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Belgrade Media Report 18 April

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LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia is secular; State and Church agree on key issues (B92/Tanjug)
• Djuric: ZSO to help Serb people to act towards survival (RTS/Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Belgrade has done everything to continue dialogue (TV N1)
• Vucic says he has no information that Croatia has S-300 (B92)
• Vulin: Rama wants to blackmail EU by threatening with war (RTS)
• Serbian Chamber of Commerce: Milanovic Inzjenering, Albanian Delia Group sign partnership agreement (Beta)
• Masked Albanians shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ assault Serb man (Tanjug)
• Ugljanin congratulates Erdogan (RTS)
• Germany ready to commit itself to Western Balkans (Danas)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic: HDZ B&H unilaterally launches changes to B&H Election Law which is impossible; Covic denies HDZ B&H blackmails SDA (TV1)
• Izetbegovic counts on four SDA MPs to adopt Law on Excise Duties (TV1)
• Karamatic’s statement on revival of Herzeg-Bosnia sparks reactions (TV1)
• Mostar SDA and HDZ B&H disagree with Inzko’s statement on Mostar (Oslobodjenje)
• American Croats lobbying for changes to Law on Elections and reorganization of Federation of B&H (Vecernji list)
Croatia
• Russia denies it sent weapons to Croatia in early 1990s (T portal/Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Indictment against Mandic and Knezevic submitted (RTCG)
• Draft law submitted to parliament (RTCG)
fYROM
• Carl Bildt in surprise visit to Macedonia (Meta/Lokalno.mk)
• Ivanov: Even if a parliament speaker is elected I will not assign the mandate (Meta)
• SDSM: We shall unblock parliament in accordance with the Rules, the Constitution, and the laws (Meta)
Albania
• President remains optimistic political parties will reach solution to crisis (ATA)
• Gabriel: Implement vetting, end parliament boycott (ATA)
• General Elections- Draft decision on “parliamentary mandates” at Law Committee (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo’s Cover-Up of Ethnic Cleansing of Serbian Christian Minority Continues (Sputnik)
• Albanian prime minister: EU faces ‘nightmare’ if Balkan hopes fade (Politico)

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Daily Blic reports on a series of alleged criminal activities led by Thaci

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On Monday, Daily newspaper Blic reported in an exclusive front-page story, as part of a larger series, details of secret documents of the Albanian mafia in Kosovo under the headline ”Thaci the lord of drugs, smuggling of weapons and fuel”. Almost all Serbian language media covered the Blic article. Blic writes, in the first of […]

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Thaci again threatens to sue Serbia for genocide (B92, Tanjug)

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For the second time in a month, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has taken to Facebook to announce that Serbia would be sued for genocide. Thaci’s latest threat comes after his failed attempt to form an army in Kosovo, and ahead of the raising of the first indictments by the Specialist Court for KLA crimes, expected […]

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Office for KiM: Attacks on Serbs planned (KIM radio)

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“The attack from last night, in which was injured one Serb, was not isolated incident but a planned action with the clear intention to disrupt the delicate security balance in Kosovo and Metohija,” said the Office for Kosovo and Metohija. From the Office say that it is essential that the police and other security factors […]

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One Serb injured in North Mitrovica (Kontakt plus radio)

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A Serb was injured last night in the northern part of Mitrovica. He was attacked by five masked men in Bošnjačka mahala. Regional Head of Operations of the Kosovo Police Željko Bojić says that the incident occurred around 23:20 and that Kosovo police was looking for an Albanian who was identified and suspected of the […]

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Mustafa: No decision for early elections (Klan Kosova)

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Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, dismissed media reports that Kosovo is heading to early elections in a month’s time saying there is no decision for a coalition breakup between his Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Mustafa made the comments today at the inauguration of a project for […]

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Kosovo Assembly adopts national programme for SAA implementation (Koha)

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Kosovo Assembly adopted today the national programme for implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) for the 2017-2021 period. The programme received 64 votes in favour and none against. Chairman of today’s  Assembly session, Xhavit Haliti, said it was important to approve the programme ahead of the meeting of the SAA commission scheduled for […]

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Delawie: Terrific news for Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

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The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, supported endorsement of the new Law on Execution of Pnal Sanctions, considering it a concrete step in the war against corruption. “The Assembly took a concrete step to fight corruption today by passing the Law on Execution of Penal Sanctions. Terrific news!” Delawie wrote on his Twitter account.

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Digging at mass grave in Raska starts today (Klan Kosova)

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Digging in order to find the mortal remains of Kosovo Albanians in Raska, Serbia, starts today. The news was confirmed by the head of the Commission for the Missing, Prenk Gjetaj. He said that the diggings will take place in Kizavec , and that this is the fifth continuance of the previous works there. Gjetaj […]

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Albanian prime minister: EU faces ‘nightmare’ if Balkan hopes fade (politico.eu)

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TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister said a union between Albania and Kosovo cannot be ruled out if EU membership prospects for the Western Balkans fade. In an interview with POLITICO that also covered a political crisis in neighboring Macedonia, an upcoming election at home and the inspiration he draws from Tony Blair, Prime Minister Edi Rama […]

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Abdullahu: Early elections won’t solve demarcation (Lajmi)

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Faton Abdullahu, advisor to Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, said today that early parliamentary elections and the election of a new government will not resolve the issue of the border demarcation with Montenegro. Abdullahu wrote on his Facebook account: “It is easier to form one government after another than to establish a borderline in agreement […]

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Gecaj: We neither buy nor sell Kosovo Serbs (Lajmi)

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Bajram Gecaj, Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Local Government and advisor to Kosovo Prime Minister, said today that Kosovo Serbs are equal citizens in Kosovo and that “the state of Kosovo has no need to buy or sell them”. Gecaj’s remarks came as a response to a statement by Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian Government’s […]

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