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Belgrade Media Report 30 August

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: EU diplomats speaking philosophically as if they are in Tibet (RTS)
• EC: Escalation of rhetoric not contributing to reconciliation (Tanjug)
• Serbian candidate third in new round of voting at UNSG (B92/Tanjug)
• Dodik: RS will continue to solve its issues via referendums in future (RTS)
• EULEX laying-off Serbs? (FoNet)
• ICTY prosecution seeks conviction or retrial in Seselj case (Tanjug)
• Croatian ambassador misses meeting with Vucic (Tanjug)
• Knezevic: Serbia offers Russian Petrohemija, Azotara, MSK (Kurir)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic sends letter to PIC SB ambassadors (FTV/Oslobodjenje)
• RS government sends open letter to accredited ambassadors in B&H (RTRS)
• RS Referendum Commission enters last stage of preparations (Hayat)
• Ivanic: Referendum on RS Day will be held (BNTV)
• More than 3.000 unidentified remains in B&H (fokus.ba)
• Friendly relations between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina can be a role model to others (CDM)
• State Electoral Commission completes its checks of flagged voters (Republika)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Montenegro Mulls Sending More Police to Kosovo Border (BIRN)

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In Mušutište, all the property of Serbs occupied (Vesti)

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The international community in Kosovo, some Kosovo politicians condemned the events from Mušutište. The Serbian List pointed out that the events were organized. But nobody asks why Kosovo police did not prevent the violent protests, which have been announced through social networks and portals. About 400 Albanians blocked the road in the village to prevent […]

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Montenegro Mulls Sending More Police to Kosovo Border (Balkan Insight)

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Montenegro does not expect clashes as Kosovo prepares to vote on a controversial border demarcation agreement between the two countries, but police are ready to tighten up security if needed. Montenegrin police told BIRN that the security situation is stable and denied it is has sent additional forces to its border with Kosovo ahead of […]

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Commissioner: Resolving the fate of missing obligation of the state and society (NMagazin)

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Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection today on the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared recalls that 20 years after the end of conflicts in Croatia and Bosnia and 15 years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija there are no reliable information about the fate […]

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Thaçi: No one with provincial mentality can hold Kosovo’s future hostage (kallxo.com)

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The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, said today after visiting the memorial of the missing persons in Pristina that no one has the right to keep the European future of Kosovo hostage based on any kind of provincial logic. Therefore I believe and strongly hope that things will move in the right direction,” Thaçi said. […]

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Vetevendosje: Weapons seized not related to recent explosions (media)

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Vetevendosje leader, Visar Ymeri, told a press conference in Pristina today that the Vetevendosje activists, who were arrested by police today over their alleged participation in a bomb attack on the Kosovo Assembly on August 4, are innocent and that the weapons seized during the raids today have nothing to do with the bomb attack. […]

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Assembly President Veseli meets Quint ambassadors (media)

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Most media report that Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, hosted today a meeting with ambassadors of the Quint countries and discussed the recent political developments in Kosovo. Veseli thanked the ambassadors for the continuous support that their countries are giving to the people and institutions of the Republic of Kosovo. “During the meeting with the […]

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Special Prosecution files indictment against Lutfi Haziri (Lajmi.net)

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The Special Prosecution of Kosovo has filed indictment for Lutfi Haziri, mayor of Gjilan. According to the indictment, Haziri is suspected to have abused with his official authority and to have exceeded his competencies, with the intention of profiting for himself and other individuals, by violating the rights of the other participants at public auctions. […]

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EULEX fired Serbs who do not speak Albanian?! (media)

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Kosovo Serbs employed at the headquarters of the EULEX mission in Pristina accused the mission of discrimination on ethnic and linguistic grounds due to the announcement on non-extension of their contracts, because they do not understand or do not speak fluent Albanian. As stated in the announcement of their legal representative, Axel Reiter, “it is […]

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AAK: We expect further details from the police regarding the arrests of Vetëvendosje activists (Lajmi.net)

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Kosovo Police arrested today six Vetëvendosje activists for possessing arms in their houses. The Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK,) Muharrem Nitaj said that they do not possess information on what happened and added that it is very difficult for them to make an assessment regarding the arrests. “First of all, […]

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Jevtić: We have to work together to resolve the problem of missing persons (TV Most)

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Serbian and Albanian sides have to work on resolving the problem of missing persons, said Minister for Communities and Return in the provincial government, Dalibor Jevtić, on the occasion of the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Jevtić said that there is still big number of unresolved cases of missing persons and that war […]

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Protests in Gračanica on the occasion of the International Day of Disappeared (TV Most)

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The International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances will be marked in Gračanica downtown today, at 11:00 in organization of the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo and Metohija. Association communicated that they will repeat their message to Kosovo authorities and the international community that almost nothing has been done in […]

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