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Belgrade Media Report 03 July 2019

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 3 July 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Pristina’s goal is occupying the north and expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTS)
• Brnabic, Mondoloni discuss Macron’s visit to Serbia (Tanjug)
• Dacic: It is in Serbia’s interest to renew relations with Peru (RTV)
• Engel with Serbian MPs: Important to continue Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• Western Balkans Summit opens in Poland (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Thaci rejects invitation to attend SEECP Summit in B&H (Glas Srpske)
• Chairman Zvizdic says condition for authority formation is adoption of ANP (N1)
• Dodik and Bakir push SDS out of authorities (EuroBlic)
• Sarovic: SDS will not enter coalition with SNSD, but we can cooperate on issues of importance for RS (Nezavisne novine)
• B&H CoM discusses migrant crisis; tasks Minister Pendes to prepare engagement of units of B&H Armed Forces; Dodik: I will not allow borders to be closed (TV1/BN TV)
Croatia
• Orepic: Croatia must change its policy towards B&H (Hina)
• Milanovic accuses Plenkovic of putting personal ambitions ahead of Croatian interests (HRT)
Montenegro
• Montenegro to open remaining negotiation chapter during Finland’s EU presidency (CDM)
• Merkel: Germany stands firmly behind the European future of the WB (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Montenegro to open remaining negotiation chapter during Finland’s EU presidency (CDM)
• Merkel: Germany stands firmly behind the European future of the WB (Pobjeda)
Albania
• Meta: Ready to hold general and presidential elections in October (Radio Tirana)
• Rama: June 30 elections served the rightness rather than the left wing (Radio Tirana)
• Brussels appeals to government and opposition to urgently launch dialogue to overcome the political crisis in Albania (Radio Tirana)
• Albania establishes four pillars for cooperation with Kosovo (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Size matters: France deflates EU enlargement aspirations (Reuters)

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Ahmeti: We will not bring down government with Serbian List votes (media)

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Shpend Ahmeti, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD), said today in Pristina that his party will not try to bring down the current government with the votes of the Serbian List. After meeting Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, Ahmeti said the opposition does not yet have the required number of votes for a […]

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Tahiri: Kosovo, a trusted ally of the EU in the fight against terror (media)

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Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, met today with a delegation of EU experts who are visiting Pristina to discuss Kosovo’s actions in the implementation of the Joint Action Plan on Counter-Terrorism for the Western Balkans. Tahiri briefed the delegation on the legal amendments, starting with the amendment of the new Criminal Code and the […]

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What can Borrelli’s nomination mean for Kosovo – Serbia dialogue? (RFE)

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The new European Union foreign policy chief nominee, Josep Borrell, is from Spain, one of the most powerful countries of the European Union that doesn’t recognize Kosovo’s independence. The 72-year-old Borrell, who is currently Foreign Minister of Spain, is expected to return at the helm of EU’s foreign policy, after having served as President of […]

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Vucic ‘European Robin Hood’, hospital chief says supplies are low, residents don’t want goods from Pristina (Serbian media)

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President of Serbia in today’s press conference told reporters that the situation in northern Kosovo, was increasingly more difficult, while the political-security situation in his view is very complex. He says that the biggest problem with the supply is caused by Pristina’s tariffs, i.e. 100 per cent on goods from central Serbia. ”When someone introduced […]

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Vucic: We think we have name of Oliver Ivanovic’s murderer (RTS, Serbian media)

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaking at a news conference today said there is serious work in the investigation of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder and that he thinks the Serbian side has the name of the murderer, RTS reports. Speaking about the investigation, Vucic said that Albanians “have no clue” who has murdered Oliver Ivanovic. “We are […]

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Vucic met with Engel (RTS)

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today he hopes messages of the US Congressman Eliot Engel in Pristina would contribute to creating conditions for continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, RTS reported. The sooner we continue the dialogue, the possibilities to reduce tensions would increase, Vucic added. President Vucic met with the Chairman of the […]

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Miroslav Ivanovic: Unacceptable that Serbia hides Radojicic (Danas)

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It is good the arrest warrant for Milan Radojicic was issued and that there is a will of Kosovo institutions, however, without pressure by the international community it will not be implemented, because the attitude of the Serbian authorities in this case so far was unacceptable, brother of the murdered leader of Civic Initiative Freedom […]

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In the recent couple of days, Pristina raised indictments against fifty Serbs (B92, Tanjug)

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B92 portal reported that Ivan Todosijevic said that Pristina aim was to intimidate Kosovo Serbs by organized attacks and fabricated indictments, along with other forms of pressure. “That is why this indictment does not present personal assault but an assault on the Serbs in general, primarily in the north of Kosovo and Metohija”, Ivan Todosijevic, […]

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Dacic: Peru recognized Kosovo; however, it supports us in Security Council (RTS, TV N1)

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Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic assessed his visit to Peru as of historic importance, since it is in the interest of Serbia to renew relations with this country, RTS reports. He added, strategic relations between the two countries and Serbia’s presence in this region are the most important topics to discuss. “From such friendly […]

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Shops in northern Kosovo open (RTS, KoSSev)

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After two days of closure, shops in the north of Kosovo and Metohija were open today, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports. As a sign of protest against 100 percent tariffs Pristina imposed on goods from central Serbia, all shops, restaurants, bakeries and petrol stations were closed for two days. The situation in the Clinical Centre […]

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Bosnian news website: Thaci rejects Dodik’s invitation (media)

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Citing a report by a Bosnian news website, several local media report that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has turned down an invitation from Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, to attend the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in Sarajevo. Sources told the news website that Thaci rejected the invitation because Bosnia has not recognized […]

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