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Belgrade Media Report 15 July 2020

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 15 July 2020

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic: Missing and internally displaced first dialogue topic in Brussels (FoNet/Tanjug/RTV)
Dacic: Russia against one stakeholder obtaining monopoly over solution to Kosovo issue (TV Happy/Beta)
Dacic to Darmanovic: What would King Nikola say (RTS/Tanjug)
Group of academics, intellectuals announce formation of parliament of free Serbia (Beta/Danas)
Stricter measures in fight against COVID-19 from 17 July (Tanjug)
EU removed Serbia from the list of safe countries: Ban for at least two weeks (Tanjug/Reuters)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Process of appointment of directors of institutions at B&H level unblocked (BHT1)
CEC President Bakalar discusses with IC reps financial problems regarding organization of local elections (BHT1)
OHR: Failure to adopt state budget will have serious consequences and will jeopardize elections process (Oslobodjenje)
DF calls on SDP and Our Party to vote for adoption of budget of B&H institutions and enable holding of local elections (Oslobodjenje)
B&H authorities prevented arrival of Russian diplomat, Vladislav Filippov, suspected of espionage; Russia gives up on Filippov’s appointment to post of military attaché (Dnevni avaz)
Dodik reacts to request Dzaferovic had for President of Swiss Confederation, in regards to her video message for commemoration in Srebrenica (ATV)
US Congress discusses Resolution condemning genocide and other crimes against Bosniaks in Srebrenica (Dnevni avaz)
B&H Embassy to Canada fails to lower B&H flag at half-mast on 11 July (N1)
B&H CoM: Entry to foreigners will be allowed as of 16 July with negative test for Coronavirus (N1)
Croatia

All opposition parties turn down meetings with PM (HRT)
Montenegro

Of 2.000 coronavirus samples sent to Germany, 475 were positive (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Early parliamentary election in North Macedonia (MIA)
Albania

Socialist Party breaks electoral reform agreement (Tirana Times)
Presidency: Current parliament cannot make constitutional changes (ADN)
United opposition against unilateral constitutional changes (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Patriarch Kirill calls on Montenegro to repeal law which discriminates against Church (Interfax)
Trump Ex-Adviser Bolton Laments Lost Opportunity on Kosovo (BIRN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 15, 2020

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 15, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID – 19: 119 new cases in last 24 hours (media)
• 1,192 active COVID – 19 cases in Prishtina, 35–44 age group most affected (media)
• COVID – 19, Kosovo tested only 1.61 of the population (RTK)
• Von Cramon: Grenell wanted to bypass EU and Kurti’s government (media)
• EULEX chief praises PM Hoti for traveling economy class (media)
• Who are candidates for PDK leader if Veseli indictment is confirmed? (Express)
• Bytyci: Kadri Veseli is PDK leader, media speculations are ill-willed (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 37 new cases of Covid-19 infection registered in Serb areas in Kosovo (Kosovo-online)
• In Gracanica 24 infected with Covid-19, results to come for fifteen more (KIM radio)
• Radovic: KP to control if persons positive on Covid-19 respect self-isolation measures (KoSSev)
• Vucic: Missing persons and internally displaced first topic of dialogue in Brussels (N1)
• Destinies of missing and displaced persons from Kosovo unresolved for 21 years (Tanjug)
• Brussels no longer can ignore reality: There is no solution of Kosovo issue without Russia (Sputnik)
• Jaksic: Negotiations in Brussels will not bring anything good to the Kosovo Serbs (KIM radio, Beta)
• Serbian Military Union official says protest coming against Defense Minister (N1)
• Mutiny within Serbia’s Socialists, main Vucic’s partners, its leader says (N1)
• Serbia’s NGO’s asks UN to react to police actions during anti-regime protests (N1, RFE)
• Vucic starts talks about Serbia’s new government, Albanians ask for four posts (FoNet, N1)

Opinion:

• Serbia-Kosovo deal: Can the EU succeed where Trump failed? (AlJazeera)
• Kosovo’s perplexing indictment and its effects (EWB)
• The EU Needs a New Balkan Strategy (Foreign Policy)

International:

• Trump Ex-Adviser Bolton Laments Lost Opportunity on Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• EU removes Serbia, Montenegro from travel-safe list (B92, Tanjug, N1)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, 15 July

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• Four more dead from coronavirus on Tuesday (media)
• Assembly lacks votes to pass law on pandemic (Koha)
• Hoti in Brussels with his office and associates, Weber calls for unity (Koha)
• President Thaci ends second day of interviewing at The Hague (media)
• Were prosecutors right to publicise charges against Thaci? (Balkan Insight)
• Haradinaj: Charges against Thaci, a blow to Kosovo’s freedom (Klan Kosova)
• War veterans’ leader: Specialist Chambers are attacking KLA directly (T7)
• Serwer: Be prepared (media)
• Presevo Valley Albanians ask to lead a ministry in Serbian government (Koha)
• Government defends decisions to appoint minister to extra post (media)

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