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Belgrade Media Report 4 May 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: UEFA decision result of political pressure (Tanjug/Beta)
• Vulin: UNSC must say whether Resolution 1244 is still valid (Tanjug)
• Karadzic: UEFA decision political abuse of football (Tanjug/B92)
• Vucic, Li discuss steel mill, projects from various fields (Tanjug)
• EC proposes lifting visa requirements for citizens of Kosovo (Tanjug/RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Republika Srpska’s opposition schedules protests for 14 May (Nezavisne/Srna)
• Best example that B&H court and prosecutor’s office are political institutions (Srna)
• May 2nd, Day when the aggressor attacked Sarajevo (Radio Sarajevo)
• Decision on calling local elections in B&H on 4 May (Klix)
• Croatia, Bulgaria support EU enlargement to include Western Balkans (Hina)
• Rakcevic: SNP’s offer unacceptable (Vijesti)
• URA, Demos and SDP replied: The deal fails if our proposals are not accepted (Dnevne novine)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote (Reuters)
• Serb Economic Growth Speeds Up in 1st Quarter, Beating Forecasts (Bloomberg)
• Tito did this – and Vucic did” – what? (TransConflict)

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President Thaci meets foreign ambassadors and heads of missions (media)

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Several media cover today’s meeting that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci had with foreign ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions in Pristina. Thaci said Kosovo has one of the best Constitutions and one of the most advanced legal frameworks in Europe, “but we will keep making it even better in order to make sure that no […]

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Mustafa: Kosovo makes huge step forward in process of European integration (Koha)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, told a press conference today that the recommendation for visa liberalization marks a huge step forward in Kosovo’s path toward European integration. Mustafa said: “This is a special day for Kosovo as the recommendation for visa liberalization marks a very important and multi-dimensional decision. Kosovo has made a huge step forward […]

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European Commission recommends visa liberalization for Kosovo (media)

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The European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said today that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council and the European Parliament to grant visa liberalization for Kosovo’s citizens. Avramopoulos told reporters that the EU will closely monitor the visa liberalization process for Kosovo. “I know how important visa liberalization […]

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EU proposes easy visas for Kosovo citizens (Reuters)

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The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that EU governments lift visa requirements for travellers from Kosovo, allowing those with biometric passports to spend 90 days in the Schengen area without a visa. “Kosovo has made great progress,” Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters, adding that he hoped governments and the European Parliament would approve the […]

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UEFA’s Recognition of Kosovo Angers Serbs (The New York Times)

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European soccer’s governing body voted Tuesday to formally recognize the Kosovo Football Federation as its 55th member in a vote at its annual congress in Budapest. Serbia, which does not recognize Kosovo, reacted angrily to the decision and said it would work to overturn it. Recognition by the European body, UEFA, paves the way for […]

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Kosovo’s hero, Alasdair Bell (Koha Ditore)

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Opinion piece writer for the paper, Halil Matoshi, says that the British legal official of the UEFA, Alasdair Bell, surprised on Tuesday experts of the international right with his brilliant defense of Kosovo’s right to become member of the UEFA which is preceded by FIFA membership. “After the International Court of Justice’s rejection of Serbia’s […]

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Vulin: UNSC must say whether Resolution 1244 is still valid (Tanjug)

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It has once again become evident that some precedents apply to Serbia, Serbian government Minister Aleksandar Vulin said after Kosovo was admitted to UEFA on Tuesday, adding that he expects the UN Security Council to say whether its Resolution 1244 on Kosovo is still valid. The consequences of Kosovo joining European football’s governing body will […]

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Official: Kosovo receives the positive recommendation for visas (Zeri.info)

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Kosovars will be able to move without visas within 2016. This is official already. The news was confirmed by the Minister for European Integration, Bekim Collaku, who received information from European officials. Now only technical procedures which are expected to be fulfilled within a few weeks, remain. Be as it may, today will be a […]

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Enver Hoxhaj returns to the post of the Foreign Minister (Koha Ditore)

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Enver Hoxhaj, has returned to the post of the Foreign Minister of Kosovo. The expected to become leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Kadri Veseli, said that Hoxhaj will replace Hashim Thaci on the position of the Foreign Minister. Speaking about the recommendation for liberalization of visas, Veseli said that his party was […]

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DW: Negotiation framework does not require recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug)

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Position of the German government when it comes to relations between Belgrade and Pristina is based on the negotiation framework, which does not require recognition of Kosovo’s independence, reads the answer of the German Government lead by Angela Merkel on 31 questions on Serbia, forwarded to it by a group of the MPs of German […]

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UEFA’s Kosovo vote “evidently political” – FM (B92)

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Kosovo’s admission to European football’s governing body UEFA is evidently a political decision and a result of major political pressure. Foreign Minister in the outgoing Serbian government Ivica Dacic said this on Tuesday. He also reiterated that Serbia “will never recognize Kosovo” – its southern province where ethnic Albanians in 2008 unilaterally declared independence. “Kosovo’s […]

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