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Belgrade Media Report 22 June

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LOCAL PRESS

• 156 MPs are going to vote for Brnabic (Blic)
• Mogherini: West Balkan accession will be central subject in EU Foreign Relations (Beta)
• Vucic’s inauguration: From CSTO to NATO, Rogozin to Yee (B92)
• Dacic travels to Minsk for CEI meeting (B92)
• Moscow responds to fears about “espionage center in Serbia” (Tanjug)
• Space Narrowing for Public Speech (FoNet)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM’s Zvizdic meets Commissioner Hahn in Brussels (TV1)
• Brammertz: Main challenge was not severity of my job, but denial of war crimes that still exists (N1)
• Trial in case against Radoncic and others resumed before Court of B&H (FTV)
• US President Donal Trump has made his first decision concerning the Western Balkans (Dnevni avaz)

Croatia
• “Croatia Has the Most Complex Relations with Serbia” (Jutarnji list, N1)
• New Ambassadors named and ready to assume their responsibilities (24 sata)

fYROM
• Veljanovski: We demand an insight into what has Zaev agreed upon for the Good Neighborly Relations (Meta)
• VMRO-DPMNE leader Gruevski meets high EU officials in Brussels (MIA)

Albania
• Red and Black Alliance Disappointed by DP, Supports SMI (ADN)
• General elections-Here is how 140 Parliamentary mandates will be divided (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Media Ownership Monitor presented by RSF and BIRN (BIRN)

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Kosovo in Interpol? (Vesti)

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If Kosovo becomes a member of the Interpol, Pristina could arrest anyone, including people from Serbia all over the world, for no reason, writes Vesti portal. Vesti writes that if Kosovo becomes a member of the Interpol, Serbs originating from Kosovo, but also Serbian politicians from Serbia, for whom Pristina asses that on some grounds are […]

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Kosovo Montenegrins: Serbian List MPs to swear to protect Kosovo’s sovereignty (Koha)

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The Association of Kosovo Montenegrins issued a press statement today saying that all members of the Kosovo Assembly must make a public and transparent oath whereby pledging they will protect Kosovo’s sovereignty. The statement, issued by association chairman Slobodan Vujicic, notes that such an oath would prevent Serb MPs from deceiving Kosovo Serbs. “Such an […]

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Hoti: LDK will not block Kosovo institutions (Klan Kosova)

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Avdullah Hoti, candidate for prime minister from the LDK-AKR-Alternativa coalition said the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) would not block the forming of the new government of Kosovo and called on the Central Election Commission to be more efficient in finalizing the electoral process. In a Facebook post, Hoti said the LDK would respect the […]

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PAN and Vetevendosje: No need for all-inclusive government (Zeri)

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Pal Lekaj, outgoing MP from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), assessed that 11 June elections have shown who the winner and who the loser is. “These elections have shown who the winner is and the winner, in consultation with all relevant factors, will create the government, which will give right solution to […]

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Trump makes his first WB decision – to keep black list (B92)

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US President Donal Trump has made his first decision concerning the Western Balkans. Namely, Trump signed the continuation for another year of “the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans” – first introduced 16 years ago by George Bush. “On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the president declared a national emergency with […]

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Families of the missing persons unite (Klan Kosova)

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Bajram Qerkini and Milorad Trifunovic, the first one Albanian and the second a Serb, now have their own office in Pristina. They are both representatives of the families of the missing persons during the war in Kosovo, who will be working under the same roof at the Resource Center of the Missing Persons. They symbolically […]

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Visa Rejection Frustrates Kosovo’s Tennis Stars (Balkan Insight)

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Moldova’s refusal to give Kosovo tennis players visas to play in the Fed Cup is only the latest disappointment suffered by the country’s athletes – the result of continued disputes over Kosovo’s statehood. http://bit.ly/2sEy1tw

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MCC allocates USD 50 million for Kosovo (Koha/RTK)

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President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, announced that the U.S.’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has allocated USD 50 million that will go towards economic growth in Kosovo. According to Thaci, the funds given to the Kosovo Threshold Program are the biggest than for any other country and this, he said, shows the U.S. unwavering support for […]

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An appeal ”Find the Missing Persons” sent before holding the conference in Geneva (Kim Radio, Kontakt plus Radio)

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Representatives of the Serbian and Albanian associations of families of kidnapped and killed during the war in Kosovo again appealed to officials in Belgrade, Pristina and international community to take concrete measures to clarify the fate of missing persons, KIM Radio reported. The new appeal was sent before the holding of a conference in Geneva. […]

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Roundtable on criminal acts against journalists without presence of Serbian journalists (KosSev, KIM Radio, Kontakt plus radio)

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Serb media in Kosovo reported that the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) together with its branch registered in Kosovo, yesterday strongly protested over the decision of the Kosovo Chief Prosecutor Office to exclude and disable participation of Serbian media representatives at the roundtable on criminal acts against journalists. Meanwhile, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo […]

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Kosovo LDK Demand PM’s Post to Join Coalition (Balkan Insight)

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After the opposition Vetevendojse movement invited the LDK to join a coalition, acting PM Isa Mustafa said the LDK’s condition for entering any coalition was holding the PM’s post. http://bit.ly/2rYrTdR

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