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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 7 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Mitrovica will not be led by an Albanian (Novosti)
• Serbs fear new arrests in northern Kosovo and Metohija (Danas)
• Taxes limit exchange of goods with Kosovo (RTS)
• Paunovic on human and minority rights (Danas)
• Will elections influence Serbia-EU negotiations? (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Popovic: Not a single problem resolved in Montenegro (Srna)
• Oric: I was a knight on the battlefield; I do not fear the truth and trial (Klix.ba)
• Oric told to get away? (Danas)
• Hope in the Bosnian spring (Klix.ba)
• Name issue is not major obstacle before FRYOM’s EU accession (Utrinski Vesnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Serb Policeman Denies Bus Station Beatings (BIRN)
• Italy’s Kosovo embassy embroiled in organized crime sweep (Reuters)
• Bosnian anti-corruption protests spread to Sarajevo (DW/Reuters/AP)
• Bosnia protests spread to other cities as widespread discontent rages in election year (AP)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina faces increased risk of social unrest (IHS Jane’s Country Risk Daily Report)
• Police Chief Blames Serb Paramilitaries for Bosnia Atrocities (BIRN)
• Macedonia Ruling Party Appeals for Would-Be Presidents (BIRN)

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Albanian candidates for Mitrovica North mayor have a chance (Koha online)

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There are two Albanian candidates for Mitrovica North elections of 23 February for municipal mayor. They are optimistic that they will win this position. Furthermore, according to RTK, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Florent Azemi, is convinced that he will win the competition for mayor without a runoff. Candidate of the […]

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43 schools in Pristina shut down (Indeksonline)

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Pristina mayor, Shpend Ahmeti, stated in a press conference that the level of sulfur in the heating fuel used at schools, is 60 times higher that it is supposed to be. Therefore the Municipality of Pristina has decided to shut down 43 schools, until the Health Institute decides if the fuel is dangerous or not. […]

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Ilir Deda, Yll Hoxha arrested; number of protesters growing (Koha online)

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The number of the protesters in front of Rectorate is increasing. At these moments, police has arrested Ilir Deda from civil society and Yll Hoxha, Vetëvendosje advisor at Municipal Assembly. It is learned that the police sent them at Station 2 of the capital.

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EULEX arrest according to the Croatian scenario (Vesti Online)

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After the arrest of retired Colonel of the Serbian Police Dragoljub Delibašić (57), who is suspected for committing murders in 1999 and 2000, fear and uncertainty were further heightened among the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.  Kosovo Serbs assume that Croatian scenario will begin to apply in the province and that even tomorrow, either of […]

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Kosovo police clash with students angry at professors (Reuters)

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Thu Feb 6, 2014 12:37pm EST PRISTINA (Reuters) – Police in Kosovo used pepper spray and batons to disperse hundreds of students demanding the resignation of the head of Pristina’s state university on Thursday over reports their professors had forged academic works. At least five police officers were injured when students threw rocks as they […]

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PM Dačić says Serbia “receives praise” (B92, Tanjug)

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Outgoing PM Ivica Dačić says that U.S. and other officials whom he met during the National Prayer Breakfast had “kind words” regarding Serbia’s policy. Speaking in Washington on Thursday, he said they “pointed to the country’s contribution in the establishment of regional peace and stability.” During the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Dačić conferred with […]

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Fees restrict the exchange of goods with Kosovo (RTS)

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By introducing tariffs on goods from Serbia, Kosovo’s government for a long time is violating CEFTA agreement, which is signed with countries in the region eight years ago. Fees, insurance and other taxes drastically increase the cost of products which are sold in the province, and some of producers are forced to withdraw from the […]

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Yes, you have degraded the University (Kosova Sot)

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The paper claims that although yesterday’s debate at the Kosovo Assembly about the situation at the University of Pristina failed to produce any concrete results, it did reconfirm that politics has degraded the University. This is the point where politicians should begin to reflect. It is not the job of politics to choose rectors, deans, […]

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Haradinaj met Secretary Kerry and General Clark (Koha)

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Leader of Alliance for Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, accompanied by deputy leader and MP, Ardian Gjini, took part at the ceremony of the Morning Prayers where the main speaker was the US President, Barack Obama. During the ceremony, Haradinaj met US Secretary of State, John Kerry, whom he thanked for the immensely important role […]

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UNDP continues Public Pulse (Lajm)

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United Nations Development Programme began implementation of the second stage of Public Pulse (2014-2017) project. The project will continue to bring perception trends of the Kosovo citizens on democratic, economic developments and public participation on biannual basis. Research products of the Public Pulse will also provide detailed and based analysis of citizens’ perceptions on political […]

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Hashim Thaci in the numbers trap (Tribuna)

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Analyst Armand Shkullaku writes in a column for the paper that Fatmir Limaj and Jakup Krasniqi leaving PDK has brought to surface once again the crisis in the Hashim Thaci’s party. This crisis, he adds, is not so much about number at the Assembly which have shrunk considerably but more with an overall decline of […]

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