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Belgrade Media Report 14 March

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LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia predictable and stable partner in the region (RTS)
• Drecun: We don’t need a parliamentary debate on Tachi’s requests for Kosovo army formation (B92)
• Dacic: Belgrade will never stop dialogue with Pristina (Beta/B92)
• Vucic, Alfano on stability of the region (RTS)
• KFOR recognizes Kosovo Security Forces only in present form (RTS/Politika/Tanjug)
• Ljubomir Maric joins Office for Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Dveri: Controversial decision of RIK; Kosovo is not abroad (Beta)
• 49,344 representatives who will be distributed to 8,224 polling places (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• NDP files criminal reports against Softic and Izetbegovic (TV1)
• Covic with Dodik; Covic: Situation in B&H must stabilize, Dodik: Bosniaks cannot sideline us (Fena)
• Radoncic: Izetbegovic brutally lied to citizens; coalition with SDA is only technical (Dnevni avaz)
• SDP, DF file motion for removal of leadership of B&H Defense Ministry (Oslobodjenje)
• Interdepartmental Workgroup for amendments to Law on Elections to convene today (Oslobodjenje)
• General elections 2018 could be brought in question (N1)
Croatia
• Croatia notified of class action lawsuit filed by victims of WWII Ustasha regime (Hina/Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Stoltenberg: Attempted coup in Montenegro an argument for NATO membership (MINA)
fYROM
• SDSM urges President Ivanov to grant gov’t mandate without delay (MIA)
• Ivanov: Obstacles for mandate assignment not removed (MIA)
• Organizers say protests For United Macedonia will continue until the Tirana platform is rejected (MIA)
• EP postpones plenary vote on Macedonia’s 2016 progress report (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Democratic Party of Serbia Accuses US, NATO of Subtly Backing Kosovo Army Plans (Sputnik)
• Balkan Politicians Seek to Profit from Macedonia’s Troubles (BIRN)
• The Brief: Brussels’ Balkans balancing act (EurActiv)

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Former Kosovo minister joins Serbia’s Office for Kosovo (B92)

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The Serbian government has appointed Ljubomir Maric as assistant director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug learned from this Office. Maric will deal with issues related to the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo, and with coordination of local self-governments in Kosovo. In the past, Maric, representing the Serb […]

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Thaçi offers his resignation to avoid trial (Sputnik, KIM radio)

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Sputnik says that President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi offered the ”international community” his resignation to avoid the trial before the Court for the KLA crimes, and cites assessment of political analyst from Pristina, Behlul Beqaj who said that this could be one of the three possible options. Sputnik recalls that Thaçi mentioned his resignation at the moment […]

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“Shameful that not all Muslim countries have recognised Kosovo” (Telegrafi)

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President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met today the Secretary General of the World Muslim League, Mohammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa and thanked him for the visit and the support Saudi Arabia has given to Kosovo. Thaci said that Kosovo is grateful for the continuous lobbying on behalf of Kosovo with Muslim countries while his interlocutor […]

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Dacic “advises” Kosovo not to apply for UNESCO (Koha)

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Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, “advises” Kosovo not to apply for UNESCO membership. “The best thing would have been if Kosovo did not apply for membership at the UN Organization for Education, Science and Culture,” Dacic said to his Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, who is visiting Belgrade. Dacic also is quoted as saying […]

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Veliu: Those who seek elections, have personal troubles (Telegrafi)

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Agim Veliu, deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said that Kosovo does not need early elections. According to him, the government should be allowed to fulfill its projects. Veliu did not want to comment the statement of the LDK MP Lirie Kajtazi who said that the governing coalition does not have a […]

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Thaci: Belgrade swallowed easier declaration of independence than creation of Army (Lajmi)

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The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at a panel for transformation of the Kosovo Security Force that works on this matter have been going on for 17 or 18 years now. He also added that Kosovo was very close to this transformation in 2014, adding that at that time, international community also supported the […]

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Interruption of the dialogue a burden for the Kosovo Serbs (RTS)

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Representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo assess that the decision of the Kosovo government to halt the dialogue with Belgrade until Haradinaj’s release represented an attempt to pressure the EU. The Serbs’ representatives have supported all the views of the Council for the National Security, and reiterate they would continue the policy in line with […]

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Brussels’ Balkan approach: Little carrot, broken stick (EurActiv)

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Shpend Ahmeti, mayor of Pristina and member of Vetevendosje general council, writes in an opinion piece for EurActiv that the people of Kosovo are losing patience with EU and are accusing it of prioritising Serbian accession over their own sovereignty. “The question is raised whether the EU still has something to offer to the Western […]

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Vučić: US is not against the army of Kosovo but thinks it is not the moment (Večernje Novosti)

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Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić says for TV Happy that he does not think that US today is directly against the formation of the army of Kosovo but they think that the moment was not good. He said that the reaction of the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was different, and that he was […]

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President Thaci sends letter to NATO SG and member states on Kosovo Army (media)

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Most media report that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has sent a letter to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and NATO member states on the eve of the NATO summit, explaining the process of the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF). The summit, among other issues, is also expected to discuss Thaci’s initiative to amend […]

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“Use all political and diplomatic means to ensure stability” (B92)

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The Council for National Security met on on Monday in the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade. Serbia is a stable country and there is no possibility of a significant threat to peace and security of the state, a statement issued by the Presidential Press Service said after the meeting. The session discussed the political and […]

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