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Belgrade Media Report 4 February 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• European Parliament adopts resolution on Serbia (Tanjug/RTS)
• Joksimovic, Hahn: Serbia is on right track (Tanjug)
• Request of Croatian MEPs in Strasbourg (Novosti)
• Sanctions according to UN and OSCE rules and in line with Serbia’s interests (Politika)
• Drecun: Archive that could lead to command responsibility of KLA members (RTS/Tanjug)
• Marinelli starts term as Belgrade NATO liaison office chief (RTS/Tanjug)
• Marinkovic: Clear plan needed against terrorism (Tanjug)
• Faktor Plus: Six lists in parliament (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic questioned in B&H Prosecutor’s Office (Klix)
• Izetbegovic gives a statement about the appointment of Ambassador Hadzijahic (N1)
• Izetbegovic calls the court documents “a speculation” (Patria)
• Fahrudin Radoncic remains in custody, appeal rejected (Fena)
• Parliament failed to adopt the negative opinion on amendments to the Criminal Code (Srna)
• Sakib Mahmuljin pleaded not guilty (Nezavisne)
• B&H to finalize and publish Census results without further delay! (Srna)
• Croatian MEPS warn about Serbia’s outstanding issues with Croatia (Hina)
• In NATO thanks to the results in Afghanistan among other things (RTCG)
• Defense Minister Jolevski in US: Macedonia deserves prompt accession to NATO (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Migration And The Western Balkans (The International Post Magazine)
• Five stakeholders along Western Balkans route to establish standardized migrant registration (Xinhua)
• Constitutional Court Ruling Adds to Bosnia’s Turmoil (BIRN)

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Guaranteed 10 per cent of non-majorities in institutions – mission impossible (RTK2)

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Last study on the employment of members of non-majority communities in public institutions in Kosovo was presented in 2013. Not much has been changed until today. Constitution of Kosovo and certain number of laws are protecting the rights of the non-majority communities, among them and the Law on Public Service, which provides in Article number […]

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Thaci can’t become president without support of Serbs (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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Hashim Thaci can’t become president of Kosovo without the support of Serbs, and if he becomes the president that would mean that someone in between Belgrade and Pristina will profit from it, said former Serb MP in the Kosovo parliament Rada Trajkovic. Trajkovic said on ‘Kaziprst’, a B92 TV show, that Thaci doesn’t enjoy support from the […]

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European Parliament adopts resolution on Kosovo (Koha)

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The European Parliament today adopted a resolution which assesses Kosovo’s progress in the EU integration process. The start of EU accession negotiations with Serbia and the progress made in normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo was welcomed by MEPs in two resolutions passed today.  MEPs welcomed the progress made in 2015 in normalising relations between […]

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UNDP, Interior Ministry and Ministry of Labor to cooperate on integration of repatriated persons (Koha)

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and UNDP Kosovo signed an agreement of cooperation today on the reintegration of repatriated persons in the labor market.  This agreement foresees cooperation in the implementation of activities in support of repatriated persons, providing training and employment opportunities in the framework of UNDP’s “Active Labor Market […]

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KDI: Kosovo lacks political will to combat corruption (RTK)

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The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) organized a regional conference to discuss institutional mechanisms in the fight against corruption. Visar Sutaj, representative of KDI, said the purpose of this discussion is to find ways to combat this phenomenon. Furthermore, he said there is a lack of political will to fight corruption in Kosovo.  According to him, […]

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Djuric and Simic discuss the political challenges in Kosovo (TV Most)

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Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric met today in Belgrade with President of the Serbian List Slavko Simic.  Djuric and Simic discussed the current political and security situation in Kosovo and reaffirmed the importance and necessity of coordinated action and cooperation between the Serbian government and the elected Serbian representatives in […]

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Deda: Thaci does not have the support of the internationals to become president (RTKlive)

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Kosovo Assembly MP from Vetevendosje Movement, Ilir Deda, said for RTV Dukagjni that this year will be the year of early elections. He said he does not believe that the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci, will be elected for the president. According to him, the new elections could take place […]

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Okay, we should hold elections. Then what? (Koha Ditore)

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KTV’s Editor-in-Chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes in his weekly column for the paper that early general elections are increasingly being seen as an option for overcoming the current political crisis but the opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – “are either unable or don’t want to […]

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Serbian Office for Kosovo rejects Ivanovic case allegations (KIM Radio)

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Deputy Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo Dusan Kozarev rejected allegations by former US diplomat and UN representative in Kosovo Gerald Gallucci about the involvement of Belgrade in the arrest of Oliver Ivanovic. “This idea is so monstrous and absurd that it does not deserve comment. Therefore, I fear that that the main intention […]

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Serbs in Kosovo need independent TV channel (Politika)

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In an interview for Politika daily, Rada Komazec, editor and journalist for the Kosovo based newspaper Jedinstvo stated that Jedinstvo has existed for seven decades: “Throughout its entire history, Jedinstvo has shared the destiny of the Serbian people in Kosovo,” she said. Jedinstvo pieces have not been appreciated by Kosovo interim institutions which has led to lawsuits… After the publishing of dramatic stories […]

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Kosovo urges Serbia to open military archive (RTK2, BIRN)

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The Kosovo government’s Commission for Missing Persons has urged Belgrade to open military and police archives to help find the location of mass graves. “The opening of these archives could lead us to the mass graves,” said Prenk Gjetaj, President of the Commission for Missing Persons of the Government of Kosovo. Gjetaj added that the […]

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