Belgrade Media Report 17 November
LOCAL PRESS
Vucic: Serbia must pursue independent policy (TV Happy/Tanjug/Beta)
Brnabic: Reports that Grennel, Palmer are Serbian lobbyists a vicious lie (Beta)
Without meeting of Belgrade and Pristina delegations in Brussels; Petkovic:Pristina refused to discuss ZSO (RTS)
Lajcak in separate meetings with Belgrade, Pristina chief negotiators (N1)
Mickoski: Balkans tired of waiting and false hopes (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Chollet meets B&H Presidency members (O Kanal/Nova BH)
Dodik: We expect international community to implement DPA and B&H Constitution; RS has no plan for secession (BNTV)
Chollet meets Covic, Izetbegovic to discuss election legislation reform (O Kanal/FTV)
Chollet: US created new set of sanctions that could be deployed against individuals who are seeking to undermine stability and unity of B&H (N1)
Turkovic: Varhelyi takes situation in B&H seriously, I think sanctions are only matter of timing (Nova BH)
OHR reminds entity competences in field of judiciary were validly transferred to B&H (N1)
EU, US and NATO should help B&H get out of crisis (Dnevni list)
Montenegro
Krivokapic meets with newly appointed Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro (gov.me)
Waag congratulates Abazovic on government’s commitment to fight crime (gov.me)
They say “when power goes to his head…” (CdM)
Democrats claim: Everyone has the right to opinion, we don’t want to influence anyone (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
Zaev: Besa is still part of the government (Sloboden pecat)
Kasami denies Zaev’s claim that his party is still part of the ruling coalition (Republika)
As Minister Osmani visits Brussels, EU Commission says it hopes Macedonia and Albania will be able to open accession talks soon (Republika/TV24)
Bytyqi: We will soon get a new government “Zaev 3” with six or seven new ministers (Republika)
Albania
Blinken sends a letter to Xhacka (Radio Tirana)
Kim: Do not forget the past, democracy should be preserved (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 17, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• The dialogue in Brussels ends without a tripartite meeting (Radio Free Europe)
• US Embassy calls for real progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Telegrafi)
• D4D survey on people’s perception of first six months of Kurti government (media)
• Mustafa: Synergy was created not to leave Prishtina to Vetevendosje (Kosovapress)
• EULEX: We’re supporting communication between Kosovo and Serbia (Kallxo)
• COVID-19: 17 new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic: Grenell and Palmer lobbying for Serbia – terrible lie; Pristina does not want to fulfill its obligations (KoSSev, TV Happy)
• Serbian PM expects opening of one cluster in talks with EU, hopes for two (N1)
• Mijacic: Exaggerated assessment that Kurti lost the elections due to non-acceptance of the Washington agreement (Danas)
• “No need to ask your grandfather or grand-grandfather about genocide in Kosovo” (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic: Pristina refused to take part in direct talks, refused to talk about ZSO (Kosovo-online)
• Remains of only 15 missing people from Kosovo have been found over the last two years (RTV Puls)
Opinion:
• Kosovo and Serbia expose Summit for Democracy’s conundrum (atlanticcouncil.org)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Serbian QR COVID-19 code valid in EU with some exceptions (N1)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 17, 2021
• Kurti: Expectable for agreement with Serbia to be achieved during my term in office (RFE)
• Kosovo’s chief negotiator Bislimi meets EU’s Lajcak in Brussels (media)
• Lajcak: It is high time for real progress (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti making the dialogue meaningless (Koha)
• Krasniqi: If Kurti reaches agreement with Serbia, we will support it (Gazeta Express)
• EU Observers Say Kosovo Voters Misled by ‘Opaque’ Facebook Pages (BIRN)
• Von Cramon: Commission compromising Rule of Law standards in the interest of Orban-Vucic axis (EurActiv)
• Kosovo authorities order expulsion of four Russian citizens (media)
• COVID-19: Five new cases, no deaths (media)