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Belgrade Media Report 11 February 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbia requests interrogation in Nigeria on the Kosovo organ trade ties (RTS)
• Drecun: Is it possible for Thaqi to be on the indictment (Politika)
• Vucic: Hague Tribunal to learn to respect Serbia (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Government to send protest note (Beta)
• Nikolic won’t support Jeremic (B92/Nedeljnik)
• Parliament adopts law giving NATO freedom of movement and immunity (Novosti)
• Rogozin banned from entering Montenegro (Beta/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• RS government and its institutions do not support Coordination mechanism (Srna)
• Coordination mechanisms pave way for EU membership bid (Fena)
• Special Prosecutor’s Office of RS being abolished (Fena/Srna/Nezavisne)
• Dodik: If I’m not first on U.S. “black list” it’s a defeat for me (Oslobodjenje)
• Kremlin to realize that Montenegro is a sovereign state (RTCG)
• Montenegro will be an important member of NATO (RTCG)
• Brima Galup Survey: VMRO-DPMNE has more than double the advantage to SDSM for upcoming elections (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Turkish Organ-Trafficking Suspect Gives Statement in Pristina (BIRN)
• Macedonia’s Former Prime Minister Threatens Revenge in Troubling Speech (globalvoices.org)
• EU Hypocrisy + Refugees = Balkanization? (Transitions Online)

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Jevtić with Teodosije on security and reconstruction of SPC premises in Kosovo (KoSSev)

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Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić and Bishop of Raska and Prizren Teodosije yesterday met in Gračanica/Graçanicë and discussed security in Kosovo and implementation of reconstruction projects and assistance to Serbian Orthodox Church. Jevtić informed Bishop Teodosije about meetings he had with representatives of the international community and missions in […]

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Selimi: Kosovo will become UN member, Serbia won’t even try to block (NSPM, RTK2)

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The process of recognition of Kosovo is a one-way street, we will become a UN member and Serbia will be conditioned to recognize Kosovo, claims Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi. “The fact is that Kosovo will be recognized by Serbia, because it will have to choose at some moment between two options – either […]

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Montenegrins condemn removal of street name board (KIM Radio)

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The Association of Montenegrins of Kosovo has condemned the removal of the ‘St. Radovan Zogović’ street name board  in Pristina, which had been damaged on several occasions in the past. The Association communicated to media that this street is now called St. Lorenc Antoni, and added that by this act, the authorities of Pristina have shown their […]

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Rohan: Violence damages Kosovo’s image (Republika)

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The former deputy UN Special Envoy for the final status negotiations for Kosovo, Albert Rohan, in an interview with Pristina-based news site Republika, said the violent actions of recent months have seriously damaged Kosovo’s image in the international arena. “In a democracy, political confrontations are done peacefully, arguments and political debate should take place in […]

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Braathu: Opposition should respect the law (Telegrafi)

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The Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo, Jan Braathu, said today that opposition parties in Kosovo must adhere to rules and regulations and not decide on the future on their own. “The opposition should follow the Constitution and laws of Kosovo. There is no European country where the minority opposition demands or sets elections. We are not against anyone […]

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Philips: Number of radicalized people in Kosovo is growing (Radio Free Europe)

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In an interview for the news site, David Philips from the Institute for Human Rights Studies at Columbia University says that the overwhelming majority of Kosovo citizens are still pro-American and pro-Western, “however the number of those that are radicalizing is growing”. Mr. Phillips, you wrote recently that Kosovo’s long history of secularism is changing. […]

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Only four percent of women have property rights (Telegrafi)

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During a conference on “Increased Participation of Marginalized Groups in Kosovo” today, the Ambassador of the United States in Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said that everyone has a responsibility to ensure that all groups are able to exercise their full rights. “When people are pushed to the margins of society, they have a much more difficult time exercising […]

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EUR 1.9 million for projects in the north (KoSSev)

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Yesterday the Management Board of the Development Fund awarded almost EUR 1.9 million for projects in municipalities in northern Kosovo. The Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality will receive over a million EUR, North Mitrovica will receive EUR 400.000 and Zvečan/Zveqan  will receive EUR 450.000. The European Union Office in Pristina communicated that funds allocated to Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality will be […]

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Veseli: Presidential elections, a constitutional and democratic process (Lajmi)

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In meetings with several ambassadors, Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said that the election of the President will be a constitutional, transparent, democratic, and inclusive process. With regards to the political deadlock, Veseli said he was hopeful that the spirit of dialogue and communication would prevail over destructive, political tendencies. In an effort to find […]

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Thaci: Opposition to return to institutional democracy (Kosovapress)

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In an interview with Austrian magazine Profil Kosovo, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci spoke about the expectations Kosovo has of the EU, the visa liberalization process and the current political crisis in Kosovo. Thaci said the next step in Kosovo’s EU integration process is visa liberalization which, according to him, should be granted by […]

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Koha condemns slashing of editor’s car tires (Koha)

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Managing Director of the Koha group and Publisher of Koha Ditore, Flaka Surroi, has condemned the car tire slashing of the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Adriatik Kelmendi earlier today. Surroi said despite threats made against Kelmendi and other media professionals, “we will not stop revealing the bad things we have evidence of.”

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