Belgrade Media Report 15 August 2016
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Belgrade, Pristina open new round of talks (Beta)
• Reconstruction of Kosovska Mitrovica bridge starts – EUR 1.2 million set aside (Blic)
• Work starts on bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica, Belgrade describes it as “Reconstruction” (VIP, B92)
• Djuric: Traffic in Mitrovica to get new image (VIP, RTS)
• DSS: Bridge opening endangers safety of Serbs (B92)
• PM “plans to create two more ministries” in his new cabinet (Danas)
• Miscevic: Brussels mission to visit Serbia in early September (Tanjug)
• Dacic: We hope Vienna will help ease tensions in region (Beta)
• Serbia “to protect itself and Europe” from new migrant wave (B92)
• Swedish Prime Minister to Visit Belgrade after more than 40 Years (RTS, Politika)
• US Vice President in Belgrade on Tuesday (RTS, Blic)
• What Hague Tribunal said about “exonerating Milosevic” (B92)
• SNS and SVM sign coalition agreement (Studio B)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Vucic can stop Dodik, Will Joe Biden ask Vucic to stop Dodik? (Dnevni avaz)
• First session of Commission for Implementation of Referendum in RS to be held on Monday (N1)
• Bosniak officials slam RS for intending to hold referendum on RS Day (FTV)
• Fierce reactions in Federation of B&H sparked by the ruling of the RS Constitutional Court (Hayat)
• Salkic criticizes decision on referendum on RS Day, calls Inzko to abolish it (Hayat)
• Ambassador Cormack: US Government’s stance is that RS Day referendum is contrary to B&H Constitution (TV1)
• Austrian Ambassador to B&H Martin Pammer: Dodik is free to attack me, but referendum is unacceptable (Dnevni avaz)
• Srebrenica to organize referendum on secession from RS (TV1)
• Dodik: Srebrenica is part of RS and no referendum will change it (RTRS)
• Serb officials from Srebrenica strongly oppose to possible referendum on secession of Srebrenica from RS (RTRS)
• Cavic: Ahmetovic’s initiative is in interest of election campaign (N1)
• Dodik visits Srebrenica; Srebrenica is an integral part of RS (RTRS)
• Dodik in Srebrenica: No genocide occurred in Srebrenica, Alija Izetbegovic sacrificed the municipality (BHT1)
• Dodik is key disruptive factor in B&H (TV1)
• Dodik: I was wiretapped; such transcripts can only be used before court (BN TV)
• Djakovic: Things would be clearer if transcript of my conversation with SDA official was published (N1)
• Reaction to the wiretapping scandal (BN TV, Nezavisne)
• Orepic’s statement about Vukovar Serbs and the reactions (Hina)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Ambassador says he “knows” which ministers are pro-Russian (Sputnik)
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