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Belgrade Media Report 16 September 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Serbia satisfied with UN position regarding UNESCO issue (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dacic: Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO unacceptable (Tanjug)
• Dacic: EU again demonstrating double standards (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej to Irina Bokova: Kosovo membership in UNESCO endangers Christian heritage (Politika)
• Gasic visits NATO Command in Naples (Politika)
• Bratislav Nikolic: How I enrolled Strpce in the SNS (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Pendes, Mogherini signed agreement on participation of B&H in EU operations (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Migrants Keep Sneaking through Hungary’s Razo-Wire Fence (AP)
• Refugees seek alternative ‘Balkan’ route into EU (euronews)
• EU-Bosnia-Herzegovina Agree On Participation In Crisis Management (RTT)

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Opposition parties form joint anti-government front (media)

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The Vetevendosje leader, Visar Ymeri, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) leader Fatmir Limaj, told a press conference in Pristina today that they have agreed to form a joint anti-government front. The opposition leaders said that starting from Friday they will organize a petition […]

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Collaku: We have met the visa liberalization criteria (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s European Integration Minister, Bekim Collaku, said today that Kosovo has met all the visa liberalization criteria and that it expects the European Union to recommend the visa liberalization for Kosovo citizens and to sign the Stabilization/Association Agreement. Collaku made these remarks after meeting the French Ambassador to Kosovo Maryse Daviet. Collaku and Daviet discussed […]

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Grabovci responds to opposition’s call for early elections (Gazeta Blic)

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The head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) parliamentary group, Adem Grabovci, told the news site that the opposition’s call for early parliamentary elections is nothing new. “Democracy has its rules and they must be respected. If these rules are not respected anarchy will happen and the PDK is not interested in sending the […]

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Serbia Faces New Pressure Over US Albanians’ Murders (Balkan Insight)

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Serbia’s premier is likely to come under renewed pressure during his US visit this week to resolve the murders of the Bytyqi brothers, three Albanian-Americans killed in Serbia in 1999. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/no-indictements-in-us-albanian-murder-case-09-15-2015  

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About the abolition of Ivanovic’s detention at a closed session (KIM radio)

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The Basic court in Mitrovica has resumed the trial of Oliver Ivanovic and another four Serbs with the examination of Murat and Dorata Shkodra. On Thursday at a closed session will be discussed the abolition of detention to Ivanovic and Delibasic, said defence. Ljubomir Pantovic, Ivanovic’s defence lawyer, said to Kontakt plus radio that witnesses, […]

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The Anarchy Day (Kosova Sot)

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The paper on its front page editorial today writes that even though yesterday was the Democracy Day, there is nothing democratic in Kosovo. “In fact, democracy is only the form, while anarchy is the content. The Assembly as the highest body is completely under control of the political mafia networks working against the interest of […]

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Women with children returning from ISIS must be integrated (Zeri)

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At a conference organized yesterday by the Kosovo Centre for Security Studies and the EU Office in Kosovo it was said that women and children who are forced by their husbands or someone else to go to Syria and Iraq, after returning to Kosovo should be part of rehabilitation and reintegration programs. Most of them […]

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Mustafa requests annulment of his son’s contract (Kosovapress)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa requested today during the Government meeting interruption of a Government contract for vehicle repair with his son, saying that he was not aware of it. He further spoke about the level of corruption in Kosovo, after the publication of some data by the civil society. He said that […]

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Head of civil registration in Mitrovica North, arrested (Kallxo.com)

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Mitrovica regional police arrested on Tuesday Slavica Generalovic, head of the civil registration in Mitrovica North, suspected for issuing documents and registering Serbs as Kosovo citizens, despite the fact that they did not appear in Kosovo register books. The spokesperson of the Mitrovica regional police, Avni Zahiti, confirmed the news for KALLXO.com. “She is suspected […]

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Serbian Orthodox Church warns of danger of admitting Kosovo to UNESCO (KIM radio, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)

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The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has sent a letter on Tuesday to Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, warning that the acceptance of Kosovo’s membership bid would endanger the Christian cultural heritage and the Serbs’ religious and human rights. In the letter signed by Patriarch Irinej, the Synod points out […]

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OSCE Broadcast 15 September

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• International Democracy Day marked (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• President Jahjaga meets CIA Director (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Concerning data about corruption level in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Visa liberalization petition handed over to Zbogar(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• DPM Stojanovic presented “Our Plan” (RTK2)
• CRDP: No security for witnesses in Kosovo (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)

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