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Belgrade Media Report 20 July 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian-Albanian battle for UNESCO (Politika)
• Djuric: Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO would be top cynicism (Politika/TV Pink)
• Drecun: Pristina “fulfills” conditions because it set on fire Orthodox sanctities (Politika)
• Great danger from Kosovo becoming UNESCO member (Novosti)
• Odalovic: Criminals will be brought to justice (Novosti)
• Stefanovic: No knowledge of terrorist attacks on Serbia being prepared (Beta/Tanjug)
• 1,000 police officers to guard B&H Presidency members (Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Vucic asks Dodik to reconsider decision on referendum (Oslobodjenje)
• DF: Regardless of the fact that the B&H Prosecutor is under the SDA control we will never permit referenda (Oslobodjenje)
• B&H Serb entity should scrap referendum plan, Croatian FM says (Hina)
• B&H Airlines loses flight permit (EX-YU Aviation News)
• Serbian general arrested in Montenegro for war crimes in Croatia (Dalje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia PM Urges Dodik to Rethink Referendum (Balkan Insight)
• ISIS set up stronghold in Bosnia as terrorists secretly buy land (Sunday Mirror)
• Russo-Serbian Alliance Obstacle to West’s ‘Drang Nach Osten’ Plan (Sputnik)
• Macedonia Deal Means Changes For Key Bodies (BIRN)

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Trepca miners go on strike (Koha)

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Trepca miners have entered a strike protesting over working conditions and the mine’s management. Mine’s director Qazim Jashari confirmed that the workers have begun the strike today. The miners have not presented their demands yet but according to Jashari the law on Trepca is among one of the reasons for strike.

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UNESCO to review Kosovo’s membership application on 3 October (RTK)

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UNESCO’s Executive Council will review Kosovo’s application for membership on 3 October. According to Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi, Serbia will be unable to prevent Kosovo’s membership. “Legally, Kosovo is eligible to apply to UNESCO because two-thirds of votes are not necessary and there are many European countries that gained UNESCO membership before becoming members […]

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Ardian Gjini, AKK’s deputy leader (Gazeta Express)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), has elected today its new leadership. The steering council of this party elected Ardian Gjini for the Principal Deputy Leader of the party, while Ahmet Isufi, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, Pal Lekaj and Gazmend Abrashi, have been elected for deputies. Blerim Kuci is the general secretary of the party […]

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Patriotic Block: Serbian health system in Kosovo is in dramatic situation (KoSSev)

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Surgical interventions were suspended at the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica because of the lack of anesthetics and other drugs which “speaks of the dramatic situation in which the Serbian society in Kosovo and Metohija is,” announces Patriotic block from Kosovo and Metohija. “Clinical Hospital Centre in Gracanica ceased to function because of shortages of medicines, […]

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Assembly does not discuss KAF, opposition leaves the chairmanship meeting (Koha.net)

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The opposition parties have left today the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly chairmanship, because the coalition parties have decided to remove from the agenda constitutional amendments for the Kosovo Armed Force (KAF). According to Glauk Konjuvca from Vetevendosje movement, KAF was removed from the agenda due to the disagreements with the Serbian List. “I did […]

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Server: The biggest challenge is finding adequate formula for A/CSM (Vecernje Novosti)

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For a long time the US supports stronger and bigger EU, thus, support for Serbian path to the EU is something most natural, said Daniel Server, professor and expert for Balkans from the Washington-based John Hopkins Institute According to Server, the biggest challenge from Washington’s angle for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is finding an […]

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Detention for terrorist suspect continues (Lajmi.net)

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Court of Appeals has kept in power the detention measure for the five individuals suspected for criminal offense of “preparing terrorist criminal offences, or offences against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo,” Article 144, related to the Article 135 of the penal code of Kosovo. Therefore the panel of judges rejected […]

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Serb-Albanian struggle for UNESCO (Politika)

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia (MFA) stated that still there is no official confirmation from UNESCO that it received a request for the admission of Kosovo into this organization. In case Serbia receives confirmation that such a request was made, Serbia will use all available diplomatic means to prevent Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO, […]

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Kosovo cannot be “the center of the world” forever (Zeri/Epoka)

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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Xhavit Haliti, writes in an opinion piece today that Kosovo’s future was put into question by two major events: the political stalemate and the special court. “The six-month political stalemate after the elections last year left our international friends worried for Kosovo. After that, the rejection of the special court […]

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Justice will reach responsible for crimes (KIM Radio)

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On the occasion of the commemoration of the 17th anniversary of crimes committed against Serbs in period 1998-2000 in Velika Hoca in Orahovac/Rahovec municipality, the chairperson of the Serbian Government’s Office for Missing Persons Veljko Odalović stated that the time will come, after creation of the special court for Kosovo Liberation Army war crimes, that […]

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Dacic:Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO is distortion of agreement (Tanjug,Kurir)

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Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Sunday that Serbia will do everything in its power to keep Kosovo from becoming a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Kurir that Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO is a distortion of the […]

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