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OSCE Broadcast 26 December

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• Assembly dismisses two IMC members (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• OSCE Ambassador welcomes Assembly’s decision to dismiss two IMC members (KTV, TV21)
• Kosovo Assembly passes 2014 budget, PTK privatization fails (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• MLGA: Legal procedures disrespected in Gracanica/Graçanicë inaugural session (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Roma and Gorani representatives against extension of reserved seats (Klan Kosova)
• Court of Appeals presented annual report (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 26 December

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian Government session dedicated to EU integration (Novosti)
• Mrkic: No new conditions from Brussels (TV Pink)
• Odalovic: Serbia fulfilled all requirements (TV Pink)
• Vulin: Goal to open 1000 jobs in Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• Vulin: Education and other fields under control of Union if Serb Municipalities (Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Implementation of Brussels agreement key in association with EU (RTS)
• Ashton: Dacic and Thaqi reached agreement, EU just helped (Danas)
• Serbian Church requests guarantees (Novosti)
• Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Sorensen: B&H punishing itself (Onasa)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Croatia: Serbian Language Dispute Creates Discord (BIRN)
• Bosnia: Protests delay destruction of crime scene (AP)
• Macedonia Adopts Part of Disputed Media Law (BIRN)

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Ismaili: PTK privatization will be voted this afternoon (telegrafi.com)

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After parliament adopted the 2014 budget earlier in the day without the amendment for the sale of the Kosovo Post and Telecom (PTK), the government is now planning to include the vote on the PTK privatization in today’s session. The selling of 75 percent shares of PTK were not adopted by parliament after it was […]

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Parliament adopts budget (rtklive.com)

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Kosovo Parliament today adopted the 2014 budget today after the removal of the article for the sale of 75 percent shares of the Kosovo Post and Telecom (PTK). 57 MPs voted in favor, 43 voted against and one MP abstained. Members of parliament opposed several constitutional amendments, most notably the one on the establishment of […]

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Hoxhaj: LDK should keep promise for reserved seats (koha.net)

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Enver Hoxhaj, Kosovo’s Foreign Affairs Minister and deputy leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), has called on the biggest opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), to keep its promise for extending the mandate of reserved seats for minority communities. “When we needed the votes of minority communities to conclude the […]

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Implementation of the Brussels agreement is crucial in accessing the EU (Politika)

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BELGRADE – Director of the Government Office for Media Relations Milivoje Mihajlovic said he expects intergovernmental conference to start by 21 January, and Serbia’s specificum is relations between Belgrade and Pristina and how the Brussels agreement is carried, which is a key point of Serbia’s accession to the EU. Mihajlovic in the RTS morning program […]

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KiM: Expenses of parties in local elections are unknown (Vesti online)

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Political parties in Kosovo have not yet submitted a report on the costs of the campaign for local elections, whose first round was held on 3 November, write Pristina media.  So far, only Self-Determination movement published costs. They reported that for the month of the campaign they spent 195,000 euros. According to the daily Tribuna, […]

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Mrkić : Belgrade wants that Serbs and Albanians live normally (Blic)

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Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić said that there will not be new Brussels conditions related to Kosovo and announced strengthening of the activities of Serbian diplomacy in the coming year, when negotiations with the European Union begin.  “There will be no blackmails. We are going to normalize the situation in the province, that is our […]

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Talks about property in Kosovo are the next phase (Danas)

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In the next phase of the Brussels talks Belgrade will try to initiate issues relating to the property, as well as the cultural and ecclesiastical heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, claim sources from the government, commenting on preparations for screening of Chapter 35, within the EU accession negotiations.   Within this chapter will be followed the process […]

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New Gracanica mayor assumes duties (Tanjug,Blic)

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GRACANICA – Branimir Stojanovic, newly-elected mayor of the municipality of Gracanica, took over the duties from former mayor Bojan Stojanovic officially on Thursday. “First we will make a cross section of the situation as we have promised during the election campaign, and then we will instantly start to work on the enhancement of municipal services […]

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Vulin: Education to remain under control of ZSO (Blic,Tanjug)

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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – Serbia’s Minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija Aleksandar Vulin said that education in the Serb community in the province will remain under the control of the Serb community of municipalities (ZSO). ZSO is the organisation that has executive powers in the fields of education, health care, spatial planning and economic development, […]

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Kosovo’s independence is Facebook-official (The Boston Globe)

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The small Balkan country of Kosovo might not have a seat at the United Nations, but it has won recognition from an organization that may be more influential: Facebook. In November, the social media site began letting Kosovars list Kosovo as their country of origin on their profiles. Kosovo gained independence from Serbia in 2008, […]

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