Belgrade Media Report 08 September
LOCAL PRESS
Lajcak: Leaders of Serbia, Kosovo make full progress in negotiations (Beta)
The Patriarch: The absolute position of the church is the one in which Kosovo is part of Serbia (Nova.rs)
Dacic: It’s important for trump to see Kosovo’s embassy in Jerusalem (Happy TV)
Jeremic: With Washington document Serbia weakens position in talks with Kosovo (Beta)
Tadic: Vucic’s promise to move Tel Aviv embassy against UN & EU (FoNet)
EU warns Serbia, Kosovo about moving embassies to Jerusalem (B92)
Vucic denies dispute with Russia, says it’s only “an indecent post” by Russia’s FM spokeswoman (Pink TV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Turkovic welcomes signing of agreement on normalization of economic relations between Belgrade and Pristina (Hayat)
Dodik: Memorandum between B&H CEC and IFES interferes with sovereignty of elections (RTRS)
B&H CEC President Bakalar comments RSNA session (Dnevni avaz)
Montenegro
Pisonero: The EU expects political dialogue and acceleration of reforms in Montenegro (CDM)
North Macedonia
VMRO-DPMNE to stage protest on Wednesday (MIA)
Zaev says protests show opposition’s frustration (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL
A new “apple of discord” in the US – EU relations lies in the Washington Agreement (Sputnik)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, September 8, 2020
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 97 new infections, no deaths (media)
• 6.5 percent of Kosovo teachers to be randomly tested for COVID-19 (media)
• Hoti seeks to report to Assembly on Washington agreement (media)
• LVV: Kosovo delegation went to U.S. for recognition, brought shame and damage (media)
• AAK meets to discuss Washington agreement (media)
• Wilson: Agreement at White House, part of a broad historic process (RFE)
• Kosovo PM Hoti to meet NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg (media)
• Specialist Chamber investigators pay visit to KLA war veterans associations (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Gracanica: One case of Covid-10 registered yesterday (KIM radio)
• Stano on Kosovo’s candidacy: European Union accepts only recognized states (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• US NSC applauds to Serbia’s Vucic courageous respond to Russia’s spokesperson (N1, Beta)
• A new “apple of discord” in the US – EU relations lies in the Washington Agreement (B92, Sputnik)
• Moscow finds details about Serbia’s Vucic US visit bewildering, daily says (Beta, N1)
• Petronijevic: The story of the leak of 4,000 files, a blow to the Special Court’s integrity and a threat to witnesses (Kosovo Online)
• Irinej: SOC will only support the agreement according to which Kosovo is part of Serbia (Nova.rs, Kontakt plus radio)
• Jevtic: Kosovo Serbs proud of Vucic and his advocacy of their interests in Washington and Brussels (Kosovo Online)
• Simic: Dialogue continuation is significant for stabilization of the situation on the ground (TV Most)
Opinion:
• Montenegro’s Election Victors Should Beware Kurti’s Fate in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
• On the crossroads between Serbia and Kosovo (israelhayom.com)
• Serbia’s fmr president: Vucic’s promise to move Tel Aviv embassy against UN & EU (FoNet, N1)
International:
• Kosovo’s Bosniaks, Struggling to Survive Between Albanians and Serbs (Balkan Insight)
• Peskov calls incident over Zakharova’s Facebook comment about Serbian president misunderstanding (interfax.com)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Southeast European countries lead Europe in COVID-19 cases per 100k People (Balkan Insight)
• WHO Director: This is not the last pandemic, the world must be ready (B92, Reuters)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, September 8
• COVID-19: 85 new infections, five deaths (media)
• Lajcak hails progress in Kosovo Serbia-dialogue (Prishtina Insight)
• Thaci: Where America wins, the Albanian people do too (media)
• Selmanaj: We accepted Mini-Schengen as it was requested by President Trump, (Klan)
• Haradinaj on Mustafa’s statements on Ujman (TV Dukagjini)
• LVV asks Hoti to report to Assembly on Washington agreement (media)
• Kelmendi: Kosovo delegation was split heading up to Washington meeting (Klan)
• Kosovo experiences backlash over Jerusalem embassy plans (Prishtina Insight)
• EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over Israel embassy move (AP)
• EU warns Serbia and Kosovo over Jerusalem embassy plans (DW)
• Kosovo speaker of parliament sends warm message to Israel (The Times of Israel)
• Hoti meets Tusk, requests lifting of visas (media)
• Specialist Chambers do not comment KLA War Veteran’s claims (RTK)
• Osmani “parts ways with LDK” (Koha)
• Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu responds to Thaci’s ‘knives on the maps’ (RTK)