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Kurz: Serbia won’t join EU without normalization with Kosovo (European Western Balkans)

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said yesterday that any solution to Kosovo issue should have the support of the great powers, especially among the UN Security Council members, adding close cooperation with the US was also crucial, the FoNet news agency reported. In an interview with the Cord magazine, Kurz said Serbia belonged to the European […]

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Serbia Sees Kosovo Talks Stalled Until After European Elections (Bloomberg)

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Serbia doesn’t see much progress on resolving its differences with Kosovo, to enable both to eventually join the European Union, until after the bloc’s elections in May. Years of EU-mediated dialog came to a halt last year when Kosovo imposed import tax on products from Serbia after that country lobbied against Kosovo joining international organizations. […]

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Blic: Battle for supremacy over Europe to be decided in Kosovo (B92)

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The battle for supremacy over Europe is being fought between Germany and the US, and it could be decided in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic writes on Friday. For Germany, Kosovo is an independent state and there is no further discussion about border change, Blic says, and reminds that German parliamentarians Peter Beyer and Christian […]

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OSCE Broadcast 04 April

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President’s Office silent about Osmani’s claim of secret Thaçi-Vucic meeting (KTV) Lack of unity even within State Delegation (KTV) Grasso on Albanian KFOR soldiers in the north: We did not want to provoke KFOR is conducting reconnaissance activities throughout Kosovo (KoSSev) KFOR: Situation in north under control, no evidence of unrests (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1) […]

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PM Brnabic: Work on regional connectivity continues, despite all the challenges (B92, Srbija.gov.rs)

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Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke on Thursday in Belgrade at the opening of the Second Digital Summit of the Western Balkans. Brnabic said that her government has set digitization and education as their absolute priorities in order to take advantage of all the chances that are being offered to us today. “The digital summit is […]

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Dodik won’t rule out possibility of RS independence (BETA, B92, BHT)

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Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik says the possibility of a declaration of independence of the RS at a future time is not ruled out. The Serb Republic (RS) is the Serb entity in BiH, the other being the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH). “I cannot rule out any movements in the future, and even a proclamation […]

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Belgrade Media 04 April 2019

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 4 April 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: We are far from the essence of the Brussels agreement (RTS)
• Belgrade considering launching of arbitrage over taxes (Novosti)
• Brnabic: Continuing work on regional connectivity despite all challenges (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Western Balkan regional agreement signed to cut telephone roaming charges (N1/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Cvijanovic interview: Organized society not possible without strong institutions (Srna)
• B&H Constitutional Court’s failure inadmissible (Srna)
• PDP decides not to participate in ruling authority at state level regardless of SNSD’s offer (RTRS)
• Radoncic: SBB B&H needs to deal with its relationship with SDA before even considering any cooperation (N1)
• RS government adopts draft amendments to Law on Police and Internal Affairs in order to establish police reserve unit (RTRS)
• Prosecutor’s Office of B&H: There will be no investigation against Kresic, Djakovic and Bandic in ‘Salafi’ affair (N1)
• MICT denies Karadzic’s appeal to life imprisonment (N1)
Montenegro
• Sehovic: Agreement on Future is a platform for the past (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Dimitrov and Reeker: Looking forward to you joining NATO (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Poland to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Electoral reform, parliament 75 votes pro to postpone it (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Chinese Balkans investments disrupt EU objectives, Commission warns (EurActiv)

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UNMIK Headlines 5 April

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• Haradinaj issued U.S. visa, set to travel there today (media)
• Vetevendosje to begin anti-government rallies (media)
• Hoti urges unity in relation to Serbia (media)
• Shala: Serbia has no grounds to send Kosovo to Arbitral Tribunal (RTK)
• Customs spokesman: Serbia has lost 170 million euros from import tariff (media)
• Kosovo signs regional agreement on roaming prices (media)
• Serbian Lists asks KFOR about presence of Albanian soldiers in the north (RTK)
• KFOR explains presence of Albanian soldiers in the North (Telegrafi)
• Women in decision-making discussed as part of Global Open Day debate (media)
• 13.7 percent of women have properties registered under their name (Koha)
• Kosnett calls on MPs to vote amendments on NGO law (Zeri)
• State incapable of stopping Serbian project “Sunny Hill” in Zvecan (Koha)
• Turkey confirms support for increase of KSF capacities (Epoka)
• Thousands of euros going for salaries of resigned northern mayors (Zeri)

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