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Belgrade Media Report 13 June

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue in the fall (Novosti)
• Kosovo Serbs to meet Vucic (Novosti)
• Serbian parliament adopts decision on participation in multinational operations (RTS)
• Serbia and RS to mark together 28 June (RTS/Beta)
• Deniau: Donors’ conference for Serbia in July (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Central ceremony of start of the Great War to be marked in Andricgrad, RS (Srna)
• Croatian fans set on fire B&H flags (Klix.ba)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo becomes member of Venice Commission of Council of Europe (RIA Novosti)
• Serbia, Belarus set to increase economic cooperation (APA)

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A meeting between Vucic and the Serbian List by Monday (Blic)

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today that until Monday he will meet with representatives of the Serbian List, adding that it turned out that it was good that the Serbian government urged Kosovo Serbs to vote on June 8. Vucic said at the press conference that until Monday he will meet with them. – […]

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No additional seats for Serbs? (KIM radio)

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According to Kosovo Central Election Commission’s (CEC) interpretation, there is no possibility that minorities’ parties can get additional seats in the case they would pass the threshold, said Nenad Rikalo. “Minorities, according to CEC, can get only ten guaranteed seats for Serbian and ten of other ethnic communities. Within those guaranteed seats, distribution would be […]

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Kosovo utility aims to get unit back on line in 10 days (Reuters)

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Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:25am EDT (Reuters) – Kosovo power utility KEK said on Thursday it would likely restart a 130 megawatt (MW) unit of its second-biggest coal-fired power plant Kosovo A in 10 days following an explosion last week that killed two people. “We are planning to put it into operation in 10 days […]

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EU Extends Kosovo Mission Into 2016 (RFE/RL)

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June 12, 2014 The European Union has extended its rule of law and justice mission in Kosovo by two years, until June 2016. The 2,000-strong EULEX unit was launched in 2008 just months after Kosovo broke away from Serbia, in a bid to help Pristina build state institutions and assert the rule of law. EU […]

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Kosovo ‘Drenica Group’ Guerrillas Deny War Crimes (Balkan Insight)

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Lawyers for members of the Kosovo Liberation Army’s ‘Drenica Group’ cell, accused of assaulting prisoners during the late 1990s war, told a court hearing that their clients were not guilty. Edona Peci, Behar Mustafa BIRN Pristina, Mitrovica Sylejman Selimi. The defence lawyer for Sylejman Selimi, Pristina’s ambassador to Tirana and Kosovo’s former security forces commander, […]

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A Challenge for Kosovo: Justice for All (Balkan Insight)

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If Kosovo is serious about its European future, whoever forms the next government faces a big job to improve its justice system and human rights record. Lydia Gall Budapest Kosovo took another step toward this European future on June 8, with its second general election since declaring independence. The OSCE mission in Kosovo and the […]

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Balkan ‘Dysfunctional’ Govts Blamed For Democratic Failings (Balkan Insight)

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Dysfunctional governments in Balkan countries continue to drive down democracy ratings in the region, according to Freedom Houses’s latest study, ‘Nations in Transit 2014’. Sinisa Jakov Marusic BIRN Skopje A new report by Freedom House ranked Kosovo, Bosnia, Albania and Macedonia lowest in the Balkan region in terms of democratic standards. Kosovo is rated the […]

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Restlessness and anxiety due to Haradinaj’s candidacy (Kontakt plus radio)

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Association of Relatives of the victims in Kosovo since 1998 warned that if Ramush Haradinaj is president of the new Kosovo government, the process of finding out the truth about the fate of more than 520 kidnapped Serbs will stop and the prosecution of war crimes will be completely halted. The press release of the […]

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Mustafa clarifies LDK’s position towards Pacolli and AKR (Express)

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LDK leader, Isa Mustafa, said he offered cooperation to Pacolli but he refused because he was confident his party would pass election threshold. “I have contacted many political parties during the pre-election activity. I met several times with the leader of the Justice Party (PD), Movement for Unification (LB), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK), […]

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United in loss (Tribuna)

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Armand Shkullaku remarks that the excellent process of 8 June elections has been covered by the shadows of the unknown. The main reason for this tensioned situation is the effort of some opposition parties to proclaim the other side, voted by 215 thousand Kosovars, an enemy. Using the excluding category to justify los, leads towards […]

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Negotiations on future Kosovo government (RTK2)

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Representatives of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) believe that, together with other opposition parties, they will manage to create the new government. In the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) say that there is still time for talks and that Hashim Thaçi is the only legitimate prime minister designate. In the AAK believe […]

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