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Belgrade Media Report 02 November 2017

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 2 November 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic concerned over treatment of Serb prisoners in The Hague (RTS)
• Vucic-Brammetz meeting (RTS)
• Selakovic: Bitter taste remains behind the ICTY (RTS)
• Serbia consistently against politicization of UNESCO (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: Second and third round table on Kosovo in November (RTV)
• Tadic on internal dialogue (FoNet)
• Radeta: I would be the happiest person if Serbia would not join the EU over me (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS Assembly Collegium to decide about request to organize special session dedicated to suspension of decision to organize referendum on B&H judiciary (RTRS)
• Zvizdic: Signing of Protocol on cooperation between Croatia and RS represents very unpleasant surprise (N1)
• Radoncic: We will not be following Turkish-Russian path (Dnevni avaz)
• Mladic’s lawyers ask ICTY to postpone handing down ruling in Mladic’s case (BHT1)
Montenegro
• Doris Pack wants to reconcile opposition? (Pobjeda)
• Political asylum to Nikic (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Future cooperation in gov’t coalition to be discussed in coming days, says PM Zaev (MIA)
Albania
• Rama presents 12 new prefects (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Vucic’s Fears For Belgrade ‘Pushing Serbia Into Elections’ (BIRN)

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Đurić: Second and third roundtables on Kosovo in November (Radio Mitrovica)

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“Internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija aims to hear and take into account the opinion of all citizens of Serbia, and the first round table gathered more than 40 law professors and deans of all law faculties in Serbia, from whom we were able to hear very creative ideas” Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, […]

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“Vucic and majority in his party disagree on elections” (RTS, B92, Blic)

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Ruling SNS party leader and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic “does not share the majority opinion in the SNS on (early parliamentary) elections.” This is what SNS official and Serbian Presidency’s Secretary General, Nikola Selakovic has told RTS. According to Selakovic, Vucic will “think hard” and then present his stance on the issue “in ten days […]

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Lajmi: Turkey pressures Kosovo into extraditing terror suspect  

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News website Lajmi reports that the Turkish Ambassador to Kosovo, Kıvılcım Kılıç, in a statement to the media said that the arrest of the Turkish national, Ugur Toksoy, by Kosovo authorities in Prizren came as a result of an arrest warrant issued by a court in Hatay, Turkey and that Toksoy is charged for being […]

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Haradinaj: We should be committed to fighting terrorism (Lajmi.net)

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Kosovo’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, has organized a round table on “Combating violent extremism and radicalism which lead to terrorism.” The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj who is participating at this round table said combating violent extremism is priority of the government. “We should be determined on preventing any spreading that leads to terrorism. […]

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AAK’s Isufi: Complete transparency on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Klan Kosova)

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Ahmet Isufi, MP from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said that Kosovo should have asked for Serbia’s recognition and compensation of war damages as preconditions for normalization of relations. He said the dialogue process has so far not been transparent and needs to change its format so that there is accountability for […]

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Pacolli: No information on withdrawal of recognition by Suriname (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behgjet Pacolli, said that diplomatic representations have not received any official information on withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo by Suriname. He however did not exclude this possibility. “So far, we do not have any sign that this state has withdrawn its recognition, which is […]

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Jovanovic: Even America withdrew recognitions (Dnevnik)

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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Head of the Mission of Yugoslavia in UN, Vladislav Jovanovic commenting on the decision of Suriname to revoke recognition of Kosovo, said that even America withdrew recognitions in the past, Dnevnik daily reported. “Mister Pacoli, even America withdrew recognitions,” Jovanovic said. “Let me […]

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Serious and open talks on Kosovo, without politicians as main stakeholders (Tanjug, Blic)

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Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic said today that an internal dialogue on Kosovo would continue this month and rejected criticism that the dialogue is staged, adding these are the first serious and open talks on Kosovo, without politicians being main stakeholders, Serbian media reported. He said the dialogue would continue and it […]

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Antic: “Internal dialogue” in order not to have dialogue (BETA, B92)

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Member of People’s Party Political Board and historian, Cedomir Antic said that the so-called internal dialogue on Kosovo issue was launched in order not to have a real dialogue, Serbian media reported. Antic also added, that the government is trying to talk now when it has accepted the integration of the north of Kosovo under […]

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Ljubozda: Graffiti against Serbs written (KIM Radio)

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Insulting graffiti were written on Sunday on the wall of the house, accommodating Serbs who have returned to their place of origin, in the village of Ljubozda, nearby Istok, KIM Radio reported. Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic expressed concern over the incident and requested responsible bodies to provide better protection of Serb returnees, […]

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Despite Kosovo Serb reservations, President Thaci says no one can veto the army (Prishtina Insight)

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Discussing the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an army with civil society activists, Kosovo President remained resolute on the initiative. “Regardless of how the process of transforming the Kosovo Security Forces to the Kosovo Armed Forces happens, whether through legal or constitutional changes, it is a legal and constitutional process that cannot be […]

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