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Belgrade Media Report 26 September

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LOCAL PRESS
• Mali: I will probably resigning, I will probably also not run for the Mayor (B92)
• Main task is to prevent electoral fraud, the opposition believes (VIP)
• Democrats urge opposition to talks, Dveri to boycott (Danas, Blic)
• PDSh Requests urgent calling of early elections in Presevo (VIP)
• Vulin in Moscow: Serbia willing to strengthen ties with CSTO, and members (Beta)
• Vulin: It’s not easy to be neutral (RTS)
• Russian defense minister could visit Belgrade in October (Vecernje Novosti)
• Stefanovic in China, to attend Interpol General Assembly (Beta)
• Captain Dragan sentenced to 15 years in prison (RTS)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• 1st ‘Assembly of People of the RS organized by the opposition (BN TV)
• Dodik says RS opposition’s assembly in Banja Luka is only meeting that will gather few of their sympathizers (ATV)
• B&H Minister Crnadak: B&H prepares 90 percent of responses to EC’s Questionnaire (Hayat)
• Fierce condemnation of statements made by B&H Minister Igor Crnadak in Salzburg (RTRS)
• Dodik: Mechanism of coordination was not respected when decision for B&H to join Transport Community was made (RTRS)
• Covic, Ferguson meet and discuss EU road, MAP activation and changes to Election Law (Dnevni avaz)
• Mektic: B&H has no technical capacities to wiretap on anyone outside of B&H (Nezavisne)
• Dodik in Vienna: B&H is experiment which gave no results (RTRS)
• Captain Dragan sentenced to 15 years in prison (RTS)

Croatia
• Serbia protests over Croatia’s War Veterans’ Law (Vecernji list)
• President Vucic: There will not be Bosniak-Serb agreement to detriment of Croats (Vecernji list)

Montenegro
• Brajovic: Opposition to return to the Parliament, then we will talk (CDM)
• Becic: Markovic’s invitation insincere (Dan)

fYROM
• PM Zaev meets OSCE delegation (MIA)
• On Wednesday the Constitutional Court will decide whether to allow UBK to wiretap through telecom operators (Meta)
• Macedonia expected to be covered at Tsipras-Trump talks in Washington (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UN Speeches Underscore Balkans States’ Disunity (BIRN)

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Reaction of Kozarev to Hoxhaj statement on humanitarian aid of Russian NGO (Blic, KIM radio, TV Most, Kossev)

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Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev today said that that the announced activities in Kosovo by the NGO Russian Humanitarian Mission  only can be criticized by those who do not have the grain of humanity and human rights feelings, reported daily newspapers Blic. “Enver Hoxhaj is attacking a humanitarian organization […]

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DPM Hoxhaj says Russian NGO is trying to spread Russian influence in the region (RTK)

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Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, has reacted to the statement by the “Russian Humanitarian Mission” NGO that it will support Kosovo Serbs saying the organisation’s true objective is to stretch Russian influence in the region. In three consecutive tweets, Hoxhaj accused the Serbian government and its office for Kosovo for “disguising parallel structures […]

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Education Minister fires Accreditation Agency board upon Haradinaj’s request (Prishtina Insight)

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Education watchdog organization and former board member react against the Kosovo government’s decision to dismiss the Kosovo Accreditation Agency State Council of Quality. http://bit.ly/2hudRkH

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Darmanovic: Demarcation of the border with Kosovo is a done deal (media)

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Kosovo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Behxhet Pacolli, met today in Podgorica with his Montenegrin counterpart, Srdjan Darmanovic. They discussed demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro. “We are aware that there is a signed agreement – this agreement is still present, but we are asking for your understanding. The process of the ratification of […]

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Government does not know the date of creation  of  Association (Indeksonline)

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Creation of the Association of the Serb-majority Municipalities continues to be the major request of Kosovo Serbs. Furthermore, they consider that the Association should be created within a very short period. Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevtic, stated on Monday that there are no more justifications for delays. He said that now is the time […]

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Erdoğan compared Kosovo with Northern Iraq (N1)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said today in Ankara that representatives of the Regional Kurdish Administration in northern Iraq do not know what politics is, or how a state becomes, reports N1. Erdoğan addressed today in the presidential palace in Ankara on the occasion of the start of the new academic year and on that […]

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No decision to open investigation against Minister Rikalo (Klan Kosova)

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Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, said the prosecutors are currently in the process of collecting information regarding the past activity of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Nenad Rikalo, and have asked to this end assistance from the Council for Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms, the Humanitarian Law Centre, and minister’s former […]

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Minister Rikalo with the representative of the World Bank (KIM radio)

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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Nenad Rikalo met with the Director of the World Bank Office in Kosovo, Marco Mantovanelli, with whom he discussed the current processes in the development of agriculture, as well as the goals of the ministry in order to further strengthen this sector. As announced by the Ministry, Rikalo […]

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Serbian interior minister attends Interpol General Assembly (Beta, B92)

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Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic is in Beijing where he met with Chinese officials yesterday, Beta news agency reported. Stefanovic and Chinese officials “discussed ways on how to enhance relations and cooperation in the field of security.” Stefanovic met with Meng Jianzhu, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Public Security Minister […]

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KDI criticizes parties for involvement in election campaign and Assembly neglect (RTK)

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The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) think tank issued a statement warning that even four months of general elections and numerous obstacles, the Assembly of Kosovo is not yet fully functional. KDI said that apart from assigning parliamentary committees, political parties have yet to propose names of MPs that would chair them or take part in […]

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SLS: We do not fight for majority, but for principles (KIM Radio, Kontakt Plus Radio)

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Autonomous Liberal Party (SLS) has started election campaign with a press conference in Gracanica yesterday, Serbian media reported. The leader of the SLS, Slobodan Petrovic said the party does not fight for the majority, but for the justice and principles. Economic and agricultural development, support to the civil society, participation of citizens in decision-making, preservation […]

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