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Belgrade Media Report 6 May 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: We are not interested in Pristina court’s decisions (RTS)
• Belgrade to request from EU abolishment of Schengen visas for everybody (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
• RIK pronounces final results (RTS/Beta)
• SNS: Coalition in Serbian parliament smaller than in Vojvodina (Tanjug)
• New government without SPS becomes more probable (Politika)
• Seventeen years since the disappearance of Ljubomir Knezevic in Kosovo (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SNSD, DNS and SP agreed to stage a rally (Srna)
• Inzko: Challenging period is ahead of B&H (Srna/Hina)
• Jews won’t allow belittling of respect for Holocaust victims, says Kraus (Hina)
• Sending troops to a UN mission in the Sahara proposed (CDM)
• GDOM organizes protests in eight Macedonian cities (Telegraf.mk)
• MEP Petir: Macedonia does not need any ambassadors as tutors (MIA)
• Macedonia: Half of Tabanovce’s migrants leave after establishing route (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia will ‘fiercely’ oppose UEFA admission of Kosovo (Newsweek)
• Political crisis could halve Macedonian growth – central bank chief (Reuters)

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Djuric: We are not interested in the decisions of the court in Pristina (TV Most)

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Belgrade is not interested in the decisions of the constitutional court in Pristina, or it oblige us, nor we are interested, told RTS the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric. He points out that message of Serbia to all European officials is clear and that it does not accept unilateral changing […]

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“Academic bridges” to deepen the cooperation between professors (RTK2)

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Mir Radio Television and Radio Television of Mitrovica organized a debate “Academic Bridges” which was attended by professors from the University of Pristina and Mitrovica North. And this time, representatives of these universities have different priorities. Thus, representatives of Serbs say that the Bologna Declaration is a failure, while the representatives of the Albanians complain […]

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What visa liberalization means for Kosovo Serbs? (TV Most)

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In regards to the EU recommendation on the abolishment of visas for Kosovo, Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic stressed that this decision did not define how holders of Serbian passports would travel, those with passports issued by the Serbian Interior Ministry’s Coordination Service. “It is important to get an answer to that question. I don’t […]

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Request for the abolition of visas for passports issued by the Coordination Service (KiM radio)  

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Belgrade will request from the EU to abolish Schengen visas for the holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo, issued by the Coordination Service of the Serbian Interior Ministry. “The latest proposal of the European Commission on the transfer of Kosovo to the list of visa-free regime should be applied to all residents of the territory […]

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No one responsible for poor investigation in case of kidnapped journalist (Politika)

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Destiny of Ljubomir Knezevic, journalist of Pristina-based daily ‘Jedinstvo’ and associate correspondent of ‘Politika’ who went missing on this day seventeen years ago in Kosovo, is unknown yet. Knezevic was kidnapped from the railway station in Vučitrn/Vushtrri on 6 May 1999 by the KLA members. Serbian War Crimes Prosecution informed that investigation is still ongoing […]

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Livestock stolen from a Serb in village Banje (KIM Radio)

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A livestock was stolen last night from a Kosovo Serb Ljubisa Kovacevic in village Banje in Srbica/Skenderaj, communicated Ministry for Communities and Return. Kosovo police informed that investigation is ongoing. Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic condemned the incident said that this incident causes unrest among the Serbs and called authorized bodies to find […]

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A week to be remembered (Koha Ditore)

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Lumir Abdixhiku says that intensity of the good news this week resembled the week of the declaration of the independence of Kosovo which proceeded with numerous recognitions. He considers that Kosovo needed this after almost eight year pause, after the fall of the intensity, failure at UNESCO, economic, social, and political suffocation. Abdixhiku further writes […]

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Interior Minister Hyseni: People of Kosovo to be able to travel freely to Europe in 12 weeks (Zeri)

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Kosovo’s Interior Minister Skender Hyseni said he was optimistic that the European Parliament would very soon approve the recommendation of the European Commission to lift the visa regime for the people of Kosovo. According to Hyseni, the European Parliament is expected to vote on the recommendation in 10-12 weeks’ time “and we hope the citizens […]

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Thaci: No individuals from Kosovo have joined Syrian conflict in six months (RTK)

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President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said that there has been not a single case of people from Kosovo joining the terrorist group ISIS in the last six months. In a meeting with representatives of a German association for foreign policy, Thaci said the “unpleasant” political situations in Kosovo are now a thing of the past […]

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UNMIK to issue arrest warrants for Kosovo (Tribuna)

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War crimes remain an object of investigation even 17 years after the liberation of Kosovo. War crimes cases were previously under the UNMIK competencies and were later transferred as part of EULEX executive powers. But the EU rule of law mission since 2008 has not managed to solve 213 cases of this nature and is […]

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Veseli: Kosovo was a leader in combating religious extremism (media)

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Several media have picked up an interview that Kadri Veseli, President of the Kosovo Assembly and acting leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), gave to Klan Kosova on Thursday. Veseli said in the 2005-2006 period, Kosovo was a leader in combating extremism in the region. He said he could not reveal if the […]

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