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Belgrade Media Report 13 December 2021

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United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Monday 13 December 2021
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: New agreement on strategic cooperation with Russia to be signed soon (Tanjug/Politika/RTS/RTV)
• Brnabic: Gratitude for principled position of the Holy See regarding Kosovo and Metohija (RTV/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Countries will disappear. The problem exists in the whole of Europe (TV Pink/B92/RTS/Politika/Tanjug/Beta)
• Sullivan: US sanctions loom over brother of Serbian President (Beta/Nova.rs)
• Dacic: Egypt remains with the stance of frozen recognition of Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/RTV/Politika)
• Vulin: Racak is one big lie (Beta/Novosti/RTV)
• Mihajlovic: Continuation of abuse of topic of environment for election campaign (FoNet)
• Reduced protests block traffic in Serbia on Saturday (Beta)
• Lutovac: Naming opposition candidate in Serbia too soon would be mistake (Danas/FoNet)
• Vucic: Serbia respects territorial integrity of B&H (RTS)
• Dacic expresses support to RS (Novosti)
• Dodik: We do not want any kind of B&H except for Dayton one (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS parliament adopts conclusions on transfer of competences to RS level (FTV)
• Opposition parties in RS parliament leave special session (Al Jazeera Balkans/BHT1/BNTV/O Kanal)
• OHR representatives not allowed to attend RS parliament special session (ATV)
• Dodik: There is no going backwards (RTRS)
• Salkic calls judicial institutions and international community to react; Other reactions (Oslobodjenje)
• SDA issues press statement, says restoring of RS’ competencies would be attack on constitutional order of B&H (FTV)
• Dzaferovic, Komsic and Izetbegovic call for reaction of B&H judicial institutions following RS parliament session (Nova BH/BHT1)
• Stevandic: RS has started with fight for its internationally recognized rights (Glas Srpske)
• EU Delegation to B&H, Embassies of US, UK, France, Germany and Italy issue joint statement (BHT1)
• RS parliament conclusions escalate tensions (Oslobodjenje)
• Kavalec: Current political situation in B&H not just difficult but also concerning (Fena)
• Escobar: We do not meet with Dodik, do not invite him to Washington and he is not invited to Brussels (Dnevni list/News 24 TV)
• Turkey supports B&H (Oslobodjenje/Avaz)
Montenegro
• No-confidence motion against government withdrawn (CdM)
• DF to propose returning mandate to citizens and organizing new elections (CdM)
• Radulovic: Only facts stated in non-paper, mention of Djukanovic provokes this reaction; Opposition: Government should fall (CdM)
• Sehovic: The end of one-year embarrassment of Montenegrin govt (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• SDSM members elect Dimitar Kovacevski to replace Zoran Zaev as party leader (Republika)
• Hristijan Mickoski re-elected as VMRO-DPMNE leader, calls for a movement to transform Macedonia (Republika)
Albania
• Kim: Let America and Albania always hold each other close (Radio Tirana)
• Political crises in Albania / British Ambassador: We do not want to see parties on the streets again (Radio Tirana/A2)
• US appeal: EU should keep promises to open negotiations with Albania, North Macedonia without delay (Radio Tirana/VoA)
• DP Assembly summoned by Sali Berisha is being held at ‘Air Albania’ Stadium (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2021

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2021

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: We are working to ease the energy crisis (media)
• PDK wants government to react to Vulin’s remarks about Recak massacre (RFE)
• “Kosovo to prosecute war crimes suspects according to chain of command” (Koha)
• Osmani receives credentials of Ambassador of Lithuania, Jurate Raguckiene (media)
• Kosovo, Albania unveil joint project for railway link (Prishtina Insight)
• Results of test samples for Omicron variant to arrive this month (Express)
• In four months, 89 percent of COVID-19 fatalities were not vaccinated (Koha)
• COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Covid-19: 33 new cases registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio KIM)
• Vucic: We continue strengthening army due to complicated security situation (N1)
• Avenija: Ungrounded arrests of Serbs disgrace for Kosovo society and international community (Radio KIM)
• Darko Dimitrijevic elected new president of Association of Journalists of Serbia branch in Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Petkovic reacts to Gervala’s statement, says Pristina rhetoric “inflammatory and anti-Serbian” (Radio KIM)
• Odalovic: Families of missing persons should address Lajcak for support (Radio KIM)
• Selakovic in London, to meet Lajcak, Peach and Escobar (media, GoS website)

International:

• Richard Grenell Exclusive Interview: The Serbia-Kosovo Agreement Was Not Just For Christmas (The Pavlovic Today)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 13, 2021

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• Serbian minister’s statement on Recak continues to draw reactions (media)
• Serwer: If Serbia refuses recognition, Kosovo has the right to reject Association (Koha)
• Kosovo authorities arrest three persons in connection to Gllogjan shooting (media)
• Kurti: Kosovo improving legal framework in efforts to uproot gender-based violence (media)
• Haxhiu: Venice Commission supports changes to prosecutorial system (media)
• Early marriages, a concern in Kosovo (media)
• Three NGOs urge Kurti to remove Egyptians from the RAE group acronym (Telegrafi)
• Meta: Republika Srpska actions threaten regional stability (Koha)
• North Macedonia eyes 3 million tones of Kosovo coal (Reuters)
• COVID-19: Seven new cases, no deaths (media)

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