Belgrade Media Report 12 April 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 12 April 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: What German Ambassador has said is not true, but he’s a good man (Beta/Politika)
Office for Kosovo and Metohija: Pristina hiding truth about Decani (RTS/Tanjug)
Petkovic: Future in peace, no room for arms in dialogue (RTS/Tanjug/Politika)
Dacic: Talks to amend election process start on 19 April (TV Pink/Beta)
Eco rally takes place in Belgrade (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Inzko says Serb people are brave and honorable, there is no collective responsibility for war crimes (EuroBlic)
Dodik: RS deserves peaceful life, not burdened by constant interventions of foreigners, which bring nothing good (TV Balkan)
Dodik: It is necessary to appoint new CEC in order to change electoral legislation (Glas Srpske)
Bosniak political parties to undermine US’ initiative (Dnevni list)
Early elections held in Travnik Municipality on Sunday; HDZ B&H boycotts elections in Travnik (BHT1)
Montenegro
PM: The opposition still can’t stand the fact they lost power (CdM)
Markovic: This government has already fallen (Pobjeda)
Stano: Changes regarding citizenship only with consultations (TVCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
Zaev will meet Sela and Gashi to ask them to unblock the parliament (Republika/Telma TV)
Top Albanian Islamist was given a Macedonian passport in 2018 (Republika)
Albania
How the Socialist Party is monitoring confidential information on 910 thousand citizens (Tirana Times/Lapsi.al)
Kim: US supports Albania’s justice reform! (Radio Tirana)
Over 13 thousand citizens of Kosovo crossed the border with Albania only yesterday to spend the weekend (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 12, 2021
COVID-19: 537 new cases, 12 deaths (media) Disturbing influx of Kosovo citizens towards Albania during weekend (media) Dialogue with Serbia considered key issue in foreign policy (Koha) Analysts: Greece more likely to recognise Kosovo independence (media) The fear of Kosovo women to report sexual harassment at work (BIRN) Hoxhaj: Government strategy to respond to Serbia’s […]
Read More →Belgrade Media Report 9 April
LOCAL PRESS
Brnabic: I am glad if Pristina wished to resume dialogue (Tanjug/RTS)
Odalovic: Shieb’s statement on NATO aggression unfounded (RTS)
Schieb: 1999 bombing was justified, comparison with WWII impermissible (Beta/Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
B&H HoP fails to discuss removal of Minister Lucic; SDA blocks removal of B&H Minister Lucic and requests concessions from SNSD; HoP rejects Amendments to Criminal Code (O kanal)
B&H HoP’s session was on verge of termination after Becirovic called for Dodik’s arrest if he makes moves aimed at disintegration within B&H (RTRS)
International representatives suggest B&H CEC should be included in talks on change of Election Law of B&H (EuroBlic)
B&H CEC preparing its version of B&H Election Law (Glas Srpske)
Nelson and Radoncic discuss electoral reform and anti-corruption efforts (Dnevni avaz)
Stoltenberg sends letter to Turkovic: NATO remains dedicated to security and stability of Western Balkans (Oslobodjenje)
Montenegro
Press release by Secretariat-General of the Government of Montenegro regarding the attack on the official state car on the road Niksic-Podgorica (Secretariat-General of the government of Montenegro)
Krivokapic: My daughter was in car, I won’t forget her tears and fear (CdM)
Krivokapic blames Djukanovic and DPS for patriots’ gathering (CdM)
Vuksic’s first associate takes responsibility for revealing CIA agents’ names (Pobjeda)
Macron writes to Krivokapic: France is standing by your side (President’s PR service)
Republic of North Macedonia
Albanian groups plan protest in support of the killers of Nikola Sazdovski – Sazdo (Republika)
Albania
Flights at TIA are back/ Three controllers arrested for abuse of office (Tirana Times)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
Serbia Turns Multi-Vector Foreign Policy into Development Model… With China’s Help (China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 9, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 684 new cases, seven deaths (media)
• Kurti, Osmani react to Decan Monastery included in endangered religious sites list (media)
• Europa Nostra reply to Kurti and Osmani’s letter (media)
• Kosovo leaders mark Constitution Day by underlining document’s importance (media)
• Stano: Kosovo to focus on dialogue with Serbia (Koha)
• Almost half a million euros allocated for defence of KSC accused (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Covid-19 in Serbian communities: 16 new cases, one death (KoSSev)
• UN Security Council on April 13 on Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio)
• Zakharova: Meeting of Lavrov and Selakovic on April 16 in Moscow (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, TASS)
• Brnabic: I am glad if Pristina wants to continue the dialogue (RTS)
• Father Sava on the situation of Visoki Decani Monastery (social media)
• Office for KiM: Kurti and Osmani reaction confirmation of Serbian cultural and religious heritage endangerment (Kosovo-online)
• Constitution with the greatest rights for minorities, but only on paper (KiM radio)
• Vucic. Schieb said nothing new (B92)
• Schieb: The 1999 bombing was justified, inadmissible comparison with the Second World War (Danas)
• Bogujevci: Justice is important for all victims, the burden of the past should not be left to future generations (Nova S, KoSSev, RTK2)
• RCC: Tourism key strategic sector in Western Balkans (FoNet, N1)
• Popovic, Rakic with Devenport and Salijevic discussed COVID-19 (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)
Opinion:
• Balkans in the EU: a future to be designed together (balcanicaucaso.org)
International:
• How EU enlargement apathy could push Kosovo and Albania to join forces (euronews.com)
• Serbian media on the assistance in the pandemic: China the savior, EU left Serbia stranded (EWB)
Humanitarian/Development:
• The fear of Kosovo women to report sexual harassment at work (Prishtina Insight)
• From Belgrade to London, Roma Girl Band Sings for Female Empowerment (Balkan Insight)
• The ruling of the ECHR: Compulsory vaccination is legal (B92)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 9, 2021
• COVID-19: 897 new cases, 14 deaths (media)
• Health Minister: Vaccine is safe, I call on all citizens to get vaccinated (media)
• Kosovo restaurant stages silent protest against COVID-19 restrictions (BIRN)
• Kurti government implies it will reintroduce reciprocity toward Serbia (Koha)
• Blinken to Kurti: You will have our full support (media)
• Szunyog: Kurti has been officially invited to Brussels (media)
• “If President not elected, maybe UN would appoint new administrator” (Telegrafi)
• Szunyog: We are not satisfied with Kosovo’s implementation of SAA (media)
• Kosovo prosecution promises rapid verdict after BIRN investigation (BIRN)
• “Decani Monastery under threat”, a triumph of Serbia, Kosovo silent (Koha)
Belgrade Media Report 8 April 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Thursday 8 April 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Stefanovic: Serbia a credible contributor to UN and EU missions (Tanjug)
Shieb: Bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 is a controversial issue but it was necessary for the sake of preventing a humanitarian catastrophe and genocide in Kosovo (RTV)
Mirovic: Shieb’s stamement not diplomatic, not true or reasonable (RTV)
Popovic: German Ambassador to apologize to Serb people over shameful statement (RTV/FoNet)
Amnesty International about Serbia: War crimes go unpunished, media under attack, discrimination persists (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
B&H Central Election Commission holds online meeting with Sattler, Inzko, Kavalec and Nelson to discuss reform of B&H Election Law (BHT1)
Sarovic: Make full reform of Election Law during this, non-election year (Dnevni list)
Cvijanovic holds meeting with EU Ambassadors: RS remains dedicated to EU path (Dnevni list)
Montenegro
Krivokapic: Letter to the people of Montenegro (Office of the Prime Minister)
Leposavic more likely to resign (CdM)
Albanian Alternative in Montenegro considering to require that Tuz be part of Albania or Kosovo budgets (CdM)
Albania
Armed Forces take over the airport. Air traffic control strike shuts flights, prevents shipment of vaccine arrival (Tirana Times)
Surroi: Kosovo-Serbia dialogue needs to have guiding principles/ Surroi discusses at AIIS Tirana Foreign Policy Forum (Tirana Times)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 8, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 8, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 897 new cases, 14 deaths (media)
• Blinken to Kurti: You will have our full support (media)
• Osmani: Dialogue with Serbia cannot have priority over vaccines (media)
• PDK criticises government: Implement law on economic recovery (media)
• Osmani holds telephone conversation with Slovenian counterpart (media)
• Minister Haxhiu meets some of the representatives of UN Organisations (media)
• EU in Kosovo congratulates Roma community in their International Day (media)
• Popovic asks Schieb to apologise about genocide remarks (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Covid-19 in Serbian municipalities: 26 new cases, two people died (KoSSev)
• Roma Day – the position of the Roma community (RTK2, KoSSev)
• Odalovic: It is good Albanians emphasize missing persons issue; we also want locations to be searched and identification of 300 bodies in Pristina
• “Continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina has no alternative” (RTK2)
• For one hundred days, Vucic is silent about energy system in Kosovo (BETA)
• An apology sought for the statement of the German ambassador on the bombing of the FRY (Beta, KoSSev)
• Father Sava: Decani Monastery on list of seven the most endangered sites in Europe (Kosovo-online)
• Dr Antonijevic: The epidemiological situation is better, but still serious and unfavorable (KiM radio)
• WHO and EMA on AstraZeneca: Safe vaccine (KoSSev)
• In Serbia, 1.130.000 citizens fully vaccinated (RTS)
International:
• International Roma Day: Remembering history to ensure a brighter future (CoE)
• Eyeing re-election, Albania’s Rama touts earthquake recovery effort (BIRN)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Belgrade vaccinates homeless persons (N1)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 8, 2021
COVID-19: 714 new cases, 15 deaths (media)
Health Minister: UK variant of coronavirus dominating in Kosovo (Kallxo)
Finance Minister: We’ll support businesses on rents and salaries (media)
Human rights worsened in Central, Southeast Europe, in pandemic (BIRN)
Kurti and Osmani coordinated on dialogue with Serbia (Radio Free Europe)
Long list of officials that must justify their wealth (Koha Ditore)
LDK deputy leader: We didn’t help Vetevendosje, we helped institutions (media)
No visa liberalisation for Kosovo before 2022 elections in France (Zeri/dtt-net)
Justice Minister reacts to corruption scandal(media)
Schieb: 1999 bombing to stop genocide in Kosovo (media)
Kosovo war rape survivors’ painful road to recognition (BIRN)
Belgrade Media Report 7 April
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: We have learned that from Montenegro they attend celebration of Storm and carefully listen to what NATO tells them (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
Selakovic: UNMIK’s activity of crucial importance for Serbia (Tanjug/Beta/RTV/N1)
First political consultations between Serbia, Bahrain held in Belgrade (Tanjug)
Dacic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue doesn’t depend on Kurti and Osmani (TV Pink/RTV)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dzaferovic reacts to Dodik’s statement: Division of B&H is not possible and B&H cannot longer sustain any ethnic or territorial divisions (Hayat)
Dzaferovic: Negotiations on changes to B&H Election Law are blocked (N1)
Komsic: There is not even minimum of consensus as to what path one should take in changes to Election Law and especially possible changes to Constitution (O kanal)
Nelson with DNS, PDP, SDS leaders discusses electoral, economic and rule of law reforms (Dnevni avaz)
Several hundred citizens stage peaceful protests in Sarajevo demanding resignations of B&H CoM and FB&H government due to failure to procure vaccines (O kanal)
Croatia
Croats must agree to changes of Constitution, whilst Bosniaks must agree to legitimate representation (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
Another Leposavic’s shameful statement: In Montenegro, as in Jasenovac (CdM)
Krivokapic to Montenegro people: I made decision on Leposavic’s dismissal with a heavy heart (CdM)
State secretary in Justice Ministry to Krivokapic: You took a wrong turn (CdM)
Abazovic congratulates Osmani on her election as President of Kosovo (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
Republic of North Macedonia
EU doesn’t mind expert government in Bulgaria negotiating Macedonia’s history (MIA)
Albania
Palmer: Impartial and transparent rules for 25 April elections (Tirana Times)
General Prosecutor’s Office requests information from INTERPOL for 25 MP candidates (Tirana Times)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 7, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• COVID-19: 714 new cases, 15 deaths (media)
• Zemaj argues against lockdown, “economic and mental consequences” (RTK)
• Gerxhaliu: Lockdown is not a solution; a comprehensive fund is needed (EO)
• Kosovo MP urges Albania to offer his country COVID vaccines (BIRN)
• “Around 8,000 businesses closed today, we’ll protest after April 18” (Koha)
• After formation of institutions, Kosovo is asked to focus on the dialogue (Kallxo)
• Why do Kosovo citizens still see Serbia as the country’s biggest threat? (BIRN)
• PM Kurti meets COMKFOR Federici (media)
• AAK asks government to review law on salaries (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• 29 cases of Covid-19, one death registered in Serbian areas in Kosovo (KoSSev)
• Belgrade asks UNMIK to remain committed to UN Resolution 1244 implementation (N1)
• Dacic: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue doesn’t depend on Kurti and Osmani (Kosovo-online)
• Rakic and Davenport on political situation, security and pandemic (Kontakt plus radio)
• Bocan-Harchenko: Russia has opportunities to influence the issue of Kosovo even without participating in the dialogue (Kosovo Online, Sputnik)
• Jovanovic: Genuine negotiations on Kosovo when West accepts fact that experiment has failed (Kosovo-online)
• EU still without date for continuation of dialogue (Tanjug)
Opinion:
• Crumbs of the government recovery package (Kosovo 2.0)
• Who runs Kosovo’s Public Sphere: Citizens or ‘Balkan Experts’? (Kosovo 2.0)
International:
• Kosovo: the lost battle against corruption (balcanicaucaso.org)
• Governments In Europe, Central Asia Used Pandemic To Clamp Down On Human Rights, Amnesty Says (RFE)
Humanitarian/Development:
• WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post COVID-19 (who.int)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 7, 2021
• COVID-19: 529 new cases, eight deaths (media)
• New anti COVID measures may be extended after April 18 (Koha)
• Over 80,000 new jobseekers since the beginning of pandemic (Kallxo)
• Reporters want to have priority in COVID-19 vaccination (Radio Free Europe)
• Latifi: Government decision for additional restrictions, hasty (Kallxo)
• Stano: We expect dialogue to begin upon institutional consolidation (Telegrafi)
• Document for confiscation of unlawfully acquired wealth finalised (media)
• AAK leader Haradinaj accuses LVV MP Zyba of ‘vote buying’ (Telegrafi)
• Qazim Rrahmani resigns post of deputy minister (media)
• Media representatives urged to stop hate speech (media)
• Two Kosovo Albanians identified from wartime mass grave in Serbia (BIRN)
Belgrade Media Report 6 April 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 6 April 2021
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: Statements from Pristina are not encouraging, on the contrary (TV Pink/Tanjug/RTV)
Trilateral meetings with Greece, Cyprus to be held every six months (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
Cyprus’ sincere support for Serbia’s path to the EU (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Cavara: We need partners who will respect rule of law, Croats want legitimate representation and stable political relations (Nezavisne)
Croatia
HNS condemns Komsic’s non-paper, calls him usurper of Croat people’s rights (Vecernji list)
Boskovic: EU and USA realized that domination in B&H is a problem (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
Djukanovic congratulates new president of Kosovo (CdM)
Montenegro Prime Minister moves to replace minister over Srebrenica genocide denial (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
Zaev announced meeting with Alliance and Alternative during the week (Republika)
Albania
Kosovo rejects Albania’s offer to vaccinate teachers with Chinese vaccine (Tirana Times)
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