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Belgrade Media Report 12 April

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LOCAL PRESS

• High level of political relations between Serbia, China (Tanjug/RTS)
• Djuric: China, Serbia friends forever (RTS)
• Support of OSCE in drafting statute of Community of Serbian municipalities (RTS/Tanjug)
• Daut Haradinaj continues with threats (RTS/RTK2)
• Greek Defense Minister visits Greek soldiers within KFOR (RTS)
• Vucic wins in repeat elections (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
• DS demands dismissal of REM members (Beta)
• Protests continue across Serbia (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• HR Inzko informs AFET about situation in B&H (Hayat)
• US Senator McCain visits B&H (TV1)
• Dodik calls on SDS to vote for dismissal of B&H CoM (RTRS)
• B&H Presidency holds session, no support to Ivanic’s proposal (N1)
• SDA plans to file motion to B&H Constitutional Court to declare the name of the RS unconstitutional (Nezavisne)
fYROM
• Parliament filibuster continues for 11th day in a row (MIA)
• Tirana has nothing to do with the platform of the Albanians in Macedonia, says Rama (Meta)
• Althauser: Parliament should organize itself and elect a government (Meta)
• Kotzias: Those who refused to negotiate about the name, will now not allow a government to be formed (Meta)
Albania
• Parliament approves ad-hoc parliamentary vetting committee (ATA)
• Rama – There is no crisis, elections will be held (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia – An Autocracy Blessed by EU and Russia (Intelligencer Post)

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SRSG Tanin meets with Foreign Affairs Committee of Assembly of Kosovo

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Pristina, 12 April, 2017 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, today met with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Assembly of Kosovo, discussing and exchanging views on a wide range of issues important to Kosovo.   The meeting provided a unique opportunity to clarify UNMIK’s current activities, in […]

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Tanin: Only UN Security Council can shut down UNMIK (various media)

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The Committee for Foreign Affairs, met today with Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. After the meeting which lasted more than two hours, Tanin said to the media that UNMIK is a decision of the Security Council and that this is the reason why they are here. He also said that they […]

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Greek defense minister visits Kosovo, no official meetings (Kontakt plus radio, RTS)

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Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos visited Greek soldiers within KFOR in Kosovo, expressing praise for his country’s role in preserving stability in the region. Media in Pristina, however, point out that the Greek Minister during the visit did not meet with any official of the central institutions in Pristina, adding that Greece is one of […]

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Pristina won’t continue dialogue “until Haradinaj returns” (B92)

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Kosovo Minister for Dialogue Edita Tahiri says that Belgrade-Pristina negotiations in Brussels could continue “only when Ramush Haradinaj returns to Kosovo.” The ethnic Albanian politician and a former KLA leader, wanted in Serbia on war crimes charges, is currently in France, unable to leave that country pending a decision on Serbia’s extradition request. Tahiri’s statement […]

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Unacceptable behaviour of MP Haradinaj (KIM radio)

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Member of the Assembly of Kosovo Jasmina Živković says that it is unacceptable for MP to use the parliamentary rostrum and blame the whole nation for the legal process. She referred to the Daut Haradinaj’s address at the session of the Kosovo parliament. Živković says that while listening to the translation in the Assembly, she […]

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The turmoil in Serbian List still ongoing (RTK2)

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Aleksandar Jablanović and Slavko Simić five days ago have filed a request for the registration of the same citizens’ initiative as a political party. Both of them claim that they are entitled to it while waiting the CEC to officially comment on the issue. Both Simić and Jablanović expect a positive outcome of a decision […]

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War Justice Strategy for Kosovo Undermined by Divisions (Balkan Insight)

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A Kosovo government-backed working group set up to draft a national strategy for dealing with the wartime past has been troubled by divisions, disputes and failures to deliver, a new report says. Kosovo’s Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Dealing with the Past and Reconciliation (IMWG) has been working since 2012 on developing a National Strategy on […]

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President Thaci condemns threats against reporter (media)

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Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, posted on his Facebook account that the recent threats against Pristina-based reporter, Arbana Xharra, are unacceptable and punishable. “The freedom of speech and expression constitutes a basic human right and has a crucial role in the realization and protection of other rights. Reactions against such cases prove that our society does […]

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Germany advises: Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia must continue (Klan Kosova)

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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on the eve of his visit to Belgrade that his country supports dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Gabriel said for the European Union it is important for the process of negotiations for Serbia’s membership of the EU and the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia to happen at […]

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OSCE Broadcast 11 April

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• Dacic and Braathu discuss OSCE activities in Kosovo (RTK2)
• MFA perceives UNMIK’s role unnecessary (KTV)
• US Embassy does not express support for early elections (RTK)
• Opposition harmonises text for no confidence motion (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Thaçi and Delawie criticize MPs (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Thaçi started meetings with Srpska List MPs for Army (RTK1)
• Klokot/Kllokot deputy mayor insults Ramush Haradinaj (RTK1)
• Over 50 officials did not declare their property (TV21)

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Blakaj: Daut Haradinaj’s statement, exceptionally immature (Klan Kosova)

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Bekim Blakaj from the Human Rights Fund, said on Tuesday that Daut Haradinaj’s recent statement was exceptionally immature, especially coming from a member of the Kosovo Assembly. “Daut Haradinaj’s statement about the possibility of his brother’s extradition was exceptionally immature. What concerns me is that he displayed a high level of nervousness and this had […]

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