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Belgrade Media Report 22 February 2016

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: We want best possible relations with Balkan nations (Beta/Tanjug)
• Djuric: We advised Serb List to have their own presidential candidate (RTS)
• Health workers from Kosovo and Metohija meet with Serbian Health Ministry representatives (Danas)
• Vucic proposes Zoran Djordjevic as Defense Minister (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Europe needs common approach for resolving the migrant crisis (RTS)
• Serbian police stops 150 illegal migrants from crossing border to Croatia (RTS)
• Protest against NATO held in Belgrade (Beta/Tanjug/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ivanic: RS government will eventually take part in the working bodies of the Coordination Mechanism (Nezavisne)
• Cvijanovic: RS will not participate until the Coordination Mechanism is amended (Srna)
• SDP and DF with joint candidates for mayors in this year’s local elections (Fena)
• Baily: At this stage conditions for elections on 24 April not in place, parliament should pass the decision (Republika)
• VMRO-DPMNE breaks off cooperation with Peter Vanhoutte (Dnevnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian Fighter Given Alibi for Kosovo Massacre (BIRN)
• ‘Special humiliation’ for Serbia to be dragged into NATO after fatal US bombings – Zakharova (RT)
• Razor wire in Hungary fails as number of migrants entering the country from Serbia doubles AGAIN since last month (The Daily Mail)

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Fight for Kosovo is not over yet (Vecernje Novosti)

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Protests, led by the Czech MP Jaroslav Foldina have taken place in Prague in support of Serbia on the occasion of the eight anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo. In an interview with the paper, Foldina said that people in Czech Republic are expressing solidarity with Serbia as they consider that 24 March 1999 was […]

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Serbian List will not support Thaci (Vecernje Novosti)

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The agenda of the Kosovo Assembly for Wednesday states that the election of the president of Kosovo will take place on that day. The leader of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic, said to Novosti that they did not negotiate with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) about support to their candidate Hashim […]

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Contribution to Church’s Fund is a recommendation, not an obligation (RTS)

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The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, stated yesterday that he doesn’t understand the resistance to his proposal for voluntary contributions to the humanitarian Fund of the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren, and added that is it unbelievable that anyone would object to voluntary contributions to the Church’s Fund. Djuric […]

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KWN: Sexual harassment cases in Kosovo are not rare (Koha)

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The Kosovo Women Network (KWN) published the “Sexual Harassment in Kosovo” report today, which states that cases of sexual harassment seem quite frequent in Kosovo. For the first time, this report examines the legal framework related to sexual harassment in Kosovo; perceptions and attitudes towards sexual harassment and institutional response. The report aims to address the […]

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Mustafa at the Summit of Investments for Western Balkans (Koha)

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The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, is participating in the Investment Summit, sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in London. This year’s Summit is set to focus on the investment potential and business opportunities in the Western Balkan states. The development of new road corridors as well as renewable energy […]

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Kosovars don’t elect the ambassadors, but… (Koha Ditore)

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In an opinion piece today, referring to US Ambassador Greg Delawie’s statements about opposition parties, the paper’s Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that it shouldn’t be a problem that international ambassadors in Kosovo criticize the behavior of opposition parties in the Assembly. “It is not difficult to agree with these statements. But the problem is when the ambassadors remain silent about […]

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Vučić: Building of the Niš-Priština highway should begin as soon as possible (TV Most)

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today that the building of the Niš-Priština highway should start as soon as possible, calling it “the highway of peace”, since it will connect Serbs and Albanians. “It will be a highway of peace and I believe it will be the best link between Belgrade and Pristina. We invite […]

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Have Serbs started to like KFOR (Politika)

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In 1999, Božidar Šarković from Klina expected the worst of the NATO soldiers who following the signing of the Kumanovo Agreement marched into Kosovo and Metohija. KFOR soldiers didn’t move a finger when Albanians killed Serbs and burned their houses, he said. Šarković, who returned to Metohija in 2009, still has reservations about the KFOR, but he admits […]

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Opposition plans to set up tents on main square to oppose Thaci (Insajderi/Kosovapress)

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According to the news site, the three opposition parties – the Vetevendosje Movement, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), are planning to set up tents on Pristina’s main square in an attempt to prevent Hashim Thaci’s election as President of Kosovo. Unnamed sources told the news site that […]

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Rasic: Early elections are the solution to the crisis (RTK2)

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MP from the Serbian community Nenad Rasic said that the scenes from the last session of the Kosovo assembly were ugly and disturbing, adding that the opposition’s discontent is understandable, but their mechanism of expression is inappropriate. He pointed out that the ruling coalition should seriously attempt to resolve the crisis. “To reach compromise, two sides are required, […]

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Agreement on the recognition of diplomas beneficial for both Serbs and Albanians (KiM radio)

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Education and mutual recognition of diplomas between Belgrade and Pristina were frequent topics of Brussels talks. In practice, not much has been done, and diploma recognition has been awaited forfive full years now, said President of the Serbian National Forum Aleksandar Djikić on the “Sporazum” talk show.  “If Pristina University with a temporary seat in Mitrovica North were […]

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