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Belgrade Media Report 26 January

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Belgrade-Pristina airline on the negotiating table (Danas)
• Djuric: Serbian parliamentary elections to be held in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: I hope the EU will not allow revision of Brussels agreement (Tanjug)
• Maric: No replacement for Brussels dialogue (RTS)
• Kosovo Serbs in CoE Pristina delegation? (Novosti)
• SPS-PUPS-JS might break up before elections (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Decision on referendum at the next assembly session (Srna)
• Fahrudin Radoncic apprehended on orders of the B&H Prosecutor’s Office (Fena/Dnevni avaz/Klix)
• Djukanovic: One cannot be both the government and the opposition at the same time (RTCG)
• EP Rapporteur for Montenegro: I will carefully monitor the vote of confidence in the government (Mina)
• Parties meet Vanhoutte once again: SEC awaits approval for Electoral Roll revision (MNA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian Fighters Deny Killing 118 Kosovo Civilians (BIRN)
• Police arrest Bosnian tycoon-turned-politician (Reuters)
• Montenegrin Government Facing Confidence Motion (AP/Reuters)

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IMF Welcomes Kosovo’s Economic Upturn (Balkan Insight)

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In its first review of the agreement, the IMF said Kosovo’s economy is recovering as reforms pay off – but warned that political stalemate may have a negative impact. The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Monday said Kosovo’s economy is showing signs of improvement in its first review of the Stand-by Arrangement with the Balkan […]

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Few but Fanatical – the Kosovo Women Who Go Over to ISIS (Balkan Insight)

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Kosovo has been one of Europe’s most pro-American states since the United States helped it break free of Serbian control. Yet in a generational shift in this largely secular country, Islamic radicalisation is making some in-roads among the young. And it’s not only men who have gone east to join Isis. Security experts in Kosovo […]

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Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to resume on 27 January (Telegrafi)

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The Office of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, announced today that the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue at the level of Prime Ministers will continue on Wednesday, 27 January in Brussels. The statement said the parties will discuss the implementation of agreements reached so far and the next steps in the […]

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PDK announces another candidate for Kosovo president (Telegrafi/Gazeta Tribuna)

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Citing unnamed sources within the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Gazeta Tribuna reports that PDK parliamentary group during its meeting today proposed that PDK MP Rafet Rama should be Hashim Thaci’s rival for Kosovo president.  The parliamentary group also discussed about the quorum needed for the election of the president, and issued a decision that […]

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Vetevendosje objects to PM Mustafa travelling to Brussels (Telegrafi)

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Vetevendosje Movement has criticized the decision of the Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to travel to Brussels for a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue. Vetevendosje’s Glauk Konjufca said in a press conference that that Mustafa and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci have taken decisions that seriously undermine the […]

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Further dialogue for better life of Serb community in KiM (Dailies)

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It is important that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue goes on, Serbia’s minister responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic said on Tuesday, adding that the Brussels agreement was a framework for ensuring a better life of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija. Ahead of the next meeting of the Brussels dialogue on Wednesday, Joksimovic said that Belgrade and […]

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Veseli convinced Thaci will become president of Kosovo (Lajmi)

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President of the Kosovo Assembly Kadri Veseli said today that the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Hashim Thaci will be elected president of Kosovo and that “this process is not becoming complicated.” Referring to President Atifete Jahjaga’s remarks that Kosovo doesn’t need international intervention to resolve the political situation, Veseli said Kosovo […]

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Assembly to start session with election of President (lajmi.net)

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Assembly of Kosovo has prolonged its winter holiday more than usual, after a season when tear gas by the opposition parties was thrown almost at every session. Assembly Presidency gathered last week however they did not set the date for the next session. They said the date will be set at the next meeting of […]

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Selimi: Serbia tapped internationals as well (RTKlive)

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Vetevendosje Movement MP, Rexhep Selimi, said that except for the people of Kosovo, Serbian agents tapped significant international personalities in Kosovo, to provide information to Russian intelligence. Selimi, who is also member of the Committee for Internal Affairs at the Assembly of Kosovo, said that the commission treated this issue in the past, after the […]

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PACE in Strasbourg to also discuss Kosovo (RTKlive)

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From 25 to 29 January, lawmakers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will present their reports and adopt resolutions on the most immediate international issues, reports the media. International terrorism With regard to international terrorism, reports on “Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq” and “Combating international terrorism while protecting Council of […]

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Simic: I believe that the court will fix the mistake (TV Most)

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President of the Serbian list Slavko Simic says that the ruling made by the Basic Court in Mitrovica in Oliver Ivanovic’s case is political and he hopes that the judges will correct this mistake with the appeal. Simic says that it is absolutely clear to everyone that the judgment is based on principles other than […]

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