Belgrade Media Report 13 December 2021
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• No-confidence motion against government withdrawn (CdM)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)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 13, 2021
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)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 13, 2021
• 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)