediately (Tanjug)
• Ivanic: B&H can join NATO only if Serbia does (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Radmanovic: SNSD defending the Dayton Agreement, freedom and independence of RS (Srna)
• SDA warns SNSD: Don’t play games with B&H’s territorial integrity! (Oslobodjenje)
• Indictment for crimes in Strpci (Srna)
• Interview with PDHR David M. Robinson (Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Police on Alert After Stabbing of Serb Teen (AP)
• Serb ‘Protection Force’ Members to Join Kosovo Police (BIRN)
• Serbia’s letter to the UN: Rama’s statement, provocative and dangerous (Albeu)
• Serbian Citizens support Russia, Not EU – German Newspaper (Die Welt)
• Biden Calls Serbian PM to Washington to counter Cooperation with Russia (Sputnik)
• Bosnia indicts four over recruiting militants for Syria and Iraq (Today’s Zaman)

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Lawsuit against Serbia to put to vote at Kosovo Assembly soon (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo Assembly is expected to vote on the resolution sponsored by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) paving way for Kosovo to sue Serbia for crimes committed in Kosovo. This was confirmed by Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli who said that the resolution needs to be harmonized with other parliamentary groups before put to vote in […]

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Energy price splits Assembly presidency members (Gazeta Blic)

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Representatives of opposition parties walked out of the meeting of Assembly presidency after the ruling coalition failed to support the request to discuss energy price increase in Thursday’s session of the Assembly. Opposition officials said the refusal to discuss the petition signed by citizens against energy price increase shows that the ruling parties are not […]

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Zbogar: Economic development to solve Kosovo’s problems (KosovaPress)

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The Head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, said on Tuesday that the European Commission will support Kosovo’s priorities, such as those of agriculture, energy, education and employment.  Zbogar made these comments at a workshop organized by the Embassy of Italy in Kosovo. Attending this workshop, among others, were also ministers Blerand […]

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Hyseni meets OSCE head, Jean-Claude Schlumberger (Koha)

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Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, met on Tuesday with the head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger. Hyseni and Schlumberger discussed the current cooperation between the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Ministry of Interior. Hyseni assured the Schlumberger that this cooperation will continue in the future and expressed readiness […]

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Grabovci: We are not afraid of protests (Zeri)

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The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) led by Hashim Thaci believes the April 18 protest announced by the opposition parties – the Vetevendosje Movement, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), is unreasonable. Adem Grabovci, the head of the PDK parliamentary group, told Zeri that the ruling coalition is not […]

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Assembly Speaker met the new British ambassador to Kosovo (Kosova Press)

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The Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli, met on Tuesday the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell. Veseli and O’Connell discussed the latest developments in Kosovo and the cooperation between Kosovo and the UK. According to Veseli, O’Connell expressed satisfaction for the task that has received and commitment to help […]

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OSCE to support police in fight against corruption (dailies)

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The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the German Embassy begun today a project to support the Kosovo Police in combating high-level corruption. The project, financed by the Government of Germany, will be implemented by OSCE mission and foresees the establishment of a key group of criminal investigators and prosecutors from the Kosovo Police and the […]

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Kosovo Public TV accused of censorship (Turkish Weekly)

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Sixty of the top editors and journalists at Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) have accused general director Mentor Shala of censorship and mismanagement over the sacking of two members of the RTK Journalists’ Union.Shala dismissed newsroom editor Arsim Halili and RTK union president Fadil Hoxha in late March for allegedly “posing a threat to RTK […]

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Agreement on Brezovica to be signed today (KIM Radio)

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Kosovo government and French consortium “MDP Consulting – Company de Alpi” are supposed to sign an agreement on construction of the ski-center Brezovica amounting to EUR 410 million. Inter-ministerial group of the Project for development of the touristic center Brezovica assessed on 7 April that conditions are met for signing the agreement with the French […]

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EP: Edi Rama’s statement inappropriate (Tanjug)

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The European Parliament’s (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee has described Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s recent statement about unification of Kosovo and Albania as inappropriate, during a debate at the EP on the reports assessing the progress made by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, Al Jazeera has published on its website. In the recent interview that Rama and […]

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“Riots could break out in Kosovo,” warns analyst (Tanjug/B92)

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BELGRADE — The latest spate of incidents in Kosovo and Metohija “could turn into serious rioting,” analyst Dusan Janjic of the Forum for Ethnic Relations has said.  According to him, “social, political, and even inter-ethnic turbulence is ahead this year.” Janjic described “this Albanian-Serb dispute” as “one of the results of very bad dynamics when […]

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