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Belgrade Media Report 1 July 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Pristina not interested in agreement (RTS)
• Ljajic: Telekom to receive working license, local calls for Serbia (Tanjug)
• New British resolution on Srebrenica with elements of Russian presented to Vucic (Tanjug/ Blic)
• Stojanovic: We are waiting for an agreement on the Union of Serb Municipalities (Radio Serbia)
• Milorad Dodik has to depart from the political life; Serbia should distance itself (Danas)
• Wilhelm: Merkel will not bring new conditions (B92)
• Sevim Dagdelen: Germany must not continue supporting greater-Albanian nationalism of KLA (Politika/Novosti/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Justice falls under entities’ competencies (Srna)
• Physical confrontation in the SDA after the B&H House of Representatives session (Klix.ba)
• House of Representatives refuses to debate Srebrenica resolution (Oslobodjenje)

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There is a video-recording which proves that Kumanovo was not an incident (lajmi.net)

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Media in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), reported that a foreign intelligence service possesses a video and audio recording which proves that the incident in Kumanovo was an deal and a professional set-up. The recording reportedly shows clearly how inspectors of FYROM intelligence service contact the Kosovo group. This material will enlighten the […]

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Engel: Kosovo an example for promotion of interfaith tolerance (Kosovapress)

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Eliot Engel, U.S. Congressman and Co-Head of the Commission for Foreign Affairs at the U.S. Congress, met today during his visit to Kosovo with the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi and with the religious clerics of Kosovo. Deputy Foreign Minister Selimi together with the religious leaders and Initiative for Inter-religious Dialogue team, informed […]

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Djuric: Pristina uninterested in agreement (RTS)

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Pristina refused to agree on telecommunications and the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. Serbia is ready to continue the negotiations, but so far there is no exact date for the resumption of dialogue in Brussels, Djuric notes. Marko Djuric, visiting the RTS, said that Pristina has not been interested to reach an agreement and that at […]

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Ljajic: For Telekom a license to operate; calls for Serbia at the cost of local calls (Blic)

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Serbian Minister for Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said that Serbia has made a good deal in talks with Pristina which are related to the telecommunications, because Telecom will get a license to operate in Kosovo, and calls between the citizens of Serbia and Kosovo will not be charged as international. “Therefore, we believe that we have […]

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Drecun: Mustafa deceives the public (Blic)

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President of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said that Pristina is trying to cancel or at least redefine the most important part of the Brussels agreement – the formation of the Community / Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) with executive powers. According to him, the ZSO with executive powers is for […]

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Failure of Brussels negotiations (Danas)

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Following the last round of marathon negotiations with the representatives of the EU and Pristina Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić stated that agreement was not reached over any topic they discussed. Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, stated that progress was achieved when it comes to the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM), and that his delegation […]

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Stojanovic: We are waiting for an agreement on the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities (IRS)

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The talks in Brussels on Monday were very difficult, another step forward has been taken and now it is important that those who are playing a very important role in the Western Balkans, namely the international community and the European Union above all, exert additional pressure on Pristina in order to finalize the agreement, Kosovo […]

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Message from Berlin: Fight corruption and organised crime (Kosova Sot)

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In today’s front-page editorial, the paper writes that Kosovo is fortunate to have the support of a country like Germany but at the same time it is unfortunate to be led by politicians that are ruining it more and more by the day. The paper says it is no coincidence that a state visit to […]

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German Ambassador “fairly certain” there are no new conditions (Blic, B92)

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German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm says it would be a good move if PM Aleksandar Vucic went to Srebrenica, especially because of reconciliation in the region. “I think it’s a positive gesture. All peoples here have to be willing to accept responsibility and guilt. Germany took the blame after the Second World War. Simply, we must […]

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Mustafa: We will not discuss Kosovo assets with Serbia (DW)

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In an interview for Deutsche Welle in Albanian Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said that his official visit to Germany was very important because Germany is a powerful country that has invested a great deal in Kosovo. “Germany is a country that has supported us a lot in the process of dialogue with Serbia […]

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Tahiri: Mitrovica barricade to be removed by October (Klan Kosova)

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Kosovo’s minister without portfolio and head of Pristina negotiating team, Edita Tahiri, announced that the barricade on the River Iber bridge will be removed by 1 October and the first stage of pedestrian movement will begin at that time. According to Tahiri, the other part of the agreement to enable car traffic through the bridge […]

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