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Nothing from request to UNESCO (Novosti)

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Pristina took no formal steps to submit its request for UNESCO membership before this UN organization, Novosti daily reported referring to “diplomatic cycles.” The UNESCO General Assembly conference takes place in November, and one month prior to it, a session is hold where decisions on whether to forward requests to the General Assembly or not […]

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Munter: “Mutual recognition of states” would help internal dialogue on Kosovo (Tanjug, Blic)

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Former USA Ambassador to Serbia, Cameron Munter and the President of the East-West Institute, stated to Tanjug news agency that the initiation of an internal dialogue on Kosovo is an excellent initiative and expressed hope it would be successful. “This is a very welcome decision. I think Serbia and Kosovo are ready to talk about […]

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Seselj: Vucic could be thinking of sharing Nobel Prize with Thaci (BETA, B92)

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Leader of the opposition Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj said President Aleksandar Vucic’s idea to launch “internal dialogue on Kosovo” is “pure stupidity,” Serbian media reported. I’m done with the dialogue on Kosovo. What’s there to have a dialogue about anymore,” Seselj told Beta. He added that Belgrade should leave the EU-sponsored Kosovo negotiations […]

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Albania’s premier urges Serbia to recognize breakaway Kosovo (The Washington Post)

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Albania’s prime minister is urging Serbia to recognize Kosovo as a separate country, saying the acknowledgement would help stabilize the Balkan region. Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday that Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence was “the clear solution from the darkness of the tunnel to the light of coming out of […]

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Oliver Ivanovic: Good idea, but Djindjic, Kostunica, Tadic already had it (Tanjug, B92)

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Leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic thinks President Aleksandar Vucic’s idea to “restore the dialogue on Kosovo” is “good.” Ivanovic stated that this was “the most important issue for all Serbs, no matter where they live.” “Engaging in forming a common stance that would survive an election cycle would […]

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UNMIK Headlines 26 July

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• Election of Assembly President could block entire process (Koha)
• Veseli: Candidate for Assembly President to be known on 3 August (Epoka)
• Mustafa: LDK MPs would not vote Kadri Veseli (Zeri)
• Stavileci: Mustafa should not pressure MPs (RTK)
• Haliti: Veseli will be elected during first round of voting (Zeri)
• Kurti: I have support of Ambassadors for new government (Zeri)
• Rakic: Serbian List will consult Belgrade (Kosova Sot)
• Surroi: And now seriously? (Koha)
• Janjic: Vucic’s call for dialogue is manipulation (Koha)
• Thaci: July 25, the day of Kosovo’s unification (media)
• Surroi “no comment” on possible appointment as Albanian FM (Koha)
• “Expectations for Kosovo’s membership at INTERPOL are realistic” (Zeri)
• Serbs keep usurped 29 PAK properties in the north (Zeri)

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Serbia ‘Staged Unfair Trials of Kosovo Albanians’: Report (Balkan Insight)

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Serbian courts staged almost 2,000 unfair trials of Kosovo Albanians from 1998 to 2000, violating their rights and using discredited techniques to convict them, claimed a report by the Humanitarian Law Centre. Serbian courts unfairly tried 1,874 Kosovo Albanians from 1998 to 2000, many of them being defendants who were transferred to prisons in Serbia […]

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