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25 November 2009 | By Krenar Gashi

“Did you see it?! It’s not that great. It could have been much better. How could they waste so much money on such a lame ad?” These are some of the things we hear in Pristina nowadays.


Tadic: New Kosovo Approach Needed
27 November 2009 |

Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia needs a different approach towards Kosovo, saying the current rigid stance is not yielding results.


No Results as Greece, Macedonia PM’s Meet
27 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

There were no significant steps forward in the Athens-Skopje “name” row. But there were signs of improved bilateral relations after the prime ministers of Greece and Macedonia, George Papandreou and Nikola Gruevski, met on Friday afternoon in Greece near their bilateral border.

Bosnia Budget Cuts Pose Threat to War Crime Trials
26 November 2009 | Merima Husejnovic i Denis Dzidic

State Court fears its work will be affected unless the authorities consider its requests for increase in funding.



Kosovo Press Review - July 2

Pristina | 02 July 2009 |
 
Here are the top stories in Kosovo’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

KOSOVA SOT
-Government reacts: Belgrade interferes with integration. Kosovo’s institutions have called Serb President Boris Tadic’s message Kosovo Serbs to boycott local elections very negative.

KOHA DITORE
- UNMIK transforms into a mission for the communities. The UN mission in Kosovo has opened an office to create facilities and support for communities, which will now be the mission’s exclusive task.

EXPRESS
- Five Hectares for America. The municipality of Prishtina has given the US Embassy five hectares of land in the neighborhood of Dragodan for the construction of their new embassy.

LAJM
- Baseless accusations failed. Former Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku finds the accusations Serbia submitted to Interpol about him comic, after his arrest in Bulgaria last week.

ZERI
-Pristina contradicts Tadic, invites Serbs to be part of the elections. Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu invited all Kosovo Serbs to take part in the November 15 local elections, despite a call to boycott them made by Serbia’s president Tadic.



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