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Belgrade Media Report 31 August 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: ZSO to be formed very quickly (TV Pink/Tanjug)
• Djuric: Agreements turning point, more responsibility (RTS)
• Maric: I expect problems in implementation of agreement (TV Pink/Danas)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Fate of missing persons in Kosovo and Metohija still unknown (Tanjug)
• Vucic in Bled: We need a comprehensive plan (Tanjug)
• Hungary commences wooden barrier construction (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik, Djuric: Agreement important, pursue normalization (Srna/Tanjug)
• Izetbegovic: Covic and Radoncic discussed the entry of SBB party into the government, I don’t know the details of it (klix.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia and Kosovo Make Nice to Win Invitation to the EU (Newsweek)
• Inside Kacanik, Kosovo’s jihadist capital (The Telegraph)
• Bosnian Serb Leader Slams Naser Oric Indictment (BIRN)

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President wants to lead Kosovo delegation to New York (Koha)

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While the Kosovo Assembly was voting on the constitutional amendments paving way for the establishment of the special court, Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa received a letter from President Atifete Jahjaga which angered him and his deputy, Hashim Thaci, a great deal. In the letter President Jahjaga said that based on her constitutional responsibilities, […]

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GLPS: Association/Community affects Kosovo’s state structure (Telegrafi)

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Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS) think thank said today in a statement that Pristina-Belgrade agreement on Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities affects issues of structural importance to Kosovo and its multiethnic values.  GLPS recalled that Kosovo was built on the principles of a constitutional democracy and thus reflects a deeply European model of […]

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Presevo Valley leaders request reciprocity (lajmi.net)

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The Russian news agency Sputnik reports that establishment of the Association of Municipalities with Serb majority in Kosovo, could open way to the territorial autonomy for Albanian municipalities in southern Serbia. The Albanian political leaders in Presevo Valley, Jonuz Musliu and Ragmi Mustafa, told Sputnik that they would coordinate with Pristina and Tirana to request […]

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Rama: The “Peace Road” connects Serbia, Kosovo and Albania (Gazeta Express)

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The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, stressed during a press conference on Monday morning that an extraordinary political progress is registered in the region, from the Berlin Conference to the Vienna one. “What is worth stressing is that we have entered a phase which serves to increase the focus on advancement of the economic […]

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Knocking on heaven’s door (The Economist)

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EVER since the end of the Balkan wars in 1999, the most important question in the region has been when and how to join the European Union. Slovenia made it in 2004 and Croatia followed in 2013. For the rest, however, the goal is still far off. The prospects of Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro […]

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FM speaks about Community/Association of Municipalities, migrants (TV Pink, B92)

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The future Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO) should be formed very quickly, said Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. According to him, it will represent “the first political authority of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija since 1999.” Asked whether the ZSO was “a step towards a partition of Kosovo,” Dacic told […]

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Stankovic expects political seriousness from Albanian leaders in the South Serbia (Akter)

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President of the Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja Zoran Stankovic told FoNet that the talks between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels do not include discussions about the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and called on Albanian leaders from the three municipalities on “political seriousness and responsibility”. He added that the Coordination Body […]

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Goran Rakic: Serbs in Kosovo unique for the first time (Vecernje Novosti)

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“Community/ Association of Serbian municipalities will be the foundation of survival of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, because for the first time all areas with Serbian majority will be united and will act uniquely. There will be no division on areas south and north of the Ibar/Iber River.” This is how Goran Rakic, Mayor of […]

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Maric: I expect the problems in the implementation of the agreement (Danas)

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Ljubomir Maric, Minister of Local Government Administration in Kosovo, announces that preparations for the statute of the Community / Association of Serbian municipalities commenced. The statute will be drafted in cooperation with lawyers and a team of international experts and first version will be ready soon. Maric said that he expect the problems from Pristina […]

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Office for KiM: Fate of missing persons in Kosovo still unknown (Tanjug)

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On August 30, the International Day of the Disappeared, the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) regrets to observe that over 16 years no progress has been made in resolving the fate of the 1,711 missing persons in Kosovo, or in shedding light on the crimes and punishing the perpetrators, and appeals to […]

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The bridge of an endless process (Koha Ditore)

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Publicist Veton Surroi in an opinion piece today writes that at the time when Kosovo signed four agreements with Serbia in Brussels on 25 August, it showed Kosovo’s readiness to be part of a trap set by Serbian negotiators. “The trap is simple: create tables, which will examine and solve the specific problems by concerned […]

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