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Belgrade Media Report 21 April 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Pavicevic: Thaqi will be arrested (Tanjug/Politika)
• Selakovic: Pristina creating tension before every round of talks (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Thaqi unacceptable for Belgrade (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Conclusion of Stabilization and Association Agreement with B&H (Fena)
• Bosnian Presidency chairman sees new opportunity for B&H (Dalje/Dnevni avaz)
• Expert team formed to represent RS in a hearing before the B&H Constitutional Court (Srna)
• FYROM Ministry of Interior: State institutions target of terrorists in the KLA uniforms (Kurir)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo FM Thaci’s Belgrade Visit Cancelled (BIRN)
• UNMIK refuses compensation for victims (Sputnik)
• Serbia’s Neglected War Victims Hope for Legal Change (BIRN)
• Gunmen take police hostage in Macedonia, call for Albanian state (Reuters)
• EU Is Unfreezing the SAA with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Euinside)

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Bulgarian President visits Kosovo (Koha)

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Bulgaria’s President, Rosen Plevneliev, is visiting Kosovo today. President Plevneliev met with Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, and Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli. Plevneliev and Jahjaga discussed the cooperation between Kosovo and Bulgaria and Bulgaria’s investments in Kosovo. During the meeting, Jahjaga asked for Bulgaria’s support for Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration.  Meanwhile, Bulgarian President Plevneliev stressed that Kosovo […]

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Women MPs meet Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek (RTKLive)

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The Board of Women Caucus hosted a meeting  with Ulrike Lunacek, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Kosovo. At this meeting it was discussed extensively on the activities of Women Caucus of the Kosovo Assembly, and the challenges faced by women in the protection of their rights wherever they work and operate. Ms […]

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US official: Kosovo should try its own rebels (AP)

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A senior U.S. official says Kosovo must set up a court to try former ethnic Albanian guerrillas for suspected organ-trafficking and the disappearance of hundreds of Serb captives if it wants to avoid Russia and Serbia dealing with the issue at the United Nations. Stephen Rapp, U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes, made the comments in […]

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Bottled wine from Kosovo in Belgrade’s supermarkets (RTS)

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Next week will begin delivery of 650,000 litters of bottled wine from Kosovo to central Serbia, so that the total shipment of wine will increase approximately to three million litters by the end of the year. Artur Camaj from the Orahovac/ Rahovec based company “Stounkasl” announced that from the next week, supermarkets in Belgrade, Kragujevac, […]

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Zbogar: Establishment of special court, unstoppable (Kallxo.com)

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Special Court will be established, either through the Kosovo Assembly or the UN Security Council, said today the EU Special Representative to Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, in a conference in Pristina. “From what I’m hearing from friends, establishment of the special court cannot be stopped,” said Zbogar. He said it is time for Kosovo to remove […]

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Rama-Mustafa-Thaci, working breakfast in Brussels (RTK)

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Prime ministers of Albania and Kosovo, Edi Rama and Isa Mustafa, as well as Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci, had a working breakfast today in Brussels. The leaders are reported to have discussed joint projects within the process launched in Berlin by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Rama, Mustafa and Thaci are taking part in […]

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Die Presse: Thaci shakes Serbia again (Reporteri)

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The prestigious Austrian daily Die Presse published today analysis on Serbia’s rejection of the visit of Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci to Belgrade. No matter if “the snake” goes to Belgrade or not, he has managed to once again shake Serbia, and reconfirm within Kosovo his uncontested power, writes this daily. Die Presse […]

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Formation of the Community of Serb municipalities is the key issue (TV Most)

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Chairman of the Serbian Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said that within the course of Brussels dialogue, the key issue will be formation of the Community/ Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO). He said that the community must be formed in accordance with what was agreed in Brussels, emphasizing that ZSO would not be […]

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Dialogue: Telephone code to Pristina and license to ‘Telekom’ (Vecernje Novosti)

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Belgrade and Pristina could already today, during the new round of dialogue in Brussels, reach an agreement or significant shift with regard to the telephone code for Kosovo and operation of  ‘Telekom’ in the southern Serbian province, learned Novosti. Solution, over which our side and the EU have agreed, is that our side applies for […]

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Stojanovic: A/CSM to be actualized (RTS)

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The Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic says that it is important that dialogue in Brussels continues, since by doing so and situation in Kosovo changes. Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities is the most important topic for Serbs, said Stojanovic to Radio Television Serbia. Stojanovic reflected on the upcoming continuation of the […]

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Janjic: EU to be more proactive in the preparation of dialogue (Blic, B92)

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If the European Union does not change its position and become more proactive in the preparation of dialogue, Belgrade and Pristina could lose strength to go in the desired direction, said the analyst Dusan Janjic. Speaking on TV B92, Janjic said that this is a critical year for Kosovo and interethnic relations in the territory. […]

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