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Returnee’s house burned in Klina (B92, Akter,Beta)

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Unknown persons set fire to the house of Serbian returnee in village Drsnik in Klina municipality. This was stated by the Commissioner of the Commissariat for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia, Bozidar Sarkovic. Sarkovic, who is also a councillor in the Municipality Assembly, told Beta agency that last night around 21.00 hours a house […]

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Reception held for participants of UN missions conference (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has hosted a reception for the participants of a regional conference on involvement of Western Balkan states in United Nations peacekeeping missions. Serbia will make a full contribution to the role of the United Nations in preserving peace in the world, Dacic said late Monday. “We cannot influence […]

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Dacic, Ashton to hold farewell meeting in Brussels (Tanjug)

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BRUSSELS – Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic will arrive in Brussels Tuesday for a farewell meeting with outgoing EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Over the last two years, Ashton has facilitated the dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, where Dacic participated as prime minister in the previous Serbian government. Ashton’s place […]

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DSS: Serbia backing down in front of the EU (KIM radio)

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The Chairperson of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Sanda Raskovic Ivic stated that last incidents in Kosovo and Metohija come as a consequence of a backing down of Serbia as a state in front of the West, that is the European Union. Raskovic Ivic told at the press conference in Kosovska Mitrovia that state […]

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CI SDP: We expect Ivanovic to be released pending trial (KIM radio)

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Civic Initiative SDP, whose leader Olvier Ivanovic has been in detention in last nine months, stated that they expect Ivanovic to be released pending trial. CI SDP said in a statement that even though case against Ivanovic and case against ‘Drenica group’ can’t be compared, they expect that court will decide to release Ivanovic pending […]

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Sovrlic announces hunger strike (TV Most)

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Slobodan Sovrlic from Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok, who is in detention in Kosovska Mitrovica, has sent a written request to EULEX to review the legality of his detention. In a letter forwarded to TV Most Sovrlic complained on several motions by a prosecutor and announced that he will stage a hunger strike. Sovrlic was detained in […]

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President without reply on item 127 (Telegrafi)

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Arber Vllahiu, advisor to Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, told Telegrafi that the president is still reviewing the request presented by the minority communities MPs for interpreting item 127 of the Constitutional Court’s decision. “The request is being analysed and assessed and an answer will be provided very soon”, said Vllahiu.

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Kosovo could face same fate as Greece (Zeri)

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Editor Enis Veliu writes that all current economic parameters are warning about a serious economic crisis that can hit Kosovo in the next couple of months, despite the fact that some government officials are trying to deny this. “A recent public statement by outgoing Minister of Finance, Besim Beqaj, who said that the economic growth […]

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Football in the Balkans: Spark meets tinderbox (The Economist/Gazeta Blic)

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Gazeta Blic re-runs an opinion piece by Tim Judah that originally appeared in the Economist. There is nothing like a football match to push simmering ethnic tensions to the surface. No love has been lost between Serbs and Albanians for more than a century, and in modern times the battle over Kosovo has further divided […]

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Djuric urges UNMIK chief to encourage Kfor, Eulex (Tanjug)

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BELGRADE – The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric urged Farid Zarif, the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), on Monday to additionally encourage Kfor, Eulex and the Pristina authorities to ensure security to Serbs in the province. After a meeting with Zarif, Djuric told reporters that the incidents […]

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OSCE Broadcast 20 October

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• Community MPs request clarification of Constitutional Court’s verdict (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1&KTV)
• Zbogar: Kosovars should find the solution (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Ombudsperson: We challenged President’s decree on mandate of international judges (TV21)
• Djuric urges UNMIK chief to encourage KFOR and EULEX (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK2)
• Children voice their concerns to Ombudsperson about violence in schools (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Nine health officials remain in detention (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)

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UNMIK Headlines 21 October

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• Minority communities to meet President Jahjaga today (Lajm)
• Bloc playing its last card (Tribuna)
• Murphy: Government to be established as soon as possible (Epoka e Re)
• Kuci and Meucci discuss transfer of competencies (Lajm)
• French soldier: I divided Mitrovica (Epoka e Re)
• Albania adds a footnote for Kosovo (Zeri)

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