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Stojanović and Simić with Hoyt Brian Yee about the problems of Serbs and the Serbian Orthodox Church (Kossev)

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US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee is in a two-day visit to Kosovo. During the first day of his visit, Hoyt Brian Yee met with the President of the Assembly of Kosovo Kadri Veseli, Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri, as well as with representatives of Serbs in […]

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Marko Djuric to arrive in Kosovo instead of Vucic (Gazeta Metro)

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After the decision of the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, to annul the visit to Kosovo, the Director of the Office for Kosovo at the Serbian government, Marko Djuric will be arriving. Sources of the portal from Mitrovica North, said that the gathering in Leposavic will be held, despite the objections of Albanian citizens, who […]

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Vucic cancels Kosovo trip, “won’t take orders from Pristina” (B92)

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Serbian PM and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he would not travel to Kosovo where he was to hold a rally in Leposavic on Wednesday. “I will not take orders from them (Pristina) on whether I would arrive with Vulin, Stefanovic, or somebody else. You won’t see that movie,” he said late on […]

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OSCE Broadcast 28 March

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• Vucic cancels his visit to north of Kosovo(KTV)
• Trajkovic: Serbian political system manipulates votes of Kosovo Serbs (Klan Kosova)
• Stojanovic: We have been excluded from decision-making processes (Klan Kosova)
• Constitutional Court suspends the election of the Supreme Court President (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Hoxha: Fight against corruption is not impossible (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Assembly to monitor implementation of the Law on digitalisation (TV21 & KTV)
• Kosovo Police officer arrested for illegal possession of weapons(Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Vllasi: I was victim of a political attack (KTV – Summary of Rubicon show)

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UNMIK Headlines 29 March

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U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Yee visits Kosovo (Koha Ditore/Telegrafi)
Vucic refuses Kosovo’s conditions, annuls visit in the north (Epoka e Re)
Luxembourg supports visa-free travel for Kosovo (Zeri)
Hoxhaj: Joint regional market, Serbia’s idea to dominate Balkans (Lajmi)
Tahiri: Kosovo Assembly resolution suspended talks with Serbia (Zeri)
O’Connell: There is lack of fighting corruption in Kosovo (Epoka e Re)

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Belgrade Media Report 28 March

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LOCAL PRESS

• Putin, Vucic: Relations will develop positively (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Djordjevic: Overhauling of MiGs to take place in Serbia (RTS)
• Kuburovic: No reason for France not to extradite Haradinaj (RTS/Beta)
• Djuric briefs Hellbach on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• DJB calls OSCE to count votes in Kosovo (Tanjug)
• Seselj: OSCE manipulates with votes (Novosti)
• Association of Families of Kidnapped, Killed Persons in Kosovo supports Vucic (Novosti)
• Stamatovic would rebuild institutions as Serbia’s new president (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• NATO might activate MAP even without registering of prospective military property to B&H (EuroBlic)
• Dodik: Bosniaks will never give up on attempts to abolish RS (Glas Srpske)
• Dodik announces he will meet President Putin in July (Fena)
• Resolution from Federation of B&H is attempt of Bosniak domination over Croats (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Why the coup failed: DF incompetent, Velimirovic ratted out the plan (Dnevne novine)
• EU enlargement continues (RTCG)
fYROM
• BESA will not support SDSM and DUI choice for Parliament Speaker (MIA)
• “For United Macedonia” initiative stages protest in Skopje (MIA)
• Zaev believes Parliament session will pave way for an SDSM led Government (MIA)
• EC: Council decides on opening of accession negotiations (MIA)
Albania
• Fleckenstein advises Albanian opposition (ADN)
• Opposition’s firm decision: No elections with Rama as PM (ADN)
• Opposition’s protest, maximal support by US (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Few Foreign Observers to Monitor Serbian Elections (BIRN)
• Why NATO continues to divide the Balkans (Eurasia Times)
• In defiant jab at Russia, Senate all but assured to approve Montenegro’s NATO bid (The Washington Post)

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Kosovo Special War Crimes Court Adopts Rulebook (Balkan Insight)

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The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for wartime and post-war crimes, could now be judicially operational in May. Two months after its judges were appointed, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers adopted its Rules of Procedure and Evidence, it said in a statement on Tuesday – a move that […]

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Serbian List: The opposition will experience an electoral debacle (KIM radio)

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Serbian List says that some presidential candidates are trying to ensure the votes of Serbs in Kosovo and create the impression of prepared electoral fraud. “Of course behind these attempts is the desire to challenge the entire election process in Serbia, if these candidates do not like the results.  Fortunately, in a democratic system such […]

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Vucic allowed to visit Kosovo (Koha)

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The government of Kosovo has decided to grant permission to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to visit Kosovo but on condition that this last for no more than three hours, said Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj today after meeting Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. Hoxhaj said the decision to allow Vucic’s visit was difficult considering […]

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Political and economic interests in media ownership are squeezing Kosovar journalism (Kosovo 2.0)

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Abit Hoxha, a journalism researcher, writes in an op-ed that media ownership in Kosovo is still “very fluid” in terms of who owns what and how this translates into influence on journalism.  On one hand, you have the economic ownership whereby “business owners attempts to utilize media, not only as a business in itself but […]

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Serbs in Kosovo blackmailed to vote for Vucic – opposition (B92, KIM radio)

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The Dveri Movement claims that Serbs employed by Serbian institutions and public companies in Kosovo and Metohija are subjected to threats and blackmail. According to the opposition movement, whose leader Bosko Obradovic is a candidate in the April 2 presidential elections, these Serbs are pressured in order to support Aleksandar Vucic, the candidate of the […]

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Specialist chambers become fully operational (Koha)

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Koha reports that the special court for Kosovo is now up and running following the adoption of the rules of procedure and evidence by specialist chambers judges today. In a press release issued by the Specialist Chambers, the set or rules are described as aiming to enhance the fairness, expeditiousness, efficiency, integrity and security of […]

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