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Panel of doctors to examine Oliver Ivanovic (Politika)

Director of the Health Centre in northern Mitrovica Dr. Milan Ivanovic said today that he will seek from EULEX that panel of doctors examine Oliver Ivanovic, who is on hunger strike in prison.   

Milan Ivanovic told Tanjug that the health condition of Oliver Ivanovic, according to the information available, can worsen and complicate therefore he needs adequate health protection.

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Diplomatic fight of Serbia for votes in UNESCO (Politika)

Possible Kosovo membership in the UNESCO would not change the status of the Serbian cultural heritage which is located in that area, because legally it is ownership of the Serbian Orthodox Church. But Serbia would then have to initiate diplomatic struggle, in order to certify the precise formulation of the orthodox cultural heritage in that territory, referring to it as Serbian, said Darko Tanaskovic, Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO. The official Belgrade already started diplomatic fight trying to convince the member of UNESCO not to vote for Pristina’s request.

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The story on destroyed mosques is an argument for UNESCO membership (Politika)

Pristina officials are trying to strengthen their position in diplomatic struggle for admission in UNESCO, so they initiated the bidding on the number of mosques that Serbian Security Forces allegedly ruined in Kosovo. In regards to the application of Kosovo for UNESCO membership, Serbian officials stated that “those who destroyed 150 orthodox churches and monasteries from 1999 don’t have a moral right to apply for UNESCO membership.” Reacting to that statement, Pristina officials replied that Serbian Police and Army in 1998 and 1999 destroyed from 200 to 300 Islamic places of worship.

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Could Thaqi and Haradinaj trigger early elections? (Politika)

Is the wish of Hashim Thaqi to again become Kosovo Prime Minister maybe the main reason why last Brussels round of talks didn’t result in agreement between Belgrade and Pristina? Will the establishment of the Special Court for crimes committed by KLA (whose leader was Thaqi) be a trigger to terminate the coalition with Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and result in the new elections? The representatives of the Serbian Parties from Kosovo think that Hashim Thaqi plays the “double game” and that the main aim of the game is organizing the early parliamentary elections.

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Stojanovic to Engel: ZSO of vital importance (Akter, Politika, RTS,Tanjug)

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic told U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel that Serbs in Kosovo insist on executive powers for the community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in the fields of education, economic development, health care and spatial planning. Stojanovic said to Engel, who is paying a multi-day visit to Kosovo, that this issue is of vital importance for the Serbs. According to Stojanovic, the U.S.

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Chambers of commerce seek involvement in projects (Dailies)

A conference of Western Balkan chambers of commerce, organized at the initiative of chambers of commerce of Serbia and Kosovo, ended in Vienna on Tuesday with the conclusion that business communities need to be involved in making decisions about the projects that are being prepared for the summit on the Western Balkans, set to take place in the Austrian capital in late August. President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Marko Cadez told Tanjug that the participants of the conference in Vienna agreed to suggest to governments in the region to include the representatives of chambers of c

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