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OSCE Broadcast 20 January

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• Mayoral elections in north Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on 23 February (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Assembly Presidency members against reserved seats (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Lunacek committed to support Kosovo’s EU integration (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• New premises of Agency for Managing Confiscated Assets inaugurated (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• State Prosecutor received 35 criminal reports from KACA during 2013 (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 20 January

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: If things go wrong with Kosovo, then things will also go wrong with the negotiations (B92)
• Vucic: Goal to complete EU accession-related work by 2018 (Beta)
• Screening for Chapter 35 – a day after the inter-governmental coneference (Tanjug)
• Djuric : Pantic’s act shall not affect the formation of the Union of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug)
• Manzo: No one asks Serbia to recognize Kosovo (RTS)
• Davenport: I expect Serbian citizens to feel changes in the course of negotiations (RTS)
• Framework contains 31 points (Novosti)
• Kosovo Serbs to vote for Serbian parliament (Novosti)
• Washington: Elections are Serbia’s internal issue (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Coalition of associations of refugees condemns pressure on Serbs in Croatia (Beta)
• Dodik adheres to earlier position on Sejdic-Finci (Srna)
• US call for name issue solving (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• MEPs see progress after Serbia-Kosovo agreement (New Europe)
• Bosniak NGOs ask Croatian president to take action against his adviser (Dalje)
• Bosnia Census Problems Raised at IWPR Event (IWPR)
• Critical Macedonian Weekly Faces ‘Draconian’ Fine (BIRN)

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Dacic: We will not hide information about the massacre in Pec (RFE)

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Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said that the government would not hide information about the murder of six Serbian youths in the café “Panda” in Pec, in 1998, but it’s too early to draw conclusions about the case.  “Wherever there is any information, we will not hide them, but it’s very early to talk about […]

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Do not touch the Constitution (lajmi.net)

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Kosovo’s Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said today he was against constitutional amendments for reserved seats for minority communities. After the meeting of the parliament presidency, Krasniqi said the completion of election reforms requires readiness by leaders of political parties. “I think parliament cannot resolve this issue because decision-making is in the hands of leaders of […]

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Krasniqi: Committee responsible for former combatants (telegrafi.com)

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Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi criticized the government committee in charge for the verification of former combatants of the Kosovo Liberation Army for failing to carry out its duties. Krasniqi said there would be no problems with the war categories if the committee had completed its work accordingly. “You know that there is a government […]

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Elections in LDK in November (koha.net)

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Teuta Sahatqija, deputy leader of the biggest opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said elections in the party will be held according to schedule in November. Sahatqija denied the possibility of early elections in the party, which seems to be the goal of former party leader Fatmir Sejdiu.

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Problems with Kosovo will mean problems in talks (B92)

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“We do not live in an ideal world but in one in which the rules are imposed,” Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić told B92 TV n an interview on Monday.   (Tanjug, file)n this context, he noted that any problems “when it comes to relations with KiM (Kosovo and Metohija),” will also mean problems in […]

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Lunacek: Local elections, successful (Telegrafi)

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President of Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, met today European Parliament rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek. The latter hailed the progress in Kosovo and stressed the importance of organising successful local elections throughout the territory of Kosovo. Jahjaga and MEP Lunacek discussed the process of Kosovo’s European integration and reform in the framework of European […]

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Djuric: Pantić’s act shall not affect the formation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities (Vecernje Novosti)

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Advisor to the President of Serbia, Marko Djuric said that the refusal of Krstimir Pantic to assume the position of North Mitrovica mayor did not help Serbia’s efforts, but that will not affect the formation of the Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO). “Serbia will not give up from it, because the realization of national interests […]

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Portrait without the frame (Politika)

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There are few politicians whose honesty of political moves are suspected that much, as in case of Krstimir Pantic, whose carrier used to go from the loyalty to Kosovo authorities to the loyalty to  Serbia’s authorities. This time, after he tendered his resignation on the post of the Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo […]

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Jahjaga calls elections in the north on 23 February (rtklive.com)

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President of Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has taken a decision, based on Law on Local Elections, article 4 item 4 and the Law on Local Self-Government, article 57, as well as the note of the Ministry of Local Government Administration received by the President’s Office, to announce 23 February 2013 as the date when […]

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Membership talks provide impetus for reforms (B92, Tanjug)

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 The start of Serbia-EU talks “is a positive signal that the country should use the current momentum and be 100 percent committed to further reforms.”  This is according to European Parliament member Eduard Kukan. “I hope that this (the start of accession talks) brings more impetus for the reforms in the country. It is an […]

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