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OSCE Broadcast 2 December

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• Zbogar congratulates elected mayors (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• CEC presents preliminary election results (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Count and Results Centre receives sensitive election material (KTV)
• Elected Serb mayors don’t recognise Kosovo (KTV)
• ECAP receives 14 appeals for election irregularities (RTK1)
• AMPEK condemns attack on RTV Puls crew (RTK2&TV21)
• Serbian MUP member still in detention (RTK1)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 2 December

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Odalovic: Serbs demonstrated that they trust the state (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: Forming of Union of Serb Municipalities most important (TV Pink)
• Djuric: Conditions created for formation of Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS)
• Pantic: Serbia’s victory (Novosti)
• Mayors will be key leaders (Danas)
• Petkovic: Kosovo Serbs, unlike the government in Belgrade, didn’t recognize false state of Kosovo (RTS)
• Roberts: Permanent solution for Kosovo would be division or exchange of territories (Politika)
• Jurisic sentenced to 12 years prison, again (RTS/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Fauske: B&H potential threat to international peace (Oslobodjenje)
• International community pushes Greece for Macedonia’s NATO membership (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo returns to polls after violence-marred election (AFP)
• Russian Diplomat’s ‘Monkey’ Jibe Angers Montenegro (BIRN)
• Serbia Has No Choice But to Build South Stream (Natural Gas Europe)

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DSS: Kosovo Serbs did not recognize false state (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – The opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) holds that the turnout of less than 15 percent in the local elections in Kosovo-Metohija shows that the Serbs living in the province did not recognize the false state of Kosovo, unlike the government in Belgrade. DSS spokesperson Petar Petkovic told a press conference that the […]

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Punishment of arrogant rule (Zëri)

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The paper’s editor-in-chief Arbana Xharra says that those who saw Kosovo as their own private property convinced that no one can overthrow them, received a powerful message from the local elections where the voters made it clear they will no longer stand the arrogance of certain groups. “These elections showed the political spectrum clearly that […]

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Zannier welcomes peaceful and orderly voting in Kosovo (rtklive.com)

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OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in the municipal election in Kosovo as a “significant step towards confidence and security.” Zannier was speaking at the close of polls in the second round of voting, during which the OSCE facilitated the elections in the four northern Kosovo municipalities in line […]

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Bulgaria promises to support Kosovo at United Nations (kosovapress.com)

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Bulgaria has pledged to support Kosovo’s efforts for membership in the United Nations. The two countries will soon sign agreements on trade, economy, culture and education, and have already signed a memorandum of understanding in European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Kosovo’s Foreign Affairs Minister Enver Hoxhaj today signed the memorandum of understanding with his Bulgarian counterpart, […]

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Is it sensible to speak anymore of the “war wing” (Koha Ditore)

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Augustin Palokaj writes in his column for the paper that even after almost fifteen years since the war in Kosovo ended, topics related to it are still very much present. He argues that the war should by no means be forgotten but it should not be used for political campaigns. “It is precisely when the […]

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Djuric: Conditions for the formation of the ZSO were created (Blic)

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Advisor to the President of Serbia, Marko Djuric said that Sunday was a big day for Serbia in Kosovo and that Serbia won a historic victory in nine municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija, which will have a clear Serbian majority. Djuric said that the situation is somewhat different in the municipality Strpce, but Serbian candidates […]

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Thaçi: Elections proved political and democratic emancipation (koha.net)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci highly evaluated Sunday’s municipal run-off elections. “The citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, proved once again with their participation on the election process of 1 December just as on 3 November, a high political and democratic emancipation. Holding of the free, fair and transparent well organized elections with high international […]

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Calmness in the north on the election day, valued (koha.net)

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Security situation during the last week in Mitrovica, including the north of the city, was calm ad without any incident that would reflect on the general situation. This was assessed on Monday at the local committee for public security, held within the Directorate for Defense and Security of Mitrovica Municipality. The director of this Directorate, […]

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Jacobson: Shpend and Mimoza were educated in America (indeksonline.net)

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The U.S. Ambassador in Kosovo, Tracy Jacobson, congratulated Shpend Ahmeti and Mimoza Kusari-Lila, for their victory in Pristina and Gjakova, assessing that they were both educated in U.S. “Two from the new municipal mayors in Kosovo, Mimoza Kusari and Shpend Ahmeti, are graduates of Ron Brown program in U.S. at master level,” wrote the U.S. […]

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Serb hardliner wins election in Kosovo city (The Japan Times)

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PRISTINA – A Serb hardliner claimed victory on Sunday as the first mayor of the northern part of the ethnically split city of Mitrovica and laid out his agenda to keep Kosovo as part of Serbia, stirring fears that the vote will further estrange minority Serbs and majority ethnic Albanians. Krstimir Pantic, head of the […]

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