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Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic pledges to stay on reform path (Financial Times)

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On a sub-zero Sunday in Belgrade following a night of street protests against him, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic hauled an oak tree into the presidential palace to be blessed by the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox church. The tree was a badnjak, traditionally burnt on Serbian Orthodox Christmas Eve as prayers and wishes are offered […]

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Serbia Jails Albanians for KLA Graffiti in Snow (Balkan Insight)

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Serbia has drawn criticism for sentencing three Albanians who wrote the Kosovo Liberation Army’s initials on snow-covered cars to 55 days in prison. Human rights activists have criticised as excessive the 55-day sentences handed down to three ethnic Albanians by the Belgrade Misdemeanours Court for drawing the Kosovo Liberation Army’s initials in snow on several […]

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Mustafa: Kosovo was represented by a delegation without relevance (media)

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Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) considers that Kosovo was represented on Tuesday in Brussels by a delegation without relevance. He took to Facebook to write that LDK considers the dialogue to be a very important issue and added that serious matters require serious approach and representation by legitimate institutions. “Not […]

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Belgrade Media Report 09 January 2019

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 9 January 2019

LOCAL PRESS

• Kuburovic: Interrogation records on Ivanovic’s murder sent to Pristina (TV Pink/Beta)
• Kocijancic: Vucic, Thaci to continue dialogue (Tanjug/RFE)
• Dacic: Republika Srpska is our vital interest (N1)
• Kusturica: Serbia should not give up Kosovo (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Pompeo calls on B&H Presidency to adopt National Annual Plan; stresses that B&H’s NATO path must not be changed (BHT1)
• Dodik: RS was and remains synonym for statehood, but also for freedom which soldiers gave their lives for in past wars (ATV)
• Salkic: Day of RS is still unconstitutional (TV1)
• B&H Armed Forces will not participate in Day of RS events (ATV)
• Only three cantonal governments in Federation of B&H formed so far, talks in other cantons underway (N1)
Croatia
• HDZ MP’s son detained for anti-Serb hate speech (Hina)
Montenegro
• Dacic: Belgrade-Podgorica relationship would benefit from Serbs joining government (Beta/Vijesti)
fYROM
• Zaev makes additional concessions to get Albanian votes (Republika)
Albania
• New foreign minister proposed by Rama, supporter of ‘Greater Albania’ (ADN)
• Rama welcomes Thaci’s idea for 2019 to be the year of NATO (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kneissl urges France and the Netherlands “not to leave Southeastern Europe in a vacuum” (European Western Balkans)

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KLA, charter flight for Hague (RTS)

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Radio Television of Serbia reports that the first group of former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army will fly to The Hague on Thursday in a special plane, for the hearing before the prosecutors of the Special Court for crimes committed during the war. RTS reports that it is already certain that two KLA members […]

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Janjic: Kosovo – Serbia agreement in 2020 (RTK)

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Dusan Janjic, head of the Belgrade-based Forum for Ethnic Relations, said in an interview to Radio Kosova that the historic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo will be reached in 2020. Janjic said the letters that U.S. President Donald Trump sent to the presidents of Kosovo and Serbia confirmed the start of the end of the […]

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Pacolli: Germany’s support is crucial (media)

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Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli said today that Germany’s support for the consolidation of Kosovo’s statehood and for the process of normalizing relations with Serbia. “Tomorrow I will be an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. With my counterpart, Mass, we will discuss many issues of mutual interest. Germany’s support for our country […]

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The Appeal for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija: Vucic is preparing the recognition of an independent Kosovo (Danas)

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic leads a devastating Kosovo policy and spreads defeatism which is devastating for the Serb people in Kosovo and aims to prepare a “Serbian recognition of an independent Kosovo,” reads the statement of Launchers of the Appeal for the Defense of Kosovo and Metohija, quotes Belgrade based daily Danas. The statement says that […]

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Frozen conflict will melt, Serbian president warns (TV N1)

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A frozen conflict over Kosovo could melt and bring disaster, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned in an interview to Financial Times, TV N1 reports. “Those who think it is possible to maintain a frozen conflict — it is never frozen because at some moment it melts,” Vucic told the FT. “And when that happens it […]

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Kosovo lawyers on strike (Radio kontakt plus)

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Lawyer Dejan A. Vasic confirmed to Radio kontakt plus that Kosovo lawyers, in accordance with the decision of Kosovo Bar Association are on strike as of today. Vasic said that the reason for the boycott was the ban on entry for the lawyers, who are prohibited to enter into court buildings in Kosovo without a […]

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Law on use of languages: Good on paper, not implemented in practice (Radio kontakt plus)

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According to the Law on Use of Languages, Serbian and Albanian are the official languages in Kosovo. Radio kontakt plus reported its interlocutors consider this law as good, however the same cannot be said for its implementation. Journalist and Voice of America correspondent Budimir Nicic told Radio kontakt plus that Serbian language in accordance with […]

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Hoxha refutes Serbian minister: We haven’t received new info from Serbia (Express)

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Syle Hoxha, a prosecutor with the Kosovo Special Prosecution, told the news website today that Serbian authorities have not sent new information to Pristina about investigations into the assassination of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic. Hoxha’s remarks follow a statement by Serbian Minister of Justice, who told media that they sent to Pristina another report […]

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