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Belgrade Media Report 23 March 2021

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Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 23 March 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Petkovic: Kurti undermining Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug/Novosti/RTV)
Stefanovic: Serbia deeply worried over participation of so-called Kosovo in military exercise (RTS)
Vulin: Belgrade will work on preventing Kosovo from joining Interpol (Beta/FoNet)
Borrell: Debate on Western Balkans at next meeting of EU FMs (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

RS, Croat officials react to Izetbegovic’s statement on need to arrange B&H as civic state (RTRS)
Field describes benefits of cooperation with NATO (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia

Minister says EU must help Bosnia and Herzegovina become politically stable (HRT)
Establishing of Commission for Cooperation with NATO will intensify dialogue between B&H and Alliance (Vecernji list)
Croatian FM says non-paper on B&H was ‘well accepted’ among EU ministers (Hina)
Montenegro

DF putting huge pressure on Krivokapic (CdM)
Stoltenberg: NATO data must be protected, we’ll check all members, especially new ones (CdM)
Albania

Rama discloses some of the topics discussed with Macron (Radio Tirana)
Ruci congratulates his new counterpart from Kosovo Konjufca (Radio Tirana)
Varhelyi: Accession of Albania and North Macedonia to EU as soon as possible (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2021

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 23, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• COVID-19: 705 new cases, 10 deaths (media)
• Albin Kurti officially assumes duties as new prime minister of Kosovo (Express)
• Kurti: It is time to prove that we deserve our positions (media)
• Quint to MPs: The first task is to elect the president (media)
• Congratulations for Kurti and the new government continue (media)
• U.S. Ambassador visits LDK offices (media)
• Z.K and D.Sh. found guilty of war crimes (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 67 new cases, three people died (Kontakt plus radio)
• Vucic: Pristina brutally violated its own highest legal act (Danas, Beta)
• Petkovic: Kurti’s demands absurd and undermine Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (TV Most)
• Simic: Two ministries belong to the Serbian list according to the law; we will not vote for Kurti’s government (Kosovo Online, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Jevtic handovers duty to Rakic today, announces continuation of a joint struggle for betterment of Serbs (TV Most)
• Rada Trajkovic to Kurti: Citizens place their hopes in you and your promise of equality for all (Kosovo Online)
• Zlatan Krstic sentenced to 14 years in prison, Shabanaj to seven years (Kosovo-online)
• Epidemiological situation in Zvecan deteriorates, authorities urge citizens to vaccinate (Kosovo-online)
• Miftaraj: The constitution is clear, the Kosovo president is elected first, then the government (KoSSev)
• Surlic: Serbs acceptable for Pristina if decision-making does not depend on them (KoSSev)
• Krasniqi: The government that consolidated the majority, with the highest number of women, I expect the president to be elected (KoSSev)
• Only open debate on Kosovo “allowed” (Danas)
• Serbian DefMin concerned over Kosovo participation in NATO exercise (N1, FoNet)
• EU top diplomat says debate on Western Balkans at next meeting of EU FMs (N1, Beta)
• RFZO: Serbia has 5.800 doses of US new anti-coronavirus drug (N1)
• WHO Belgrade representative: Epidemic situation serious, measures to remain until results seen (N1)

Opinion

• Western Balkans’ Plight is Wake-up Call for Europe (Balkan Insight)

International:

• Balkan Countries Lacking Vaccines Look to Neighbours for Jabs (Balkan Insight)
• Vaccine makers should license technology to overcome ‘grotesque’ inequity: WHO (Reuters)
• Coronavirus digest: EU commissioner says herd immunity by summer is possible (DW)
• NATO, US to stage large-scale military exercises around Serbia until summer (euractive.com)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 23, 2021

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• COVID-19: 827 new cases, 16 deaths (media)
• Kosovo elects new Government with Kurti Prime Minister (media)
• Congratulations pour in for new Government of Kosovo (media)
• Kurti expects to take new post today, calls for swift election of president (Telegrafi)
• Hoti to hand over duty to Kurti today (media)
• Hoxhaj: We will not send Kurti’s mandate to the Constitutional Court (EO)
• Haziri: LDK has not discussed approaching Constitutional Court (T7/Klan)
• “Constitution does not oblige PM to offer two ministries to Serb community” (Koha)
• Rama does not mediate dialogue, says he defends Kosovo’s interests (RTK)
• Zemaj writes to COVAX concerning lack of vaccine rollout in Kosovo (media)
• Vulin: Serbia to work incessantly to prevent Kosovo from joining Interpol (media)

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