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Belgrade Media Report 12 June 2014

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UN principles to be respected (Radio Serbia)
• Kosovo Serbs to ask for guarantees if they are part of the new government in Pristina (Novosti)
• Kosovo without footnote in the Venice Commission (Politika)
• Parliament debates participation in peacekeeping operations (Tanjug)
• Gasic: UN missions strengthen Serbia’s reputation (RTS)
• Serbian MPs support participation in UN peacekeeping operations (RTS)
• Wilhelm: Dialogue with Pristina ended isolation (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Cvijanovic and Afanasiev discuss government measures for recovery of damages (Srna)
• SNSD, DNS and SP to have joint candidates (Nezavisne novine)
• Kebo withholds consent for Budimir decision (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• A Challenge for Kosovo: Justice for All (Balkan Insight)
• Lukashenka Says Serbia Must Strike Balance Between East, West (RFE/RL)
• Balkan ‘Dysfunctional’ Govts Blamed For Democratic Failings (BIRN)
• Macedonia Minister to Resolve Albanian School Name Row (BIRN)

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Will LDK-AAK-Initiative agreement survive?

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Naser Sertolli says the agreement of the three parties with fewer votes to create a coalition, made it clear to the outgoing Prime Minister Thaçi that democracy has more than one possibility. However, he adds, Thaçi’s hopes are not completely lost. “My proposal in Facebook that the leaders of LDK, AAK and Initiative should lock […]

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Mustafa: None of the parties showed readiness to join Thaci’s government (RTK)

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Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said today that his decision to withdraw from the intention of becoming Prime Minister of Kosovo was a result of the agreement with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma). “I was nominated by the LDK as prime […]

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Cliff: Political parties to decide on coalitions (RTK)

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British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, said today that parliamentary elections were free and fair. Asked about the LDK-AAK-Nisma coalition, Cliff was quoted as saying, “Kosovar political parties need to talk and agree; this is not our matter because we do not interfere in the process”. The British Ambassador made these remarks after meeting Gjilan […]

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Fight fire with fire (Koha Ditore)

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Adriatik Kelmendi writes that despite the fact that unification of opposition parties in a coalition came at a late phase, the decision will also impact elections in the future.  It became clear after fifteen years that Kosovo has two kinds of parties: those that always gain 22 percent of votes or more, and those that […]

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FH: Kosovo still with semi-authoritarian regime (Koha)

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Kosovo and Serbia, after years of worsening rhetoric and failed negotiations, have made significant progress in the comprehensive dialogue facilitated by European Union, says the newest report of the Freedom House titled “Nations in Transit 2014”. Freedom House recalls that in February 2013, President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, and her Serbian counterpart, Tomislav Nikolic, met […]

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Kosovo joins campaign for assistance to women victims of sexual violence (RTK)

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Under the slogan “Time to Act”, the campaign for raising awareness for assisting women survivors of the conflict in Kosovo was launched today. This makes Kosovo part of 140 countries to have hosted a performance for supporting raped women. British Ambassador to Pristina, Ian Cliff, said the initiative for organising such events across the world […]

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Who will be AAK’s ministers and deputy ministers (Gazeta Blic)

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Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) has already begun discussing names of those who could take up senior posts in a government led by Ramush Haradinaj. Sources said that Haradinaj has begun selecting names of party officials who could be appointed ministers and deputy ministers. “Haradinaj is committed to work with new people, clean and […]

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The first Kosovo Serb that won the case before the Constitutional court (B92, Vesti)

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Nadezda Jovanovic, which property was illegally occupied in Pristina, is the first and so far the only Serb who won a case before the Constitutional Court of Kosovo. She has launched a lawsuit against the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA), the Constitutional Court ruled in mid-April that the woman human rights were violated and ordered the […]

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Jevtić requests postponement of the privatization of Hotel Junior (KIM radio)

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Outgoing Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić has sent a letter to Kosovo Privatization Agency requesting the delay of privatization of the Hotel Junior in Brezovica, where internally displaced are sheltered. In his letter he explained that the hotel can’t be privatized as long as it shelters internally displaced persons. “There are 34 families […]

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Rakočević: Thaçi has an offer for his former combatants (Kontakt Plus radio)

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Political analyst and journalist Živojin Rakočević said to Kontakt Plus radio that the so far prime minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi is too powerful to stay out of the system, and that Thaçi is still in absolute control of the political scene of Kosovo. “Americans deem Rugova’s heirs, that is, the Democratic League of Kosovo, […]

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Djuric: A political isolation threatens Serbs in Kosovo (Blic)

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Director of the Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric met today with member of the German parliament, Torsten Frey. In addition to the German MP, who is in Bundestag a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the European Union (EU), the meeting attended German Ambassador Wilhelm Heinz and director of the Belgrade Office of […]

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