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OSCE Broadcast 11 February

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• Thaçi: OSCE will facilitate voting for citizens with dual citizenship (TV21)
• Jahjaga responds to Haradinaj (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Experts don’t rule out early elections (TV21)
• EBU to Assembly: Leave RTK in peace (RTK1)
• Janicijevic appointed as RTK Board member (RTK2)
• Presidents of four municipal assemblies in north elected (RTK2)
• Kocijancic urges resolution of fate of missing persons (RTK2, TV21)
• Jackal Unit members sentenced to 106 years imprisonment (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Assembly fails to pass recommendations on UP (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Civil society criticises Government regarding Procurement Review Body (KTV)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 11 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Mihajlovic expects Ivanovic and Delibasic to be released (RTS)
• Leadership elected in four municipalities in northern Kosovo (Novosti)
• “Jackals” sentenced to a total of 106 years in prison (Tanjug)
• NDS forms boards in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• SDA decides to take part in Serbian parliamentary elections (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Niksic: My resignation would lead to system paralysis in B&H Federation (FTV)
• Davutoglu to arrive in Sarajevo tonight (Fena)
• Greek foreign minister is right – name issue should be solved where it was opened (Vecer)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 9 Serbs jailed for Kosovo massacre (AP)
• Elections Won’t Slow EU Talks, Serbian Leader Says (BIRN)
• Bosnian protesters demand politicians resign, want new govt of experts to tackle unemployment (AP)
• Bosnians ratchet up demands on sixth day of protests (Reuters)
• Anger in Bosnia, But This Time the People Can Read Their Leaders’ Ethnic Lies (The Guardian)
• Bosnia unrest puts spotlight on broken peace accord (Reuters)
• Inspired by Bosnia, Montenegro Activists Demand Change (BIRN)
• Greek Deputy PM to Visit Macedonia (BIRN)

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Outburst (Kosova Sot)

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Degrading at the University of Pristina could proceed with similar events at other institutions. Political, economic, social crisis and failure on the rule of law, have induced accumulation of major dissatisfactions in Kosovo society. Disappointment on the manner of managing Kosovo in the verge of the sixth anniversary, can be felt among all people, no […]

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Here is the corruption, fight it (Zëri)

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According to the National Institute for Public Health, Pristina schools have not been heated with the naphtha as foreseen on Article 7 of the administrative guideline, but with burning oil. Even though this Institute did not advice on the allowed level of sulfur, or on its amount in the samples, one issue has been made […]

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Progress in the investigation on human organ trafficking (B92)

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Solid progress was achieved in the investigation on illicit human organ trafficking in Kosovo, reads the report of the head of EULEX Bernd Borchardt.   Report reads that the team led by the prosecutor Clint Williamson works with authorities in the EU and judicial authorities in the states in the region on the solution of […]

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Justice to be discussed on Wednesday in Brussels (Telegrafi)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, and of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, under the facilitation of Baroness Catherine Ashton, will meet on Wednesday in Brussels as part of the dialogue for normalization of relations between the two countries. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Edita Tahiri, told Epoka e Re that the upcoming meeting in Brussels between Prime […]

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Two years after Restelica avalanche tragedy (rtklive.com)

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Two years following an avalanche tragedy that struck her family in the southern village of Restelica, Amsera Reka, is now living with her grandparents and attending school in Prizren. A massive avalanche hit the village of Restelica on February 11, 2012, destroying sixteen houses. Amsera along with 10 members of her family were trapped inside […]

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Mihajlovic expects Ivanovic, Delibasic to be released (RTS)

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BELGRADE – Certain progress has been made in calming the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, Milivoje Mihajlovic, the head of the Serbian government’s press office said on Tuesday, adding that he expects Oliver Ivanovic and Dragoljub Delibasic to be released pending trial. Commenting on the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on the situation in […]

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NDS sets up committees in Kosovo (Tanjug)

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  BELGRADE – The New Democratic Party (NDS) set up initiative committees in all Serb-populated areas in Kosovo-Metohija which will consistently support protection of interests of the Serb community in the area and creation of conditions for establishment of inter-ethnic trust, reconciliation and co-existence of Serbs and Albanians. According to the written statement issued by […]

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Churkin: Kosovo introduced the Serbs a tax on Christmas (Vesti)

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Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin assessed at the Security Council that no progress has been made in Kosovo and Metohija on the issue of the return of internally displaced persons and expressed Moscow’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia. Churkin believes that the Kosovo Albanian authorities should strengthen their efforts […]

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9 Serbs Jailed for Kosovo Massacre (AP)

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Serbia’s war crimes court has found nine former Serb paramilitaries guilty for the killings of over 100 ethnic Albanian civilians during the Kosovo war. They were sentenced Tuesday to between two and 20 years in prison. The crime by the “Jackals” paramilitary group includes the massacre of 41 people in the Kosovo village of Cuska […]

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Another AKI director resigns (Indeksonline)

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Artan Plakaj, director of public relations department at the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (AKI), is the third official to leave this institution. Plakaj, according to Indeksonline sources, has resigned for not agreeing with the management of Bashkim Smakaj. His resignation tolls the number of senior officials leaving AKI to three. Earlier, AKI deputy director, Latif Merovci, […]

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