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Belgrade Media Report 02 October

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Daily Media Highlights

Monday 2 October 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Europe, how come Catalonia cannot, but Kosovo can? (B92/Tanjug)
• Brnabic: Serbia respects Spain’s sovereignty (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia supports Spain’s integrity (Beta)
• Dacic, Lavrov: Serbia, Russia relations on the rise (RTS/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Referendum on Court and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H or on status of RS are not issues that should be given up on (RTRS)
• Cubrilovic: No request for discussions on referendum or resolution on military neutrality in RS Assembly have been submitted (TV1)
• Opposition parties are preparing law on RS President that would allow his recall (EuroBlic)
• Dodik: This period is one of best periods of cooperation between RS and Serbia (RTRS)
• Members of UK House of Lords meet representatives of B&H parliament and the RS representatives (TV1)
Croatia
• Serbia honors officer who tried to blow up Croatian town (Vecernji list)
• Vulin in Sibenik: In every war there are as many truths as there are sides (HRT)
• PM Plenkovic and Angela Merkel discuss border dispute with Slovenia (Jutarnji list)
• Preparations for Cerar’s visit to Zagreb to resume (HRT)
Montenegro
• Markovic: Opposition meeting disappointing (CDM)
• DF planning the return to parliament (Pobjeda)
• Pence: Kosovo to ratify agreement with Montenegro (RTCG)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo President: US Will Be Directly Involved in Final Kosovo-Serbia Deal (VOA)
• Serbia’s Media Stage Blackout Over Pressure on Free Press (AP)
• Russian Ambassador Ivantsov: attempts to drag B&H into NATO become more energetic in spite objection of half of country (Sputnik)

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Urgent consultations convened due to the EC announcement on Kosovo and Catalonia (Večernje Novosti, Blic, B92, Tanjug)

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After the Catalan referendum and the European Commission’s position that this referendum is illegal, it is probably clear how difficult it is to safeguard the independence of Serbia, says President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, daily Večernje Novosti writes. President Vučić called on Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, all members of the government, as well as representatives […]

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Vague prospects for border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro (European Western Balkans)

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One of the first issues on the agenda of the new Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, was the resolution of the territorial dispute with Montenegro. However, the prospects for the resolution of the issue remain unclear as both the PM and the new Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, contrary to Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srđan Darmanović, according […]

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Serbia supports Spain’s territorial integrity – FM (Tanjug, B92)

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Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday that Serbia firmly supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Spain, as well as its unity. He added that Spain is one of Serbia’s greatest friends. “I would ask all political factors not to play with this issue,” Dacic said after the opening of an exhibition marking 70 […]

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Kocijancic: Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations, obligatory (Koha)

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The European Commission Spokesperson,  Maja Kociajncic, said that at the end of the discussions for Serbia’s membership at the European Union, Belgrade and Pristina should completely normalize their relations. This normalization should be described in a binding agreement between the parties. “Recognition of Kosovo’s independence is not mentioned in our negotiating framework,” Kocijancic said. She […]

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Haradinaj: More work required on the missing persons (Koha)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, held today a meeting with the Government Committee for the Missing Persons and Kosovo organisations that deal with the issue of the missing persons. Haradinaj said that the intention of the meeting is unification of all individuals who are involved on the issue of the missing persons, in […]

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EC: Catalonia and Kosovo are not comparable, Spain is in EU (Tanjug, B92)

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The European Commission (EC), that declared the referendum in Catalonia as anti-constitutional, claims that the case of the Spanish province and Kosovo “are not comparable,” Serbian media reported today. The EC further elaborated on its stance by saying “Spain is a member state of the EU”. “When it comes to the recognition of Kosovo, it […]

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“Anti-Russian hysteria in West; Serbia under huge pressure” (Tanjug, Beta, B92)

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No decision has as yet been made on diplomatic immunity for the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center (RSHC) in Serbia’s southern town of Nis. Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this in Moscow on Friday, and added that Serbia was under huge pressure over the issue but that it would decide in line […]

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Catalan Clashes Expose Usual Splits in Balkans (Balkan Insight)

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The heavy-handed attempts of the Spanish police to stop a Catalan referendum on independence on Sunday from taking place exposed predictable divisions in the Balkans. While some politicians who support regional autonomy in the Balkans have come out in support of the Catalan referendum, most national governments – wary of separatism in their own countries […]

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“Pristina’s dirty game: They prepare offensive on UNESCO, this country should play crucial role” (Blic)

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Kosovo authorities want through “back door” to push voting for the Kosovo’s accession to UNESCO, during the forthcoming General Assembly conference taking place at the end of October, Blic daily learned, while Albania would try to put the Kosovo issue on the organisation’s agenda. Blic further reports, although some Kosovo officials said there would be […]

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Families of victims from Kosovo want “March of Truth and Justice” until “Yellow house” (SRNA, Kontakt plus radio)

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Association of Families of Kidnapped and Murdered Persons in Kosovo requested from KFOR and EULEX to enable them security during “March of Truth and Justice” from Merdare crossing point to the “Yellow house” in Albania, where kidnapped Serbs from Kosovo were murdered, Serbian media reported. Its press statement further said this was relation where their […]

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No conditions for the integration of Serbian judges in Kosovo (Politika)

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The Brussels agreement on the judiciary most probably will not be applied on October 17, and Acting President of the High Court in northern Mitrovica Nikola Kabašić says there are more obstacles, reported daily Politika on Friday. There is little chance that Serbian judges, prosecutors and judicial staff from northern Kosovo will be fully integrated […]

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