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Belgrade Media Report 21 February

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LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic sends telegram of condolences over death of Churkin (RTS/Beta)
• Principled support of Russia in preserving territorial integrity of Serbia (RTS)
• Nikolic gives up on presidential candidacy (RTS/Beta)
• Ljajic: At least two years needed to establish grounds for verdict review (Beta)
• Vladisavljevic: Belgrade responsible, Pristina unprepared for compromise (Tanjug)
• Serbian government offers guarantees for Oliver Ivanovic (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Tachi calls Russia to recognize Kosovo and make it easy on Serbia (B92/RTK/Tanjug)
• Serbia-EU intergovernmental conference scheduled for 27 February (RTS/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SzP concludes there will be no parliamentary majority at state level in case that revision of B&H’s lawsuit against Serbia is launched (BNTV)
• Izetbegovic says SzP behaves like advocate of Milosevic’s reign (FTV)
• Cvijanovic: Revision of lawsuit vs. Serbia illegitimate and private, Izetbegovic is trying to endanger stability (FTV)
• OHR, OSCE express concerns about situation in B&H after announcement of revision of lawsuit vs. Serbia (N1)
Croatia
• Croatia supports Kosovo’s territorial integrity – Grabar-Kitarovic (Hina)
• President wants to recall politically appointed ambassadors (Nova TV)
Montenegro
• Lavrov: We have nothing to do with the coup (RTCG)
• Mandic: Prosecution Office works in favor of DPS (RTCG)
fYROM
• Ahmeti negotiates with Zaev, Sella prepares body for new law on Albanian language (Telegraf.mk)
• Osmani: The official use of the Albanian language is a condition without which we don’t want to negotiate at all (META)
• Baily: USAID isn’t working against the government and new elections don’t guarantee new results (META)
Albania
• Fleckenstein: Opposition always fears the electoral irregularities (AND/Deutsche Welle)
• DP urges SP allies to join opposition’s protest (ADN)
• Italian Ambassador visits opposition tents in boulevard (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Montenegro’s ex-PM accuses Russia of “destructive” politics (Associated Press)
• Macedonia Albanians Squabble Over Joint Platform (BIRN)

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Kosovo Office chief meets with Russian ambassador (B92)

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Marko Djuric has offered his condolences to Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Chepurin over the death of Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin. According to a statement, the head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and the top Russian diplomat in Serbia met in Belgrade on Tuesday. During the meeting, Djuric said that “the Russian Federation and […]

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Fajon requests voting of demarcation, Kadaj-Bujupi objects (Gazeta Metro)

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 In her second day of the visit to Pristina, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on visa liberalisation for Kosovo, Tanja Fajon, continued with her meetings with the Parliament of Kosovo. Fajon met with the Commission for European Integration, to speak about visa liberalization, while the main subject of the discussions was voting of the demarcation of the […]

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Hoxhaj appeals to Bosnia to remove visas for Kosovo (media)

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The Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, said in an interview for the Serbian news portal, N1, that Pristina has good official relations with Sarajevo and that he is a good friend with his Bosnian counterpart. “I think that the matter of non-recognition of Kosovo by Bosnia and Herzegovina is less related to Sarajevo and […]

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Lekaj: Commission for measuring Kosovo territory, Mustafa’s “pawn” (RTK)

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Head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, dismissed the findings of the commission for measuring the territory of Kosovo saying it produced “a filthy result.” Lekaj said the commission was Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s “pawn” and was set up to “legitimize plans for crippling territory of Kosovo.”

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Kozarev: Preserved unity of Serbs in Kosovo (KIM radio)

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Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev said today that they successfully prevented attempts to undermine the political unity of the Serbian people in Kosovo and the coordination of the political representatives of Serbs with the Serbian government. Kozarev said, at the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, presenting the report on […]

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Commission for measuring Kosovo territory concludes border deal with Montenegro is okay (media)

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The Commission for measuring the territory of Kosovo has concluded that the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro is not damaging to Kosovo and that the area of Cakorr belongs to Montenegro not Kosovo as claimed by the opposition. Spokesperson for the commission set up by the Government of Kosovo, Tomor Cela, said that experts […]

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Haxhiu: Ignoring demands of opposition and citizens will produce new tensions (Koha)

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Vetevendosje MP, Albulena Haxhiu, reacted to the findings of the Government’s Commission for measuring the territory of Kosovo saying that Vetevendosje had known all along what the commission’s conclusions would be. Haxhiu said that the way the commission was set up and the way its members were selected were a clear indicator as to what […]

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“Destruction of Palmyra and churches in Kosovo – same thing” (B92)

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The creation of a Kosovo army would represent a new step toward the deepening of regional instability and Serbia expects the UN Security Council to react. This is according to the Serbian Ambassador in Moscow Slavenko Terzic. According to Russian daily Izvestiya, Terzic also remarked that the answer to the question, “who and why needs […]

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Đurović: Pristina has not applied for membership in the Council of Europe (KIM Radio)

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Pristina has not applied for membership in the Council of Europe, said head of the permanent delegation of the Serbian Parliament in the Assembly of the Council of Europe Aleksandra Đurović. Đurović suspects they will bring this decision and said that Pristina authorities have been announcing this for two years. Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi announced […]

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Kosovo’s Mustafa Defies Tear Gas and Resignation Calls (Balkan Insight)

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Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa told BIRN that his government has already survived street protests and tear gas attacks, and will ignore the opposition’s continued calls for early elections. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-mustafa-defies-tear-gas-and-resignation-calls-02-20-2017

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OSCE Broadcast 20 February

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• Thaçi: Kosovo MPs hold visa liberalization key(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Fajon: No visa liberalisation without ratification of demarcation (RTK1)
• Humolli resigns from Government commission on demarcation(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Gashi: Non-ratification of demarcation might produce early election (RTK1)
• Government will not put pressure on Srpska List to return in institutions (KTV)
• Simic and Fajon emphasize the importance of Brussels dialogue (RTK2)
• Ministry of Finance responds to President Thaçi (RTK1&KTV)

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