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Belgrade Media Report 22 April 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTS)
• Vucic asks to open accession negotiations chapters in June (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Tusk: We deserve to open chapters in June (RTS)
• Nikolic: Brussels should demonstrate that Serbia’s decisive steps are not futile (RTS)
• Djuric: Ready to open chapters in June or September (Tanjug)
• Russian Foreign Ministry: 2014 – the year of intensive Russian-Serbian contacts (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• KLA claims responsibility for attack on Gosince watchtower (Press24)
• Joint statement of six prime ministers of Western Balkans countries (Oslobodjenje)
• Zlatko Lagumdzija to visit Azerbaijan (Fena)
• Italian support to the B&H reforms (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Thaci dispute highlights bad will in Serbia relations (EUobserver)
• Reform Justice or Lose Funds, EU Tells Bosnia (BIRN)

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Northern Kosovo: More donations but problems remain (KIM Radio)

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Participants at today’s debate in Čaglavica/Çagllavicë said that with the integration of northern Kosovo there are more donations along with more investments in development, however problems remain during implementation of projects. It was pointed out at the debate in Media Center in Čaglavica/Çagllavicë that almost all companies in northern Kosovo have little business relations with […]

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Suspected mass grave in Novi Pazar (Zeri)

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The Chairman of the Government Committee on Missing Persons, Prenke Gjetaj, said on Wednesday the forensic teams will begin excavating a suspected mass grave in Novi Pazar, on 23 and 24 April. According to Gjetaj, around 100 bodies of the Albanians killed during the conflict in Kosovo are suspected to have been buried in this […]

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Jacobson: The region together to combat crime and terrorism (Koha)

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The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, said on Wednesday that organized crime, migration and participation in foreign wars, remain issues of concern for the security of the Western Balkans. “In this region, of particular concern are the cross-border organized crime, irregular migration and the growing trend of fighters participating in foreign wars in […]

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Busek: Arrest warrant on Thaci, political game (KosovaPress)

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The former Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek, in an interview for Kosova Press said that given the need to establish normal relations between Kosovo and Serbia, diplomatic games are not very useful. According to him, Serbia’s arrest warrant on Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, is a political […]

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Haradinaj: AAK deputies will not vote establishment of the special court (lajmi.net)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), has not changed its position on the special court. The leader of this opposition party, Ramush Haradinaj, said today that deputies of his party will not vote establishment of the special court at the Assembly. “No, I had an opportunity to inform you about this. We have a […]

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Veseli: We do not interfere in Macedonia’s internal affairs (Zeri)

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Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli commented on recent developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) saying that Kosovo does not interfere in the country’s internal affairs. Veseli also spoke about the establishment of the special court saying there is no specific date set for when it would be put to a vote in […]

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All of Kosovo in KLA (Zeri)

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The paper’s deputy editor-in-chief Lavdim Hamidi writes in a column today that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has reached a record number of members now in 2015 as there are around 50,000 people who have gained the status of KLA veteran. Judging from the figures, writes Hamidi, it seems ‘everyone’ in Kosovo was part of […]

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The goal of dialogue is not independence (TV Most)

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The President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić said today that it is not good that Pristina is encouraged by anyone to think that independence is the final goal of the ongoing dialogue in Brussels. During his talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics Nikolić also said that Serbia is absolutely dedicated to […]

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Opening of the Centre for preventive action and protection of women against violence (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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Center for preventive action and protection of women against violence (CPPW), the first of its kind, is opened in Kosovska Mitrovica. As said, CPPW will be available for women who are victims, or potential victims, and all other women who suffer any discrimination.  The Center will provide legal, economic and psychological support. Beside office in […]

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Žbogar: Time to find out the truth (RTK2/KIM Radio)

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At a debate organized by the School for Legal and Political Studies, in relation with the creation of the Special Court, the EU Special Representative Samuel Žbogar said that the time has come to find out the truth and added that Dick Marty’s report addresses few difficult issues for Kosovo. “After we received the Council […]

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Serbia lost a chance for reconciliation (Gazeta Blic)

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Former EU Special Envoy for Kosovo, Wolfgang Petrisch said in an interview for RTK that at the end of the entire created situation on whether the Principal Deputy of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci should go to Belgrade or not, Serbia was the loser. According to the former Austrian diplomat, Serbia once again […]

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