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OSCE Broadcast 26 March

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• Draft Law on Elections not ideal, but it serves purpose (TV21)
• Mayor Rakic threatens Property Agency director (TV21)
• Mayor Bahtiri intends to construct six houses in north Mitrovica/Mitrovicë (Klan Kosova)
• Belgrade women commemorate Kosovo Albanian war victims (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)

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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 26 March

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia continues insisting on truth and justice (RTS)
• Vulin: New arrests continuing pressure on Serbs in northern Kosovo (Novosti)
• Mayors from northern Kosovo: We will evict EULEX (Tanjug)
• Zvecan: Serbs unblocked the road Pristina-Raska (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Lagumdzija lobbying for Ukraine (Glas Srpske)
• Kesic: Washington doesn’t want to deal with problems in B&H (Nezavisne novine)
• Ohrid Citizen Accused of Terrorist Attack in Turkey (Dnevnik/Kanal 5/Sitel/Telma/Alfa/MTV1/MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia marks 15th anniversary of Nato strike (Agence France-Presse)
• The Break-Up of Yugoslavia (The Huffington Post UK)

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Law against the Serbian voters (Vesti)

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If election reform, proposed by the Draft Law on General Elections, is adopted in Kosovo Parliament, Serbs will be deprived in many ways of their basic rights to vote and be elected. Their rights will be reduced in at least four areas: the number of Serbian voters would  be reduced; control of the voting process […]

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The end of EULEX experiment (gazetablic)

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Beqë Cufaj said today, while Pristina and Brussels are discussing the expected changes of EULEX, that everyone wonders if this European presence was worth the millions spent by EU taxpayers. The answer is plain and simple, “no,” he said. “First of all, the fact that this mission is neutral regarding Kosovo’s status makes it look […]

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After 15 years are buried 46 war victims in Suhareke and Krusha e Vogel (Radio Kosova)

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Mortal remains of 46 persons who were considered as missing since the last war are buried today in Suhareke/Suva Reka and in Krusha e Vogel. The identification of mortal remains has been done lately from the institute of forensics.  On 26 March 1999 in Suhareke/ Suva Reka have been killed 70 citizens among them were […]

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Fear from justice (Kosova Sot)

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The front page editorial of this daily stated that Pristina’s demands during negotiations with EU officials on EULEX’s mandate are exaggerated. The Kosovo Government insists on taking over all executive competencies from EULEX, while objecting to the establishment of the Tribunal, which would deal with crimes during and after the conflict. This would save individuals […]

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Kuci, Zbogar and Borchardt discuss EULEX mandate (RFE)

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The end of EULEX’s mandate – transitioning and transferring of competencies to local institutions – was a topic of discussion in today’s meeting in Pristina between Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuci, EU Special Representative to Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, and EULEX chief, Bernd Borchardt. According to a press release issued by […]

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Mitrovica North mayor threatens head of KPA office in Mitrovica (Kosovapress)

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The head of the Kosovo Property Agency office in Mitrovica, Milena Djeric, was threatened by the new mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic, regarding the plan to free apartments and properties usurped in the north. Djeric planned to undertake an action to free 300 apartments in Mitrovica North belonging to Albanians, which are still usurped […]

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Kosovo, EU Still Mulling New EULEX Mandate (Balkan Insight)

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As authorities in Pristina and Brussels flesh out options for the future mandate of the European rule-of-law mission, it remains unclear what changes will be made to it.   Edona Peci BIRN Pristina The Kosovo government is still consulting with European Union officials on the powers that the European rule-of-law mission will have after its […]

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Border demarcation with Montenegro to be concluded soon (Lajmi)

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The border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro is expected to end shortly, said Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Bajram Rexhepi after meeting his Montenegrin counterpart, Rasko Konjevic, in Pristina. Ministers Rexhepi and Konjevic also signed a memorandum for cooperation between police forces, and said they expect other agreements to be signed during the day. Konjevic […]

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Kroi i Vitakut residents seek Mitrovica mayor’s support (RTK)

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Mitrovica mayor Agim Bahtiri met today with residents of Kroi i Vitakut in Mitrovica North to discuss their problems, with special emphasis on the reconstruction of houses with funds gathered through the humanitarian action “You should help too”. Nazmi Ismajli, neighbourhood representative, described the grave situation of Albanian residents and stressed the need for greater […]

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Talbot: Genocide was being carried out in Kosovo (Kosovapress)

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Following U.S. President Barack Obama’s remarks on Tuesday that “comparisons between Crimea and Kosovo are meaningless”, former U.S. Secretary of State Strobe Talbot said parallels by Russian President Vladimir Putin “are bizarre and strange”. “The Government of Serbia was practically carrying out genocide in Kosovo. People were being massacred and ethnic cleansing was being carried […]

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