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SRSG Tanin Condemns Attack against the Director and Journalist of Insajderi, Parim Olluri

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SRSG Zahir Tanin, Head of UNMIK: “I strongly condemn the attack against Parim Olluri, the director and journalist of the online news outlet Insajderi. I wish Mr Olluri a speedy recovery. It is essential that journalists have the freedom and safety to perform their work without fear of reprisal. Perpetrators must be brought to justice.”

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Belgrade Media Report 17 August

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 17 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Fierce debate in United Nations Security Council (RTS/Tanjug)
• US for gradually ending UNMIK’s mandate; Russia and China against (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Guterres and Vucic to discuss Kosovo (RTV/Tanjug)
• Djuric: UNMIK is an unpleasant witness, they are trying to remove it (RTS)
• Jankovic, Jeremic cease cooperation with DS (Beta/B92)
• DS: Jankovic confusing citizens (Beta)
• DSS also criticizes Sutanovac (RTS)
• Obradovic: DS and SNS policies are the same (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• CC B&H: Military property can be registered to state of B&H (TV1)
• Reactions of RS officials to the decision of the CC of B&H (RTRS/Srna)
• Officials in Federation B&H see B&H CC decision as step towards NATO (Hayat)
• Amendments to B&H Election Law will not receive support from B&H HoR (TV1)
• Conflict between Izetbegovic and Radoncic escalated because Izetbegovic’s wife intention to run for Bosniak member of Presidency of B&H (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• US State Department warns about pro-Ustasha and anti-Serb sentiments in Croatia (Vecernji list)
fYROM
• Parliament wraps up debate on dismissal of Public Prosecutor Zvrlevski (MIA)
• Osmani asked Roth for Berlin’s involvement regarding the solution of the name dispute (Meta)
Albania
• Technical ministers resign, deputy foreign minister follows their resignation (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Post-election Kosovo entering period of uncertainty that will demand strong leadership – UN envoy (UN News Centre)
• “We all recognise the important work that UNMIK has done over many years for the benefit of Kosovo. But it’s time for the Mission to shrink, not grow” (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
• Serbian president gives citizenship, scholarship to Afghan boy (1TV Afghanistan)

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Dačić: They want to remove Kosovo from the UN agenda (Danas)

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First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić said that there is no consensus of large countries, primarily Russia and China, to remove the topic of Kosovo from the UN agenda and to abolish the UN mission in Kosovo or to repeal the Resolution 1244. “It is very important for Serbia to keep the topic of Kosovo […]

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Beating of Kosovo journalist was attack on media freedom: OSCE (Reuters)

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PRISTINA (Reuters) – An international watchdog has condemned the beating of a Kosovo journalist known for his reports on corruption, calling it “an attack against freedom of media”. Parim Olluri, whose news website Insajderi has become one of the leading online media reporting allegations of corruption among Kosovo’s top officials, was beaten by unknown assailants […]

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Makolli: There is no PAN-AKR agreement, we stay loyal to LAA (RTK)

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The general secretary of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), Vesel Makolli, said today that his party has not reached and is not expected to reach any agreement with the PAN coalition. He said that AKR intends to remain loyal to its coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Makolli added that the ten day […]

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Guterres and Vucic to have phone talk next week about region (RTS)

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United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) António Guterres announced he would speak, next week, over the phone with the Serbian President Aleskandar Vucic about the regional stability, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, after meeting the UNSG Guterres in New York, RTS reported. “This is yet another confirmation how great significance the United Nations and Serbia […]

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Thaci: Last train to a lasting peace (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

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Kosovo and Serbia have been negotiating under the auspices of the European Union and the strong support of the United States towards the goal of normalisation of relations for over six years now. While we have to recognise that important strides have been taken in that direction culminating with signing of the First Agreement on […]

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Rakić: Reducing the UNMIK mission would be very harmful to Serbs in Kosovo (Blic)

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The President of the Serb List Goran Rakić says that UNMIK is irreplaceable as an impartial arbiter of human rights in Kosovo, and that any further reduction or devaluation of that mission would go directly to the detriment of the Serbian people and all non-Albanian communities in the province. – UNMIK is here and as […]

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THE NEW ENTREPRENEURS OF KOSOVO* (UNDP-Eurasia website)

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Meet a new generation of talent, shaping the future one idea at a time. The self-employment programme Kosovo, as elsewhere in the Western Balkans, suffers from high rates of unemployment, particularly among young people. In 2014, about 2 out of 3 young Kosovans in the labour force did not have a job, contributing heavily to […]

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Hoxhaj: President of the Assembly to be voted on Thursday (Gazeta Express)

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Deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Enver Hoxhaj, expressed conviction that the Assembly of Kosovo will constitute next Thursday. He also said that there is no other candidate for the Assembly President except for Kadri Veseli. “Yes, That day we will propose the candidate for the President of the Assembly, Kadri Veseli, […]

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Sparks fly at UNSC session between Belgrade and Pristina (B92)

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The end of Wednesday’s UN Security Council on Kosovo session saw “a fierce debate” between Serbian FM Ivica Dacic and Kosovo’s US ambassador, Vlora Citaku. On that occasion, Dacic told the Western countries they were hurting the Serbian people by advocating the abolition of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo and Metohija – something also […]

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PAN, the detestable kid (Prishtina Insight)

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By: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, Aidan Hehir, and Shpend Kursani Two 2014 Constitutional Court decisions brought about a deepening political crisis in Kosovo. Putting PAN in opposition is the best way out. When we were children, we all detested the kid who, having lost the game, grabbed the ball and took it home. The similarity between […]

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