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Belgrade Media Report 16 March

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LOCAL PRESS

Vucic speaks with Palmer (Tanjug/Novosti/RTS)
Palmer and Godfrey: US position is that mutual recognition should be reached in the process of normalizing relations (Beta)
Selakovic thanks Nigeria for a decision not to recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared
independence (Beta/Novosti)
Office: Fifth church in Kosovo and Metohija robbed in ten days (RTS)
Mandic: A Serb to head Niksic after almost 80 years (RTS)
Assembly of Free Serbia calls on opposition to present one negotiating platform (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Izetbegovic asks Inzko to send original text of Dayton Agreement and verified translations to B&H HoP (Nezavisne)
Cvijanovic, Cubrilovic and Viskovic meet EUFOR Commander Platzer; Cvijanovic emphasizes importance of continuation of good cooperation between EUFOR and RS institutions (ATV)
Dedic says B&H Constitution must be changed to make changes to Law on Elections of B&H, advocates direct election of B&H Presidency in entire B&H (Oslobodjenje)
If talks on changes to B&H Election Law are transferred to interdepartmental working group, process will take months and changes will probably not be adopted on time for 2022 General Elections (Nezavisne)
Court of B&H rejects proposal of Prosecution; Novalic and Milicevic to continue with their official duties (BHT1)
District Prosecutor’s Office orders investigation against NATO in regards to 1995 bombing (ATV)
Montenegro

Kovacevic: I’ll invite Koprivica to meeting on Tuesday to agree on local government formation asap (CdM)
Medojevic on election results (CdM)
Djukanovic: With the result in Niksic, the DPS announced a soon return to state power (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Bushi displays the emblem of the terrorist UCK organization in his office (Republika)
Albania

Palmer: US expects high standards for 4/25 elections (Tirana Times)
Meta: Terrible crisis has plagued Albania, do not expect perfect president (ADN)
Basha: Citizens will bring change with vote on 25 April (ADN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 16, 2021

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Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 553 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• Hoti: No new anti-Covid measures, stable trend of cases (media)
• Rohde: New elections are the last thing Kosovo needs (Koha)
• Turkish community leaders join discussions on formation of new government (media)
• Rexhepi: We will vote for Kurti government, Osmani president (media)
• Krasniqi: Our vote will be in support of Kurti, Osmani (media)
• VAKAT: Our position on new government to be clarified later (media)
• Petkovic granted permission to visit Kosovo (Koha/Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

• Serbian communities: 55 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths (KoSSev)
• Church in Donja Gusterica broken into last night (KiM radio)
• US’s Palmer & Godfrey worried about journalists’ safety in Serbia (Beta, N1)
• Manaj: The identification of remains found in nine sites in Kosovo and Kizevak is underway (KoSSev)
• Daimel: Hard times could come for Vucic soon (Danas, FoNet, VoA)
• Hungarian FM says Belgrade, Budapest did not allow vaccine to become political (N1, Beta)
• Protest due to the outcome of the competition for the admission of medical staff in Gracanica (RTV Puls, KiM radio, RTK2)

Opinion:

• Central Europe’s Media-Capture Epidemic (Balkan Insight)

International:

• WHO meets to discuss AstraZeneca vaccine as more EU countries halt rollout (CNN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Bosnian Film “Quo Vadis, Aida?” officially nominated for the Oscar (N1, KoSSev)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 16, 2021

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• COVID-19: 574 new cases, 13 deaths (media)
• Zemaj: Vaccines dedicated to Kosovo to be available from 17 March (Klan)
• Assembly’s constitutive session called for 22 March (media)
• Kurti: Missing persons did not get due attention in dialogue with Serbia (media)
• “Opening of embassy in Jerusalem decreed by former President Thaci” (media)
• EU, Palestinians, Jordan condemn opening of Kosovo’s embassy in Jerusalem (media)
• Abdixhiku sends letter to Kurti, Osmani asking to meet Friday (media)
• Analysts: Kurti to hope on LDK for Osmani’s election (Telegrafi)
• Serwer: Vucic is trying to create Milosevis’s Greater Serbia (VoA, RTK)
• Hoxhaj denies that PDK leadership will be dismissed (Kanal10, media)
• Daut Haradinaj gives up MP mandate (media)
• Presidency secretary dismissed in light of misuse of authorities charges (media)
• Haxhiu on the murdered woman case: Those who neglected the case, to leave (media)
• Kosovo Seeks ‘Reset’ of Decade-Old Dialogue with Serbia (BIRN)
• Kosovo’s Thaci Challenges War Crime Indictment at Hague Court (BIRN)
• US’ Palmer and Serbia’s Vucic discuss main topics and mutual differences (N1)

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