Belgrade Media Report 29 June
LOCAL PRESS
• Vulin: In agreement with Vucic, I refrained from going to KiM (Tanjug)
• Bishop Amfilohije says Kosovo status can’t be decided at referendum (RTS, Beta)
• Mihajlovic: The one who separates the Serbs on Vidovdan does not think well to Serbia (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Another country set to revoke Kosovo recognition (RTS)
• Ristic to Putin: Vucic to end up like Djindjic if he tries to achieve peace (VIP)
• SNS Officials: Vucic “Threatened with Murder” (VIP, PINK, Danas)
• Jeremic party says agreement to let Kosovo into UN is act of treason (VIP)
• Serbian Justice Minister: All recommendations of Venice Commission to be accepted (RTV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Thesis about Croats being endangered went down the drain when Constitutional Court ruled that Serbs are not equal in parts of country in which Croats are majority (Nezavisne)
• Conference on regional cooperation in Western Balkans takes place in Banja Luka (N1)
Croatia
• Croatia ready for border talks with Slovenia (Hina)
Montenegro
• Reasons of Becic and Abazovic’s visit to Brussels aren’t very clear (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Stoltenberg: Without the finalization of the agreement, your country can not join NATO (MIA)
• European Council backs opening accession talks with Macedonia (MIA)
• Zaev: Clear accession talks date, screening begins around July 20 (Telma TV)
• Zaev-Hahn: Intensive work ahead of Macedonia for successful EU accession talks (MIA)
• EU path set out, keep up reform pace, Tusk urges Zaev (MIA)
Albania
• Rama to Opposition: We haven’t failed (ADN)
• Ambassadors Council: 2019 Does not mean opening negotiations (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Attempts are made to provoke Serbia into conflict (Sputnik)
• Is two too little or just right for Serbia? (EURACTIV)
Belgrade Media Report 02 July
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Relations with Vatican with no open issues (Beta)
• Dacic: Pressures will not accelerate compromise regarding Kosovo (Tanjug/Novosti)
• Ljajic: Frozen conflict is continuation of agony (Tanjug/Kurir)
• Mihajlovic: Outcome of dialogue depends on both sides (Tanjug)
• Scott: I hope for the compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, perhaps even this year (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Head of Bosniak Caucus in Federation of B&H HoP Catic announces request for Federation of B&H HoP session to discuss Proposal Law on Constituencies (Oslobodjenje)
• Jadovno victims killed in NDH in WWII commemorated; Croatian police arrest member of ‘Јadovno 1941’ Association and RS Army Colonel Dane Lukajic for war crimes (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Becic and Abazovic’s Initiative will wait until autumn (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Zaev: EU accession talks a historic decision (MIA)
• Zaev: EU to launch screening process for Macedonia next month (MTV)
• Mogherini and Hahn: A clear EU path ahead (MIA)
• Osmani: Time for opposition to choose sides in Euro-integration process (MIA)
• Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE not backing off EU and NATO trajectory (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU Migration Summit Pledges Cooperation With Balkans (Balkan Insight)
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