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Belgrade Media Report 4 May 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Platform on Kosovo to be forwarded to government by Friday (Novosti)
• Dacic to open annual meeting of OSCE mission heads (Beta)
• Only one Serb family returned to Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Serbian political scene – Constitutional amendments barely within reach (Radio Serbia)
• Hahn: First chapters in EU accession talks to be opened soon (Tanjug)
• Yee: Serbia is bright spot on Western Balkans’ map (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Fifty people blocked Islamic Community building in Skoplje (Tanjug Skopje correspondent)
• Mektic: We have information on possible new terrorist attacks on B&H (Oslobodjenje/ATV)
• Three persons arrested over Zvornik attack (Glas Srpske)
• EP: RS has no right to secede from B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• High Representative in B&H Valentin Inzko on political and security situation in B&H (Vijesti)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Extremists worry the Balkans, Europe’s Muslim heartland (The News Tribune)
• When a Turkish businessman becomes adviser to a Bosnian president (Hurriyet Daily News)
• A new war in the Balkans? (Hurriyet Daily News)
• Macedonia Opposition Braces for May Showdown (BIRN)
• Macedonia indicts opposition leader Zoran Zaev over wiretapping scandal (AP/AFP/Reuters)
• Explosion Rocks Office of Macedonia’s Largest Albanian Party (Novinite, 4 May 2015)
• Balkan Countries in Tight Spot Over Moscow V-Day Commemoration (Sputnik)

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Jahjaga: Kosovo in the final stage of fulfilling criteria for visa liberalization (Koha)

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Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said on Monday that Kosovo is on its final stage of fulfilling the criteria for visa liberalization. “We are in the final stage of fulfilling the criteria of the European Commission and the fulfillment of these criteria is now a matter of our political will to conclude the process,” Jahjaga said. […]

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Deputy PM Thaci visits Luxembourg  (KosovaPress)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, is visiting Luxembourg, where he met with Luxembourg  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean Asselborn. Thaci appreciated the support of Luxembourg for Kosovo and urged the support of Luxembourg on Kosovo’s membership in international organizations.  “We are deepening the cooperation with neighboring countries and Kosovo is continuing […]

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Without Britain, EU would not have the same meaning (Koha Ditore)

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Augustin Palokaj, Brussels based correspondent of this daily, considers that there is more attentiveness this time in continental Europe about the upcoming elections in the Great Britain than ever before. This, due to the promise of the British Conservative Party for a referendum on UK’s membership at the European Union, which in theory means that […]

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Assembly will not discuss special court this week (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo Assembly is scheduled to hold two plenary sessions this week but it will not discuss establishment of the special court in either, decided the Assembly presidency in its meeting today. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said they would include the establishment of the special court in the agenda as soon as the relevant commission submits […]

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Zbogar speaks about visa liberalization, fight against corruption (Telegrafi)

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European Union Special Representative to Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, called on Kosovo institutional leaders to focus on implementation of the visa liberalization criteria, particularly, in stepping up the fight against corruption and money laundering.  Zbogar said that precious time was lost in the forming the institutions followed then by the migration crisis earlier in the year […]

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Around 37 percent of Kosovo people ready to migrate (Kosovapress)

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Readiness of the people of Kosovo to migrate remains high with 37.2 percent of respondents indicating they would leave Kosovo if an opportunity was to arise, claims a recent study from the Kosovo-based think tank Group for Legal and Political Studies (GSJP). The study was conducted in March 2015 and included 1,000 respondents. The aim […]

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Police release Vetevendosje activists (Telegrafi)

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Two Vetevendosje activists, detained by the police last night, have been released.  Kosovo Police spokesperson, Baki Kelani, said the activists were detained under an order issued by the Pristina Basic Court.

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Visa-free regime is not applicable for the Serbs from Kosovo (TV Most)

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The red biometric passports of citizens of the Republic of Serbia are the same as passports of the citizens residing in Kosovo. However, only because of the two words on the first page of the travel document, they are completely different. Indication Koordinaciona Uprava (Coordination Authority) means that a person who holds such a passport […]

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EU Kosovo Prosecutor Criticises Graft Allegations Probe (Balkan Insight)

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Former prosecutor Maria Bamieh said Brussels’ report on the handling of her allegations of corruption within the EU’s Kosovo rule-of-law mission did not prove there was no cover-up. Two weeks after a report was published concluding that the EU rule-of-law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) had reacted appropriately to corruption claims within its ranks, the prosecutor […]

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Platform on Kosovo will be presented to the government till Friday (Vecernje Novosti)

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In coming days, President Tomislav Nikolic should send the draft platform on Kosovo to Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and according to our information it will happen before his departure to Moscow. After discussion in the government, possibly amended platform will be sent to the Assembly for the further approval. However, it is questionable if platform […]

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The government forgot persons kidnapped in Kosovo (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo assessed that Serbia has forgotten the Serbs that were kidnapped in Kosovo. The Association has asked the representatives of the Serbian government why they didn’t request the arrest of Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci, who is “proven pre-war, wartime and post-war criminal”. “What is Hashim […]

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