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Belgrade Media Report 14 May 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: UNMIK’s engagement of key significance for Serbia (RTS/Tanjug/Radio Serbia)
• Brush concerned over the recent incidents in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Jablanovic: The case has been fabricated (Politika)
• KLA terrorists preparing incursion in Presevo (Novosti)
• Stojanovic: Albanians led by one brain (Novosti)
• Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Valentin Inzko briefs UN Secretary General on B&H (Srna)
• Serbia – B&H: Joint meeting in second half of 2015 (Srna)
• FB&H Government session started without Ministers from HDZ (Nezavisne)
• B&H security structures: Immediately activate a task and operative force (Srna)
• Thus spoke (and did) the Izetbegovics (Srna)
• Bill Clinton at Srebrenica commemoration (Klix.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Former Kosovo Serb Minister Charged with Hate Speech (BIRN)
• ‘Quasi-state Kosovo West’s only ally in Balkans, SE Europe’ (RT)
• West pushes Macedonian government, opposition towards crisis talks (Reuters)
• Macedonian Opposition Leader Refuses Participation at Reconciliation Meeting (Novinite)
• Erdogan Calls for Dialogue to Calm Macedonia (BIRN)
• Macedonia factfile (DW)

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Brush: Incidents in Klina should be investigated (Indeksonline)

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The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Jennifer Brush, during a visit to Kline/Klina on Wednesday noted her concern for the number of incidents in recent weeks targeting returnees. She urged the authorities to investigate swiftly to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to take measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.  On […]

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Dačić: Engagement of UNMIK of the key importance for Serbia (RTS,RTK2)

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Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dačić, today met in Belgrade with the head of UNMIK Farid Zarif in light of the reviewing a regular quarterly report on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo at the UN Security Council’s session, which is set to take place on 26 May in New York. Both sides […]

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Serbia can count on Russia’s “full support” over Kosovo (B92)

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MOSCOW — Sergei Lavrov, who will be in Belgrade on Friday, will discuss bilateral ties with Serbia’s leaders, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced. “Talks with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will give them a chance to ‘check their watches on […]

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Serbian women politicians refuse to take part in UN Women conference (Zeri)

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Women politicians from Serbia refused to attend the Regional Women Conference organized by the UN Women, which was held on Wednesday in Mitrovica South. The refusal came after the organizer of the event organized the round-table to take place in Mitrovica South and not in Mitrovica North. Women parliamentarians from Serbia and Kosovo as well […]

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Zbogar: Special court to clarify Kosovo’s image (RTKLive)

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The European Union Special Representative to Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, said on Thursday that Kosovo should establish the special court in order to clear the allegations on war crimes as well as to establish the truth. He also mentioned the consequences of not establishing the court, saying that in this case Kosovo becomes the object of […]

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Kosovo Assembly refuses to debate on situation in FYROM (Koha)

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Head of Vetevendosje’s parliamentary group, Glauk Konjufca, presented today at the Assembly session the proposal to discuss the recent developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). However the proposal was not approved by the MPs with 50 being against the debate, 28 in favour and five abstaining. Head of Democratic Party of Kosovo […]

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Selimi: Recognition of Palestine by Vatican cannot be compared to Kosovo (Lajmi)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, said that the recent decision of the Vatican to recognize Palestine cannot be compared to recognition of Kosovo. “The Kosovo diplomacy does not act by comparing our situation in any way to that of Palestine,” said Selimi. Several weeks ago, Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci paid an official visit to Vatican […]

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Mitrovica municipal assembly to hold extraordinary meeting to discuss reburial of Isa Boletini (Telegrafi)

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Mitrovica Mayor Agim Bahtiri has called an extraordinary meeting of the municipal assembly tomorrow to discuss the reburial of the Albanian national hero, Isa Boletini. The move comes after the organizational committee for reburial decided to perform the ceremony in Vlora, Albania, instead of Isa Boletini’s place of birth, Boletin village in the northern part […]

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A proceeding against Jablanovic is disturbing (RTK2)

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The court proceedings, initiated by the Basic Prosecution Office in Gjakova/Djakovica, against Aleksandar Jablanovic represent “a form of political persecution” through the judicial system. “This is a political matter and it is completely clear. What else could it be? Did he mention “savages Albanians”, who identify oneself with the term savages? The people who came […]

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Jablanovic: I will not hire a lawyer (NMagazin, Politika, TV Most)

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Former Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government and President of the Serbian List, Aleksandar Jablanovic has not decided whether he will appear on May 22 as a defendant in the Municipal Court in Gjakova/Djakovica. He is accused of instigating national, racial and religious hatred, restlessness and intolerance, on the occasion of stoning […]

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Talks about the property should be held as soon as possible (Vecernje Novosti)

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Serbian National Party (SNP) stated that Serbian delegation in the Brussels talks should request from the EU mediator to finally put on the agenda of the talks the issue of the state and citizens property. As Albanians always and over again request the fulfilment of the certain criteria for the each round of the talks, […]

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