Belgrade Media Report 10 November 2021

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United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 10 November 2021
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Serbia has always been on side of freedom in fight against fascism (Politika/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Putin understands Serbia (Politika)
• US Embassy dismisses accusations against Congress members as incorrect, insulting (Beta)
• Gratitude to Kazakhstan and Angola for not recognizing so-called Kosovo (Politika/Tanjug)
• Serbia determined to further strengthen bilateral relations with the Netherlands (RTV)
• Selakovic: Significant potentials for strengthening economic cooperation with Egypt (RTV)
• Government adopts Law on Referendum, People’s Initiative (Tanjug/Politika/RTS)
• Dacic: Amendments to referendum law to be adopted by end of November (Beta/RTS)
• Protest ends, rightists cheer war criminal in front of police in Belgrade (N1)
• Izetbegovic: Dodik is cause of crisis in B&H (Tanjug)
• Komsic ends interview with Tanjug due to denial of genocide by journalist (Tanjug)
• Dodik: Those who are naive believe in sanctions against me, but also against RS (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Escobar conveys video message to B&H citizens; Dayton Peace Agreement is still very important part of our foreign policy (Oslobodjenje)
• Escobar announces possibility of sanctions against leaders who conduct anti-Dayton activities but also against companies that support them (BHT1)
• Dodik: If Escobar thinks sanctions are solution, let him use them as he wants, but it is clear to everyone that this will not produce effect (ATV)
• Escobar meets representatives of RS authority and opposition; Opposition representatives point out that Dodik wants to keep crisis going for as long as possible because of next year’s elections (N1)
• Dodik and Erdogan meet in Ankara, they agree that peace has no alternative, and that threat of force cannot solve any problem (ATV)
• Schmidt meets representatives of civil society: There can be no other end goal but sovereign, territorially intact and irreversibly stable B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Podzic, Sattler stress importance of political dialogue and decreasing tensions (Dnevni list)
• OHR: Forests and forest land on the entire territory of B&H under the exclusive competence of the state (AJB/Hayat)
• UK parliament’s House of Commons discusses current political situation in B&H (N1)
• Pahor on situation in B&H and region: If there is no progress in reasonable time, it will further strengthen those ideas that it is not possible to live together (N1)
Montenegro
• Early elections are the last option for the SNP (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Opposition bloc remains unified: All Alternative members of parliament plan to vote in favor of removing Zaev and his government from office (INA)
• Hoxha: BESA will remain in the opposition camp, our main goal is to remove DUI from power (Republika)
• SDSM party delegates asked Zaev to postpone his resignation (Republika)
• Zaev’s representatives in parliament may try to postpone the vote of no confidence (Republika)
• If the government does not fall on Thursday, it will not fall in the next three months either (Libertas/TV21)
Albania
• Santos: Opposition-majority dialogue very important (Radio Tirana)

Belgrade Media Report 9 November

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LOCAL PRESS

Upward trend in cooperation with US in field of defense (Politika/RTS)
Petkovic: Osmani did not pay attention to messages from the State Department (Tanjug/RTV)
Schmidt: There will be no peaceful dismissal of B&H army (Politika)
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel: Kosovo and RS cannot be compared (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Escobar holds separate meetings with B&H Presidency members: There will be no war in B&H; Escobar: I had productive meeting with Dodik where possibility to withdraw all decisions on transfer of competences was opened (Hayat)
Escobar meets with members of Collegium of both Houses of B&H parliament, says DPA remains basis of US policy towards B&H and that no one has right to unilaterally change its essence nor achieved level of reforms in B&H (FTV)
Escobar and FB&H MPs discuss political situation in B&H and FB&H (Hayat)
Representatives of opposition parties in RS accuse Dodik of double-dealing (BN TV)
US Embassy comment Escobar’s meetings: It is in everyone’s interest to come back to the table (Oslobodjenje)
Erdogan: We will not allow B&H’s suffering from the 1990s to be repeated (O Kanal)
Izetbegovic says Erdogan’s good relations with Vucic and Dodik should be used to create more normal state and rejects idea of meetings of political parties’ leaders with Erdogan, Milanovic and Vucic to discuss solution for B&H (N1)
Ruling coalition to submit proposal on Information on competencies taken away from RS with imposed laws and competencies transferred with RS’ approval; Action Plan to be developed after session; Dodik says finalization of RS activities is expected within six months (RTRS)
Croatia

Croatian FM meets Montenegrin Deputy PM to talk about ‘deepening relations’ (Hina)
Montenegro

DF v PM: In their language – hypocrites against clown (CdM)
Nikolic: Coalition with DF impossible, we need a majority of 54 MPs (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Mickoski and Ahmeti meet as the vote of no confidence in Zaev’s government looms (Republika)
Nikoloski: More than 61 lawmakers will support the government no-confidence vote on Thursday (Republika)
Apasiev asks Albanian opposition parties to set aside emotions and use the opportunity to finally remove DUI from power (Republika)
Rutte will visit Macedonia a day before the vote of no confidence in Zaev (Republika)
Albania

Rama welcomes US congressmen in office: “Friendship is strengthening day by day” (Radio Tirana)
EP supports the launch of membership negotiations with Albania (Radio Tirana)

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LOCAL PRESS

Brnabic at National Convention on EU regular plenary session (Tanjug/RTS)
Dacic at National Convention on EU regular plenary session (parliament.gov.rs)
Vucic: Everyone is entitled to evaluate someone else’s democracy as they see fit (Beta)
Djilas meets Escobar, says all we expect is support for democracy (Beta/VoA)
Dacic announces candidates for Supervisory Body for Media Monitoring (TV Pink/FoNet)
Serbian deputy speaker Zukorlic buried (Beta)
Schmidt says solution for B&H is in dialogue of different subjects, calls Dodik to ‘come down to ground’ (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hungarian PM Orban meets with Dodik in Banja Luka, focus on economic issues (BHT1)
Dodik meets Jansa and informs him about RS’ commitment to preserve DPA and return competences (RTRS)
Schmidt: RS’ withdrawal from B&H and formation of its own, separate army within B&H would be crossing ‘red line’ (BHT1/Reuters)
Dodik: B&H does not have armed forces under Constitution and DPA clearly allowed entities to have their own armies (RTRS/BBC)
Dodik condemns HRs, foreign judges in B&H CC for creating large mess in B&H and US, EU for backing this mess, claims that RS seeks reinstatement of all its constitutional rights and competences and not to ruin B&H Constitution (RTRS)
Escobar: We are committed that there will be no new war; Dodik is trying to look for ways to protect his power and his money; Schmidt: We cannot offer to him to talk only with him, because there are many politicians in RS, many groups that do not fully agree with Dodik (FTV/RFE)
Dodik on Escobar’s visit: B&H can have future only based on B&H Constitution that everyone agreed with in 1995 and if its peoples and entities fight for it and not Americans, Russian, Europeans or HRs (ATV)
Tadic: Dodik is leading dangerous policy, he did not act in this way in my time (Dnevni avaz)
Panel on Western Balkans hosted during Baku Forum; Perspective of region lies in EU (N1)
Serbia, RS hold exercise ‘System 2021’; Vulin dismisses claims this is preparation for war and says they test preparations for natural disasters (BN TV/N1)
FB&H Police Administration says joint exercise with RS MoI and SIPA was organized by US Special Forces team and was carried out successfully (Oslobodjenje)
Montenegro

Djukanovic: NATO and EU need to defend B&H and Western Balkans more strongly from malignant policies that want chaos (Podgorica TV)
Djukanovic: Greater Serbia nationalists have broken their teeth in MNE and it’s just the beginning (Gradska RTV)
Djukanovic on govt’s intention to postpone local elections: Inappropriate political idea in defiance of constitutional and legal system of Montenegro (CdM)
Djukanovic’s office: Becic’s priorities – govt reshuffle and to include DF in it (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

DUI leadership authorized Ahmeti to make decisions regarding inter-party negotiations alone (Republika)
Lukarevska: We are working on solutions and decisions to reorganize SDSM (Fokus)
Mickoski: This is the majority that guarantees that the government of Zoran Zaev is over (Republika)
Albania

US can persuade Serbia to end tensions (ADN)
Peleshi visits North Macedonia: The future of the two countries, Euro-Atlantic integration (Radio Tirana)