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Belgrade Media Report 27 June 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Croatia still blocking Serbia in EU talks; UK now “unclear” (B92, Tanjug)
• PM’s cabinet program presentation to last “at least 5 hours” (Blic)
• SNS takes over power in Belgrade Vracar Municipality with aid of LDP (VIP)
• DS and DJB accuse LPD of preparing coalition with SNS (N1)
• Kosovo and Metohija Office: No justice for Kosovo Serbs (Beta)
• Serbian state officials declared unwelcome in Srebrenica (Danas)
• Serbia to join a different European Union (Beta)
• New protest, march organized by don’t drown Belgrade (N1, VIP)
• Vucic, Uruguay’s former President discuss cooperation (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Members of Central Census Bureau from RS have withdrawn and will no longer participate in work of this state-level institution (Glas Srpske)
• RS officially against proposed adaptation of SAA (RTRS)
• Zeljka Cvijanovic: Government stance has to be sought regardless of political trick (Srna)
• Petrov: All key decisions in parliament were passively or actively agreed by SDP, HDZ (Hina)
• Montenegro remains committed to European integration (MINA)
• Macedonia’s President Ivanov: All open issues should be resolved in State Institutions (Dnevnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian EU chief says chapters may open in June (BIRN)
• Moscow: What did NATO defend against in Serbia and Libya? (Sputnik)

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Hoxhaj: We will stop “Sunny Valley” (media)

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Kosovo Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, told RTV Dukagjini ​today that Serbia’s project for building a settlement called “The Sunny Valley” in the northern part of Kosovo will not be implemented. Hoxhaj said the project is illegal and that the Kosovo government will put pressure on Belgrade to stop further construction work. Arguing that the project has colonizing […]

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Cuba backs Serbia’s right to preserve territorial integrity (B92)

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Cuba maintains a principled position on the defense of Serbia’s right to preserve its territorial integrity and sovereignty. Cuban National Assembly Speaker Juan Esteban Lazo Hernandez said this after a meeting with Serbian National Assembly President Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade on Monday. “My visit to Serbia is taking place with a firm intent to continue […]

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Sunny Valley in Mitrovica to be helped by Russian Orthodox Church (RTKlive)

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Head of the so-called Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, and Deputy leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, Marko Djuric, is visiting Moscow, where he informed his interlocutors about the situation in Kosovo. Djuric, together with another deputy leader of this party, Maria Obradovic, met today in Moscow with the leader of the […]

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Vetevendosje deputies establish sign of the border with Montentegro (RTKlive)

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 Five MPs of the Vetevendosje movement, Albin Kurti, Fisnik Ismaili, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi and Ismajl Kurteshi, established today the logo of the Republic of Kosovo, near the border with Montenegro. Vetevendosje MP, Fisnik Ismaili, explained on his Facebook page the reason of this action. “This point is the real border between Kosovo and Montenegro, where we, […]

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KIPRED: Kosovo institutions failed to prevent radical Islam (Koha)

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The Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED) today presented the report “What happened with Kosovo Albanians: the role of religion in ethnic identity”.  According to this report, Kosovo’s institutions and political parties have failed to prevent Islamic radicalism, although they had a legal obligation to do so. KIPRED chief, Lulzim Peci, said that […]

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The Meaning of Brexit (Koha Ditore/Project Syndicate)

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The paper runs an editorial by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Sachs is also Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The Brexit vote was a triple protest: against surging immigration, City of London bankers, and European […]

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Kosovo Justice System Takes Over EULEX’s Powers (Balkan Insight)

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The recent agreement between the EU External Action Service, EEAS, and the Kosovo government, has created a new state of play in the judicial system, strengthening the responsibility of Kosovo institutions and reducing the authority of EULEX. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-justice-system-takes-over-eulex-s-powers-06-26-2016  

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Inter-Ministerial Commission for Communities held the second meeting (KoSSev)

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Kosovo government’s Inter-Ministerial Commission for Communities yesterday held its second meeting and adopted the proposal on the strategy for promotion of language rights, and a document related with the functioning of this Commission, communicated the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Branimir Stojanović. The Commission held its first meeting on 10 March this […]

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1000 bundles of hay owned by a Serb returnee family set on fire (TV Most)

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More than 1000 bundles of hay owned by a Kosovo Serb returnee Radoje Radojević from the village Tomance in Istok/Istog Municipality, was set on fire last night. Kosovo Police and firefighters went to the scene but the hay has was already burnt. This is not the first attack on family Radojević, which was targeted several […]

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Serbs are leaving because there is no support (Vesti)

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“Serbian community in Kosovo is not able to impose itself as a political factor and that is our biggest problem. The economic situation has worsened, in particular due to the silent budget cuts from Serbia, and also because international community is currently focused only on the north. Due to the poor economic situation, more and […]

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OSCE Broadcast 26 June

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• Jevtic and Schlumberger visited basketball camp in Prishtinë/Pristina (RTK2)
• Fifty-eight employees of Prishtinë/Pristina Municipality learn Serbian (RTK2, 24 June 2016)
• International Day against Drug Abuse marked (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi: Spain to recognize Kosovo soon (Most monitored broadcaster, KTV)
• First local referendum held in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)

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