UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 15, 2020
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 71 new cases, one death (media)
• Zemaj urges parents, teachers to adhere to COVID-19 measures (media)
• Trump: Vucic and Hoti made their countries, Balkans and world safer (media)
• “Grenell says Trump plans to visit Kosovo” (Klan Kosova)
• Osmani: Democracy in Kosovo undermined by minority governments (Telegrafi)
• Romania’s position on Kosovo’s independence remains unchanged (Zeri)
Serbian Language Media:
• State Department posts Trump praise of Vucic, Hoti (media)
• Palestinian ambassador conveys to Vucic the concern over embassy relocation to Jerusalem (Beta, N1)
• Grenell: Vucic is tough negotiator, fights for Serbian people (RTS, Serbian Radio Chicago)
• EU: Washington documents mean Belgrade & Pristina commitment to US (N1)
• Belgrade to Berlin: US talks open room for ordinary people reconciliation (FoNet, N1)
• Vucic spoke with Patriarch Irinej, informed him on Kosovo negotiations (RTS)
• Fatherland Movement on Washington agreement (Radio KIM)
• Church in Babin Most, near Obilic, desecrated (Kosovo Online, B92, KIM radio)
• North Macedonia PM: Meeting with President Vucic about ‘mini-Schengen’ (N1)
Opinion:
• Trump’s Balkan agreement does Israel more harm than good – opinion (The Jerusalem Post)
International:
• Kosovo’s Legal Aid for War Crimes Suspects Raises Concerns (Balkan Insight)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 15
• COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media)
• Hoti to report to MPs on dialogue with Serbia (media)
• “Agreement with Serbia, in complete coordination with the U.S.” (media)
• Kurti: Serbia’s projects are old, Kosovo’s concessions new (media)
• Bajrami: Only Israel’s recognition is historic in Washington agreement (Koha)
• Coalition partners gathered again on Monday (media)
• Haradinaj: We won’t vote any other candidate except Ramush (media)
• Gjini: Vetevendosje initiated no-confidence motion to trap the PDK (KTV)
• Beqiri: No one in the LDK is celebrating Osmani’s departure (media)
• Djuric: Serbia will insist on speedy creation of the Association (media)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 14, 2020
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 55 new cases, four deaths (media)
• PM Hoti calls for maximal caution from pupils and teachers (media)
• PM Hoti: €10 mil to municipalities as part of economic revival program (media)
• PDK is not pleased with Washington agreement, complains about Hoti (media)
• Plenkovic: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with two wings, in Brussels and Washington (Koha)
• William Walker contracted to advise President Thaci (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian Language Media:
• Five new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serb areas in Kosovo, one person passed away (Radio KIM)
• Stano: Continuation of talks on non-majority communities and property (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic decided on the government? (media)
• Kosovo Serb Orthodox Diocese on Koha’s text: It spreads ethnic and religious hatred (KoSSev)
• Father Sava: Claims of those calling us usurpers, unworthy of Albanian people sons who respected others (KoSSev)
• Koha: ”Appropriation of medieval Arberian monuments in Kosovo by Serbs” (KoSSev)
• Leaks of dossiers from The Hague – covering up KLA crimes (Politika)
• Pompeo hails Serbia’s announcement to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization (N1)
• Vucic: Lack of reaction to Pristina’s unfulfilled obligation shameful (BETA, N1)
• Vucic: Excellent phone talk with Netanyahu (SRNA, N1)
• Detention of four Serbs arrested at Mokra Gora Mountain extended (RTS)
Opinion:
• Belgrade professor to Grenell: Nobel Prize nomination sounds like mockery (N1)
• After Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal, it’s Over to Brussels (Balkan Insight)
International:
• Serbia-Kosovo Deal Behind Trump Nobel Prize Nod Dismissed As ‘Photo Opportunity’ by Ex-Serbian FM (Newsweek)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Womens’ Network, MPs react against court decision (media)
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 14 September 2020
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 14 September 2020
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: Shameful that no one reacted to Pristina’s message (B92/Beta/Tanjug)
Vucic to Pompeo: Following ancestors, firm in our pursuit of peace (RTS)
Godfrey: Washington Agreement demonstration of mature statesmanship (Beta)
Vucic says Serbia, Israel affirm friendship after talks with Netanyanhu (Beta)
Netanyahu to address people in Kosovo on Tuesday via video message (Tanjug/RTS)
Lutovac: Vucic bought time in Washington (Danas)
Fabrizi: Dialogue is in full swing, no reason for postponement (Blic)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dodik and Vucic discuss DPA, regional issues and future cooperation (RTRS)
Dodik: I have informed Vucic about threats from Sarajevo and what Bosniaks have against Washington Agreement (ATV)
Dzaferovic: B&H will join NATO and EU, that is the only future, not additional disintegration (Oslobodjenje)
Krivokapic comments Dodik’s initiative for special relations; New government will have good relations with everyone (Glas Srpske)
Ivanic: Izetbegovic’s statement will benefit only him and Dodik to score political points for elections (BN TV)
Croat Caucus in FB&H HoP: Izetbegovic’s statement intentions resemble those of Slobodan Milosevic in his famous “anti-bureaucratic yoghurt revolution” (Dnevni avaz)
Montenegro
Final results of parliamentary elections in Montenegro (CdM)
Milacic: Primary aim of new govt – lifting sanctions on Russia (CdM/Komsomolskaya pravda)
Cungu: Abazovic’s statements are blows below the belt (CdM)
Husovic: We haven’t received official invitation to approach new govt (Dan)
Republic of North Macedonia
Dimitrov: Identity issues cannot depend on political declarations (MIA/Sitel TV)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
U.S. Welcomes Serbia’s Intention to Designate Hizballah as a Terrorist Organization
(Press statement)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 14
• COVID-19: 71 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• Kosovo government meets today (media)
• Kosovo Assembly Presidency to meet today (media)
• Mustafa: Prime minister guided by Constitution not coalition partners (media)
• LVV and PDK to oppose Mini-Schenghen with all means (RTK)
• Borrell: Only Europeans can stabilise the Balkans (FT/Kosovo media)
• Fabrizi: Next rounds of dialogue, even more difficult (media)
• Israel’s Netanyahu to address Kosovo in remarks from White House (Klan)
• Serwer: Washington Agreement does not even enable start of economic normalisation (Koha)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 12
• COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media)
• A third of people in Kosovo believe COVID-19 is a hoax, according to poll (AFP/EuroNews)
• Zemaj: All set for the start of new school year (media)
• Osmani: There is danger of a Republika Srpska in the north of Kosovo (RFE)
• Veseli: Kosovo delegation failed to reach final agreement with Serbia (media)
• Nagavci: Fall of Hoti-led government, a matter of days (Kosovapress)
• “Specialist prosecutors investigating files case sent to KLA associations” (media)
• Op-ed: Kosovo Serbia Agreement Could Sway US Election (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 11, 2020
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 50 new cases, five deaths (media)
• Hoti: France and Netherlands impede visa liberalization (media)
• Aliu accuses Hoti for granting ownership of Ujman lake to Serbia (media)
• Haxhiu: Kosovo’s Bosnianisation will not be allowed, Hoti should leave (RTK)
• Kosnett: U.S. and Kosovo to strengthen partnership against terrorism (RTK)
• Civil society: There was no transparency on Washington agreement (media)
• The United States, Kosovo and Serbia nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Two new cases of Covid-19 in Serbian communities, five patients recovered (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic says Serbia managed to open White House doors (media)
• US envoy: Serbia faces many burdensome political decisions (FoNet, N1)
• Moscow daily: New govt. will show if Serbia changes foreign policy (Beta, N1)
• Kosovo Police: Four graves damaged in Zakovo during works on water supply (Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Serb cemetery desecrated in Kosovo (N1, Beta)
• Vukcevic: It is very strange, unbelievable that files of the Special Prosecutor’s Office were leaked (KoSSev)
Opinion:
• Hoti’s government is a sitting duck (Prishtina Insight)
• Jovic: Serbia is seriously approaching the US, it could become the main partner in the Balkans (N1, KoSSev)
• Non-agreement or why it takes (at least) two to reach an agreement (KoSSev)
International:
• Unpacking the Serbia-Kosovo Deal (visegradsight.eu)
• Kosovo and Serbia – Israel’s Balkan blunder (The Jerusalem Post)
Humanitarian/Development:
• WHO acknowledges: The end of the pandemic might be … (B92, Tanjug)
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 11 September
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: I said ‘no’ at the toughest place in the world (RTS)
Vucic and Visegrad Group ambassadors: EU plays key role in Belgrade-Pristina dialog (Beta)
Borrell: Serbia expected to act in line with its aim – EU membership (RTS)
US envoy: Serbia faces many burdensome political decisions (FoNet)
Stano: Kosovo and Serbia should deal with arrangements for non-majority communities (Beta)
Varhelyi: Dialogue should continue, EU monitoring situation in Serbia (Beta)
Moscow decorates Serbia’s Defence Minister for military-technical cooperation (FoNet)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
US Special Representative for Western Balkans Matthew Palmer visits Mostar (N1, FTV)
SDS leader Sarovic: It is clear that Palmer was not interested in Dodik’s and Komsic’s initiatives (BN TV)
SDA leader Izetbegovic announces possibility of revision of lawsuit against Serbia for genocide (Nezavisne novine)
Montenegro
Agreement of the new parliamentary majority provokes controversy (Pobjeda)
Nimanbegu: We can’t forget what DF said (Pobjeda)
Medojevic: Movement for Changes supports the agreement (CDM)
New government is under magnifying glass of Brussels and Washington (Antena M)
North Macedonia
Dimitrov: Statements that cause insult or anxiety with neighbors not helpful (MIA)
MoFA: North Macedonia resumes heightened communication with Bulgaria through dialogue (MIA)
Albania
Corruption in Albania remains top concern for U.S. investors (Tirana Times)
Albania assists Kosovo with experts on justice system reform (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 11
• COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• UN says more funds needed for coronavirus vaccine (VOA/RTV21/Kallxo)
• Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media)
• Hoti: We will respect agreement on Association (media)
• Tahiri: European Parliament confirmed support for visa liberalisation (media)
• Kosovo and North Macedonia considering easing border restrictions (media)
• Palmer: The U.S. happy with progress in Kosovo-Serbia negotiations (Koha)
• Grenell says he jokingly proposed renaming Ujman/Gazivode to Lake Trump (Klan)
• Limaj: No disagreements among coalition partners (media)
• Mustafa: We do not have agreement on President with AAK (RTK/T7)
• Israeli official: New embassy in Pristina to be opened soon (Koha)
• Vucic about Washington meeting: I did not sleep the entire night (RTK)
• Djuric: No agreement without Association of Serb-majority municipalities (Koha/Zeri)
• Serbia and Kosovo awkwardly embrace Israel (The Economist)
Belgrade Media Report 10 September
LOCAL PRESS
Lajcak: Time to finish Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1)
Grenell: We have put the question of borders aside (Tanjug)
EU officials: Talks focus on final Serbia-Kosovo agreement (Beta)
Lavrov: Moscow supports any agreement on Kosovo reached voluntarily (FoNet)
Vucic to Putin: Serbia remains true Russian partner (RTS, B92)
Serbia won’t move its embassy to Jerusalem if Israel recognizes Kosovo independence (Beta)
Palestine ambassador to Serbia: I ask Vucic for audience and expect explanation (NIN)
Serbia to suspend military activities with all partners in the next six months (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Members of B&H Presidency meet with US’ Palmer (BHT1)
Tegeltija: US supports and calls on B&H for more commitment and work on reform path (ATV)
US’ Palmer meets reps of B&H HoP and HoR Collegium (Hayat)
US’ Palmer, HDZ B&H Covic: Euro-Atlantic integration is priority (FTV)
US’ Palmer and Nelson meet with ‘The Four’ to discuss B&H’s future and upcoming elections (FTV)
US’ Palmer for B&H dailies (Vecernji list)
Dzaferovic: Message that Pristina-Belgrade relations have nothing to do with B&H of key importance of meeting with US’ Palmer (FTV)
Dodik’s proposals on B&H joining the Mini Schengen Zone and relocation of the B&H Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to be discussed at special session of B&H Presidency September 17 (RTRS)
Montenegro
State symbols won’t be abolished, independence of Kosovo and cooperation with NATO are unquestionable (CDM)
Historical agreement or betrayal of DF voters? (Dnevne novine)
Medojevic: Masons from “Vijesti” are forming the government without me (Dnevne novine)
North Macedonia
VMRO-DPMNE stages protest (MIA)
Zaev-Varhelyi: EC to continue to help North Macedonia both in financial and HR terms (MIA)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 10, 2020
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 69 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• Decision on reopening of schools expected today (media)
• Kosovo and North Macedonia discuss easing of border restrictions (RFE)
• Minister Zemaj thanks OSF for donating funds to combat COVID-19 (media)
• Ambassador Szunyog meets Kosovo political leaders (media)
• Klinaku: Specialist Prosecutor’s Office communicated with authorities in Serbia (Klan)
• “Political instability, corruption hampering economic development” (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Putin with Vucic on Kosovo: Russia’s unchanged position (media)
• Borrell: Serbia expected to act in line with its aim – EU membership (N1)
• Palestine envoy to Serbia: I ask Vucic for audience and expect explanation (media)
• Peskov: Russia does not consider Serbia’s decision to postpone military exercises a consequence of Western pressure (Tanjug, Blic, TASS)
• Stano: Resolving the status of non-majority communities is crucial (Tanjug, Kontakt plus radio)
• Media: Bilcik raised the issue of the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in the exercise in Belarus (NMagazin)
• Government of Serbia: Decision to halt all military exercises and activities (Serbian media)
• Source tells Israeli daily Serbia won’t move embassy if Kosovo recognized (N1, The Times of Israel)
• EU diplomats: Belgrade-Pristina agreement within a year (Beta, N1)
• Property, one of the most difficult issues in Brussels (media)
Opinion:
• Biserko: Serbia’s manoeuvring space regarding Kosovo issue has shrunk (N1)
International:
• Montenegro’s Change in Power has the Region Worried (Balkan Insight)
• How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia (The Times of Israel)
• ‘Living Yugoslavia’: Past Identity Becomes Present Political Statement (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Dramatic warning and gloomy forecast of experts: facing ecology threats started… (B92, Tanjug)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 10
• COVID-19: 76 new infections, six deaths (media)
• Hoti: Washington agreement, major step towards mutual recognition (media)
• Lajcak: High time to bring dialogue to successful end (media)
• Haradinaj-Stublla: Mutual recognition, a decade overdue (media)
• Palmer: U.S. sees no parallels between Kosovo and Republika Srpska (Koha)
• PM Hoti to visit Brussels again (media)
• EU official: Kosovo cannot apply for European Union membership (Koha)
• Haxhiu: Serbia recognises Kosovo when it gets association and resources (RTK)
• Selmanaj: AAK does not support LVV’s no-confidence motion (Koha)
• Erdogan has separate telephone conversations with Thaci and Vucic (media)
• Dzaferovic: U.S. reminded that Kosovo’s case has nothing to do with BiH (Sarajevo Times)
• Abazovic: I leave the government if derecognition of Kosovo is initiated (media)
• Russia welcomes Serbia, Kosovo economic normalization (Anadolu Agency)
• Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal ‘Middle-Easternizes’ the Balkans (Balkan Insight)
• EC approves financial assistance to Kosovo (Zeri)
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