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Belgrade Media Report 23 February

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, Rama – “Russia factor” and campaign (Tanjug)
• Coordination of security services necessary towards resolving crimes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• Still no solution regarding disputable Kosovo textbooks (Danas)
• Stefanovic: We will behave just as Austria and Germany behave (Tanjug)
• Austria still without decision on refugees from Afghanistan (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA-SBB meeting: Unreserved support for the continuation of the coalition agreement (Oslobodjenje)
• Covic: Coalition partners in revision phase (Srna)
• FB&H Constitutional Court: The new Labor Law enacted contrary to FB&H Constitution (Fena)
• SIPA undertakes necessary measures in regard to threats by Amir Selimovic against Bosniaks and Rais (Fena)
• VMRO-DPMNE: No valid arguments for postponing the elections, SDSM wants to prolong the crisis (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Austria rejects Balkans migrants conference criticism (Agence France Presse)
• Montenegro will have to close borders if neighbours do: PM (Reuters)

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Gračanica: Roma language should be preserved and respected (KIM Radio)

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Roma language should be preserved and respected, was the message from the debate dubbed ‘My language, the right of my community in my municipality’, organized by Communication for Social Development NGO. The goal of the debate was to review the current situation when it comes to respect of the Law on the Use of Languages in […]

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North Mitrovica without budget, pending guarantees from Pristina (KIM Radio)

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A North Mitrovica municipal session was interrupted yesterday, upon proposal of Mayor Goran Rakic, so that councilors could receive written guarantees from Pristina that the budget for 2016 would be the same as for the previous year. “We witnessed that the budget for 2015 was a political one and that it was not in line […]

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Mustafa: Kosovo committed to its European agenda (RTK)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, during his visit in the United Kingdom held a lecture at Oxford University where he spoke about Kosovo’s difficult path towards freedom and the current processes related to economic development and European integration.  “The Government of Kosovo is committed to being a worthy partner of the EU for the implementation […]

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Kuci: Corruption cases must be addressed by relevant authorities  (Koha)

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Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuci, said during a round-table today on the fight against corruption that whenever there are cases of corruption they should be addressed by the relevant authorities. But, according to him, they must be addressed accurately to not jeopardize the good work that is being done. “Social environment, citizens and civil society […]

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Preteni: There is no political will to fight corruption in Kosovo (Koha)

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The head of the Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency, Hasan Preteni said today that corruption is one of the major concerns in Kosovo. According to Preteni, in the Anti-Corruption Agency report to be published in March, Kosovo scores 3.3 out of 10 in fighting corruption, same as the Dominican Republic and Ethiopia, and is one of the countries […]

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Self-employment program launched in Mitrovica (Zeri)

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Mayor of Mitrovica Agim Bahtiri, Director of the regional office for employment in Mitrovica, Besmir Salihu, and UNDP Active Labour Market Programme Project Manager Ada Shima, informed citizens of the region of Mitrovica yesterday about the self-employment program for 2016. Besmir Salihu said the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, in cooperation with the UNDP and […]

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Opposition leaders: Starting from today we will protest day and night (media)

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The three leaders of the opposition bloc, Vetevendosje’s Visar Ymeri, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) leader Fatmir Limaj told reporters in Pristina today that starting at 14:00 the opposition will begin its non-stop protest against the government. Ymeri said: “Today we are starting our […]

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Anti-Americans are in power (Koha Ditore)

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In his weekly column for the paper, Enver Robelli writes that faced with the increasing revolt of the people of Kosovo against corruption, the ruling coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hatched a “fictitious affair” to accuse the opposition and civil society of being behind a […]

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New President of Kosovo to be elected on Friday (Gazeta Express)

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Citing reliable sources, the news site reports that members of the Kosovo Assembly will elect the new President of Kosovo on Friday at 11:00. The same sources said that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Hashim Thaci, will be faced with a counter-candidate for the post of President, namely Rafet Rama from the PDK. The […]

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Coordination of security services necessary to resolve crimes in Kosovo (TV Most, RTS)

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The meeting of the Working Group for gathering facts and evidence to shed light on crimes against Serbian people and other ethnic communities in Kosovo highlighted the importance of coordination between all services to obtain more information on numerous crimes. The Chairperson of the working group, and President of the Board for KiM of the Assembly […]

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Law on Use of Languages ​​is good, but is not respected (KiM radio)

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Language rights in Kosovo are still not sufficiently respected- is the phrase which is heard each year on the occasion of the Day of Mother Tongue. That was indicated during the meeting of a working group of the Consultative Council for Community Affairs organized on this occasion. “The Council so far suggested recommendations to institutions […]

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