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Belgrade Media Report 05 June

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LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Presence of UNMIK in Kosovo important for Serbia (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Vucic: Harsh debate with Tachi (Beta)
• Dacic: European integration of Western Balkans should be accelerated (RTS)
• Djuric: Haradinaj is ripe for treatment (Tanjug)
• Djuric condemns attack on Serb List representatives (RTS/Tanjug)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija condemns Jablanovic’s attack (RTS)
• Selakovic: Name of prime minister designate between 11 and 15 June (RTS)
• SNS wants prime minister to come from its own ranks, names not discussed (RTS)
• Dacic: Question of prime minister-designate remains unsolved (Tanjug/RTS)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• The annual leaders’ meeting of Brdo-Brijuni process (BHT1)
• Dodik: RS becomes more and more notable, primarily thanks to Russian Federation (RTRS)
• Dodik: Serbs will give up referendum, when they get stability within B&H (Klix/Srna)
• Izetbegovic: We present situation in B&H in pessimistic light, but we have peace that also means stability (Dnevni list)
Croatia
• First results of Croatian local elections, second round (HTV)
Montenegro
• Markovic in Washington (CDM)
fYROM
• Ivanov: EU to learn its lesson from its previous approach towards Macedonia and the region (Meta)
• Dimitrov: New reform government ready to make Macedonia part of EU and NATO (MIA)
Albania
• Nishani: Albania is preparing to become an EU member (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Roland Freudenstein: EU’s dilemma in Western Balkans – short-term or long-term stability (European Western Balkans)

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Kosovo Chamber of Commerce not admitted to the organization that operates within the UN (Blic, RTS)

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Daily Blis reports that Steering Committee of the International Organisation of Employers at the meeting, before the Assembly that marks the start of the 106th Conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), has rejected request of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC) for membership in the World employers’ organization that operates within the United Nations, […]

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Navigating the Battlefield of Kosovo’s Snap Elections (Balkan Insight)

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Ahead of Kosovo’s snap elections set for June 11, Balkan Insight profiles the main contenders and their views on key issues the new cabinet will encounter. In the first months of Kosovo’s new government, it will have to deal with myriad complex issues, including the ratification of a controversial border demarcation deal with Montenegro, the […]

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Jablanovic speaks about his arrest (Lajmi.net)

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Aleksandar Jablanovic, leader of Kosovo Serbs Party  was released late last night, after being detained by Kosovo Police for being involved in an incident. “I and some colleagues were close to the offices of our party, and we noticed activists of the Serbian List putting marketing posters of the Serbian Party, and there was no […]

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Simić: A referendum, not the elections on 11 June (Kontakt plus radio)

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In the center of Mitrovica North, as a part of pre-election activities, the Serbian List held a promotional meeting, with activists of the Serbian List who shared promotional materials and briefed citizens about the party program, reports Kontakt plus radio. “What I want to emphasize is a great unity. On June 11 are not elections, […]

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EU Chief Observer: Kosovo’s voters deserve a better campaign environment (Gazeta Metro)

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The Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission, Mr Alojz Peterle, issued the following statement today: “During my recent visit to Kosovo I was able to meet a wide range of interlocutors who all welcomed the work of the EU Election Observation Mission and expressed their commitment to democratic elections. I also called on […]

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CDHRF: Serbia is blackmailing Serbs that don’t want to vote for Serbian List (Koha)

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The Pristina-based Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) issued a press release today saying that it has a list of nine candidates of the Serb Liberal Party who were allegedly threatened by Serbian authorities that they will be fired or subject to other measures if they don’t leave the election list […]

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Lunacek: Don’t vote for those that can’t meet visa liberalization criteria (Lajmi)

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Ulrike Lunacek, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Kosovo, has sent a message to the people of Kosovo on the eve of the early parliamentary elections. Lunacek called on Kosovars not to vote for those that cannot guarantee they will meet the two criteria for visa liberalization: border demarcation with Montenegro and the fight against organized […]

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Advanced force of Kosovo withdrew from the elections (RTK2)

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RTK 2 reports that party Advanced force of Kosovo dropped from the upcoming early parliamentary elections. President of this party Aleksandar Grujić said that decision came because of the “unstable political situation and the appeal of President of Serbia Aleksandra Vučić to Serbs in Kosovo, to show solidarity and political unity with the state of […]

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Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Jahjaga has not appeared at the Merdare crossing point (KIM radio)

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Office for Kosovo and Metohija announced yesterday that former Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga did not try to enter central Serbia, but that an attempt of violation of security happened, reports KiM radio. According to the statement, “assessments of individuals that Atifete Jahjaga, citizen of the Republic of Serbia residing in the territory of the Autonomous […]

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Đurić: Haradinaj ripe for the treatment (Večernje Novosti)

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Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić says that one of the former leaders of the terrorist KLA Ramush Haradinaj, who from day to day announces increasingly aggressive threats towards Serbia, does not deserve political reaction than a treatment in a medical institution. “This what Haradinaj says and does, not deserve political […]

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Serbs protested in Leposavić/Leposaviq because of the behaviour of Aleksandar Jablanović (MMagazin, Danas, KoSSev)

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  Media portal NMagazin reports that more people gathered in Leposavić/Leposaviq, and protested against the incident in which the leader of the Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS) Aleksandar Jablanović pulled a gun and threatened activists of the Serbian list in front of the police station. Protest was joined by the President of the Interim Authority […]

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