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Belgrade Media Report 11 May 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• 15 years since United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (B92)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Serbia committed to international law (RTS/Tanjug)
• More than 50 bodies in mass grave (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA favors Lagumdzija’s dismissal (Oslobodjenje)
• Implementation of South Stream project not disputable (Srna)
• Poposki meets with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (Kanal 5/Sitel/MTV1/MIA/Makfax)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian PM’s Berlin Visit Will Focus on EU (BIRN)
• Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu visits Serbia (www.aa.com.tr/en)
• Serbia central bank may keep key rate on rising inflation prospects (Reuters)
• Dodik Accuses Bosniaks of Grabbing Flood Aid (BIRN)

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Haradinaj meets Western diplomats (Gazeta Express)

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Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) who will get the post of Prime Minister according to the LDK-AAK-Nisma coalition agreement, met with representatives of Western countries in Pristina on Tuesday and Wednesday. A Western diplomat, who preferred to remain anonymous, said Haradinaj presented his program and the objectives of […]

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Law on Pristina, the first step of the next government (Gazeta Blic)

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One of the first steps of the next government consisting of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma) will be to unblock the law on Pristina in the Assembly, a source close to the signatories of the agreement told the news website. […]

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NISMA: Thaci is preparing to manipulate election results (Telegrafi)

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The Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) issued a reaction today saying that after the signing of the agreement between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and NISMA, the Central Election Commission stopped counting votes at 99.83 percent of votes. “After the announcement of the agreement, the CEC did […]

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Thaci: Winning party to form the government (Kosovapress)

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Leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Hashim Thaci said it is clear who the candidate to form the new government is and this is the pre-election winning coalition led by PDK. Thaci assured the citizens of Kosovo through a posting on the social media that he will start work on the New Mission. “8 […]

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Merkel now insists on internal reforms in Serbia (Danas)

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Bernd Hiteman: Belgrade has gained in importance during the Ukrainian crisis Bodo Weber: Germany waiting Vucic to fulfil promises Berlin, Belgrade – Today’s visit of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to Berlin is very important, given the fact that it comes at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since he […]

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Kosovo opposition says uniting, may thwart Thaci’s bid for new term (Reuters)

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PRISTINA (Reuters) – Three opposition parties in Kosovo said on Tuesday they had united and planned to form a government, trying to undercut Prime Minister Hashim Thaci whose ruling PDK party won an election but was left seeking partners. The second-placed Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) said it had reached a coalition deal with the […]

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CEC has received no ballots from Kazakhstan (Koha)

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Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed that it has received no ballots via mail from Kazakhstan which the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) hopes will secure it enough votes to pass the five-percent election threshold. The largest number of applications comes from Serbia, 12,901 followed by Switzerland with 1,169 and Germany 1,122 votes. 221 votes have […]

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IMC: Minor violations by the media in covering election campaign (Telegrafi)

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Independent Media Commission (IMC) today presented the preliminary report on the media monitoring during parliamentary election campaign. The IMC found violation of provisions of the Law on General Elections, specifically of article 49 which describes the way a political advertising is identified. However, as these violations were minor, the media concerned were informed of their […]

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In Serbia Haradinaj charged with at least 60 murders (Blic)

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A year and a half after the Hague Tribunal has released him from war crimes charges for the second time Ramus Haradinaj has the opportunity to sit again in the seat of Kosovo Prime Minister.  In 2005 Haradinaj was occupying the post of Kosovo Prime Minister but left it only a hundred days later after […]

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Kosovo Leaders Squabble Over Right to Form Govt (Balkan Insight)

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Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and his main rival, Ramush Haradinaj, remain in deadock over who has the right to form a new government following inconclusive general elections. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina Prime Minister Thaci has said that his governing Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, has a right to form the next government of Kosovo, as […]

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The Kosovo government impossible without the Serbs (Vesti)

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Regardless of whether they will remain the ten guaranteed seats in the Kosovo parliament, after the counting of conditional votes (final official figures Kosovo CEC will announce on July 10th), the Serbian community in Kosovo will certainly have ministerial and deputy minister positions whoever forms the Kosovo government. These positions are guaranteed by the Constitution […]

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