Belgrade Media Report 30 August
LOCAL PRESS
• US also to take Kosovo off the UN Security Council in September (Novosti)
• Dacic: Pristina lost support of great powers (Blic)
• Odalovic: The figure of 10,250 missing shows how serious the problem is (RTS)
• Sava Janjic: Delineation is a model in line with the ethnic cleansing policy (Vreme/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Zvizdic: Instead of changing borders, it is necessary sign border demarcation agreements (TV1)
• Three former High Representatives address Mogherini and warn that possible change of borders between Serbia and Kosovo could lead to instability in B&H (TV1)
• Governments of RS and Serbia adopt 16 conclusions and sign a number of inter-govt. memorandums and agreements at joint session in Trebinje (RTRS)
• Izetbegovic meets with Palestinian President Abbas, calls for respecting of all UN resolutions and stopping of violence (TV1)
• NATO’s Gottemoeller discusses Western Balkans with EU defense ministers (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Prime Minister warns about rise of populism in EU (Hina)
Montenegro
• Rudovic announces formation of Montenegrin opposition alliance (Pobjeda)
• Radulovic: Guests from Serbia don’t swallow terrible lies (Dnevne novine)
fYROM
• Danielsson: Referendum offers unique opportunity for citizen to shape their future (MIA)
• Zaev expects vast citizens’ support for Macedonia’s future (MIA)
• Pendarovski: Macedonia expects to join NATO in Q1 of 2020 (MIA)
• IRI poll: 57% support EU, NATO membership under the name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ (MIA)
• Slovenia’s support for the Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia reaffirmed (MIA)
Albania
• Albanian deported from Italy for connection with ISIS (ADN)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo premier warns border change with Serbia ‘would mean war’ (Irish Times)
• Serbia, Kosovo and the Prospect of Partition (Geopolitical Futures)
• Kammenos: The Greek people will have the last word on FYROM-Greece accord (To Vima)
Belgrade Media Report 31 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: We have to discover the fate of the missing (Tanjug)
• Brnabic, Fabrizi discuss Constitutional amendments and Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Beta)
• US Embassy in Belgrade: Scott in Pristina in order to hear stands of officials (Tanjug)
• Mitchell expresses support for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (FoNet)
• Vucic to Keefe: Serbia will not accept humiliating solution for Kosovo and Metohija (FoNet)
• Arifi: Merging Presevo Valley with Kosovo is like the fall of the Berlin wall (Beta)
• Hahn: Progress in Serbia-Kosovo talks, early for more (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Could exchange of territories between Serbia and Kosovo affect B&H’s territorial integrity? (TV1)
• B&H politicians say possible border demarcation between Serbia and Kosovo can have no effect on B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Bosnia not to be mentioned in Serbia-Kosovo negotiations (Fena)
• European Parliament delegation visits B&H (TV1)
• Security and defense of Western Balkans discussed at informal meeting of EU Ministers of Defense (BHT1)
• Inzko: Voters in B&H should not once again believe in illusion that their ethnic group is under attack (Nezavisne)
• Concerns in EU parliament over situation in Bosnia (N1)
Croatia
• Croatia looking for 2,525 missing persons (Hina)
• Croatia supports inclusion of Western Balkans in EU defense policy (Hina)
Montenegro
• Montenegro ruling parties welcome Rudovic’s idea (Dnevne novine)
fYROM
• Zaev: 30 September referendum – process for strengthening Macedonia’s independence (MIA)
• 30 parties join forces to campaign for ‘Yes’ vote in name referendum (MIA)
• President Ivanov to be in New York for UN GA on name referendum day (MIA)
• FM Dimitrov attends informal ministerial meeting in Vienna (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• In Bosnia-Herzegovina Jihadists More Welcome Than Russian Writers (Strategic Culture Foundation)
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Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli said that he was against the idea of a correction of the Kosovo border and estimated that the solution was to establish a common economic zone, reports Serbian media. Pacoli in Vienna, in his statement to Belgrade based news agency Tanjug, where he had a speech in the EU representation, […]
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Germany warned on Friday that redrawing Serbia’s border with Kosovo would fan ethnic tensions, while other EU states seeking peace in the Balkans rejected land swaps as too dangerous. Belgrade and Pristina have both this month raised the idea of redrawing their border. See more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-kosovo-eu/eu-warns-against-serbia-kosovo-land-swap-idea-idUSKCN1LG18C
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