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Belgrade Media Report 20 March 2020

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Daily Media Highlights

Friday 20 March 2020

LOCAL PRESS

Borrel to Vucic: EU doing all it can to help Serbia (RTS/RTV/Tanjug)
Norway donates Serbia five million Euros for fight against coronavirus (RTS/Tanjug)
Coronavirus epidemic officially declared in Serbia (RTS/Tanjug)
Vucic: Curfew will be extended (B92)
Serbian Army opens camp in Morovic (Tanjug/RTS)
New 15 cases of coronavirus in Serbia – 118 in total (B92)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Five new cases of coronavirus confirmed in B&H, 69 in total (N1)
Nine new cases of Coronavirus infection registered in FB&H, total number of infected persons increases to 18 (N1)
FB&H Civil Protection HQ adopts four new orders (Hayat)
Sixteen new cases of coronavirus infection confirmed in RS on Thursday, total number in the RS increased to 45 (RTRS)
B&H AF and B&H Border police define eight border crossings to set up quarantine tents (ATV)
Podzic confirms that B&H AF will be deployed to eight border crossings (Dnevni avaz)
Dodik, Covic, Izetbegovic and Radoncic meet with Sattler to discuss current situation caused by COVID-19 (N1)
Turkey to help B&H with medical materials (RTRS/Dnevni avaz)
Turkovic calls on heads of diplomatic-consular missions accredited in B&H to help B&H purchase respirators and other necessary medical equipment (Nezavisne novine)
B&H Border Police Director passes decision on temporary suspension of five police officers of Brod unit (BHT1)
Croatia

In Croatia, 113 people are infected with coronaviruses (N1/Hina)
Montenegro

The number of infected in Montenegro increased to 13 (RTCG)
DSC will consider information on the epidemiological situation (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia

Filipche: Skopje Health Center to open coronavirus testing sites next week (MIA)
Nineteen new coronavirus cases in Macedonia, a total of 67 confirmed cases (MIA)
Albania

COVID 19: Opposition leader sends letter to WHO office to seek assistance (TemA)
Total number of COVID-19 cases in Albania hits 70 (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

The Quiet Success of Trump’s Politically Appointed Ambassadors in Europe (The Daily Signal)
China Casts Itself as Global Savior While U.S. and EU Focus on Virus at Home (Foreign Policy)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 20, 2020

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 20, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• EU calls for unity among party leaders (Telegrafi)
• Mustafa: Kurti to lift tariff, annul dismissal decision, and apologize (RTK)
• Thaci: KPHI and the police are promptly doing their job, KSF ready (RTK)
• KDI argues against non-confidence motion (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• New 15 cases of coronavirus in Serbia – 118 in total (B92)
• Serbia closed its borders, intercity traffic stops at noon (B92)
• Vucic: Curfew will be extended (B92, RTS)
• Most of us will be affected for some months, UN’s Antonio Guterres says (N1)
• Website of Trustbuilding Platform in Kosovo introduced (KoSSev)
• Passengers at Jarinje crossing point told they would have to be quarantined in Pristina? (KoSSev)
• COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic (KoSSev)
• Serbian Commissioner says right to information not suspended (N1)
• Norway donates to Serbia EUR 5 million to fight coronavirus (RTS)

International:

• Pandemic Forces Balkan Politicians to Get Serious, At Last (Balkan Insight)
• Kosovo seeks help from Turkey to fight coronavirus (aa.com.tr)
• Prishtina protests from its balconies (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Serbia’s virologist: Vaccine is urgent, or coronavirus will be seasonal disease (N1)
• Kon: Epidemic will last another six weeks in this regime (Tanjug, B92)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 20

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Another case of coronavirus confirmed (media)
Health Minister: Infected persons in stable condition (RFE)
Prishtina protests from its balconies (Prishtina Insight)
Osmani and two other LDK MPs do not sign no confidence motion (RTK)
LDK deputy leader: We can continue governance if Kurti removes tariff and returns Veliu (KTV)
PDK: We will come up with a statement very soon (KosovaPress)
Limaj: NISMA will support no confidence motion (RTK)
Haradinaj: I wont be part of any govt that talks about partition (T7)
834 citizens request to return to Kosovo (media)

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