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President Jahjaga hails police operation against terrorist suspects

Kosovo President, Atifete Jahjaga, welcomes today’s operation by security and judicial mechanisms of the Republic of Kosovo against persons suspected of terrorism and participating in the war in Syria and Iraq alongside terrorist organizations, as well as against activities of suspected locations related to inciting violent extremism and hatred. President Jahjaga said the goal of the operation – which helped apprehend a large number of suspects and raided several locations country-wide by impeding illegal activities aimed at including Kosovo citizens in terrorist causes – is to secure a free,

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Who will represent Kosovo at the UN Security Council session on 25 August? (Gazeta Blic)

It has not yet been decided who will represent Kosovo at the upcoming UN Security Council session on 25 August. Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hajredin Kuci, told Tribuna that it is the Security Council that decided about the level of representation. “We will be represented depending on the level of representation of the other side,” said Kuci.

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National commission for UNESCO to be set by fall (Tanjug, RTS)

Serbia’s former ambassador to Turkey and the Vatican Darko Tanaskovic, who has been put forward as Serbia’s ambassador to UNESCO, said Monday that Serbia will set up a national commission for UNESCO. Due to its relatively unfavorable international position over the past decade, Serbia has not been able act timely and in the right way to protect its cultural and spiritual heritage in the province of Kosovo-Metohija and in neighboring states, Tanaskovic said on a talk show broadcast by the state-run RTS. He pointed out that it will be the key priority of his work during his term in office that

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Selimi: End of war crimes investigations will improve Kosovo image (Koha)

Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, considers that the end of war crimes investigations in Kosovo will help in improving Kosovo’s international image. Speaking about Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) report, Selimi said that any report that mentions war crimes makes Kosovo return to the war period in the eyes of the world. He said by demonstrating seriousness as a country towards this report and the trials that will follow, Kosovo will be able to strengthen its image in the world.

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Breedlove: Radicalism in Kosovo, concern of all of us (Radio Free Europe)

General Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, stated yesterday in Pristina that radicals who are joining foreign conflicts present concern not only to Kosovo, but to all NATO member states.

He said that radicals who are joining conflicts and who are coming from different states, including the US, and who are trained for armed conflicts, present problem for all. All NATO member states are working on this issue, said Breedlove.

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Kosovo walks towards visa liberalization slower than on foot (Koha Ditore)

Augustin Palokaj writes in his column for the paper that at this stage, nothing is more important to the people of Kosovo than the right to travel freely to EU countries and adds that the level of visa rejection for the citizens of Kosovo has become one of the highest in the world. Only 3 percent of all the Kosovars that applied for a visa to visit EU countries were actually granted one in 2013, says Palokaj.

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Senic: Members of the Bundestag expect Kosovo to get seat in UN (Dnevnik)

- Members of the Parliamentary Board for European Integration received information on what was the content of discussions with representatives of the Bundestag, but requirements that are repeated during a meeting in Belgrade as a condition of further progress towards full membership in the EU will not be a separate item on the agenda of the forthcoming session - said for Dnevnik Board Chairman Alexander Senic, announcing a meeting of that body which will discuss quarterly report prepared by the office of the Minister without portfolio responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovi

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