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Kosovo PM Urges Serbs to Visit War Massacre Sites (Balkan Insight)

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Ramush Haradinaj said on Tuesday that he hopes that “Serbian intellectuals, Serbian children and Serbian media” will one day demand to visit villages where ethnic Albanian civilians were massacred during the Kosovo war. “This way it would be much easier for them to understand the region,” Haradinaj said during a speech to mark the 20th […]

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Kosovo aims to ban gambling after two casino workers killed in robberies (Reuters)

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Kosovo’s government said it will ban gambling for 10 years following the deaths of two casino workers this month during armed robberies in separate towns. After the deaths, customs officials raided dozens of gambling shops and found many of them were operating illegally. More than one hundred slot machines were confiscated. Only a state controlled […]

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Haradinaj: Opening the issue of borders would destabilize whole region! (media)

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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said in an interview to German media that opening the issue of borders in the Balkans would destabilize not only Kosovo but the whole region. He said Kosovo will not discuss about borders or territories and that the EU-brokered dialogue should have resulted in an agreement with Serbia that would […]

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Serbian President “surprised by US Ambassador’s statement” (TV Happy, Tanjug, B92)

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said late on Tuesday he was surprised by US Ambassador Kyle Scott saying that “not only Pristina is to blame”. Ambassador Scott said earlier the blame for the current relations between Belgrade and Pristina is also the absence of dialogue on both sides. “I am surprised by Scott’s statement. Hang on, […]

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“Bombing was justified, but not directed against people” (Tanjug, B92, RTS)

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO intervention in 1999 was not directed against the people in Yugoslavia, but it had the aim to protect civilians in wider region, Tanjug news agency reported. “We must never forget the past, but we can move ahead, and this is something NATO and Serbia are doing today […]

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Thaci: Corruption, a serious threat to all developing countries (media)

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Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said today in Pristina that Kosovo has achieved progress in fighting high-level corruption and that the phenomenon is a serious threat for all developing countries. “Corruption is a serious threat not only to our country but to all developing countries, because it creates major problems in the economy and also in […]

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OSCE Broadcast 26 March

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• It has become difficult to trust EU regarding visa liberalisation, Haradinaj says (KTV)
• Tariff might slow down KSF transformation into army (KTV)
• Hoxhaj: Tariff has harmed relations with our partners (RTKLive)
• Simic: Together with Vucic we will fight for each and every Serb in Kosovo (KTV)
• Return project for Serb IDPs to continue for two more years (KTV)
• Kosnett calls on Government to include more women in Cabinet (KTV)
• Hoxha: EU remains our only address for sustainable peace (RTKLive)

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UNMIK Headlines 27 March

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• Haradinaj: It has become difficult to trust the EU (media)
• New members of Election Commission to swear oath on Thursday (media)
• U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade: Parties must return to dialogue (Zeri)
• Hoxha: Import tariff has harmed our relations with partners (media)
• Hoxha: EU remains our only address for sustainable peace (media)
• LDK’s Haziri: We need to prepare for new flag and anthem (Bota Sot)
• Thaci, Braathu to address conference on corruption in institutions (Klan Kosova)
• “There is a lower participation of women in central decision-making” (media)

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Belgrade Media Report 26 March 2019

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 26 March 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Elections in June or next year (RTS/Tanjug/Beta/Novosti/Politika)
• Paraguay remains firm on position of non-recognizing Kosovo (RTS)
• Kuburovic: Serbia makes progress in fight against corruption (RTS/Beta)
• SzS writes to Patriarch Irinej (Beta/Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Serbs should not pay attention to enemies of Republika Srpska (Srna)
• B&H Constitutional Court again to discuss 9 January – RS Day (Srna)
• Cooperation between RS and Serbs in Kosovo will be deepened (Srna)
• Russia respects Dayton Agreement, policy of reconciliation (Srna)
• Joint marking of Serbs suffering anniversaries important (Srna)
Croatia
• SDSS to stay on with the HDZ-led coalition government (HRT)
Montenegro
• DF offered new document (CDM)
• Europe has more important things to deal with, the region can wait (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Parliament to decide on Wednesday on the laws that Ivanov refused to sign (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Siljanovska with 6% ahead of Pendarovski (Republika)
Albania
• DP calls for preparations for early election (ADN)
• Political crisis, CEC Chairman seeks protection by parliament (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Albania Opposition Leader Grilled Over US Lobbying Contracts (BIRN)
• The Latest: Montenegro arrests suspected migrant smugglers (Associated Press)

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Hoxha: EU remains our only address for sustainable peace (RTK)

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Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration Dhurata Hoxha, said today at a round table organized by the three European Council Presiding countries and Group for Legal and Political Studies, that “EU remains our only address for sustainable peace, Prosperity and equal opportunities for our citizens.” “We seek from the Presidency of the EU Council an objective […]

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Kosovo’s open wounds, twenty years on (Le Monde)

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On 24 March 1999, Western powers dropped bombs on the federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which had dwindled since 1992 to Serbia and Montenegro. For the first time in its history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) entered into a war against a sovereign nation that didn’t threaten any of its members or neighbours. See at: […]

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New CEC members to take the oath on Thursday (RTK)

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The Office of the President of Kosovo announced in a press release that after the conclusion of all of the procedures and after the completion of the case files with the necessary additional information, the new Central Election Commission (CEC) members will be appointed this week. “New CEC members will swear the oath in front […]

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