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Belgrade Media Report 12 October 2017

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 12 October 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: No successful EU integration without regional stability (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Bilateral disputes are region’s problems (Tanjug/FoNet/B92)
• Dacic: Interference of third party unnecessary (Tanjug/RTV)
• Vulin: Serbia conducts balanced defense policy (Tanjug)
• Dikovic completed visit to Serbian peacekeepers in Central African Republic (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik to send letter explaining reasons why Serbs should leave judiciary institutions of B&H (TV1)
• SzP: Credibility of Court and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H irreparably undermined with acquitting verdict to Oric (BNTV)
• Oric’s attorney: Serbia has no legal ground to carry out proceeding against any citizen of B&H, including Oric (Dnevni avaz)
• A committee of the UK Parliament House of Lords session within the inquiry about the UK policy towards the Western Balkans after Brexit (Dnevni avaz)
Montenegro
• These are members of the working group for OSCE’s recommendations (CDM)
• Lekic: Invitation to OSCE proves that country is in a crisis (Dan)
fYROM
• Dimitrov: We shall convince Europe that Macedonia deserves to commence the talks for the EU membership (Meta)
• Szijjarto: Macedonia should start EU, NATO accession talks as soon as possible (MIA)
• Government already focused on reforms in security system (MIA)
Albania
• Albanian President awarded Order of Independence during visit to Kosovo (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Visegrad countries call for EU enlargement in Western Balkans (Xinhua)
• Remarks by EU HR/VP Federica Mogherini following meeting with Ms Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia (EEAS)
• Serbian PM: Kosovo major obstacle in EU talks (euronews)
• Serbia’s Parliament Using Penalties ‘to Silence Opposition’ (BIRN)

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US withdraws from UNESCO citing anti-Israel bias (AP)

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The State Department says the U.S. is pulling out of UNESCO because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and need for “fundamental reform” of the U.N. cultural agenc, reports AP. In a statement, the State Department said it notified UNESCO director Irina Bokova on Thursday of the decision. The U.S. will seek to […]

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Apostolova: Special Court is not related to visa liberalization (Koha)

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Head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Natliya Apostolova, met today with the head of parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Memli Krasniqi and heads of three Assembly committees led by this political party. She said that their presence today shows that they are pledged to help Kosovo in the European path. […]

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Problem with communal services in Gračanica (RTK2)

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RTK2 reports that for more than a week, the Public Utility Company “Komunalac”, which operates within the temporary organ of the Municipal Assembly of Pristina (Serbian system), does not collect garbage from Gračanica. RTK2 says that the Kosovo Inspection for environmental protection has banned the operation of the utility company ”Komunalac”, due to the lack […]

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“Kosovo needs to close visa liberalization chapter as soon as possible”

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The German Ambassador to Kosovo, Christian Heldt, said today that Kosovo needs to close the visa liberalization chapter as soon as possible. “This chapter needs to be closed as soon as possible for the good of the people of Kosovo. Kosovo’s institutions must meet the obligations stemming from this process. There are German investors that […]

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“Huge pressure over Russian Center, we hope to solve issue” (Tanjug, B92)

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Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says the status of the Russian Humanitarian Center in Nis has not yet been “solved” because “huge pressures are being exerted,” Serbian media reported. According to him, more reasons are that the issue has been politicized, and, “we do not want it to become a subject of political disputes.” Speaking […]

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“Haradinaj’s story for internal use” (Tanjug, KIM Radio)

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Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic said to Tanjug that the statements of Kosovo leaders “are intended for internal use” and this is how he sees the latest statement of Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj. Haradinaj earlier stated there is no continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue without involvement of the USA. “I would not […]

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“Progress in dialogue important for pace of accession process” (Tanjug, RTS)

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Chief of the Austrian Diplomacy, Sebastian Kurz said he sees no added value in comparing situation in Catalonia and Kosovo, but dialogue with Pristina should continue as the progress in the dialogue is of high significance for Serbia’s path to the EU, Tanjug news agency reported. Catalonian referendum on independence is an internal matter of […]

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Ahmeti: Change of Kosovo borders, with domino effect (KosovaPress)

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The leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (BDI) in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Ali Ahmeti, told Kosovapress that statements of senior politicians in Serbia to redesign borders of Kosovo, are dangerous and with a domino effect for Western Balkans. He added that these matters should be considered seriously and with a cold […]

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Vesti: Serbian knockout in the Kosovo ring – lower the atmosphere to the level of decency

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Doctor Dragiša Milović says for Vesti portal that he is trying to reduce tension because it is about local elections. He says that he will not deal with the status, or the army of Kosovo, so that someone can accuse them of betraying national interests. Milović told Vesti that unfortunately the ambient created indirectly lead […]

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Ivanovic: Local elections – local topics (Kontakt plus radio)

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Leader of the Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP), Oliver Ivanovic in an interview to Kontakt plus radio spoke about forthcoming local elections in Kosovo, pre-election campaign, but also about internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija, called by the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Speaking about his programme, Ivanovic said that many issues from 2013 […]

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EU delegation in Serbia: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini following the meeting with Ms Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia

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Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia], it is a real pleasure for me to welcome you here in Brussels to the European Union institutions for what is your first official visit outside of the region, and this tells everything about our common agenda. We are really proud to have you here as the Prime Minister […]

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