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Belgrade Media Report 04 January

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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia in favor of regional peace, but won’t let others humiliate it (Beta)
• Simic: EU to exert pressure on Pristina to meet obligations from Brussels agreement (Beta)
• Patriarch Irinej: Crucified Kosovo, our national cradle, remains our country (B92)
• Stefanovic: Decision on early election to be made in interest of citizens (Tanjug)
• Faktor Plus: Vucic could defeat Nikolic in second round (Politika/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Final preparations for marking of RS Day on 9 January are underway (N1)
• Bosniak officials: Celebration of 9 January is disrespect for B&H CC’s decision (Hayat)
• Bosniak officials criticize Nikolic’s announced attendance of marking of RS Day (TV1)
• Stevandic: Those responsible for USCE operation to be sanctioned (Srna)
• Who will answer for leaking of secret documents from OSA? (Dnevni avaz)
• Pahor: Slovenia must prepare well for border arbitration ruling in border dispute with Croatia (Hina)
• Macedonia replies to Dacic: Politicians not to spoil friendship between two states (Nova/ Mkd.mk)

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Kosovo government fulfilled only 26 percent of SAA criteria (Kosovapress)

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According to a study carried out by the Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLSP), Kosovo government fulfilled only 26 percent of the criteria set out by the EU’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) although the deal entered into force on 1 April 2016. Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for European Integration, Anila Statovci, said it was […]

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Jessen-Petersen: Kosovo’s leaders are outdated and out of touch (Radio Free Europe)

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Soren Jessen-Petersen, former United Nations chief administrator in Kosovo, said in an interview with Radio Free Europe, that Kosovo’s leadership is out of touch and that Kosovo needs a “new generation of political leaders, because the current leaders are not showing any vision apart from their insistence to remain in power”. Mr. Jessen-Petersen, 2016 was […]

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Haziri: Rebel MPs are keeping Kosovo isolated (Bota Sot/Telegrafi)

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In an interview for Bota Sot daily newspaper, LDK deputy leader and Gjilan Mayor, Lutfi Haziri, said delays in ratifying the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro, as a result of the actions of the opposition and certain MPs, are obstructing the political life in Kosovo. “They [the MPs] are obliged to coordinate within their party […]

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Serbs in Kosovo were and remained united (Jedinstvo, KIM radio)

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Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić says that Serbs in Kosovo were and remained united and that those who were trying to undermine the unity will face the consequences. He says for the weekly Jedinstvo that he hopes that this is a lesson for all who might think that it is […]

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AAK “blocks” Kadri Veseli (Indeksonline)

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Kadri Veseli, President of the Kosovo Assembly and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), said that this month he will organise a round-table with political leaders to discuss major unresolved issues such as the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation with Montenegro. Representatives of opposition parties however are saying that they […]

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Live in love of Christmas, patriarch says in message (media)

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Patriarch Irenaeus of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Tuesday sent a Christmas message urging the faithful to live in mutual brotherly love – the love of Christmas. May Serbia revive from this Christmas onward, and may its families be filled with joy and full of children playing, he said. Irenaeus particularly urged the faithful to […]

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OSCE Broadcast 3 January

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• Simic: Government to work with OSCE in drafting Association’s Statute (Klan Kosova)
• Rakic: Albanian politicians are using wall for daily politics (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Tahiri’s dates regarding implementation of agreements were never respected (KTV)
• Veseli: Assembly has implemented 98 per cent of its agenda (RTK)
• Sherifi: 2017 will be a year of early elections (TV21)

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Will Trump ease pressure on Serbia over Kosovo? (B92)

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The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, that started in 2013 with the signing of the Brussels agreement, is still far from over, and will continue this year as well. Experts assess that the Trump administration could ease the pressure on Belgrade. Monarchies, socialist, one party-states, the war-time 1990s, followed by two decades of transition, have not brought Serbs […]

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Headlines 4 January

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Tahiri: In 2017, dialogue will enter final phase (Epoka)
“Mitrovica North wall issue to be resolved through dialogue” (Zeri)
Serbian List demands establishment of Association/Community (Kosova Sot)
Ymeri: Right path this year will start with government’s resignation (Epoka)
Thaci congratulates new UN chief Guterres (Lajmi)
2017, the year of the Special Court (Koha)

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