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Belgrade Media Report 20 May 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Cuba supports Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Serbia and Cuba share same passion for freedom and independence (RTS)
• Vucic: Serbia has support of Germany (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Kosovo is number one issue (TV Pink)
• Stefanovic: Terrorist groups must not be called liberation movements (Radio Serbia/RTS)
• Platform arrives, but ministers don’t know (Novosti)
• Content of plan only for “closest circle” (Danas)
• Milic: Vucic has greater support for EU ideas in the NGO sector than in the government (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H, chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Nezavisne)
• The Declaration goes to the Constitutional Court of RS (Nezavisne)
• Moneyval recognizes progress: B&H not going on a blacklist (Oslobodjenje)
• RS – more stable part of B&H (Srna)
• Albanian government uses its veto on Skopje’s accession to NATO (Srna/B92)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU membership remains Serbia’s priority, says PM Aleksandar Vucic (EuroNews)
• Serbia Needs Alternative to ‘Discredited’ Western News – Democratic Party (Sputnik)
• Moscow testing Belgrade’s neutrality (EurActiv)
• Unrest in Macedonia Follows ‘Regime Change’ Scenarios Used Worldwide (Sputnik)
• Sarajevo at risk of losing organisation of European Youth Olympics (Reuters)

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Jablanović: A/CSM neither fog nor hoax (TV Most)

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Former minister in the Kosovo government and leader of the Serbian List, Aleksandar Jablanović said that there is a high level of obstruction by the official institutions in Pristina when it comes to creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities. “Community of Serb municipalities (CSM) is not a fog on the ground which should be […]

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Jahjaga: Serbia not to support illegal structures in Kosovo (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, said that Serbia should stop supporting illegal structures in Kosovo, especially in the northern part of Kosovo. In addition she required that the citizens of Serb community to be helped to integrate into Kosovo’s social and institutional life. While talking about the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, Jahjaga highlighted the importance of the implementation […]

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US State Department: Rise of extremism in Kosovo (RTK)

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An annual report on Kosovo from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security with the US State Department describes the overall crime situation in Kosovo and the threat of regional and international terrorism as being similar to that in other European countries. “Kosovo has seen a rise of Islamic extremism over the last years,” the report states […]

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Kosovo with 27 “hot spots” that endanger human health (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo is one of the most polluted places in the Balkans and Europe and has 27 “hot spots” which tremendously pollute the environment and endanger human health. The statement was made at a conference in Pristina organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with Italian Embassy on environmental challenges in the Balkans. […]

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Policemen of Serbian nationality to guard Serbs in Klina/Kline (Vesti)

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A Serbian patrol, members of the Kosovo police, was deployed from Tuesday in the municipality of Kline/Klina, in addition to regular patrols. The decision of the Kosovo Police Service to deploy Serb police officers to the area of Kline/Klina has come after a series of attacks on mainly elderly Serbs and returnees in villages Drsnik, […]

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USA: Western Balkans is source of jihadists (Blic)

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USA Under Secretary of State Sarah Sewall urged the countries in the Balkan region to promote cooperation in preventing recruitment of Islamist fighters. During a two-day conference of experts for security in the Western Balkans and representatives of some EU member states in Tirana, Sewall said that according to the study funded by the US, […]

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Prizren: Opening of atrium and Cultural centre (KIM radio)

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Renewed atrium and Cultural Centre which will promote, support and organize literature, painting, film and other artistic activities of Prizren will be open on Thursday, on Ascension Day, in the Church of St. Saviour in Prizren. The reconstruction was performed by the Fresco Gallery of the National Museum in Belgrade, and helped by the Association […]

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Special court, KAF and the Serbian List (Kosova Sot)

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The paper’s front page editorial today writes that Kosovo opposition suspects that the ruling coalition is bargaining with the representatives of the Serbian List to enable the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) after the establishment of the special court. The paper also writes that the government’s lack of transparency makes more serious the […]

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“To achieve consensus for Brdjane” (KIM radio, TV Most, Tanjug)

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Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Government Ljubomir Maric and Minister for Returns Dalibor Jevtic conferred with representatives of the Brdjani neighbourhood in Mitrovica and backed the beginning of talks between Serbs and ethnic Albanians aimed at reaching an agreement on the return of displaced persons and establishment of trust. The working group comprising the two communities’ […]

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The first meeting on amending the Constitution (Vecernje Novosti)

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Representatives of all parliamentary parties will gather today to agree on the mode of action group which was established in order to reform the political system, which should lead to changes in the Constitution of Republic of Serbia. As has so far has been announced in several occasions, MPs will have a task to propose […]

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Selaković: The issue of Kosovo is number one political issue (Vecernje Novosti)

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Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic today stated that visit of the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić to Brussels and Berlin is important because Kosovo and Metohija, and relation with Pristina, is the number one political issue in relations between the EU and Serbia. Selaković said to TV Pink that states that make core of the […]

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