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OSCE Broadcast 30 January

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• Ivanovic may be sentenced to ten years up to life imprisonment (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Ivanovic to run for Mitrovica/Mitrovicë extraordinary mayoral elections (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Minority community MPs announce boycott of Assembly sessions (RTK2)
• PM Thaçi encourages Preteni to disclose names (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Assembly requests urgent debate on UP situation (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Roundtable on beggars issue held (TV21, RTK1)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 30 January

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: We ask that Oliver Ivanovic be released (Radio Serbia)
• Odalovic: Elections in Kosovo according to the 2012 model (RTS)
• Arrests cause unnecessary uncertainty (Tanjug)
• Rakic and Ivanovic mayoral candidates for Kosovska Mitrovica (Novosti)
• Dikovic and Farina discuss security situation in Kosovo (Blic)
Conde: New rapporteur for Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Ljajic: Serbia can’t lose (B92)
• Tadic leaves DS (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Radmanovic received Serbian Ambassador to B&H (Fena)
• Georgievski: There is need of a compromise with Greece (Utrisnki Vesnik)
• It is no business of the U.S. to interfere in name issue (Nova Makedonija)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Serbia to hold early polls on March 16 (AFP)
• Serbia Progressives Demand Probes of Opponents’ ‘Crimes’ (Balkan Insight)
• An early general election (The Economist)
• Repeating past mistakes (European Voice)
• Market Report, “Bosnia-Herzegovina Business Forecast Report Q1 2014”, Published (SBWIRE)
• Macedonia Govt Accused of Hiding Debts (BIRN)

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UNESCO reconstructing the Castle of King Milutin in Kosovo (RTS)

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UNMIK and UNESCO have presented the project which is aimed to protect the Castle in Novo Brdo, the monument of the special historical importance, from further decline. Reconstruction of the mediaeval monument is supported by the European Union with EUR 2 million, because it wishes to contribute to the development of the cultural tourism and […]

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Vucic calls for Ivanovic’s release, requires explanation (Tanjug)

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 BELGRADE – Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Thursday that the release of Oliver Ivanovic from detention is very important for the stability and peace in Kosovo and mutual trust, and he called on he High EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton to get involved in the search […]

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One killed, one arrested, one gave up: North Mitrovica for a month lost three leaders (Blic)

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Those who do not allow the north of Mitrovica to stabilize benefit from the arrest of Oliver Ivanovic, assess Rada Trajkovic, doctor and politician from Gracanica. Rada Trajkovic to Blic says that it is very strange that in a month, “Northern Mitrovica lost three mayors, one killed, one arrested, one withdrew, and the reasons for […]

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“Letter sent to Ashton over arrest of Ivanović” (B92)

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BELGRADE — First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić addressed a news conference in Belgrade on Thursday to announce future priorities of his party, the SNS. Vučić first told reporters that he wished to inform the public that he had sent a letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton concerning the arrest of Oliver Ivanović. […]

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Ivanovic’s arrest will affect the elections in Kosovska Mitrovica (Politika)

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The government will not allow the arrest to be used for “dark plans”, such as the introduction of the interim administration in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, said Aleksandar Vulin. Even to believe the impartiality of EULEX prosecutors who ordered one month custody to the leader of the CI “Freedom, democracy, justice,” Oliver Ivanovic for war crimes, […]

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Ethnic divisions in Balkans, also in 2014 (koha.net)

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The Director of U.S. National Intelligence, James Clapper, stated that despite the positive developments in Western Balkans in 2013, the region will continue to be characterized by deep ethnic and political divisions this year. Clapper made these comments in front of the special Senate for Intelligence Issues. He said that the situation in Bosnia and […]

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Kosovo Serbs vote as diaspora (Vesti online)

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It seems like holding the Serbian elections in Kosovo will be a new nightmare for the Brussels negotiators. Due to the announced elections in Pristina, in addition to intensified rhetoric of political parties, the chances of Belgrade to neutrally organize elections, with the mediation of the OSCE, are less and less. Kosovo politicians agree in […]

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Luksic soon to visit Kosovo (RFE)

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Montenegrin Minister for Foreign Affairs and Euro-integrations Igor Luksic will pay the visit to Kosovo in the first half of February, carried Beta agency quoting sources in the Montenegrin government. Luksic is supposed to have talks in Pristina over the range of Montenegrin-Kosovo topics, amongst whom and solution of the status of Montenegrin community in […]

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Opportunities for economic investments in Kosovo and Metohija (RTV )

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Minister without portfolio in charge for Kosovo and Metohija Aleksandar Vulin, accompanied with the Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin will attend a presentation on opportunities for economic investments on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, carried Office for Kosovo. Presentation on investment opportunities in Kosovo and Metohija is organized by the Economic Department of […]

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Conference on global security in Munich (RFE)

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Statesmen from the entire world along with experts for international relations will gather tomorrow in Munich on the occasion of traditional conference on global security, at the time when international community is trying to find solutions for the range of world clashes and crisis, from Syria and Meddle East to Ukraine and Kosovo. Civil war […]

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