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OSCE Broadcast 24 February

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• Elections in north Mitrovica/Mitrovicë calm and democratic (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Serbian parliamentary elections in Kosovo same as in 2012 (RTK2)
• Legislation Committee to discuss electoral reform on Wednesday (RTK1)
• Koha Group refutes Gazetaexpress (KTV)
• NATO: Thaçi’s statements – pre-election rhetoric (KTV)
• Krasniqi: Assembly may not be dissolved in March (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Monastery of Deçan/Decane and Municipality reach agreement (RTK1, Klan Kosova)
• Fight against human trafficking one of key conditions for visa liberalization (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• FOL Movement addresses EU regarding visa liberalization (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 24 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: We will cooperate with Albanians, but we will never recognize independence of Kosovo (RTS)
• Vulin: Ban is Pristina’s fear from presence of Serbian state (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Policy of retreat is the past (B92)
• Simic: Pusic’s visit – last attempt at resolution without court (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns KPS’ decision (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Goal of protests in B&H – destabilization of RS (Radio Belgrade)
• Kostunica: Instability in FB&H cannot be reason for amending Dayton (Srna)
• Bosniaks want their flag in Montenegrin parliament (Tanjug/Dan)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Belgrade’s Candidate Wins North Kosovo Mayor Vote (BIRN)
• Hardline Serb wins Kosovo town mayoral race (Al Jazeera)
• Kosovo’s Place in Serbian Elections Disputed (BIRN)
• Serbia, Macedonia mull further trade cooperation (Xinhua)
• Bosnia’s Serb Entity Immune From Protests? (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
• Bosnia on fire (Balkans group)

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Thaçi considers EBRD Forum, historical (Koha online)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, is participating at the Western Balkans Investment Forum, organized by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD.) He has published today a profile picture on social network, Facebook, telling that he is participating at this Forum,which is being held in London. “For the first time in history, seven […]

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EULEX: Security during elections ensured (Koha online)

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EULEX Mission in Kosovo announced that security was guaranteed during the elections for municipal mayor in Mitrovica North. “Based on preliminary field assessment for the mayoral elections in Mitrovica North on Sunday 23, all security providers, Kosovo Police (KP) as first, EULEX and KFOR as second and third responders, have professionally fulfilled their tasks and […]

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War against human trafficking, remains priority of Kosovo Government (Koha online)

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The Government of Kosovo continues to keep priority the war against trafficking with human beings. This is one of the essential conditions for liberalization of visas and integration of Kosovo in the European Union. Representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP,) consider that Kosovo Government is open for cooperation on this war. These comments […]

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PM attends EBRD conference in London (B92)

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BELGRADE, BRUSSELS — Serbian PM Ivica Dačić will participate in the high-level regional conference of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The gathering will be held in London on Monday. The Serbian delegation will include Finance Minister Lazar Krstić, the government announced. Other participants include Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Chair of the […]

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Europe Hardline Serb wins Kosovo town mayoral race (Aljazeera)

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Belgrade-backed Rakic becomes mayor of Mitrovica North in poll soured by killing of one candidate and arrest of another. Goran Rakic, a Belgrade-backed candidate, won 52.6 percent of the ballots, according to official preliminary results. NATO peacekeepers and EU police heightened security measures during Sunday’s vote, the fourth such ballot in as many months. Previous […]

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Ksenija Bozovic (SDP): Irregularities in the elections in Kosovska Mitrovica (Blic)

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Vice-president of the Citizens’ Initiative “Serbia, democracy, justice” (SDP) Ksenija Bozovic said today that there were irregularities in the election for mayor of Mitrovica north and that she will wait for the final results of the election. – I hope we will get the final results of the election by the evening and we will […]

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No signs for parliament’s abolishment in March (lajmi.net)

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Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi said today that for the time being there are no signs that parliament could be abolished in March as was reported recently in the media. Krasniqi also said he does not intend to resign from the post of parliament speaker. Media recently speculated that Krasniqi could resign from the post […]

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AAK lacks support on motion to bring down government (Koha)

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The parliamentary group of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) has failed to secure support from other parties in parliament to bring down the government. Political parties said they did not want to sign the motion of mistrust initiated by the AAK qualifying it as unserious, whereas the AAK claims that MPs are […]

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RTK as Thaci’s cooperative (Zeri)

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The paper’s chief editor, Arbana Xharra, says that PDK’s influence on the Kosovo public broadcaster, RTK, is no news and it is enough to only take a look at the way the stories on the main news editions are lined up to see how RTK “ridiculously hides and masks corruption affairs”. Xharra claims RTK editors […]

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There is corruption in the EU, too (Koha Ditore)

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In his weekly column, the paper’s Brussels correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, notes that although it is true that there is corruption in EU countries, politicians in the Balkans cannot use this excuse to justify its presence in their respective countries. Palokaj writes that the problem of citizens is that they carry the consequences of corruption in […]

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