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Belgrade Media Report 16 February 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia respects specificity of Kosovo (TV Prva/Beta)
• Nikolic: If Kosovo is condition – EU doesn’t have to accept us (Danas/Tanjug/B92)
• Serbian parliament ratifies agreement between Serbian government and NATO (Politika)
• Vucic: Serbia remains neutral (Tanjug)
• Dacic: If Slovenia, Croatia close borders, we will have to do the same (Tanjug/Radio Deutsche Welle)
• Djuric: New investigation urged in case of murder of 12 Serbs (Tanjug)
• 14 Serbs accused of committing war crimes (Tanjug)
• ICTY: Seselj trial verdict to be announced on 31 March (Tanjug/B92)
• Stefanovic: ICTY behavior irresponsible (TV Pink)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Court of B&H confirmed the indictment against Radoncic and others in its entirety (Klix)
• Former Chief Prosecutor of B&H: It is tragicomic what Radoncic is charged with (Dnevni avaz)
• Mogherini impressed with success that B&H managed to achieve (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: European path must be manipulation free (Srna)
• B&H application for EU membership (Fena)
• Inzko congratulates the citizens of B&H on their application for the EU membership (Fena)
• Krivokapic: Police no longer an obstacle, an agreement on ANB and the media to follow (CDM)
• Montenegro started negotiations with NATO (RTCG)
• Judicial Council President: Special Prosecutor exerts pressure on Judiciary (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Leaders of Bulgaria and Macedonia met with V4 prime ministers in Prague (Prague Post)
• Austria to strengthen border checks to channel migrant flow (Reuters)

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Displaced Serbs without protection (Vesti)

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Internally displaced Serbs, beneficiaries of the free legal aid projects, have been left without lawyers’ representation in front of Kosovo courts. The paper was contacted by several families with complicated cases in front of the courts in Kosovo towns and informed that there is no one to represent them at hearings in February and March. […]

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Jevtić and Žbogar on return and security (KiM Radio)

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Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtić, met today with the head of the EU Office and the EU Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Žbogar, and discussed return and security in Kosovo. Jevtić expressed concerns due to the latest attacks on returnee families and said that this  jeopardizes return and survival […]

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AAK leader Haradinaj guarantees peaceful protest on Wednesday (media)

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Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), one of the parties of the opposition bloc, said today he guarantees that the popular protest called by the opposition for Wednesday will be peaceful. Haradinaj also argued that the latest arrest of Vetevendosje activists coincide with Wednesday’s protest. “The people will fulfil […]

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Vetevendosje reacts against arrests of its members (media)

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The Vetevendosje Movement issued a media communique today reacting against the arrest of its activists, including its parliamentary group chief Glauk Konjufca and spokesman Frasher Krasniqi by Kosovo Police, in relation to the destruction of EULEX vehicles in Pristina in 2009. The Vetevendosje Movement argues that “seeing that the 17 February protest will be massive […]

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The place of diplomatic tales (Koha Ditore)

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The paper’s columnist Enver Robelli writes in an opinion piece today that every call by the foreign ambassadors in Kosovo for combating corruption and crime sounds funny for as long as the same establish political alliance with politicians involved in crime and corruption affairs. “It is clear that foreign diplomats have identified the problem of […]

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Tahiri: The role of women to be strengthened in peace processes (Telegrafi)

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Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio, Edita Tahiri, participated in an international conference organized by UN Women that was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 11 and 12 February. The conference was attended by representatives of governments and civil society of the countries of Europe and Central Asia that are committed to the women’s agenda for peace and […]

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PM: We need NATO as ally to protect people in Kosovo (Dailies)

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Aleksandar Vucic has said that Serbia “remains militarily neutral, but needs NATO as an ally to protect the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija.” Vucic reacted to the criticism in the media – originating from a part of “the right-wing” opposition over an agreement with NATO granting its members freedom of movement and immunity – […]

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Djuric: We expect the renewal of the investigation of all crimes against Serbs (TV Most)

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On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the attack on the bus “Nis Express” near Podujevo, in which were killed 12 and wounded 43 Serbs, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said that the fact that this crime doesn’t have a court epilogue is unacceptable. “Even after fifteen years the […]

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Derguti: We will oppose Friday’s session (Koha)

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Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo from Vetevendosje movement, Aida Derguti, participated today at the meeting of the Assembly Presidency, which decided to hold the regular session of the Assembly on Friday. Referring to the Agreement on Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities, Derguti said that the government is insisting to bring back into life a […]

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AAK: Recent arrests linked to tomorrow’s protest (Telegrafi)

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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said in a press release that last night’s arrests of Vetevendosje spokesperson Frasher Krasniqi and the head of Vetevendosje parliamentary group Glauk Konjufca ahead of the opposition’s protest tomorrow demonstrate the strong link between the government and law enforcement authorities. The AAK said the timing of Krasniqi’s […]

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Civil society activists come out in support of tomorrow’s protest (Koha)

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A group of 54 civil society activists have signed a letter in support of tomorrow’s opposition protest. In the letter, the undersigned state that as citizens of Kosovo they are deeply concerned with the current political crisis and in an effort to contribute to the resolving of the situation, they have decided to support the […]

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