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Belgrade Media Report 08 June

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic and Vucic meet with Chinese Ambassador (RTS)
• Moscow: UNMIK plays key stabilizing role in Kosovo (Tanjug/RTS/Politika/Novosti)
• Vucic: Government may be formed after 16 June (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Seselj: Meeting with Vucic was like we met for first time (Tanjug)
• Radulovic’s consultations with Vucic end after 10 minutes (Tanjug)
• Jovanovic pledges support to anyone who wants Serbia in EU (Tanjug)
• Canak: LSV will not join government, new discussions in 7-10 days (Tanjug)
• Obradovic: Dveri will be fierce but constructive opposition (Tanjug)
• NATO respects Serbia’s neutrality (Danas)
• EU trains “top editors” for creating the chaos (Informer)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Harmonization of Coordination system in final stage (Srna)
• Izetbegovic, Covic and Radoncic failed to reach an agreement on elections in Mostar (Nap.ba/Srna)
• Statement by the Head of the Islamic Community, deepens distrust in RS and B&H and destabilizes the situation (Srna)
• Kovac says political turmoil normal in democracy (Hina)
• Hrast in favor of further cooperation with Bridge, against early election (Hina)
• “Troika” has no replacement for Popovic (RTCG)
• Russian policy backing the protest (RTCG)
• Following Ivanov’s withdrawal of abolition decisions, SDSM leader remains only pardoned politician (Telegraf.mk)
• SDSM is using “Colorful Revolution” to enter government without set election date (Telegraf.mk)
• President Ivanov, Haindl call for implementation of Przino Agreement (MIA)
• Zaev meets Haindl (MIA)

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Albanians introduced ban on Serbian books (Blic)

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Pristina has banned transport of books in the Serbian language on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, and they are confiscated by customs officials at crossings with Serbia, learned the paper. The escalation of the problem has been confirmed with the letter sent by the Serbian Post Office on 2 June 2016 to its employees […]

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Slow pace of establishment of the Special Court (RTK2)

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Even though the Kosovo institutions have done all that was necessary for the creation of Special War Crimes Court, its start is still pending because Council of the EU still did not adopt the budget of the court, and ratification of the agreement is still pending with the Netherlands. The EU Office in Kosovo confirmed […]

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Zaev: “Macedonia violated friendship with Serbia” (Vesti)

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The chairperson of the biggest opposition party in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said that the government had unnecessarily “violated the friendship with Serbia when it voted in UNESCO that Serbian churches are handed over to Kosovo”. “We have recognized Kosovo and this process is done. However, Macedonia had to be very careful […]

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Moscow Urges Kosovo to Implement Obligations Under Deal With Serbia (Sputnik)

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov on Tuesday called on Kosovo to implements obligations it had agreed to under the deal with Serbia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Gatilov and UN Special Representative for Kosovo Zahir Tanin held a meeting to discuss the situation in […]

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Serbian mayors not to host Mustafa (Politika)

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The announcement of Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa that he would visit soon Leposavić/Leposaviq, and then the rest northern Serbian municipalities, thus becoming the first head of government in Pristina who visited the north, is not acceptable, and has been sent on his own initiative. This is a message of the representatives of the majority […]

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AAK to return to Assembly only about demarcation issue (Indeksonline)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) deputy leader, Ali Berisha, told a press conference on Wednesday that his party will not participate in the next session of the Kosovo Assembly scheduled for tomorrow.  Berisha said the AAK has decided to boycott the Assembly until the issue of border-demarcation with Montenegro will be addressed in […]

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Vetëvendosje and AKR reach coalition deal in Pristina (Telegrafi)

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Vetëvendosje Movement and the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) have reached a coalition deal in the Municipality of Pristina. The deal gives AKR two municipal directorates, that of culture and agriculture. AKR, in turn, has four seats at the municipal assembly. Vetëvendosje recently reached a coalition deal in Pristina with the Alliance for the Future of […]

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Less “legally invisible” Roma people (Beta, Večernje Novosti)

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In Serbia, in the past four years is halved the number of “legally invisible” Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians i.e. persons without citizenship, was announced at the presentation of the research “Persons at risk of statelessness in Serbia – Progress Report 2010-2015”. The head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Serbia Hans Friedrich Schodder expressed […]

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Protection of returnees in Kosovo is necessary (TV Most)

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The protection of returnees is a challenge for the Serbian representatives in the Kosovo government, who formed the inter-ministerial working group that should take care about the returnees. The favorable political climate is necessary for the safety of returnees, was indicated in the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija. “Bomb thrown on the returnee’s […]

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Slovenian President urges all states to recognize Kosovo (Indeksonline)

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Slovenia’s President, Borut Pahor, said yesterday in Ljubljana that Kosovo should be recognized by all countries, especially neighbouring ones. “We support Kosovo’s need to be  recognized by all countries, especially neighbouring ones, and to be included in all international organisations,” Pahor said at the opening of economic forum during Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi’s visit to […]

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Serbia holds hostage Kosovo’s international relations (Telegrafi/RFE)

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Kosovo government spokesperson and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Faton Abdullahu, told Radio Free Europe that the obstacles posed by Serbia are the main reason of Kosovo’s failure to join international organisations, in particular the European institutions. According to him, with such actions Serbia is violating the fundamental principles of EU membership. “Serbia’s approach is completely […]

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