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Belgrade Media Report 25 April

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• RIK latest results of the early parliamentary elections (RTS)
• Opposition in RIK: We will control the entire electoral material (RTS/FoNet/Beta)
• Discrepancies in Vojvodina results (RTS/B92)
• First coalition – Mirovic: We are going with the SVM in Vojvodina (B92)
• McAllister congratulates Vucic and SNS on election victory (Tanjug)
• Vucic – “New momentum” in relations with Britain (B92)
• OSCE reports orderly completion of voting in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Ristic: Shots were fired at my house, no one is injured (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik congratulates Vucic on victory (Srna)
• Crnadak: Serbia will not change course toward B&H following elections (Nezavisne/Srna)
• What was discussed with the CIA director? (klix)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Pro-EU Vucic set for landslide in Serbian snap election (EurActiv/AFP)
• Vucic eyes clear victory in Serbian elections (DW)
• ‘Serbia has clearly expressed its strategic preferences’ (New Europe)

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Kosovo marks European Immunization Week (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo today marks European Immunization Week, organized by the Ministry of Health, UNICEF Kosovo and World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry of Health, through a press release, stated that the European Immunization Week in Kosovo aims, through organized activities, to raise awareness about immunization and improve the health status of children in Kosovo. The press […]

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Tahiri: Agreement on ADR certificates enters into force today (Zeri)

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Kosovo Minister without portfolio, Edita Tahiri, said on Monday that the agreement reached with Serbia on mutual recognition of ADR (Transportation of Dangerous Goods) has entered into force as of today. According to this agreement, all carriers from Kosovo through ADR certificates issued by the relevant institutions of Kosovo , will deliver the trading activities […]

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Kuci: Demarcation agreement to be revised or resolved by arbitration (Indeksonline)

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Kosovo Justice Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Monday that the Kosovo – Montenegro border had never been decided by Albanians. “Determination of the border with Montenegro has always been a problem. We have two choices, the first is revision of the agreement on border-demarcation with Montenegro, or the case to be resolved by arbitration,” Kuci […]

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Ilir Deda officially leaves Vetevendosje (Koha/Telegrafi)

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Member of the Kosovo Assembly, Ilir Deda, in a press conference today announced he was officially leaving the Vetevendosje Movement. He said the decision came due to conceptual differences with Vetevendosje over the last nine months. According to Telegrafi, Deda plans to form a new political party which is expected to gather a number of […]

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Even after elections, Serbia on a balance between the West and Russia (Koha)

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Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in an opinion piece that the European Union and Russia have shown exceptional interest in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Serbia. “Western politicians do not hide their wishes for Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, to win the elections”. Palokaj notes that Vucic has maintained brotherly relations with Russia […]

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Daut Haradinaj: Propaganda against Kosovo does not cover crime of FYROM politicians (Klan Kosova)

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Kosovo MP from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Daut Haradinaj, said that developments in FYROM are consequence of the leadership there, which according to him, is connected to crime and corruption. According to Haradinaj, the attempts to give themselves amnesty with the alleged “terrorist groups from Kosovo,” will no longer work. “The time […]

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Opposition leaders intervene together, claim election fraud (Beta, Tanjug)

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Representatives of opposition electoral lists, who said that irregularities took place during elections on Sunday, will be given access to election materials. This has been stated by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) President Dejan Djurdjevic. After a RIK press conference held at 03:30 CET on Monday, attended by some opposition leaders, President of the Democratic […]

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 FYROM media: A group of 40 armed Kosovars close to Tanushe village (lajmi.net)

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FYROM media, which gained large sums during the VMRO-DPMNE-BDI governing, are using an alleged danger coming from Kosovo, as a justification for the scandalous decision for amnesty by the FYROM President, George Ivanov for the politicians suspected for crimes. In its last issue, Republika writes that one of the major reasons for Ivanov’s decision on amnesty […]

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How regional cooperation flows on war crimes (Danas)

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Prosecution of War Crimes in Serbia has exchanged so far 351, evidence and information in war crimes cases with countries in the region and relevant institutions. As of January 2016 the Prosecution exchanged 173 with Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 57, Montenegro 14 and EULEX / UNMIK 107. The Prosecution stated that with EULEX has been […]

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Shots fired at a Serb home in Klina/Kline municipality (Tanjug)

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Unknown perpetrators fired shots last night at a Serb house in the Rudica village in Kosovo, Klina/ Kline municipality, Tanjug learned from the sources at Kosovo’s Ministry for Return and Communities. No one was injured in the attack on Zarko Siljkovic’s family home. The incident has been reported to the Kosovo Police. At the time […]

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Dick Marty speaks as potential KLA crimes witness is shot (B92, Alo, KIM radio, Vesti)

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Dick Marty has warned that “some people” who were to testify before a new court for KLA crimes “have already been killed.” The Swiss Senator and former Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur spoke a day after the killing of Bedri Curri, a former KLA member and potential witness for the court. Curri’s body was […]

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