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Belgrade Media Report 27 May 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian government committed to dialogue (RTS/Politika)
• UNSC ambassadors urge Pristina to establish Special Court (RTS)
• Vucic: We see Kosovo as our territory (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Absence of Kosovo Albanians an insult and disrespect (RTS)
• Drecun: Vucic’s visit to Tirana is not symbolic (RTS)
• Fifty-nine years of prison for 11 members of the so-called Drenica group (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Current RS government continues to work at full capacity, opposition claims are at preemie levels (Oslobodjenje)
• Head of EU Delegation in B&H: We have no more time for B&H (Nezavisne)
• Interview with Gruevski: Macedonia’s future is in NATO and EU (Kurir)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UN envoy urges Kosovo to establish war crime court (The Associated Press)
• Thousands of Kosovars mourn Albanian militants killed in Macedonia (Reuters)
• Macedonia Will Only Join Turkish Stream amid Agreement between Russia, EU on it – Gruevski (Novinite)
• ‘Something Needs to Give’: Macedonian Leaders Meet Over Political Crisis (Sputnik)
• Macedonia: A pawn in the Russian geopolitical game? (Deutsche Welle)
• Balkan leaders wary of Macedonia crisis fallout (AP)

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Funeral of killed in Kumanovo, KLA uniforms on the streets of Pristina (RTK2)

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In the presence of huge number of citizens, relatives and MPs a commemoration was held yesterday in Pristina to Kosovo Albanians killed in the action of Macedonian police in Kumanovo on 9 and 10 May. Commemoration at the sports hall ‘1 October’ in Pristina was organized by the Association of the Kosovo Liberation Army in […]

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Zaev: Seven innocent Albanians are being kept in prison for “Monster” case (Gazeta Express)

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Zoran Zaev, leader of the LSDM opposition party in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, said for the German daily Die Zeit, that seven Albanians sentenced for the murder of five Macedonian citizens in Smilkovac, Skopje, are innocent. He said that making public the taping material on this case could induce turmoil of the Albanian […]

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Rama: Same rights for Albanians in the Valley as for Serbs in Kosovo (Koha)

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The Prime Minister of Albania, stated at the press conference after his meeting with Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, that Albanians in the south of Serbia deserve to have the same treatment as Serbs in northern Kosovo. “I believe that this is in the spirit of our joint effort to achieve on the relations of […]

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Pavićević: A/CSM key for survival of Serbs (RTK2)

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Association/Community of Serb municipalities is the key for survival of Serbs in Kosovo, and will provide strengthening of Serbs and life without the fear, said Belgrade’s Liaison Officer with Pristina Dejan Pavićević to RTK2. “Community of Serb municipalities is the key for existence of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. It is the key for creation […]

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Before a done deal (Kosova Sot)

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In the front-page editorial today the paper says that the members of the UN Security Council yesterday addressed a lot of criticism towards Kosovo institutions for delaying the establishment of the special court. The paper claims the establishment of the court is a done deal and the people of Kosovo should have enough courage to […]

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33 reasons to vote for 33-year-old Vjosa Osmani (Koha Ditore)

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Political analyst and columnist, Halil Matoshi, lists 33 reasons why the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) should vote for Vjosa Osmani as the party leader in the upcoming internal elections. Matoshi argues that LDK needs to undergo a deep reform and become a normal political party, competitive and discard the aura of a national movement. […]

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Court sentences Sami Lushtaku to 12 years in prison (Indeksonline/Express)

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Indeksonline reports that the Mitrovica Basic Court has sentenced Sami Lushtaku, the Mayor of Skenderaj/Srbica Municipality, to 12 years in prison, and Sylejman Selimi, one of the commanders of the former Kosovo Liberation Army, to six years in prison. Lushtaku and Selimi are part of a group that has been charged with committing war crimes […]

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Hyseni lobbying in New York for Kosovo’s membership of Interpol (Express)

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Kosovo’s Minister for Interior Affairs, Skender Hyseni, is on a three-day visit to New York to meet the United Nations law enforcement representatives as well as permanent representative of different countries to the UN. Hyseni met Stefan Feller, the United Nations Police Advisor in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and briefed him on the content […]

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Government adopts constitutional amendments for Armed Forces (RTK/Lajmi)

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The Kosovo government today has sent to the Assembly the constitutional amendments for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said at today’s government meeting that the Armed Forces are not being established on ethnic basis but for all Kosovo people. The two Serb ministers coming from the Serbian List, Branimir […]

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Fifteen Serb candidates for prosecutors in Kosovo (Beta)

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Fifteen Serb candidates have applied for prosecutors at all levels in Kosovo, learned Beta agency from the Prosecutorial Council of Kosovo. “Number of those who applied could grow bigger after we receive eventual applications sent through the post office,” said spokesperson of the Prosecutorial Council of Kosovo Hekrem Lutfiju. EULEX communicated that this mission has […]

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Asselborn: Let them forget ‘Greater Albania’ (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, which is taking over the EU presidency in the second half of the year, said Wednesday that those who dreamt of a ‘Greater Albania’ should forget all about it. Asselborn said for Belgrade-based daily Novosti that the latest events (terrorist attacks in Republika […]

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