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Belgrade Media Report 17 July

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LOCAL PRESS

• Further improvement of overall cooperation with China (RTS/Tanjug)
• Zhang, Gojkovic on deepening Serbia-China cooperation (Beta)
• Vucic: Talks about Belgrade-Pristina, Serbian-Russian relations in US (Beta)
• Mihajlovic: Serbia is too small for any imbalance with great powers (Tanjug/RTS/B92)
• Stefanovic: Almost 50 Serbian citizens left country to join Daesh (TV Pink)
• Svilanovic: Brussels looking for a solution for Kosovo, also acceptable for us (Blic)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic takes over chairmanship in B&H Presidency (BNTV/Fena/TV1)
• Dodik’s statements regarding the return of Bosniaks to Podrinje spark reactions (FTV)
• Dodik: Inzko is passionate mercenary who does not deserve to be commented (Srna)
• Izetbegovic: I have addressed OHR, PIC and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H demanding from them to sanction behavior of RS President Dodik (Klix.ba)
• Reduce Russian influence in Balkans with millions of Dollars (Dnevni avaz)
• Anniversary of attempted coup in Turkey marked in B&H (Hayat)
Croatia
• Tensions between Croatia and Serbia to rise again? (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Boskovic: Army of Montenegro will not fight either Serbians or Albanians in Kosovo (Mina)
fYROM
• Zaev will present MPs the agreement with Bulgaria for an insight behind a closed session (MIA)
• Dimovski: We will vote for the declaration, but not for the conclusions from the “3-6-9” plan (Meta)
• VMRO-DPMNE: We are waiting for Zaev to bring Macedonia into the EU and NATO (Meta)
• Kotzias: The new government has toned down the rhetoric but basically nothing has changed (Meta)
Albania
• Rama: Creating a common regional market, an essentially European project (ADN)
• Rama: “New Yugoslavia” idea, biggest lie (ADN)
• Albania-Serbia, No more Taboos (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Beijing’s Balkan backdoor (Politico)

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Apostolova meets leaders of Alternativa (Klan Kosova)

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Head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Natalyia Apostolova met with the leader of Alternativa, Mimoza Kusari Lila and deputy leader, Ilir Deda. They discussed the current situation in Kosovo, as well as necessity of the creation of credible institutions that would govern Kosovo. Alternativa leaders informed Apostolova about their positions as Kosovo Assembly […]

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“Haradinaj is not discussing numbers, but a broader governing base” (Lajmi)

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“Coalition PAN and their nominee for Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, are in the phase of discussions with eventual partners, not because of the numbers but for creation of broader based political governance,” said the spokesperson of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Muharrem Nitaj. According to him the President of Kosovo is expected to […]

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Svilanovic: No need to be afraid of dialogue (Blic, KIM Radio)

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Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Goran Svilanovic thinks that the Belgrade-Pristina relation is one of the biggest political issues in a negotiation process with the EU, but neither Serbs nor Albanians should be afraid of dialogue, Blic daily reported. “It is true that the Belgrade-Pristina relation is one of the biggest political issues […]

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EU reaffirms: Kosovo has to meet two more visa liberalisation criteria (EO)

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Ekonomia Online news website quoted European Commission spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic, as reiterating that Kosovo needs to implement two more conditions before being granted visa liberalisation: continue fight against high-level corruption and organised crime and conclude border demarcation with Montenegro. Kocijancic recalled that in a February meeting with President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, European Commission President […]

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President Thaci has not yet set date for Assembly session (RFE)

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Ardian Arifaj, advisor to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, said the date for the constitutive session of Kosovo Assembly has not been set yet. “Decision on when to hold constitutive session has not been taken yet. We will inform you whenever the decision is taken”, Arifaj said.

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Mustafa: Serbia’s damages in Kosovo estimated at over USD 20 billion (Kallxo)

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Economy professor and former MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Muhamet Mustafa, said that damage Serbia has caused to Kosovo from 1990 to 1999 reaches a figure of over USD 20 billion. Mustafa, who led economy experts group at the Kosovo status talks in Vienna, said Kosovo agreed to pay off its external […]

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Confiscated 918 health cards returned to central Serbia (RTV Puls, KIM Radio, KosSev, Kontakt plus radio)

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Health cards of 918 insured persons within the health system of the Republic of Serbia, living in Gjilan/Gnjilane region, confiscated by the Kosovo police on 3 July 2017 at crossing point “Bela Zemlja” were returned to the director of the Republic Health Insurance Fund Branch for Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality, Jovica Antic, RTV Puls and other Serbian […]

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Assembly of Srpska Lista: Goran Rakic became president (Novosti, KosSev)

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Assembly of Srpska Lista: Goran Rakic became president (Novosti, KosSev) As announced by Srpska Lista, they will today elect new leadership and parties bodies, Novosti daily reported. The session starts at midday. Referring to its sources, daily further reports that Goran Rakic, current mayor of Mitrovica/Mitrovice North municipality would become the new Chair of the […]

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Kosovo Serbs MPs Mull Likely Partners in Parliament (Balkan Insight)

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As Kosovo’s political parties jostle for the right to form the next government, the country’s ethnic Serbian MPS have yet to decide which coalition or party to support. http://bit.ly/2uukfN2  

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“One of most radical Islamic State women comes from Kosovo” (Sputnik, B92)

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A total of 44 women from Kosovo are in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, while 60 come from Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is according to an article published by Sputnik, quoting data from the Kosovo Center for Security Studies. The best known Albanian woman from Kosovo that has joined the terrorist group is […]

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OSCE Broadcast 16 July

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• Lekaj: Government to be formed soon (TV21, Klan Kosova)
• President Thaçi prolongs constitutive Assembly session (Klan Kosova)
• Kryeziu: Mustafa, Kurti, and Haradinaj failed to take PDK to opposition (Klan Kosova)
• Illegal weapon possession remains concerning (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• War raped women still without institutional support (TV21)

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