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Belgrade Media Report 30 June 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo talks: No agreement after 17 hours of negotiations (B92)
• Djuric: It seems that Pristina does not want agreement (Tanjug)
• Outcome of Kosovo talks suits extremists (TV Pink, B92)
• Statement by Federica Mogherini following the meeting in Brussels (B92)
• Vucic now invited to attend Srebrenica commemoration (N1)
• Nikolic: Attempt to mark Serbs as genocidal (Tanjug)
• Albanian jihadists preparing attacks in Kosovo? (Tanjug)
• Collective center for migrants to open in Presevo (RTS, Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Parliament to decide on referendum (Srna)
• Covic: Next ten days for negotiations on FB&H majority (Osobodjenje)
• Dodik informes the UN SC that the resolution on Srebrenica is unacceptable (Srna)
• Italy issues terror-related travel warning on Serbia, Montenegro… (Vijesti)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Bosnian Serb Leader: Drop Srebrenica Genocide Resolution (Reuters)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnia rape victims may claim compensation for first time (The Guardian)

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Jahjaga: We should establish special court as soon as possible (Gazeta Express)

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The President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, met today with the U.S. Congressman, Eliot Engel, accompanied by the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson. President Jahjaga and Congressman Engel, discussed the current developments in Kosovo, efforts to establish the rule of law, fulfillment of the international obligations, European perspective and stabilization of the relations among […]

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Merkel’s messages for Kosovo (politiko.net/ Koha)

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The meeting between the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa in Berlin, is over. Merkel and Mustafa discussed the bilateral relations, situation in Kosovo, Kosovo’s relations with the EU as well as the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade. The German Chancellor gave two very clear messages to the Kosovo […]

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Federal Kosovo alongside the special court (Koha)

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Koha Ditore’s publisher Flaka Surroi writes in an opinion piece that the outcome of the events in the Kosovo Assembly and those in Brussels will be that Serbia will gallop towards EU while Kosovo will remain complacent in the belief it is a success story. According to Surroi, last Friday’s failed vote of the Assembly […]

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The U.S. Senate confirms Greg Delawie for the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo (Koha)

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed the diplomat Greg Delawie for the position of the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo. Delawie, from Virginia, will replace Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, who will be ending her three-year mandate as the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo. Greg Delawie was appointed by the U.S. President, Barack Obama by the end of March of this […]

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Engel advises the Assembly to vote the special court (Koha)

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The U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel, proposed to the institutions of Kosovo to find a solution for establishment of the special court and to the Assembly of Kosovo to vote for the constitutional amendments which open way for the establishment of this court. During his visit to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, Engel told the media […]

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UNDP and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare launch programme for wage subsidy (RTK)

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for implementation of a project aimed at decreasing unemployment in Kosovo. In connection to this, they will today launch the Wage Subsidy Programme that seeks to secure long-term employment opportunities for the people of Kosovo. […]

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Kosovo Govt Seeks New Vote on War Court (Balkan Insight)

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The government wants a fresh parliamentary vote to allow the establishment of a controversial new special court to try Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas after MPs failed to back it last week.

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Famous social networks to delete accounts of Balkans religions missionaries (Telegrafi)

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The news site reports that the social network Facebook is deleting the accounts of users in the Balkans that use this network to promote religion and other destabilizing missions. The social network is targeting specifically religious clerics and promoters of radical beliefs in the Balkans. Over the last couple of days, the network has deleted […]

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Mihajlovic: The outcome of the talks suits only to the extremists (TV Most)

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Director of the Serbian Government Office for Media Relations Milivoje Mihajlovic said that the Brussels talks lack the results, because Pristina side does not need agreement. He added that he expected greater Western pressure on Pristina side, stressing that this outcome of the talks suits only to the extremists, who are a part of the […]

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Merkel a factor on the way to an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina (Danas)

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According to earlier announcements, the two prime ministers, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, with the mediation of the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, yesterday in Brussels have continued discussions on energy, telecommunications, Community/Association of Serbian municipalities, and “Peace Park” in the northern Mitrovica. A spokeswoman for EU High Representative, Maja […]

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Mogherini: Text of two agreements finalized (Tanjug)

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The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said early Tuesday after another round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue that the text of two agreements has been finalised. In a statement released after a meeting with the Belgrade and Pristina delegations, headed by Prime Ministers Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, she said […]

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