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OSCE Broadcast 18 December

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• AMPEK finds IMC Draft Regulation harmful (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Newly elected Serb mayors don’t respect Kosovo law and constitution (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Jacobson in favour of another mandate for reserved seats (RTK1)
• Jahjaga chaired Kosovo national anti-corruption council meeting (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)

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Relations between Kosovo and Serbia to intensify from New Year (kohaditore.com)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, has had a telephone conversation with the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Baroness Catherine Ashton. Through his social network, Facebook, Thaçi informed that he discussed with Ashton the recent developments in Kosovo and the region. “We assessed highly the start of functioning of customs system […]

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 18 December

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Ruzic: Good news for Serbia (RTS)
• Implementation of regulations on VAT and excises on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija commences (Tanjug)
• Balfour: Key of Serbia’s Euro-integration is not in Pristina’s hands (Politika)
• Merkel supports first accession conference with Serbia to be held in January 2014 (Beta)
• Kurz: EU accession of Balkans a priority in foreign policy (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Lajcak: B&H today a category no one talks about (Oslobodjenje)
• Venizelos: Name dispute is not bilateral issue (Sitel TV)
• Gruevski: Macedonia’s name doesn’t belong to me or my father – it has to be solved in a referendum (Vecer)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia to start EU membership talks in January (EUobserver)
• Serbia’s ICTY co-operation removes EU accession obstacle (Southeast European Times)
• Serbia’s Ruling Party Readies for Early Elections (BIRN)
• Serbia Cuts Rates for Third Month as Inflation at Record (Bloomberg)
• Croatian FM says EU should conceive specific approach to Bosnia (Hina)
• Bosnia turns down EU education funding program because of political bickering (Associated Press)
• EU Shunts Aside Macedonian Talks Again (BIRN)

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Dialogue as a cover-up (Kosova Sot)

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The paper’s front-page editorial asks the question of how much have Kosovo institutions really done in fighting corruption and organized crime and concluding election reform as was mentioned in yesterday reporting at the European Council. The answer, writes the paper, is “unfortunately, very little, if anything”. It is not enough to boast about dialoguing with […]

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Jahjaga: Concrete results in fight against corruption (Telegrafi)

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The closing meeting for this year of the National Council Against Corruption took place today under the chairing of the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, who noted that overall development depends on the readiness to stop the force of corruption and organized crime. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the […]

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Tahiri requests recognition from Greece (RTK)

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Deputy Prime Minister, Edita Tahiri, highly evaluated relations between Kosovo and Greece. She welcomed today the deputy and the member of Parliamentarian Commission for Defense and European Issues in Greek Parliament, Eirini Rena Dourou. In this meeting Tahiri expressed readiness of Kosovo to further deepen bilateral relations, while requesting from Greece to line up on […]

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Kosovo introduces visas to Bosnian citizens (WorldBulletin)

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Kosovo will introduce visas to citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and restrict their stay to 15 days, Kosovo government decided on Monday. According to the decision brought by the government, Kosovo will change conditions of entrance to the country for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina introducing visas issued by the Republic of Kosovo or requiring […]

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Engel: I told Facebook to recognize Kosovo (Radio Kosova)

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“Every working day connects me with Kosovo, if with other Congressman, with ambassadors of different countries with the aim to strengthen and expanding its international recognitions,” said to Albanian-Americans American Congressman, Eliot Engel, representative of the State of New York for 24 years, in the House of Representatives of US Congress. Engel, under the organization […]

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All the issues of trade with Kosovo (TV Most)

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Payments, the payment of insurance for the vehicle, the non-functioning of the railway and postal services, the high cost of service at the customs terminal … are some of the issues highlighted at the meeting in Leskovac… In the last three years, sales of goods from central Serbia to Kosovo constantly increasing, said today in […]

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About Gjakova (Koha Ditore)

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Enver Robelli writes about what is expected of the new mayor of Gjakova, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, upon taking on her post. Robelli says Kusari-Lila has to “liberate” Gjakova from gangs, extortionists, “commanders”, and all those who have spread their network thanks to the tolerance and, very often, the cooperation from Ramush Haradinaj’s AAK. “They were the […]

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Merkel: Accession conference with Serbia in January (B92)

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that the first accession conference with Serbia can be held in January. She also said that “Serbia has now fully implemented all the necessary steps to continue the normalization of relations with Priština.” Merkel stated that Germany demanded that Serbia should make genuinely visible progress in the […]

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Officials in Priština reportedly unhappy with report (B92)

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PRIŠTINA — EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s report on Serbia has received negative reviews in Priština,” the local media are reporting. The contents of the report filed by the mediator in the Kosovo talks “shocked official Priština,” while according to the Albanian language newspaper Koha ditore, the EU official “included untruths” in her document. […]

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