Belgrade Media Report 11 October
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Community of Serb Municipalities backbone of Brussels agreement (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Unabated interest of European MPs for European path of Serbia (Tanjug)
• Brnabic, Hahn: Serbia’s EU integration process based on three basic principles (RTS/Beta)
• Erdogan in Novi Pazar: This is my native land (B92/RTS)
• Wallstrom: Kosovo and Catalonia not to be compared (Beta)
• Spain grateful to Serbia for delaying EU letter (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ivanic says Dodik’s call to Serbs to leave B&H Court and Prosecutor’s Office is not adequate solution (TV1)
• SDA slams Dodik for announcing suspension of work of Court of B&H and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H in RS (TV1)
• IC’ reactions to Dodik’s call for suspension of work of Court of B&H and Prosecutor’s Office of B&H (BHT1)
• Mandic: Biggest problem for registration of military property in RS is fact that there is no law that binds RS institutions to respect and implement decisions of Constitutional Court of B&H (FTV)
Croatia
• “Istria is not Catalonia, we just want our money” (Expres)
Montenegro
• Knezevic: I am not guilty, process is fake (RTCG)
Albania
• President Meta’s official visit to Kosovo; Demarcation, unfair condition for visas liberalization (ADN)
• Basha: Appointment of Ruci as speaker, shameful act (ATA)
• Albanian government gives up, recognizes Bulgarians as a minority (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Erdogan touts Turkey helping push ‘prosperous’ Balkans (Anadolu Agency)
• Erdogan in the Balkans: A neo-Ottoman quest? (Al Jazeera)
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