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Belgrade Media Report 22 February

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LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic on EU and Kosovo (RTS)
• Ivanovic placed under house arrest (RTS)
• Djuric: Serbia requests immediate and complete acquittal of Oliver Ivanovic (RTS/Tanjug)
• Drecun: Evidence against Ivanovic slim, court’s decision reasonable (Tanjug)
• Serbian parliamentary Committee adopts report of Office for Kosovo and Metohija (Politika/Danas/FoNet)
• Miscevic: Bad moment in relations with Croatia has no impact (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM’s session scheduled for Tuesday postponed due to unfavorable conditions caused by the decision to launch revision of B&H’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia (Hayat)
• Dodik and Ivantsov discuss revision in case B&H vs. Serbia (RTRS)
• Ivanic, Crnadak respectively send letter to ICJ (BN TV)
• HDZ 1990’s Cvitanovic on issue of revision (TV1)
• US Embassy to B&H calls on leaders in B&H to turn to future and work on implementation of reforms (Oslobodjenje)
• EUD calls on politicians in B&H to make sure there is agreement of competent institutions on further steps re case B&H vs. Serbia (N1)
fYROM
• Court in Kumanovo rejects wiretapping charges against Zaev (MIA)
• Brussels will not comment on the platform of Albanian parties (META)
• Zaev meets Ahmeti (META)
• Poposki: It’s difficult to say whether we will go to new elections, or form a government (MIA)
Albania
• No negotiations, elections only with a caretaker government (ADN)
• Rama accuses DP for helping criminals and blocking vetting (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• All aboard reckless bandwagon blaming Russian subversion (RT)
• Albania in Berlin Process: From Berlin to Trieste (European Western Balkans)

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Elections in Serbia “block” the dialogue (media)

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Authorities in Kosovo consider that there are great chances that the Presidential elections in Serbia this spring would affect not only Kosovo Serbs but also the process of the political dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Officials of the government of Kosovo claim that election campaigns and incentive statements in Serbia “always affected Kosovo.” The Minister […]

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Tahiri: Situation in the north prevented implementation of justice agreement (Klan Kosova)

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Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said at the meeting of the Assembly’s commission for legislation that recent tensions in the north have prevented implementation of justice agreement that was supposed to begin on 10 January.  Tahiri said all preparation for the agreement’s implementation are in place and that integration of Serb judges and prosecutors […]

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Hoxhaj: Serbia’s goal is not EU but domination of region (Koha)

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Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj said in an interview to Croatian news agency Hina that Serbia’s goal is not to join the European Union but rather to dominate south-east Europe through tensions with neighbouring countries. “Serbia wants to create a sphere of influence in the region in the Russian style by demonstrating its role and […]

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House arrest for Oliver Ivanović (Kontakt plus radio)

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International judge panel of the Basic Court in Mitrovica today ordered the house arrest for the leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović. Lawyer Nebojša Vlajić told reporters that the judge, president of EULEX panel of judges, made a decision on the abolishment of the prison custody and ordered house arrest for Ivanović.  

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Documentary Accuses Serbian Army Chief of Kosovo Crimes (Balkan Insight)

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Belgrade’s Humanitarian Law Centre released a documentary accusing the head of the Serbian Army, Ljubisa Dikovic, of involvement in war crimes in Kosovo and cover-up operations to hide the bodies. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hlc-documentary-alleges-serbian-army-chief-for-kosovo-war-crimes-02-21-2017

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Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija: The report adopted with criticism of the opposition (KIM radio)

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The Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija adopted yesterday a report on the work of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija for 2016, members of the committee from the ranks of the opposition had objections due to Đurić’s absence from the session. The report was submitted by the Deputy Director Dušan […]

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Amnesty International: Kosovo and Serbia did not cooperate in finding people who have gone missing (Independent Balkan News Agency)

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According to Amnesty International, human rights around the world are at risk due to politicians who use “toxic and inhumane” rhetoric against ethnic or religious minorities, with the scope of strengthening their position in power. In the annual report called “Situation of Human Rights in the World”, this organization says that over 1600 people remain […]

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Today decision on Ivanović’s custody (KIM radio, TV Most, Danas, RTS)

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Basic Court in Mitrovica today will consider a defense motion for the release of the Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanović after the decision of the Court of Appeal to repeat the trial. A decision will be made without the presence of the public.  

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Balkans Struggling on Human Rights: Amnesty Report (Balkan Insight)

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All the Balkan countries are continuing to struggle with human rights issues, including dealing with war crimes and protecting refugees, says a new report by Amnesty International. The latest global report published by international campaign group Amnesty International on Wednesday said that all the Balkan countries continued to struggle with human rights protection in 2015. […]

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Veseli: Kosovo enjoys the U.S. support (media)

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The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, received today the official photo from his meeting a week ago with the U.S President, Donald Trump in Washington. After receiving the photo, Veseli took to Facebook to tell that Trump has given support to Kosovo. “Dear friends, I have just received the official picture from […]

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Memorial honoring Slovak soldiers desecrated in Pristina (B92, Kossev)

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Unknown persons have damaged a memorial plaque in Pristina dedicated to Slovak KFOR soldiers who died in a plane crash in 2006. The Kosovo police announced this on Tuesday. The police said they launched an investigation after receiving a report that the memorial, installed last year in a park in Pristina by Slovak representatives in […]

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