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Belgrade Media Report 2 November 2015

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UNESCO must implement UN SC decisions (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Underway campaign for Kosovo to acquire international capacity (RTS)
• Kosovo Assembly ratifies SAA (Tanjug)
• Vote on Kosovo’s UNESCO bid should be postponed (RTS/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Police prevented a terrorist attack in Republika Srpska (Nezavisne)
• Inzko: Referendum is a direct violation of the Dayton Peace Agreement (Fena)
• German Government pays FB&H PM economic adviser (Slobodna Bosna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo ignores Brussels dialogue: Serbian PM (Xinhua)
• Kosovo leader refers Serbia deal to top court (EU business)
• Why Montenegro’s Opposition Leaders Want to Topple the Government (Global Voices)

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Jevtic: SAA between Kosovo and EU guarantees implementation of the Brussels agreement (Tanjug)

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Members of the Serbian List today voted in favour of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) in the Kosovo parliament  because it guarantees the implementation of the Brussels agreement, said Dalibor Jevtic, minister for communities and return in the Kosovo government. Jevtic says for Tanjug that five points of the SSA guarantees all agreed between […]

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Janjic: Kosovo Constitutional Court to bring positive decision on agreement on A/CSM O (Kontakt Plus Radio)

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The director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations Dušan Janjić said on Saturday in Mitrovica North that Kosovo Constitutional Court will bring positive decision about constitutionality of agreement on Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM). At the assembly of the party Active Serbia, chaired by Janjić, he reflected on developments in the Kosovo parliament and stressed […]

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Drecun: Vote of opponents to Kosovo independence of utmost importance (KIM Radio)

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The chairperson of the Serbian parliament’s Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, said today that it is of utmost importance that states opposed to Kosovo’s independence are present at forthcoming UNESCO General Conference and vote when decision is made about Kosovo’s membership in that organization. According to Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, voting over […]

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Thaci: Visa liberalization is next (Zeri)

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Following the ratification of the Stabilization/Association Agreement with the European Union, First Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told reporters in the Assembly hall that Kosovo will now assume new obligations and responsibilities. “These responsibilities will be directly linked to the implementation of certain criteria that are required to move forward with reforms in the legislation […]

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Vetevendosje: Persons who pelted eggs at Albanian PM are not our activists! (Telegrafi)

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The Vetevendosje Movement issued a press release denying media reports that some of its activists pelted eggs at Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana today. “Reports claiming that Vetevendosje activists pelted eggs at Edi Rama are entirely false. No Vetevendosje activist took part in this action. None of the persons that carried this out […]

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Rašić: I expect EU’s pressure on Pristina (KIM Radio)

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MP from the ranks of the Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Nenad Rašić said that he expects EU to exert pressure on Pristina due to sending the agreement on Association/Community of Serb municipalities for assessment by the Constitutional Court, and added that certain ‘anonymous’ EU representatives said in media that even Stabilization and Association […]

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Campaign aimed at providing “international capacity” to Kosovo (RTS, Beta, B92)

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A campaign aimed at gaining “international capacity” to Kosovo, in several directions, is currently under way, Milovan Drecun has said. Speaking to RTS, the chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo and Metohija from the ranks of the ruling SNS party said Belgrade was “facing a planned campaign.” “It represents an attempt to move from […]

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Kosovo Assembly ratifies the Stabilization and Association Agreement (Koha)

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With 86 votes in favor, the Assembly of Kosovo today ratified the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union. The opposition MPs left the session before the voting process began as a sign of protest to the recent EU-brokered agreement with Serbia. The Assembly also approved the amendment to add the word Republic […]

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Thaci: Opposition’s action doesn’t diminish SAA’s importance (Gazeta Express)

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Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, today expressed regret over the opposition boycotting the vote on the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) in the Assembly. According to him, this action cannot diminish at all the importance of this agreement. “Congratulations to all for the ratification of the SAA, the […]

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Jahjaga welcomes the ratification of the SAA in the Assembly (Koha)

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Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, through a press statement welcomed the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) in the Assembly today. “Today we were united, despite our political differences, and together we made this vital step for the citizens of Kosovo, to strengthen the European perspective of our country. Today we started the irreversible way […]

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EU Office in Kosovo welcomes the ratification of the SAA (Gazeta Express)

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The European Union Office in Kosovo/EU Special Representative today welcomed the ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Kosovo and the EU. In a press statement sent by the EU Office, it was said that the ratification of the SAA is a major step forward on Kosovo’s European path.

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