UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 29, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 29, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 342 new cases, five deaths (media)
• British variant of the coronavirus in Kosovo (media)
• Hoti urges Quint, EU to react to Serbian president inciting statements (Express)
• Kosovo-Israel diplomatic relations to establish on 1 February (RTK)
• The Supreme allows Liburn Aliu and Labinota Demi to run, Albin Kurti remains out (Express)
• Former US envoy says Democrats have failed to solve Kosovo issue (media)
• Excavations in Kizhevak expected to resume by the end of March (RTK)
• Daka: EU election experts arrived in Kosovo (media)
• Cornerstone for Krusha e Madhe victims laid today (media)
• LDK-LVV coalition in Vushtrri breached (media)
• Haradinaj meets Austrian Ambassador, discuss strengthening of relations (RTK)
Serbian Language Media:
• Selakovic: New US and EU unity also means new pressure on Serbia (Kosovo-online)
• 40.000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine arrived to Serbia, new shipments to follow (B92)
• Head of WHO Office in Serbia says country’s results in fight against coronavirus impressive (B92, Tanjug)
• No easing of Covid-19 relating measures in Serbia (B92)
• Minister Joksimovic says no dilemma about Serbia’s commitment to integration (N1)
• Radakovic: Democracy in Action only independent observer in upcoming elections (Radio kontakt plus)
• Brnabic: When it comes to recognition of diplomas, we’re waiting for interlocutors in Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Office for KiM: Popovic banned from entering Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
• Bolton: It would be a mistake if Biden let EU deal with Balkans alone (N1)
• EU Office on Haradinaj’s statement (B92, Kosovo-online)
International:
• Serbia announced ‘illegal’ vaccine programme in Kosovo (euobsrver)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Emigrant Life in Switzerland Inspires Prize-Winning Kosovo Writer (Balkan Insight)
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 29 January 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 29 January 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Orlic: European Parliament recognizes legitimacy of new parliament (RTV/Tanjug)
Bilcik: European Parliament ready for Serbia inter-party dialogue (FoNet)
Fajon: No opposition in Serbian parliament is not good news (Beta)
Serbian government adopts Program of economic reforms for period from 2021 to 2023 (Tanjug/Beta)
French Ambassador: Europe should be spoken about positively in Serbia (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
B&H CEC files report with Prosecutor’s Office of B&H against Dodik for verbal attack against B&H CEC member Bjelica-Prutina (O kanal)
Plan to turn Srebrenica into district confirmed by ‘My Address: Srebrenica’; Dodik: Srebrenica was and remains part of RS territory (ATV)
RS parliament Collegium adopts additional item to agenda of next session which implies discussion on request to HR to present report on implementation of civil applying of DPA in period 2009-2020 before RS parliament (RTRS)
Stefanek discusses migrant crisis in B&H with Cikotic; Stefanek: Our job is not over yet (Nova BH)
Croatia
Croatia demands apology from Serbia for calling Knin “Serbian occupied town” (Hina)
Republic of North Macedonia
State leadership meets to discuss ways how to go ahead with the controversial census (Republika)
Dimovski: The public did not learn who are the legal experts that Pendarovski consulted about the Census Law (Republika)
Zaev: I believe in a solution with Bulgaria without disputing the Macedonian identity and language (Republika)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 29, 2021
• COVID-19: 334 new cases, three deaths (media)
• Coronavirus: Serbia provokes Kosovo with vaccination scheme (DW)
• Ramadani: Covid vaccines will arrive soon (Telegrafi)
• Hoti: Vucic’s statement does not serve peace and stability in the region (media)
• Haradinaj: Vucic’s threats to Kosovo don’t help regional stability (media)
• U.S. follows implementation of Washington agreement, Israel recognition (media)
• Kurti meets Norwegian envoy for Balkans (media)
• Hoxhaj: No coalition with LVV, we will lead the government (Klan/media)
• Limaj: When we fought, Hoxhaj pondered seeking asylum in Serbia (Koha)
• Serbian List MP candidate beats up a Serb opposition member (media)
• Hodzic: I do not have an agreement with Serbian List (Kallxo/Telegrafi)
• Serbia opens parallel hotline, CEC not informed (Klan)
• CDHRF slams KSC for not granting release to former KLA leaders (media)
• Serbian government official not allowed entry to Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• In Kosovo, War Prisoners Campaign to Save Their Old Jail (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 28, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 28, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 334 new cases, three deaths (media)
• Zemaj: No relaxation of Covid rules is expected (Telegrafi)
• Biden administration supports the EU-facilitated Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RFE)
• Hoti: Kosovo committed to reaching normalisation agreement with Serbia (media)
• VV’s Nagavci rules out possibility of a coalition with PDK (Gazeta Blic/Klan)
• Balje: Srpska Lista interfering in elections (Prishtina Insight)
Serbian Language Media:
• 18 new cases of Covid-19 registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Dacic: Serbia and US “didn’t push under the rug” disagreements over Kosovo, however, relations have positive trend (Kosovo-online)
• Mihajlovic: We need strategic partnership with Washington (N1)
• Vucic: We will open discussion on compulsory military service (B92)
• Trial of Krstic and Shabani continues (Radio KIM)
• Dacic thanked Botsan-Kharchenko for Russian help during pandemic (RTS)
• Sputnik on White House foreign policy priorities, including Western Balkans (B92)
• Court of Appeals confirmed indictment against former minister Rikalo and others (KoSSev)
• “We don’t need Serbia’s permission to unite with Albania” (B92, Kosovo-online)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Corruption Perceptions Worsening In Balkans, Central Europe, Transparency Says (Balkan Insight)
• Container in refugee camp in Mitrovica engulfed by fire, six seek medical assistance (media)
• Journalist association and UN Women hold workshop on gender responsive budgeting (RTK)
Belgrade Media Report 28 January 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 28 January 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Dacic: Serbia and the US have not “swept under the carpet” differences around Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/RTV/Tanjug)
Mihajlovic: For strategic partnership and office with the United States (Tanjug/RTV)
Drecun: Silly thesis from the West for Serbia to recognize Kosovo in order to prevent creation of Greater Albania (TV Happy/Tanjug/RTV)
Lajcak: Land swap between Kosovo and Serbia would be hazardous (Le Monde/Beta)
Opposition: It’s not up to Dacic and Vucic to choose EU delegates for Serbia’s government-opposition talks (Beta)
Fajon: Situation with Serbia’s inter-party dialogue ‘frustrating’ (FoNet)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dodik: Someone is evidently attempting to disrupt relations between RS and Serbia (RTRS)
B&H Court confirms local elections in Srebrenica and Doboj will be repeated, Travnik will have early elections (Nova BH)
Dodik: CEC’s decisions only suit Bosniaks and the RS opposition; Reactions of other RS politicians (FTV)
B&H parliament Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest launches procedure against Covic (FTV)
Stefanek: Europe wants to discuss possible solutions for migrant crisis with authorities in B&H (O kanal)
RS officials reject Cikotic’s initiative for establishing new agency in charge of migrant crisis (Nezavisne)
Croatia
Government issues statement for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Hina)
Antifascist League and NGOs call for ban on Ustasha insignia (Hina)
Republic of North Macedonia
Zaev abolishes history class, returns Serbian language class in Macedonia; Kovatchev expects Zaev to return Bulgarian language too (Republika/BGNES)
Albania
Xhacka participates in High Level Commitment Conference for the United Nations Peace building Fund (Radio Tirana)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 28, 2021
• COVID-19: 301 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti: The country to return to normality by early spring (RTK/Kallxo)
• Kurz says vaccine to roll out in all Western Balkans at the same time (media)
• Zemaj appeals for respect of Covid rules, days after flouting them (Koha)
• Lajcak warns against land swap idea, calls it ‘dangerous’ (media)
• Parties appeal ECAP decision with Supreme Court (media)
• Mustafa says he would prefer to see Kurti lead VV’s ticket (Lajmi/RTK)
• Haradinaj: Not allowing Kurti to run is not good for democracy (media)
• Rasic accuses Serbian List of vote theft in the north (Kallxo)
• CEC has so far approved 46,000 voter requests from Diaspora (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo justice institutions put in service of Veseli’s defence (Koha)
• Kosovo Must Take Three Crucial Steps During Biden’s Presidency (Balkan Insight)
• Ceremonies Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day Across Balkans (Balkan Insight)
• TI: Kosovo and Albania have made no progress in fighting corruption (Telegrafi)
Belgrade Media Report 27 January 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 27 January 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Stefanovic: According to UNSCR 1244, KFOR represents only legitimate armed formation in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
Petkovic: Who encouraged Haradinaj to threaten with Greater Albania (RTS)
Dacic accuses Fajon of siding with Serbian opposition (TV Happy/Beta)
Serbian opposition parties meet to discuss fight against regime (Beta)
Djordjevic: Vucic reducing importance of Resolution 1244 (Danas)
Dodik: They lie when they say I am overthrowing Vucic, I did not meet Daka (Novosti)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
RS opposition reacts to speculations that Dodik is trying to ruin Vucic and get involved
in process of election of new Serbian Patriarch (BNTV)
TC Assembly appoints new TC government (BHT1)
B&H Court receives ten appeals against decision of B&H CEC on Doboj and Srebrenica (Nezavisne)
Inadmissible pressure of embassies against B&H Court (Glas Srpske)
Legally prescribed deadline for inaugural session of Mostar City Council to expire at end
of next week, city majority still unclear (O Kanal/BHT1/FTV)
Sannino: Countries of region need to give their contribution in EU accession process and
developments in B&H do not go in favor of this (N1)
Is American-German plan for B&H a combination of the ‘April Package’ and the ‘Butmir Process’? (Dnevni list)
British confirm that world powers are talking about new boss of OHR in B&H (Dnevni list)
Montenegro
Agreement reached to overcome the problem of recalling ambassadors (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
Pendarovski promises Bulgaria that Macedonia will not try to install “some kind of a Macedonian minority” (Republika)
VMRO-DPMNE begins collecting signatures for a new census law (Republika)
Albania
OSCE Head Vincenzo del Monaco: OSCE Presence in Albania will continue to be a strategic partner of the State Police (Radio Tirana)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 27, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 27, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID – 19: 301 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Interim release denied for Thaci, Selimi and Krasniqi (media)
• Klinaku: Rejection of former KLA leaders’ conditional release, political (media)
• Kosovo leaders congratulate U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (media)
• Minister Haradinaj-Stublla: Kosovo is ready for dialogue with epilogue (media)
• Joint Kosovo-North Macedonia governments meeting postponed (Gazeta Express)
• Osmani: Today we are proud of help that Albanians gave to Jewish people (RTK)
• Kosovo’s Acting President receives death threat on Facebook (Gazeta Express)
• Hoti: Those who have problems with the law cannot take public office (Koha)
• Hoxhaj: LVV intends to overthrow the legal system (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: War for human lives, but also for future of our country is being waged (B92)
• Vucic: Serbia has no right to irresponsible statements (Kosovo-online, RTS)
• Silva: Enlargement remain in focus during Portuguese EU presidency (N1)
• Serbian Defense Minister: KFOR only legitimate force in Kosovo (N1, FoNet)
• “Allies will support unification with Albania“ (KoSSev)
• Petkovic: Why is international community silent at Haradinaj’s threats (Kosovo-online, KoSSev)
• Andjelkovic: ICG provokes, offers Serbia capitulation, division of Kosovo real compromise (Kosovo-online)
• Vucic: Government providing another EUR 2.5 billion in aid to population and economy (N1, RTS)
• Holocaust Remembrance Day marked in Belgrade (N1)
• Health House in Kursumlija receives 800 requests for vaccination from Kosovo residents (Kosovo-online)
Opinion:
• Eastern Europe wakes up with Trump hangover (EUobserver)
International:
• Europe Is Flirting With a Vaccine Disaster (Bloomberg)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Financial Times ranks Serbia 2nd in Europe on vaccination list (N1)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 27, 2021
• COVID – 19: 313 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• Kosovo ex-PM Albin Kurti barred from running in election (BIRN)
• CEC spokesman: We’ll wait for decisions from Supreme Court (Indeksonline)
• Kosnett: Respecting court decisions vital to Kosovo’s democratic future (media)
• VV: ECAP acted in line with Daka, LDK and PDK (media)
• Haradinaj: Albin Kurti must not be stopped from running in elections (Kallxo)
• Kosovo’s prime time TV debates are becoming a farce (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosnett: Washington agreement remains in force until eventual change (media)
• Hague judge extends detention for Kosovo ex-commander (Balkan Insight)
Belgrade Media Report 26 January 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 26 January 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Selakovic on Serbia’s foreign policy positions (Politika)
Selakovic: Serbia needs OSCE’s support in rule of law (Beta)
Gratitude to Slovakia’s consistent and principled position regarding the issue of Kosovo and Metohija (RTV)
Fajon: Dacic requested my exemption from inter-party dialogue (Nova S/Beta)
ICG: All parties to seek mutual recognition between Serbia, Kosovo (RFE/Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Izetbegovic: I am no enemy of Serbs, but of policies against B&H and Bosniaks (Hayat)
OSCE Mission to B&H: Zero tolerance towards negative rhetoric, hate speech in public, private area in B&H (Srna/ATV)
Russian Embassy to B&H reacts to statement of Izetbegovic on Serb people (ATV)
B&H CEC receives 11 appeals against decisions on elections in Srebrenica and Doboj and decision on mandate of Head of Travnik Municipality (O kanal)
B&H CEC calls on Prosecutor’s Office of B&H to launch criminal procedure regarding offenses made to CEC member Bjelica-Prutina (O kanal)
DF suspends its further activities within ‘Coalition for Mostar’ (FTV)
AFET discusses 2019-2020 EC Reports on B&H (BHT1)
USA assist strengthening of allies in the region; Production of helicopters for B&H Armed Force starts in ‘Bell’ factory in USA (Dnevni avaz)
Montenegro
There will be someone to welcome Ana Brnabic (MINA)
Republic of North Macedonia
Vasilevska: Census law was adopted without political consensus, it shouldn’t be a political but a statistical operation (Republika)
Grubi: Census to show percentage of Albanians, there is no political agreement (Republika)
Medziti: There is no need for dilemmas, Albanians will be over 25 percent in the census (Republika)
Albania
CEC signed agreement for preventing use of hate speech during 2021 election campaign (Radio Tirana)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 26, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 26, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 313 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• U.S. Ambassador Kosnett gives interview to Gazeta Blic (media)
• Sannino: Political turbulences in Kosovo have not helped dialogue (RFE)
• Kurti: Dialogue with Serbia to take place without presidents and maps around (media)
• AAK replaces names of candidates convicted by courts (media)
• KWN calls on parties to refrain from intimidating and offensive language (media)
• KSC judge extends detention for Salih Mustafa (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• 25 new cases of Covid-19, two deaths registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• 11.700 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived in Serbia (media)
• There won’t be “poisoned” envelopes from Serbia (Danas)
• Rakic, Simic and Jevtic visit Gracanica municipality (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic: Serbian foreign policy adjusted to new situation in world; priorities remain (N1)
• Kurz: Political will and courage of Belgrade and Pristina needed for agreement (Kosovo-online, Kurir)
• Merkel and Biden on strengthening cooperation and Western Balkans (Kosovo-online, RFE)
International:
• Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You: Kosovo’s Vetting Strategy For Diaspora Voters Adds To Election Chaos (RFE)
Humanitarian/Development:
• EU calls for global coal power phase out (Politico)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 26, 2021
• COVID – 19: 311 new cases, 10 deaths (media)
• Quint: CEC to ensure transparent process free from political interference (media)
• Orlando: Future of the country depends on free and fair elections (media)
• ECAP to decide today on the complaints of political parties (media)
• Kurti: Things will be different with the Biden administration (media)
• LDK’s Hoti presents government plan: €6 billion for investments (media)
• Haradinaj: We will create 30,000 new jobs (media)
• LDK’s Haziri on possible coalition with PDK (media)
• Haxhiu: With PDK in power, we will vaccinate all citizens in six months (media)
• Impact, fairness of Kosovo pre-election ‘transfer window’ questioned (BIRN)
• Political parties hide pre-campaign expenses (Koha)
• “Cooperation with Biden administration will bring results in Balkans” (media)
• Lajcak welcomes France’s support in the dialogue process (media)
• Serbia’s ethnic Albanians fear Belgrade silently deleting addresses (BIRN)
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