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Belgrade Media Report 18 August 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic to take part in UN meetings on Kosovo (Politika)
• Tahiri: Civil Defence Agency is moving to Kosovo institutions (RTS)
• Catalan MEP convinced Serbia must recognize Kosovo to join the EU (B92)
• Djuric to Zarif: Key interest of Serbia is stability in KiM (RTS, Tanjug)
• 700 cases of war crimes in Kosovo (RTS, Tanjug)
• “Vucic considers calling elections on all levels” (Danas)
• Serbian PM receives outgoing UNMIK Chief (Tanjug)
• Dacic meets with new head of the UN Office in Belgrade (RTS, Tanjug)
• Kozarev, Cucic meet with UNHCR chief (Tanjug)
• Serbia sends protest to Croatia, expects government to react (Tanjug)
• Schodder: 83,000 refugees registered, 500 asked for asylum (N1)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Holding a referendum is of key importance (RTRS)
• Dodik: The RS needs new labor law (RTRS, Srna)
• Railway Sarajevo – Belgrade project to be presented at the Balkan conference (Bosna danas)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Fears EU To Pressure Greece To Recognize Kosovo (EurActiv)
• UK Labour Frontrunner Queried on Kosovo Motion (BIRN)
• New Ethnic Assaults Keep Bosnia on Edge (BIRN)
• Montenegro regrets being included in Russia’s tit-for-tat sanctions list (TASS)

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Petition launched against border demarcation with Montenegro (Telegrafi)

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A petition against the border demarcation with Montenegro was launched today throughout Kosovo, media report. The petition is addressed to the Assembly of Kosovo, Government and international institutions. The organizers believe that the territory of Kosovo is being damaged by 12 thousand hectares in this process.  Some of the organizers are: Ali Lajci, former Mayor […]

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Decision in hands of Director-General of UNESCO (Danas)

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The destiny of the direct application of Pristina for UNESCO membership to the Director-General of UNESCO, after failed attempt through UNMIK and UN, is uncertain for the time being. The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, who already, learned the paper unofficially, carried out consultations with the UN and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, will take […]

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Vucic: UNMIK crucial factor of stability in Kosovo (Blic)

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic received outgoing UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif on Tuesday, and on that occasion thanked him for the objective and professional work during his term of office. As the Serbian government’s media relations office said in a release, the Serbian prime minister said that the UNMIK’s presence and operations are important for […]

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Austria supports Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO and Interpol (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi had a meeting today with Austrian Ambassador to Kosovo, Johann Brieger and thanked him for his country’s strong support through increasing investment and lobbying for Kosovo’s recognition in the international arena. Selimi and Brieger discussed the agenda of the upcoming Berlin Process summit that will take place in Vienna […]

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KJI: Justice system in Kosovo is off-track (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo Justice Institute think tank presented today the findings of a report on Kosovo institutions’ fight of corruption. The report states that although the fight of corruption remains a priority of all Kosovo institutions, the reality is that this remains mainly on paper. KJI director Betim Musliu said Kosovo is still not successfully fighting corruption […]

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EULEX: Trial to Dikic, Dikovic and Stojanovic! (Nase novine)

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Investigators of EULEX mission have ended the investigation against Chief of Staff General Ljubisa Dikovic, the Police General Bratislav Dikic and former head of the Military Security Agency Momir Stojanovic. They could be found on the indictments of the recently established Special Court for war crimes in Kosovo, as soon as it begins with its […]

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Dacic to take part in UN meetings on Kosovo, arms trade (Politika, Tanjug)

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Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that he will take part in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Kosovo on August 21 and a UN conference in Mexico, where he will have important bilateral meetings touching on Kosovo, a few days later. “Mexico will host the First Conference of States Parties to […]

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UNDP to set up center for training unemployed youth in Vushtrri/Vucitrn (Koha)

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Last week in Bursa, Turkey, representatives of the Istanbul International Centre for Development in Private Sector (IICDPS) met with the representatives of the UNDP Office in Kosovo in order to address the high level of unemployment among the young people in Kosovo and to discuss next steps for the establishment of a training center in […]

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Fatos Bytyqi: Evidence must be shared with FBI (Danas, Blic)

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Any new evidence or progress made in the investigation into the murder of my brothers would be useful, but we insist that any new evidence or progress be shared fully and directly with the FBI, said Fatos Bytyqi. Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said on Monday that progress has been made in the investigation […]

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Actions, not words (Kosova Sot)

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The front page editorial of this daily notes that when the government announces that it will end monopolies on business, it is not that it is doing a miracle, but it is only promising to fulfill a legal and constitutional obligation. The Constitution of Kosovo guarantees equal competition in the free market, however, the situation […]

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Representatives of the Office for KiM have met with UNHCR chief (Blic)

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Dusan Kozarev, Deputy Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, and Vladimir Cucic, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, conferred with Chief of the UNHCR Mission in Kosovo Narasimha Rao on Monday, reads a statement issued by the Office for KiM. “The officials discussed further development of cooperation in profiling the needs of […]

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