Belgrade Media Report 24 October 2019
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 24 October 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia faces political and security challenges (Beta)
• India’s continued support for Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug/RTV)
• Djuric: Unheard of racism in counting of Serb votes in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
• Office for KiM: International missions in Kosovo and Metohija to monitor the Arsic case (Tanjug/RTV)
• US and Russian Ambassadors on resolving Kosovo knot (Novosti)
• Falconi: France wants Serbia and region in EU (Beta)
• New US Ambassador arrives in Belgrade (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SNSD and DNS led by party leaders Dodik and Pavic agree that functioning of coalition is not in question (RTRS)
• France launched unofficial diplomatic consultations; Privileged special partnership to certain Western Balkan countries, instead of membership in EU (Nezavisne)
• Newly-appointed EP’s Rapporteur for B&H Rangel: I am willing to help B&H on its European path (N1)
Croatia
• Plenkovic: After last three years of intensive work, we reached level that was necessary for EC to conclude that Croatia fulfilled criteria for joining Schengen area (HRT1)
• EU Commissioner Avramopoulos: With Croatia as a member of Schengen Area, the EU could face migration and security challenges better (HRT1)
Montenegro
• Japan supports European perspective of the Balkans (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev: Too early to discuss technical government (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Ahmeti rules out forming a pre-election coalition with SDSM (Republika)
• Kotzias: The government is undermining the Prespa Agreement (Nezavisen vesnik)
• European Parliament to put a motion for a resolution on opening accession talks with Skopje and Tirana (Nezavisen vesnik)
Albania
• Albania will withdraw from the “mini-Schengen” if Kosovo is not involved in that co-operation (Radio Tirana)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Macron says ‘no’, and a government is already falling apart (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
• Testimony by Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 24, 2019
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, October 24, 2019
Albanian Language Media:
• Dehari family receives copy of forensic report into their son’s death (media)
• Vetevendosje reacts to report’s conclusions into its activist’s death (media)
• Lumezi: We will seek assistance from U.S. in investigating Astrit Dehari’s death (media)
• Haziri doesn’t expect final agreement during Kurti government (ekonomiaonline)
Serbian Language Media:
• Representatives of Washington and Moscow answered three questions of Vecernje Novosti daily (Serbian media)
• Jeremic: Vucic’s delineation leads towards Serbia’s membership to NATO (Danas, RT)
• US “indecent” proposal; Serbia: We refuse it (Blic, Tanjug, B92)
• Palmer on Serbia-Kosovo agreement (Tanjug, B92)
• The Russians delivered S-400 missile defense system and Pantsir S (Tanjug, B92, Sputnik)
• “It is not a priority to Srpska Lista to enter government with Kurti” (Tanjug, B92)
• Djuric comments on counting votes from central Serbia in Pristina (Tanjug, B92)
• Macron offers special partnership to the Balkans? (B92, Tanjug, Nezavisne)
• Kosovo police arrest three officers in the northern Mitrovica (KoSSev, N1, KIM radio)
• Vucic: Pristina announces closure of pharmacies in the North tomorrow (KoSSev)
• CEC completed counting of votes from Serbia, 3000 ballots verified (Kosovo-online)
International:
• “We Are Their Voice”: German Far-Right Builds Balkan Alliances (Balkan Insight)
• ‘Amid stormy global seas, UN charter remains our moral anchor’, says Guterres on United Nations Day (UN News)
Humanitarian and Development:
• Ombudsperson Institution of Kosovo joins Equinet (Kosovapress)
• How much is Serb community (un)safe in Pec region? (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio kontakt plus)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, October 24
• LVV, LDK working groups discuss modalities of new government (media)
• Ballots from Serbia processed for counting (Zeri)
• Four members of CEC demand urgent meeting (Kosovapress/RTK)
• Vetevendosje reacts to CEC’s decision to count ballots from Serbia (media)
• Mustafa calls on CEC to verify legality of ballots from Serbia (media)
• Pacolli: Why are Serbia ballots more precious than Diaspora ones? (Bota Sot)
• Limaj: NISMA has 5.5% of votes, votes from Serbia shouldn’t be counted (Koha)
• Palmer: This will be first government that won’t have party from KLA (media)
• U.S. and Russia want a compromise solution on Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo leaders welcome U.S. resolution on killing of Bytyqi brothers (media)
• Serbian official, Kozarev, not permitted to enter Kosovo (media)
• Kelmendi: Losers and winners (Koha)