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Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 9 April

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vekaric: KLA crimes to be processed in a third country (RTS)
• Beyer: Amending preamble on Kosovo would facilitate Serbia’s EU accession (Danas)
• Miscevic: Serbian team to have 20 experts (Novosti)
• Serbs in Vukovar on the list for boycott (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Inzko supports ICTY work (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Urges EU to Expedite Visa-Free Travel (BIRN)
• Serbia Extradites War Crimes Suspect to Bosnia (BIRN)
• Croatian President pledges to help BiH over EU integration (Xinhua)
• Bosniaks and Croats Unveil Joint Plan For Mostar (BIRN)
• Pack against Croatia’s proposals for Bosnia (Hina)
• Long Jail Term Sought for Edin Dzeko (BIRN)
• Macedonia Parties Misusing Resources for Election, NGOs Say (BIRN)
• Biden meets with Montenegro’s prime minister on Ukraine; speaks by phone to Slovakia’s leader (The Associated Press)

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Petrović: Election reforms to respond on Serbian’s needs (RTK2)

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Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of the Local Self Government Administration Slobodan Petrović told RTK2 that election reforms, which are not taking into account requests of Serbs and other communities, are worrying and not contributing to further integration. Petrović assessed that the role of the internationals is crucial at the moment. Petrović said that […]

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Serbia needs a successful opposition (Danas)

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The main focus of the Serbian Progressive Party should be how to concentrate power for the sake of Serbian citizens. For the first time, there is a real chance to approach the long-time considered amendment of the Serbian Constitution, which would require amending the preamble of Kosovo. “I think it would facilitate joining the EU […]

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Serbian battalion under the Pristina command (Vesti)

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For Serbia and Serbs to “swallow” the formation of the Armed Forces of Kosovo, which would have about 5000 active-duty soldiers and 3000 reservists, Hashim Thaci is planning to form a “Serbian Battalion” in the north which will have about 500 active-duty soldiers and as many reservists and was agreed by Belgrade and approved by […]

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“Pristina cannot avoid war crimes court” (Vesti)

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Lawyer Toma Fila told the Srna agency that Pristina will not be able to avoid the formation of a special court for crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), because America stood behind it to wash away any evidence. Fila says that they cannot provide security to witnesses, which is the main reason why trials […]

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ROSU members at trial (RTK2)

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According to Koha Ditore, the following members of the ROSU special operations unit are accused by EULEX prosecutor Natasha Vicari for beating 10 of the Serbian Minister Aleksandar Vulin’s bodyguards: Gani Konjuhi, Sabit Sadiku, Naim Durmishi, Sevdaim Abdulahu , Nexhmedin Zahitija, Jeton Ramadani, Nexhat Shabani, Xhafer Hiseni, Vesel Kerçeli, Zejnel Salihu, and Ilmi Rexhepi. Two of them […]

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Disagreements prevented an EU tribunal (Tribuna)

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Diplomats close to the team that is preparing the war crimes tribunal say that members of Kosovo’s Parliament will have to make a tough decision this month, but yet it is the easiest possible decision given the circumstances following investigations into Dick Marty’s report. Diplomats say the issue of the Tribunal that would address all […]

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Thaci: We laid the democratic foundations of the state (Telegrafi)

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On the sixth anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Kosovo, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said the government has managed to lay the foundations of a democratic state throughout the territory. “Today marks the sixth anniversary of the Constitution of our Republic, one of the most advanced constitutions and an act that upholds democratic […]

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HRF against tribunal outside Kosovo that would address only KLA crimes (RTK)

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The Human Rights Fund in Kosovo issued a press release today opposing the establishment of the war crimes tribunal outside Kosovo and against ideas that it should address only KLA crimes. The Human Rights Fund calls for a special court for war crimes seated in Kosovo that would consist of international and local judges. “It […]

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Vekaric: KLA crimes to be tried in a third state (RTS)

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“It is important that crimes committed against the non-Albanian population in Kosovo be tried in a third state, while the consolation prize would be the administrative center in Pristina,” Serbian Deputy War Crime Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric told RTS, “The special investigation team is about to finalize the investigation; they’ve collected materials and key locations in Albania, Montenegro, […]

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Prime Minister Thaci visits Japan (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo Prime Minister, Hashim Thaçi will stay in Japan in a three day visit. During his visit, Prime Minister Thaçi will meet with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, with whom he will talk about bilateral relations between Kosovo and Japan. They will talk also about international relations. It is expected that […]

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From one tribunal to another (Tribuna)

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Vetevendosje deputy leader Aida Dërguti writes in her opinion piece that compared to the war in Croatia and Bosnia, the conflict in Kosovo was shorter, but that paradoxically, it was and is still being judged the most. “In international circles, our war was always called a conflict and not a war, viewing Kosovo as part […]

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