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OSCE Broadcast 20 March

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• New Draft Law on Elections will decrease Serb electorate (RTK2)
• Assembly passes Law on Status and Rights of Martyrs (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Borchardt: No secret indictments in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovo and Serbia discuss dissolving illegal structures (TV21)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 20 March

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Delibasic receives death threats in detention in Pristina (Politika)
• Moskopulos: We still don’t recognize Kosovo (Novosti)
• Serbian Foreign Ministry: Technical government cannot comment events in Ukraine (Beta)
• Davenport and Chepurin received by Mrkic (Politika)
• Serbian blue helmets departing for Cyprus (Politika)
• Getting accustomed to independence (Politika/Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H didn’t join EU statement on situation in Ukraine (Srna)
• Lagumdzija expects B&H and Serbia to step up cooperation following Serbian elections (Nezavisne Novine)
• U.S. Embassy: B&H Constitution doesn’t give entities the right to secede (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• RPT-Fitch: Serb Election Suggests Reform Mandate, Opposition Remains (Reuters)
• Further ‘Putinization’ Awaits Post-Election Serbia (BIRN)
• Serbia Opposition Chiefs Resign After Poll Blows (BIRN)
• South of Serbia Could Request to Join Kosovo (Novinite.com)
• How similar _ or not _ are Crimea and Kosovo? (Associated Press)
• Bosnia Serb Opposition Unites Against Dodik (BIRN)
• Bosnia Back on the Brink (US News)

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Fog surrounding the Tribunal (Tribuna)

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Burim Ramadani, MP from Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), writes in a column for the paper that everything is rumour and speculation regarding the establishment of the so-called Tribunal for war crimes in Kosovo. Officials and diplomats say they have very little information on the subject while serious politicians are deeply concerned with the […]

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How similar _ or not _ are Crimea and Kosovo? (AP)

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Vladimir Putin’s key argument justifying Crimea’s secession from Ukraine and annexation by Russia is the West’s acceptance of Kosovo’s declaration of statehood in 2008. Kosovo and Crimea both sought independence against the wishes of their central governments but the two situations have many differences. With the strong support of the United […]

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Hoxhaj: Decision on visa liberalization could be made this year (Kosovapress)

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In an interview for Top Show, Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said the decision on visa liberalization for Kosovo citizens could be made this year. Hoxhaj said he will soon travel to Brussels to meet Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, and main topic of the meeting would be the Stabilization/Association Agreement. Hoxhaj said during his visit […]

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Daci and Haradinaj prefer government as in 2004 (Telegrafi)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) believe that the government formula from 2004 would be the best solution for problems faced by the people of Kosovo. The AAK and LDD leaders, Ramush Haradinaj and Nexhat Daci, told reporters today that they prefer a coalition with the […]

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Russian ambassador to Tirana: Kosovo-Crimea comparison doesn’t stand (Koha)

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Russian Ambassador to Tirana, Leonid Abramov, gave a press conference today about the situation in Ukraine. Abramov said there was a coup d’état in Ukraine and that the opposition failed to respect the agreements. Asked to comment on the comparison between Crimea and Kosovo, Abramov was quoted as saying, “this comparison does not stand and […]

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MPs unaware of plan for abolishment of parliament (RTK)

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Most members of parliament are unaware about a possible agreement between political leaders to set a date for the abolishment of parliament. MPs however do not rule out the possibility of a draft agreement for the date of general elections. Opposition representatives meanwhile believe the parliament needs to be abolished and elections should be held […]

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Assembly endorsed the Law on sexually abused women (gazetaexpress)

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Kosovo Assembly endorsed today the second hearing of the amended draft Law on the status and the rights of martyrs, disabled persons, veterans, KLA members, civilian victims of war and their families, with 69 votes pro, nine against and one abstention.  However, for some of the deputies, the financial issue for implementation of this draft […]

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Elections in Serbia, what should Kosovo know? (Koha Ditore)

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KTV’s editor-in-chief, Adriatik Kelmendi, says recent elections in Serbia brought big, but not unexpected, changes to the political scene there as well as to the country’s relations with European Union. “In Serbia, two out of three voters chose to give their vote to the people from two political parties that were in power at the […]

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Borchardt: Equal application of the law for all people in Kosovo (TV Most)

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Bernd Borchardt said that there are no secret indictments in Kosovo, since the mechanism of secret indictments does not exist in the Kosovo Government Legislative system. He also noted that, in a democratic society, there are two main principles – the presumption of innocence and equal application of the law to all.  Borchardt referred to […]

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Warrant arrests for all who were on barricades? (Vesti)

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Albanian media in Pristina are lately accusing EULEX for not reacting timely in case of Slobodan Sovrlić what led to situation which enabled him to escape from Kosovo police detention cell in Zubin Potok. Pristina media claim that without EULEX’s assistance, members of local Kosovo police could not resist to gathered citizens who released detained […]

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