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Belgrade Media Report 18 February 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Solution to migrant crisis in Brussels (RTS/Beta/Tanjug)
• Cooperation between Serbia and the RS as an incentive for the entire B&H (RTS)
• Migrants who return from EU cannot stay in Serbia (Beta)
• Dacic: I expect nothing good from Thaqi’s election (Danas)
• Drecun: NATO unavoidable factor of collective security (Beta)
• Petrovic: Thaqi is best solution for Kosovo President (TV N1)
• KLA terrorists receive 15 years in prison (Politika)
• EU to close borders for refugees on 1 March (Danas)
• Scott: I am glad to see cooperation with NATO becoming closer (Beta)
• PUPS leaves SPS; Dacic believes this will not weaken SPS (Tanjug/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Radoncic released from custody, prohibiting measures imposed (Srna)
• Radoncic: Provocation of my arrest have not destabilized very strong Bosniak coalition (Nezavisne)
• Abu Hamza released from immigration center (Srna)
• Road to the EU (Faktor)
• Failure to adopt political agreement on Friday major setback for democracy in Montenegro (MNA)
• Macedonian President, European Council Head and European Commission Chief discuss migrant crisis in Brussels (MIA)
• State Election Commission: Computer database checkup will take 2-3 days, followed by field inspections (Telegraph.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo PM: KLA Convictions are a Serbian Farce (BIRN)
• European states deeply divided on refugee crisis before key summit (The Guardian)

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Haradinaj calls on the people of Kosovo to become part of the change (Gazeta Blic)

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The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, issued a statement following yesterday’s opposition protest calling on the people of Kosovo to join the efforts for change. Haradinaj said the protest conveyed several messages with the first and foremost being that the people of Kosovo will no longer tolerate violation […]

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Mustafa: Serbia has no right to convict Kosovo citizens (Koha Ditore)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa reacted during today’s meeting of the government of Kosovo regarding the decision of a senior court in Serbia to convict eight former high ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), saying that no Serbian court has competences to make decisions on the citizens of the Republic of […]

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17 February – protest and celebration (Koha Ditore)

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KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi in an opinion piece today commends the citizens for the peaceful protest held yesterday in Pristina. “The biggest day in the history of Kosovo was used for two actions complementary to each other – to celebrate and protest. There are many reasons to celebrate the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. But […]

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Government allocates additional 420 thousand euros for Ombudsperson (RTK)

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The government of Kosovo has allocated additional 420 thousand euros for the institution of the Ombudsperson in Kosovo. During the government meeting today, European Integration Minister Bekim Collaku said the allocation of these funds was one of the remaining eight criteria for the visa liberalization. According to him, the government has almost met all the […]

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Religious leaders appeal for dialogue (Indeksoline)

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Religious leaders of the Catholic Church, Islamic Community of Kosovo and the Protestant Church held today a joint press conference where they invited the political specter to sit around table and find a solution to overcome the current situation. Bishop of Kosovo, Dode Gjergji said their intention is for all the good-willing people to call […]

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Ymeri: Prosecution of Vetevendosje activists continues, Thaci insulted citizens (Koha)

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The leader of the Vetevendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, said today at a press conference that Isa Mustafa and Hashim Thaci threatened citizens who participated at the protest. “These threats and insults are unacceptable and punishable,” said Ymeri and added that Thaci should give account for his statements made on Wednesday after the protest. Ymeri informed […]

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Serbs are only a decoration, but could win A/CSM (KoSSev)

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Serbs are only a decoration in the Kosovo parliament and government, serving the purpose of presenting Kosovo as a multi-ethnic place to the international community, said MP in the Serbian Parliament and former mayor of Mitrovica North, Krstimir Pantic. He added that despite this, if Serbs are smart, they will be able to ‘work-out Community of Serb-majority […]

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Court expected to issue arrest warrant for Vetevendosje leader Ymeri (Kallxo)

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A court in Pristina has announced it will soon issue warrant for the arrest of Vetevendosje leader Visar Ymeri as he, along with his fellow MP Rexhep Selimi, failed to show up for the hearing in the case dating back to 2012. Ymeri and Selimi are accused of assaulting the MP from the Democratic Party […]

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Drecun: Kosovo is the black hole of Europe (Danas)

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The Chairperson of the Serbian Parliament Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, stated yesterday on the occasion of the eight anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, that Kosovo is a failed experiment by mainly Western states and the black hole of Europe when it comes to respect of human rights and rights […]

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FOL: EULEX with a poor performance record in Kosovo (Telegrafi, Lajmi)

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Head of the Kosovo-based think tank FOL, Petrit Zogaj, said today that the EU rule of law mission (EULEX) has failed in fighting corruption and organised crime in Kosovo. He said that in the seven years since being established, the mission had only taken 47 court decisions in cases of organised crime and corruption.  According […]

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The position of Mexico on Kosovo will not change (RTS)

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During the meeting with the Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, the outgoing ambassador of Mexico in Serbia Jose Evaristo Ramon Xilotl Ramirez said that he is convinced that the Mexican government will not change its stance towards the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo. Dacic, who received Ramirez in a farewell visit, especially thanked for the […]

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