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Belgrade Media Report 27 September

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• First day of dialogue in Brussels ends (RTS/Tanjug)
• Majstorovic: Three chapters to be opened by end of year (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: We promised Constitution amendment and this is a clear plan (Radio Belgrade)
• Nikolic: Bakir must explain why he likened Dodik to Gaddafi (Vecernje Novosti)
• Dacic meets with Albanian ambassador (Beta)
• Jeremic ranks second in latest informal UNSC straw poll (B92)
• Serbia seeks to boost defense cooperation with Iran (B92)
• Chepurin: Medvedev coming to Serbia, date unknown (Tanjug)
• “Solidarity for Kosovo” renovating Serbian schools (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Prosecutor’s Office calls Dodik to give statement in capacity of suspect in ‘Referendum’ case (TV1/RTRS/Nezavisne)
• Preliminary results of RS’ referendum published (RTRS)
• RS opposition: Referendum voter turnout would be insufficient without support of opposition (BN TV)
• SDA: RS Day referendum is illegal and illegitimate, RS artificially increased turnout (Oslobodjenje)
• HR Inzko: RS has chosen wrong path (Dnevni avaz)
• Wigemark: We are ready to react if threat to security and peace in B&H emerges at any moment (Dnevni avaz)
• HDZ and Bridge close to hammering out deal (Hina)
• Croatia considers RS referendum unacceptable (Hina)
• Croatia, Russia underline imperative of B&H’s survival (Hina)
• No boycott: Every entity which submitted candidates list must run in the elections (CDM)
• Imported Protesters: Colorful Revolution Protest for SPO with Little Support (Telegraf.mk)
• SDSM leader is using ‘Colorful Revolution’ protests to pave way for another election postponement (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Deal-making and dirty tricks: inside the race for UN secretary general (The Guardian, by Julian Borger, 26 September 2016)

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Government determined not to delay re-proceeding of demarcation (Telegrafi))

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Faton Abdullahu, spokesperson of the government of Kosovo, told Telegrafi that re-proceeding of the demarcation at the Assembly will not be delayed. “The Prime Minister Mustafa has just returned from New York, where he stayed for a week. He had many constructive and beneficial meetings including the one with President Obama. The priority of Prime […]

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Migrants to use a new route – through Kosovo (Vesti)

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If the situation deteriorates in Syria, Afghanistan, and if Turkey decides, depending on the outcome of negotiations with the European Union, to direct refugees to Europe, which are stationed in this country, in late October, Serbia could face a new big wave of migrants that would arrive through so far little used route – through […]

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Analyst: Temple of Christ the Saviour could be restored if Teodosije and Stojanović would seek the restoration of the Ibar mosque (Kossev, Slobodno Srpski)

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Political analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu says that the question of the Temple of the Christ the Saviour in Pristina could been resolved if the Bishop of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren Teodosije and Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović would seek the restoration of the mosque in North Mitrovica, which is located next to the main […]

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Hand grenade found near Kosovo Pension Administration building (media)

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Kosovo Police announced today that a hand grenade was found near the offices of the Kosovo Pension Administration in Pristina. Media report that Kosovo Police Demining Unit has removed the grenade and now are searching whether there are any other explosive devices in the area. The Pension Administration employees were evacuated from their offices.

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Hodges: KSF needs parliament’s support for transformation (Klan Kosova)

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US Army Commander for Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges said in Pristina after visiting the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) that he is hopeful about Kosovo’s future from what he saw at the KSF premises. “In the US, the army is the institution that brings people together and helps in the future development of their talent […]

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Kosovo Prosecution Admits Not Investigating Village Killings (Balkan Insight)

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Kosovo’s Special Prosecution has admitted that it is not investigating the killings and disappearances of Albanians and Serbs in the village of Mushtisht/Mustiste during and after the war in 1999. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-prosecution-admits-not-investigating-village-killings-09-27-2016

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Tahiri: Mitrovica mosque property fully protected (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said in an interview that the European Union has made it clear that the telecom agreement needs to be implemented the way the parties agreed to earlier in Brussels. However, she admitted that there are still some issues that have to be “finalized”, particularly that pertaining to dialing code […]

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Balkans marks improvement in economic growth (Koha/WBO)

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Growth in Kosovo is projected at 3.6 percent in 2016, down slightly from 3.9 percent in 2015, and is forecasted to reach 3.7 percent by 2018, according to the latest Southeast Europe Regular Economic Report (SEERER), launched today in Brussels. Fiscal adjustment measures, such as tax reforms and the fight against informality, continued to boost […]

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Delawie: We are strengthening Kosovo on the war against corruption (Lajmi.net)

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The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, and the Ambassador of the United States of America in Kosovo Greg Delawie, signed today amendment of the bilateral agreement on the Development Objective Agreement Grant (DOAG) . The agreement includes determination of the U.S. government to help Kosovo institutions attain reforms which would push Kosovo’s development forward. Ambassador Delawie […]

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The Latest: Kosovo blames other nations for radicalization (Washington Post))

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 UNITED NATIONS — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Kosovo’s foreign minister says that other nations have exported violent extremism to his country, which has seen a greater percentage of its citizens fight for the Islamic State group than any nation in Europe. Authorities say that about […]

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Cooperation with Albania on infrastructure projects (B92)

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Relations between Serbia and Albania “are going in the right direction.” This is what Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Albanian Ambassador to Serbia Ilir Bocka said when they met in Belgrade on Monday. The two officials said this was evidenced by the upcoming activities of the two […]

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