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Belgrade Media Report 21 December 2020

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Daily Media Highlights

Monday 21 December 2020

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic: No recognition of Kosovo, nor membership in NATO (TV Prva)
Vucic: With changes to Dayton Agreement, one is asking for the RS not to have entity competences (TV Prva)
Party of Freedom and Justice warns EU Ambassador of becoming a political accomplice to the Serbian regime (Beta)
First gas through Turkish Stream pipeline on 1 January (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Vucic says he respects integrity of B&H, but that he cannot accept ideas of abolishing RS; Zvizdic reacts to Vucic’s statement (RTRS)
After 12 years, local elections in Mostar take place without major incidents (Nova BH)
B&H CEC presents preliminary results of elections in Mostar, turnout around 55 percent (BHT1)
NGO ‘Pod Lupom’ detects minor irregularities (O Kanal)
Covic presents serious accusation against SDA (N1)
Covic: I believe HDZ B&H will form two-third majority in Mostar City Council with future partners (FTV)
B&H politicians comment on first preliminary results of local elections in Mostar (BHT1)
Inzko visits Mostar and welcomes elections in Mostar as holiday of democracy (FTV)
Sattler and US Ambassador Nelson visit Mostar (Hayat)
Russian Foreign Ministry says Orthodox icon that Minister Lavrov received as gift from Dodik will be returned for further clarification of its origin through Interpol (Nova BH/RT)
Croatia

Grlic Radman: HDZ Croatia believes Mario Kordic would be excellent Mostar Mayor (HRT1)
Montenegro

Inexperienced apostles have pushed the state into uncertainty (Dnevne novine)
Montenegro enters temporary financing; budget scheduled for March (CdM)
PM and ministers met with heads of caucuses over trust and division of power (Dan)
Abazovic about appointment of Vuksic: It’s a good solution (CdM)
Leposavic: We weren’t obliged to hold public discussion, amendments to the Law were urgent and necessary (CdM)
Abazovic claims that he has nothing against Montenegrin Orthodox Church (CdM)
Medojevic: Prime Minister’s huge embarrassment (CdM)
Abazovic has no control over important appointments in the government (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

VMRO: Zaev is a proponent of Bulgarian interests in Macedonia and he can’t make a good deal with Borisov (Republika)
Zaharieva insists that pressure from other EU countries won’t dissuade Bulgaria, calls on Pendarovski to stop misrepresenting the dispute (Republika)
Karakacanov says that adding Slovakia and Czechia to the dispute with Macedonia doesn’t contribute to EU stability (Republika)
Slovakian Foreign Minister responds to Bulgaria that he won’t allow historic narratives to become a condition of EU membership (Republika)
Albania

PM expresses gratitude to chief police for clarifying Rasha’s death (ADN)
US Embassy: Justice Reform must continue to move forward step by step (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 21, 2020

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 21, 2020

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 264 new cases, six deaths (media)
• Hoti: Kosovo among countries that have best managed the pandemic (media)
• Zemaj: No new measures without coordination with relevant institutions (media)
• PDK’s Haxhiu accuses government of trying to present false picture of COVID-19 cases (media)
• Hoti on president’s election: January is too late (Koha)
• Tahiri: Vucic’s statements, continuation of his provocations (Telegrafi)
• Government of Kosovo adopts anti-corruption strategy (media)
• Kosovo, North Macedonia governments to hold joint meeting (Kosovapress)

Serbian Language Media:

• 33 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo on Saturday (Radio KIM)
• Kosovo leaders react to Vucic’s position on recognition, Macron announces a meeting (KoSSev)
• Vulin visits the SAJ in Batajnica, the YIHR reacts, the US ambassadors call for the prosecution of all war crimes (KoSSev)
• New restrictions in place at Serbian border crossings (N1, SRNA)
• Serbian List also today didn’t take part at government’s session in Pristina (Kosovo-online)
• ”Our Church” sign in Albanian and English placed on the road leading to the church in Suvo Grlo village (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Office for KiM: We are concerned over yet another brutal attack against Serbian religious and cultural heritage (Kosovo-online)
• Selakovic: UN of special importance for the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity (Danas)
• Milivojevic: Walker claims Thaci was innocent out of fear from his own responsibility for KLA crimes (Kosovo-online)

Opinion:

• A year that exposed the entrenched violence against women (Prishtina Insight)

Humanitarian/Development:

• WHO: There is no evidence that a new strain of COVID-19 is more dangerous (Tanjug, B92)
• Holiday traffic clogs Balkan borders despite virus warnings (AP)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 21

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• COVID – 19: 378 new cases, 10 deaths (media)
• Between death and hope: Nurses reflect on a long year (Prishtina Insight)
• Hoti and Vucic clash in distance, far from the table of talks (media)
• Musliu: Hoti is a weak prime minister, LDK is seizing the state (media)
• Rexhepi: New elections, if compromise on President post isn’t found (media)
• Shala: Haradinaj’s election for President would suit PDK too (Epoka)
• “The frustrating failure of the German EU presidency” (Koha)
• Walker: I haven’t seen any proof against Thaci and the others (media)
• Serbia: Exhuming the skeletons of the Kosovo war (Balkan Insight)
• Vucic says no to recognition of Kosovo (Euronews Albania)

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