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OSCE Broadcast 19 December

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• Reserved seats for minorities to be extended for another mandate (KTV)
• Assembly discusses IMC (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Jacobson: Kosovo should pass final test after national elections (RTK1)
• EULEX allows Lushtaku to take oath before Skenderaj/Srbica Municipal Assembly (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Women’s participation in local government discussed (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 19 December

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbian laws will not be applied in Kosovo (Politika)
• Miscevic: Serbia’s great victory (RTS)
• Brussels: No time for explaining the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo (Politika)
• Asp: Normalization, not recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• OHR: Procedure of appointments in B&H Federal Constitutional Court must continue (Oslobodjenje)
• Macedonia is not on the agenda of the EU Council meeting (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Art Show on Kosovo Massacre Angers Hardline Serbs (BIRN)
• Kosovo gives ultimatum to Bosnia on visas (World Bulletin)
• Bosnian Serb War Criminals’ Sentences Cut (BIRN)
• EU Charged With ‘Backsliding’ on Macedonia (BIRN)
• Macedonia’s ethnic Albanians lose patience over EU accession talks (EurActiv)
• Croatia War Veterans Deliver Anti-Cyrillic Petition (BIRN)
• Montenegro is a ‘problem-free’ EU candidate (EurActiv)

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UNMIK donates vehicle to Firefighters Unit (gazetaexpress.com)

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The United Nations mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has donated a vehicle to the Firefighters Unit in Podujevo. UNMIK representative Boran Kim handed over the keys of a Toyota 4 Runner to Milaim Ajvazi, head of the Firefighters Unit. Ajvazi said the firefighters needed such a vehicle and that it would make their daily tasks easier.

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Agreement on judiciary, expected to be reached (rtklive.com)

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Kosovo’s Judicial Council continue to reject creation of ethnic Basic Court, which is in contradiction with legal material that regulates structure of the courts in Kosovo. Deputy head of the Judicial Council of Kosovo, Muharrem Shala, stated that despite this fact, political compromises will have the last word. “It is not proper to create an […]

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Northern municipalities challenge constitutionality (rtklive.com)

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Kosovo’s Ministry for Local Government said today that elected officials in the northern municipalities are challenging Kosovo’s constitutionality and the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels. Invitations for the inauguration of municipal assemblies include references to UNSC Resolution 1244, illegal logos and wrong names. Besnik Osmani, permanent secretary in the Ministry for Local Government, […]

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Thaci: 2013, a European year for Kosovo (koha.net)

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Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci writes on his Facebook profile today about his meeting with European Union Special Representative Samuel Zbogar and EU ambassadors working in Pristina. “For the state and people of Kosovo 2013 was a year of consolidation and strengthening, a stable economic growth, new recognitions, memberships in different regional and international organizations. […]

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No war! Trickery! (Koha Ditore)

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KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes in his opinion piece, “Paradoxically, it is better for Pristina if Serbia meets the requirements for EU membership as quickly as possible, because this would take us to the final requirement – the recognition of Kosovo. But as can be seen with requests for reserved seats and the Association [of […]

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Preaching water and drinking wine! (Koha Ditore)

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Publicist Enver Robelli reacts to an op-ed by EULEX chief Bernd Borchardt and Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Hajredin Kuçi, saying that “Kuçi writes against corruption but he himself is stained by affairs, therefore, it would be wise for the EULEX chief to find more reliable local authors to attack corruption in the […]

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Brussels ‘push’ and economic cooperation (Vesti)

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On the sidelines of the twentieth round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels was signed an agreement on cooperation between the Chambers of Commerce of Serbia and Kosovo. It is about two important annexes to the Memorandum of Understanding between the two chambers signed on 24 July 2013. However, it is not known […]

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Mrkic: Serbia will not join NATO (Tanjug,InSerbia)

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BELGRADE – Serbia will not join NATO but it will be its reliable and responsible partner, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic said in Belgrade on Wednesday during the talks with ambassadors of NATO countries accredited in Serbia. According to a release, Mrkic presented the priorities in Serbia’s security policy, activities and results of cooperation with […]

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Protest against exhibition dedicated to Albanian victims in the center of Belgrade (InSerbia)

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Exhibition “Bogujevci – visual history, a tribute to all families and victims of war” was opened at 6 p.m. in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade despite the announced raid of right-wing groups. Just before the start of the exhibition which presents the art project by Albanians Fatos, Jehona and Saranda Bogujevci, who survived a massacre […]

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Swedish ambassador: Normalization, not recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – Swedish Ambassador in Belgrade Christer Asp said that Serbia deserves to be a part of the European family and that the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina does not mean recognition of Kosovo, but good neighborly relations. It took some time, but I think Serbia deserves to be a part of the […]

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