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Belgrade Media Report 13 December 2017

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 13 December 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, Macron discuss cooperation; Macron confirms visit to Serbia (RTS)
• Dacic in Brussels: Unacceptable enlargement strategy “entire region in single package”; continuation of dialogue with Pristina under EU auspices (RTS/Tanjug/Beta/government website)
• Vulin: Zaev has not kept his word (Tanjug)
• Djuric: We are ready to give additional political impulse for better economic cooperation (RTS/Tanjug)
• MICT to consider prosecution’s appeal in Seselj case (B92/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic: B&H will never accept that its foreign policy is based on positions of Serbia or Croatia (Klix)
• Serbian Ministry of Defense delegation visits B&H (NAP/ Srna)
• B&H CoM defines draft of basis for negotiations and agreement with Serbia on joint locations on border crossings (BHT1/ATV)
• „Hamdija Abdic et al“ group released pending trial (TV1/FTV)
• Prosecutor’s Office of B&H protects Atif Dudakovic from liability for war crimes (EuroBlic)
• OSCE project on war crimes cases closed down (FTV)
• HNS’ and SDA’s proposals of changes and amendments to Law on Elections will fall in Parliament of B&H this week (Vecernji list)
Croatia
• President under pressure to take away medals from convicted officers (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• West, not Russia, is organizing coups (RTCG/CDM)
fYROM
• Zaev: Macedonia supports Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (MIA)
• Zaev promotes Macedonia’s stable business climate to Kosovo businessmen (MIA)
• Zaev-Veseli: Macedonia, Kosovo strive toward EU and NATO membership (MIA)
• Zaev: Over 75 percent of our citizens favor Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE MPs refuse to take part in parliament’s activities after arrests (Meta)
• Government mulling prospects for international probe into Diva Naselba case (MIA)
• Nimetz: The name issue can and should be resolved next year (MIA)
• Baily: Rule of law and the fight against corruption are conditions for a NATO accession (Meta)
• Palmer: Washington expects Macedonia to be NATO’s 30th member (MIA)
Albania
• The deadline expired, seven candidates for Provisional Chief Prosecutor (ADN)
• Chief Prosecutor deadline, Rama’s last appeal to Basha (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonia’s Biggest Problem: It’s Called Macedonia (The National Interest)

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“No one knows what’s happening in Pristina-Belgrade dialogue” (Klan Kosova)

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Kosovo Assembly MP from the Serb Liberal Party, Slobodan Petrovic, said during a discussion at the Media Centre in Caglavica that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is a completely non-transparent process and no one actually knows what is going on in it. At the same time, Arben Gashi, MP from the Democratic League of […]

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Delawie: Dealing with the past brings a brighter future (RTK)

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The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Greg Delawie, welcomed through his Twitter account establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “I congratulate Kosovo on establishing preparatory team for future Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Look forwards to following work of non-partisan team to deal with the past for a brighter future,” Delawie wrote.

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“After many years, Council on Foreign Relations lists Balkans as problem” (B92, Tanjug, N1)

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US expert on the Balkans Daniel Serwer has commented on the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) once again listing the Balkans as a stability problem. Serwer spoke for the N1 broadcaster in Bosnia-Herzegovina, after the US NGO published its “Preventive Priorities Survey 2017.” Serwer said that he did not think the document should make people […]

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O’Connell: Youth should reconcile in order to avoid repetition of war (Koha)

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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell valued establishment of the Reconciliation and the Truth Commission, initiative of the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci. O’Connell said it is very important for youth to understand what has happened and agree not to repeat the war. He offered his support for any need of […]

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Pacolli: No one can impede Kosovo’s membership at NATO (RTK)

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Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behgjet Pacolli, said that none of the countries of the region can impede or delay Kosovo’s membership at NATO. During the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Adriatic Charter (A5) countries in Skopje, Pacolli said that process of Kosovo’s international integration is irreversible. “I […]

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Unacceptable for region to join EU as one package – Dacic (BETA, TV O2, B92)

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Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM, Ivica Dacic says the idea of the whole region joining the EU “as one package” is unacceptable to Serbia. Speaking late on Tuesday in Brussels, Dacic pointed out that “everyone should advance at the speed that they deserve.” Dacic told reporters, after a meeting of foreign ministers of […]

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Kosovo Urged to Increase Aid to Wartime Rape Victims (Balkan Insight)

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Kosovo will offer reparations to survivors of wartime sexual violence, but an Amnesty International report warns that the law doesn’t do enough to help them and that access to justice remains limited A new report published by human rights organisation Amnesty International on Wednesday says that the Kosovo’s new reparations law, which will enter into […]

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Thaci: Let us close chapter of war and open chapter of peace (media)

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All online media cover today’s meeting of the Preparatory Team for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci. Thaci said two decades after the war, there are still open wounds among Kosovo’s citizens. “We know that the steps we take before the commission is formed are crucial. Work has just begun, […]

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The role of doctors in identifying and recording violence against women is very important (RTV Mir)

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Doctors have not only a moral but also a legal obligation to report and record gender-based violence, reports RTV Mir. This is regulated by the special protocol of the Ministry of Health, which came into force last year in order to strengthen health centers in providing support to survivors of violence. The United Nations Population […]

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Kosovo the most polluted place in Europe (RTV Pulse, RTV Mir)

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Kosovo is the most polluted place in Europe, citizens are not sufficiently aware of the importance of preserving the environment, and this issue is not a priority for the institutions, it was concluded at the debate on the topic “Environment in Kosovo”, organized by Media Center Caglavica with the support of UNMIK, within the framework […]

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US wants $250 mn cut to UN budget (ABS-CBN News, AFP)

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UNITED NATIONS – The United States is seeking a $250 million cut to the core budget of the United Nations for 2018-2019, on top of $200 million in savings already proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, diplomats said Tuesday. The budget is under negotiations in a General Assembly committee which is expected to adopt it […]

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