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Belgrade Media Report 14 September

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 14 September 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Serbian government support Kosovo Serb decision (Beta)
• Dacic: No reactions of international community to excesses in Croatia (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Shameful operation (Beta)
• Red Cross officials released (RTS)
• Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Former officials conducted damaging policy on Kosovo (Tanjug/B92)
• Kuburovic: Serbian government will provide guarantees for Mladic (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Police officers prevent opposition MPs in RSNA to attend session (BNTV)
• Dodik: Wednesday’s developments in RSNA was attempt of minority to rule over majority (Srna)
• SNSD claims US Embassy to B&H wants to destroy Dodik and SNSD with help of RS opposition parties (RTRS)
• B&H HoR adopts Declaration that calls EU, Croatia to suspend construction work on Peljesac Bridge (Hayat)
• Zagreb requests third entity from EU (EuroBlic)
• Zvizdic must bring signatures of parliamentarians who support him (Dnevni avaz)
• Vucic: RS has never had greater support of Serbia (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• Slovenian parliament debates possible military solution to dispute with Croatia (Vecernji list)
• Prime Minister to meet with party leaders about relations with Slovenia (Jutarnji list)
fYROM
• SDSM signs coalition agreement with 21 parties (MIA)
• Ivanov and Xhaferi meet VNG commander Cray (MIA)
• Polls: 58,9% of the citizens are pleased by the new government, SDSM leads the polls ahead of VMRO-DPMNE (Meta)
Albania
• First official government meeting (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Zaev Sabotaged Macedonia’s Geostrategic Role In Multipolarity (Oriental Review)

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Juncker Encourages Western Balkans On EU Membership, Criticizes Turkey (RFE)

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has made encouraging remarks for Western Balkan countries hoping to join the EU, stating that “in the future the European Union will have more than 27 member states.” http://bit.ly/2h52xaH

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Serbian Government Office for Kosovo: Prevent intimidation of Serbs (KIM Radio)

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Serbian Government Office for Kosovo in the strongest terms protested over the arrest of Red Cross officials and raid by the police into their premises, warning that “misuse of humanitarian issues for political purposes brings no good to anyone”. The Office’s press statement further reads it is important to lower the tension in Kosovo, adding […]

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Why Kosovo government has fewest number of female ministers in region? (Klan Kosova)

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Ramush Haradinaj has returned to the Office of Prime Minister after over 12 years and has taken over the reins of government in completely new circumstances. However, his cabinet will include only two female ministers from a total of five deputy prime ministers and 21 ministers: Albena Reshitaj, Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning, and […]

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EU expects Kosovo to implement visa liberalisation criteria (Koha)

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The Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey at the European External Action Service, Angelina Eichhorst, said in a meeting with the Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, that the EU expects Kosovo to implement all visa liberalisation criteria and that it will provide support for Kosovo’s European perspective. Veseli on his part assured the […]

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Eichhorst to Haradinaj: Meet visa liberalisation criteria, work with the opposition (media)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj met today in Pristina with Angelina Eichhorst, the European Union’s Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey, and discussed visa liberalization for Kosovo and the implementation of the Association/Stabilization Agreement. Time is precious for Kosovo, implement the Stabilization/Association Agreement, meet the visa liberalisation criteria and work with the opposition, […]

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Abdixhiku: Minister Rikalo must be dismissed (media)

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Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP, Lumir Abdixhiku, said today that if the prosecution was functional it would have questioned today Minister Nenad Rikalo about allegations that he mistreated residents of the Dardania neighborhood in Pristina during 1998-99 conflict. “If this state would have a functioning prosecution, terrifying testimonies about mistreatments by Nenad Rikalo – […]

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West preparing anti-Russia media offensive in Serbia – daily (B92, Vecernje Novosti)

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America and its NATO allies are preparing for a fierce anti-Russian media offensive in our country, writes the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. The paper said it learned that a portion of the USD 250 million that the US Congress has allocated to the Countering Russian Influence Fund for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, will soon […]

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Marko Jakšić: “Reign of terror is growing to serious dimensions, but Kosovo and Metohija are not lost for Serbs” (KoSSev Portal)

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On Wednesday, member of the “Fatherland Movement” and a former prominent member of Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Marko Jakšić wrote an open letter to the Serbian citizens, because Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić mentioned his name on Tuesday evening, while addressing the Serbian public to explain reasons behind decision of Srpska Lista to support Haradinaj’s […]

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Access denied: Kosovo minorities struggle to attain citizenship (Prishtina Insight)

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With the Kosovo government inadequately implementing the law on citizenship, minorities are left undocumented, the Ombudsperson Institution claims. After a two-year endeavor, Svetlana Rakic, a Serbian citizen whose parents are from Kosovo, has finally given up on actively pursuing Kosovo citizenship. Born in Kraljevo, Serbia, to parents who were born in Kosovo but left in […]

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Stefanović: Police will act on Prosecution’s order (Blic)

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The police will act on all orders of the prosecutions in relation to the persons who are on the wanted list, said Serbian Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović when answering the question of the leader of the New Party, Zoran Živković, whether the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) will arrest Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj if […]

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Rahim Pacolli seek dismissal of Nenad Rikalo, the new Minister of Agriculture (KIM radio)

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Rahim Pacolli, secretary of the New Kosovo Alliance, asked Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to dismiss Agriculture Minister Nenad Rikalo, reports KIM radio. Pacolli claims that Rikalo has committed war crimes in Kosovo, and that he should therefore be tried and punished. “Although 20 years have passed, one who has committed war crimes should be […]

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