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Belgrade Media Report 26 February 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Detention of Ivanovic and others is abuse of law (RTS)
• Cuba supports Serbia’s position on Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Detention extended for Ivanovic (Tanjug)
• Kosovo places Stojanovic on Interpol’s warrant (Politika)
• Vulin: Time and place or issuing warrant not accidental (Tanjug)
• Seselj: Interpol’s warrant continuation of pressure on government (Beta)
• Obradovic: No illegal immigrants crossed border in last two days (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• No agreement on formation of the new FB&H Government (Srna)
• Dodik: Law on B&H gas unacceptable transfer of jurisdictions – RS will oppose it (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: Message to all ambassadors in B&H is to stay out of internal matters (Srna)
• Wounded jihadists medically treated in FB&H (Glas Srpske/Srna)
• Zaev: Fourth series of secret recordings (Tanjug)
• Gruevski: Zaev undermines the system and endangers citizens’ privacy (MIA)
• Xucla: False is that I asked for monitoring Macedonia (MIA)
• Kitarovic visiting B&H 3rd of March (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Wave of Kosovan migration sparks unease in European capitals (Financial Times)
• What next for Kosovo Serbs? (TransConflict)
• Amnesty Gives Balkans Mixed Verdict on Rights (Balkan Insight)
• OP-ED: The disaster of Kosovo should be a warning to all humanitarian interventionists (The Week)
• Appeals court: Former Bosnian prison guard can be extradited (Associated Press)

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Warrant a new trap for Belgrade (Vecernje Novosti)

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Momir Stojanovic former head of the Military Security Agency, current SNS MP and head of the Committee for control of the security services, has ended up on the ‘red’ Interpol’s warrant. Retired general was informed about it, as we learned, on Monday through Serbian Interpol bureau, that it Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The list […]

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Serbs not participating in today’s Kosovo parliament session (KIM Radio)

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The Serbian List caucus whip in the Kosovo parliament Sasa Milosavljevic stated that MPs from that list will not take part in today’s parliament session. “MPs from the Serbian List are still waiting to be summoned for a meeting with the Prime Minister of Serbia and representatives of the Serbian Government with regard to decision […]

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Government to receive draft law on Kosovo Armed Forces next week (Koha)

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Kosovo Security Force Minister Haki Demolli said that the draft law on the establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) will be presented to the government next week.  He added however that before a draft law on transformation of the KSF into KAF is passed, the Kosovo Assembly needs to vote in favour of constitutional changes. […]

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Thaci to visit Germany early March (Kosovapress)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, is expected to visit German early March on invitation of his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Apart from discussing ways to deepen cooperation, Thaci will also discuss with his German host economic and trade exchange between Kosovo and Germany.

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Natasa Kandic to be awarded honorary citizenship of Gjakova/Djakovica (Telegrafi)

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Municipal Assembly of Gjakova/Djakovica approved the proposal to award the Serbian human rights activist, Natasa Kandic, honorary citizenship.

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Detention extended to Oliver Ivanovic for another two months (KoSSev)

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Detention to Oliver Ivanovic was extended yesterday for another two months, communicated Ivanovic’s party CI SDP ‘Oliver Ivanovic’ on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts commenting it as ‘shameful’. Ivanovic is in detention as of 27 January 2014. His detention has been extended despite none of ten witnesses of the prosecution, who were questioned so […]

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Europe, Kosovo people are also entitled to free movement (Koha Ditore)

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The former RTK Belgrade-based correspondent, Fahri Musliu, writes in an opinion piece that the lack of visa liberalization is the main cause of the recent irregular migration of Kosovo people towards European Union (EU). Musliu writes that the EU is responsible for Kosovo people taking the “route through hell”, spending their money and putting their […]

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How Interpol is working in Kosovo (Politika)

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The warrant was issued for Stojanovic at the request of the UNMIK mission in Kosovo. Interpol office in Kosovo operates within UNMIK. UNMIK is the only authorized mission that has the ability to, through international cooperation, claim people and exchange information with the countries and organizations that do not recognize Kosovo as an independent state. […]

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Municipalities in northern Kosovo still without budgets for 2015 (RTK2)

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Even though MPs of North Mitrovica and Leposavić/Leposaviq municipalities have adopted budgets and forwarded them to relevant ministries, they haven’t been approved yet, because they are apparently not harmonized with the recommendations of the Ministry of Finance. Four municipalities in northern Kosovo last year adopted budgets for 2015 and forwarded them to Pristina for clearance, […]

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EULEX filed the request for an Interpol arrest warrant (Danas)

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Chairman of the Board of the Serbian Assembly for control of the security services, the former security officer of the Yugoslav Army and member of SNS Momir Stojanovic with 16 other citizens of Gjakova/Djakovica was found on an Interpol “red” arrest warrant on suspicion that in 1999 in Kosovo he has committed crimes against civilians. […]

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Lumezi: There will be no more untouchable people in Kosovo (Zeri)

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The only candidate for the chief prosecutor of Kosovo, Aleksander Lumezi, stated in an interview for Zeri that all prosecutors should work with professionalism. He said that he does not believe on existence of clans within the prosecution system of Kosovo, however he admits that there were interferences from outside in the process of the […]

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