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Belgrade Media Report 28 August

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Davenport: Following the agreement in Brussels, Serbia closer to the EU (Dnevnik, B92)
• Vienna summit tackles joint projects and problems (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Germans will “keep their word” on chapter opening (RTS)
• Joksimovic and Bogovic discuss EU integration funds (Tanjug)
• Diplomatic battle against Kosovo’s UNESCO bid still imminent (Nedeljnik)
• Small protest held against Kosovo dialogue agreement (Radio Contact Plus)
• Hahn: Decision on election in hands of Serbian politicians (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Prosecutor’s Office issued an indictment against Naser Oric (Srna)
• Mitrovic: Crimes on Orzen had all elements of genocide (Srna)
• Zeljka Cvijanovic: Opposition’s most common circus and performance (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Knocking on heaven’s door (The Economist)
• Merkel Calls on Europe to Act After Dead Refugees Found (Bloomberg)
• Migrant crisis: Balkans ‘part of the solution, not the problem’ (The Telegraph)
• Why do Serbia and Macedonia want help with migrants? (RFI)

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UNMIK Headlines 31 August

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• Dialogue to focus on implementation of agreements (Koha Ditore)
• Vetevendosje: Association/Community bad for people of Kosovo (dailies)
• Dumoshi: Certain individuals cannot make threats in the name of people (Zeri)
• Jablanovic, head of the Association/Community? (Zeri/Gazeta Blic)
• Government of Kosovo gives in to Serbian List (Koha Ditore)
• Missing persons to be discussed in Brussels (Epoka e Re)
• Serbian nun: Kosovo in UNESCO, absurdity (Zeri)

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OSCE Broadcast 30 August

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• Kosovo marks the International Day of Disappeared (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Jahjaga: The fate of the missing persons is a priority for the institutions (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1&Klan Kosova)
• Ymeri: Only protests can stop the Association (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Serbian PM Vucic to visit Kosovo in September (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
• Minister Abrashi received death threats (KTV)

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UNMIK Headlines 29 August

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• Mustafa: Association does not impose constitutional changes (Koha Ditore)
• Albanian translation strengthens Association/Community (Zeri)
• Protest against Serb pilgrimage in Gjakova/Djakovica (dailies)
• Vetevendosje throws rotten eggs at PM Mustafa’s car (Koha Ditore)

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Djuric again banned from entering Kosovo (KIM radio)

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Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric has been forbidden to come to Gracanica, said his deputy Zeljko Jovic. Djuric was expected today to attend the festive liturgy in Gracanica on the occasion of the Assumption. Jovic blamed the authorities in Pristina for the ban of the visit. “The request was duly […]

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Now we can phone Kosovo, but is that enough? (Koha/Euractiv)

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By David MacShane, UK’s Minister of the Balkans from 2001 to 2005. The modest steps brokered by the EU between Serbia and Kosovo are to be welcomed. But the fact remains that more than 15 years since the fighting stopped in Kosovo, and 20 years since the Katyn-style massacres in Srebrenica, the Western Balkans is unable […]

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The opposition in Serbia: Whose will be the Community/Association?

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Representatives of the opposition Democratic Party today in the Assembly have asked the Government of Serbia and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to explain what the executive powers were agreed for the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. Borislav Stefanovic, from the Democratic party, has asked what are the executive powers of the ZSO, will the ZSO, for […]

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Hahn: Decision on election in hands of Serbian politicians (Danas, Tanjug)

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A decision on a snap parliamentary election does not depend on leaders of the EU, but solely on Serbian politicians, and the EU is convinced that Serbia will stay the reform course and remain committed to resolving the Kosovo issue, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn says. In an interview to Belgrade-based daily […]

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Declaration on bilateral issues adopted in Vienna (B92)

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A declaration on bilateral issues has been included in the conclusions of the Summit on the Western Balkans held in Vienna, Austria. The declaration was signed by regional foreign ministers who took part in the gathering. Hedvig Morvai, Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans, told Tanjug that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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Veseli commends the agreements, expects official reports (RTK)

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Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli through a press statement welcomed the agreements reached in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade and said he expects official reporting on the process and the content of the agreements. “We believe that the Government, which has all the legitimate authority to represent Kosovo and to make decisions in the dialogue […]

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The failure delegation (Kosova Sot)

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The paper on its front page editorial writes that all the Western Balkans countries, except Kosovo, after the Vienna Summit have already started calculating on what they have benefited from this summit.  “The signing of agreements between Kosovo and Serbia, has enabled Serbia the opening of negotiations for the EU membership. While Kosovo apparently has […]

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Djuric: Time for real reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians (RTS)

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The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that after the signing of the agreements in Brussels, the time has come for real reconciliation and that time is coming for truthful normalization of relations between Serbs and Albanians. “In the past period Serbia has reached very good agreements for […]

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