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Belgrade Media Report 3 March

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LOCAL PRESS

Brnabic: Serbia expects clearer guidelines in new EU methodology (Tanjug)
Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo is not only a geopolitical issue for us but also an identity issue (RTS)
Germany honestly supports Western Balkans’ European perspective (Beta/N1)
Selakovic: German support important for Serbia (RTS/Beta/Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Djilas: Inter-party dialogue last chance, if fails protests follow (Newsmax Adria)
Serbia’s opposition to unite in preparing for election control (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Vucic visits Sarajevo, hands over 10,000 doses of ‘AstraZeneca’ vaccine against COVID-19 to B&H Presidency members (RTRS)
Turkovic: Vaccine donated by Serbia does not have license to be used in Europe; Reactions (Hayat)
Osmanovic: There is no chance for serious issue such are changes of Election Law to be solved without serious participation of IC (Oslobodjenje)
Montenegro

No one will influence the election process in Niksic (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Constitutional Court faces difficult decisions, set to discuss “North” and the Law on Languages (Republika)
Zaev announces a major anti-corruption plan, but puts the blame solely on the opposition (Republika)
Albania

Citizens urged to refrain from violence in election (ADN/Euronews)
Meta: I will resign if Rama will win elections to be in charge of the opposition (Tirana Times/News 24 TV)
Balla: In the coming days the EP will ask the Council to set the date of the First Intergovernmental Conference (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 3, 2021

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Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 601 new cases, five new deaths (media)
• Vetevendosje’s Kurti says he has votes to form the government (RFE)
• Kurti replies to Netanyahu, Erdogan; no mention of embassy in Jerusalem (media)
• CEC likely to announce final election results today (Express)
• EUSR Lajcak’s visit to Kosovo: Dialogue will continue (media)
• Lajcak: Dialogue important for Kosovo and Serbia’s European aspirations (media)
• Abbott: UK shares views for well-prepared, principled dialogue (media)
• EU-facilitated dialogue with US support as soon as institutions are formed (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• 33 Covid-19 cases in Serbian communities in Kosovo, one deceased (Kontakt plus radio)
• Gracanica: 10 new Covid-19 cases (KiM radio)
• Patriarch Porfirije: Kosovo not only a geopolitical issue for us, but also a question of identity (RTS, KiM radio, Kosovo Online)
• Freedom House: SNS erodes political, civil liberties in Serbia (N1, VoA)
• Germany honestly supports Western Balkans’ European perspective (Beta, N1)
• LVV publishes photos of Kurti and Lajcak – no Albanian flag (KoSSev)
• Lazic: An epidemic would be under control with 20,000 revaccinated, we are now halfway there (Kosovo Online)
• Bajrami: Dialogue cannot continue with the same discourse, reaching an agreement in a few months is unrealistic (KoSSev)

Humanitarian/Development:

• WHO: Serbia fourth in Europe by number of newly infected per 100,000 people (N1)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 3, 2021

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• COVID-19: 488 new cases, 8 deaths (media)
• First COVID-19 COVAX vaccines for Kosovo by May (Express)
• Palmer: Full normalization is achieved through mutual recognition (Koha)
• Lajcak: Dialogue can be completed within several months (Prishtina Insight)
• Kurti in Lezha: The Constitution of Kosovo forbids national unity (media)
• Former U.S. dialogue envoy calls Kurti “Anti-American” (media)
• Kosovo Bosniaks Protest About ‘Election Trickery’ (Balkan Insight)
• Haradinaj claims to have an offer for the winning party (T7, media)
• Freedom House: Global decline in democracy has ‘accelerated’ (RFE, media)
• EU Envoy in Pristina to discuss Kosovo-Serbia normalization process (RFE)

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