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UNMIK Headlines 30 March

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• Thaci: U.S. will always remain Kosovo’s key strategic partner (Koha)
• Yee asks Kosovo authorities to withdraw law on KSF (RTK)
• Delawie: Kosovo army will be formed through constitutional changes (media)
• Opposition wants new platform for dialogue (Koha)
• New poll puts PDK first, AAK and LDK follow behind (RTK/Telegrafi)
• AAK: If Haradinaj is not released, there won’t be any stability (Epoka e Re)
• Gashi: Special court indictments will be filed very soon (Kosova Sot)
• Canak: Kosovo is not part of Serbia (Zeri)

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SRSG Tanin Stresses Respect for Freedom of Movement and Right to Assembly

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29 March 2017, 16:30, Pristina – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, has closely followed today’s developments in Kosovo with concern, in particular reports that freedom of movement and association were prevented in some places. He reminds all of the fundamental rights to assemble, to express opinions, and to vote in an open and […]

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Belgrade Media Report 29 March

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LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic not to visit Kosovo due to conditioning of Kosovo (RTS)
• Roads towards Leposavic blocked (RTS/Beta)
• Djuric: Blockades – attack on freedom of movement of Serbs (Tanjug/RTS)
• Kocijancic: Authorities in Kosovo to ensure conditions for people to attend meetings ahead of Serbian presidential elections (Tanjug)
• RIK appoints members of electoral boards (RTS/Tanjug)
• Popovic: Talks on Kosovo must be returned to UN (Tanjug)
• Canak: Vucic cannot count on our votes (Tanjug)
• BIRODI: In prime time news Vucic given 250 minutes more than all other candidates together (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM passes amendments to Law on Excise Duties (TV1)
• Declaration on Protection of General Framework Agreement for Peace in B&H and Accelerated Path to EU sparks heated discussion in RS Assembly (BN TV)
• Dodik condemns Declaration on Protection of General Framework Agreement for Peace in B&H (RTRS)
• Prosecutor’s Office investigates Softic (Dnevni avaz)
• Interdepartmental Task Force for Amendments to Election Law of B&H holds session (BHT1)
• EUFOR warns politicians in B&H: If needed, we are prepared to intervene (Nezavisne)
• Covic met with Head of the EU Delegation to B&H Wigemark (Nezavisne)
fYROM
• VMRO-DPMNE and DUI with counter-arguments regarding the Law on Languages at Parliament (Meta)
• VMRO-DPMNE proposed a “Signpost” or a specific agreement between the parties for solving the crisis (Meta)
• MEP Fleckenstein: EU to offer democratic measures as initial attempt for resolving Macedonia’s political crisis (MIA)
Albania
• SMI: Elections cannot be developed without opposition (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• US Senate backs Montenegro’s membership of NATO (EurActiv/Reuters)
• BiEPAG in EP: The Crisis of Democracy in the Western Balkans – Authoritarianism and EU Stabilitocracy (European Parliament TV)
• Albania heads for potentially the worst political crisis in 20 years political crisis as Democrats threaten election boycott (IntelliNews)

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Dačić: And today provocations (RTS)

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Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić says that Belgrade is trying to be constructive, but that Pristina constantly provokes, as it happened today with preventing people to go to the pre-election rally, and setting up the barricades. “What is this for?” asked Dačić at a news conference, adding that the elections in Kosovo are organized with the […]

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Provincial board of SPS harshly condemns the roadblocks (TV Most)

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Provincial Board of the Socialist Party of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija harshly condemned the roadblocks placed against those who were en route to Leposavić/Leposaviq. According to the statement, all of the roads south of the Ibar River are blocked by the provisional institutions of Kosovo and Kosovo Police Service in order to prevent the […]

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Kosovo Police issues statement about roadblock in Istog/Istok village (Koha)

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The Kosovo Police, regional directorate in Peje/Pec, said in a statement that around 25 persons and three vehicles gathered this morning at the village of Padalishte/Padaliste, Istog/Istok municipality to protest against the visit of a Serb delegation to Kosovo. “These persons blocked the road by preventing car traffic. At the same time, these persons carried Kosovo and […]

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Đurić: Roadblocks in Kosovo an attack on the freedom of movement of Serbs (Kontakt plus radio)

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Vice President of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Director of the Office for KiM Marko Đurić says that the barricades, placed this morning throughout Kosovo, were synchronized and were an organized action, and in fact are an attack on Serbs in Kosovo, their freedom of movement, and their right to elect. Đurić says that […]

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Police denies that buses were stoned in the village Labljane (KIM radio)

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Kosovo police spokesman for the region of Gnjilane/Gjilan Ismet Hashani told RTV KIM that this morning in Labljane no buses with Serbs were stoned. “No it is not true that any bus was stoned in Labljane,” says Hashani. -No, it is not true that any bus was stoned in the village Labljane. It is true […]

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Thaci: Blocking of roads in Kosovo is blocking Kosovo’s road to the world

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President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, condemned the blocking of roads in several cities of Kosovo as being unacceptable. “This approach is completely unacceptable because freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom of political thought and the freedom of expression are guaranteed by the Constitution of Kosovo and its laws. These apply to all citizens of […]

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Busses with supporters of SNS stoned and blocked (RTK2, Srna, Blic)

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More than 60 buses carrying Serbs that were going for the SNS rally (organized for the the party’s candidate Aleksandar Vučić in the Serbian presidental elections) were stopped this morning in several places south of the Ibar. As daily Blic reports, the provincial committee of the Serbian Progressive Party reported that about 3 000 people […]

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Rasic: Kosovo Serbs are victims in the dialogue (Klan Kosova)

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Nenad Rasic, Kosovo Assembly MP from the Serbian List, said today that the dialogue with Serbia should not be interrupted, because this would block things even more. “I feel your pain but it is not being done enough by both sides to understand each other. The dialogue process is something that will continue. “ Rasic […]

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Kocijancic: EU regrets cancellation of Serbian officials’ visit to Kosovo (KP)

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European Union foreign policy spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, told Kosovapress that the EU is following the developments in Kosovo regarding the visits of Serbian officials ahead of presidential elections and that it regrets the visits planned within the provisions of the Brussels agreements did not take place. “It is regrettable how recently the visits planned in […]

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