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Belgrade Media Report 1 June 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia continues to be part of UN peacekeeping operations (Beta)
• Dacic, Wane underline importance of UNMIK in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Djuric and Wane discuss importance of formation of ZSO (Tanjug)
• EU ambassadorial meeting in Brussels commences, soon formal unblocking (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: We expect proposed agreement with EAEU (Tanjug)
• The Hague refuses to temporary release Karadzic (TV N1)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cooperation with Russian companies needs to be expanded (Srna)
• Dodik: RS committed to original Dayton Agreement (Srna)
• Summit of local authorities of Europe and Asia gathering (klix.ba)
• Moore: People in B&H are tired of rhetoric and platitude (faktor.ba)
• Kovac: Croatia’s demands included in Serbia-EU negotiating process (Hina)

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• NATO urged to strengthen presence in BalkansNATO leaders in Tirana welcomed (Balkan Insight)
• EBRD: 1 bln euro for China’s projects in Western Balkans (ANSAmed)

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Ɖurić with El-Ghassim Wane about the current situation in Kosovo and Metohija (TV Most)

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Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Ɖurić met today with Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El-Ghassim Wane and introduced him with the process of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.  “It is necessary to restore confidence in the dialogue, and it can be reached only through implementation of the agreement […]

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Warrant against Thaçi valid, he would be arrested if comes to Belgrade (Vecernje Novosti, TV Most)

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If Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi would come to Belgrade he would be arrested, because court in Belgrade had requested the issuance of the arrest warrant against him, said Serbian acting War Crimes Prosecutor Milan Petrović to Vecernje Novosti. Even though the warrant was forwarded to Interpol by our Ministry of Justice, this organization, explained Petrović, […]

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Conference in Mitrovica North within the project ‘Empowering Women’ (TV Most)

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The NGO Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture (ACDC) yesterday organized a conference in Mitrovica North within the project ‘Empowering Women’. Participants at the conference mainly addressed the issues of women’s inheritance rights in Kosovo north and presented their findings on whether women are equal with men in enjoying their rights. “I would like to say […]

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Festival “Mirëdita, dobar dan” kicks off in Belgrade (TV Most)

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The festival “Miredita, dobar dan” (‘Good day’ in Albanian and Serbian languages) which is about the presentation of Kosovo’s cultural and social scene kicks off today in Belgrade, and will last from 1-4 June. Festival is about gathering of representatives of two societies aimed at overcoming difficult legacy of the past, and creation of conditions […]

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Serbia to continue participating in UN peacekeeping ops (Dailies)

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Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday Serbia would continue participation in UN peacekeeping operations under his new government. Vucic said this in conversation with Assistant UN Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane, who is visiting Belgrade, Beta reported quoting a Serbian government statement. Vucic said that Serbia was, when it comes to the number of […]

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Gashi: Action in the north, an operational issue for the police (Lajmi)

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The head of the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK), Petrit Gashi, said today in Pristina that the action for releasing usurped properties in the northern part of Mitrovica has not failed. Gashi said they are coordinating the matter with the police and prosecution. After meeting Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Gashi said PAK would apply the […]

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Marić: More information about the Ski Centre Brezovica in the following days (KIM radio)

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Ljubomir Marić, Minister of Local Self-Government, said that today was the deadline for the French-Andorran consortium to submit the necessary bank guarantees for the previously signed contract for the construction of ski centre in Brezovica. Under the contract, the consortium MDP Consulting should provide 163 million euros to build a new ski centre in Brezovica. […]

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Miserable attempts to discredit the CI SDP (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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CI SDP released a statement that the founders of this party will remain in the SDP, stressing that the Assembly members from North Mitrovica and Zvečan/ Zveçan who left the party will not change the work and unity of the party. The statement also reads that Oliver Ivanović with few members, years ago, founded the […]

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The opposing views about the bridge on the Ibar/Ibër River (Kontakt plus radio)

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Mayor of South Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri announced the revitalization of the bridge to the Albanian media in Kosovo that for years separates the southern and northern part of the city. “Peace Park” which was set by the representatives of Serbs from northern Kosovo, has not been accepted by Albanians from the southern part of the […]

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Mustafa: War veterans’ figure exceeds estimates (Telegrafi)

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The Kosovo government reviewed today the report of the commission for recognition and verification of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans. Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Arban Abrashi, said the commission has completed the verification process and concluded that there are 46,230 war veterans. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said this figure exceeds all estimates of […]

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Mustafa: Kosovo is important in the fight against ISIS (Kosovapres)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, during the Interfaith Dialogue conference in Pristina on Wednesday, said that Kosovo is very important in the fight against ISIS. “Kosovo has taken legal action against individuals and extremist groups,” Mustafa said, adding that not only the police and judiciary, but everyone must be engaged to stop extremism. Mustafa also […]

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