Belgrade Media Report 22 December 2021
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Wednesday 22 December 2021
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Open Balkans not about Greater Serbia or Greater Albania (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic: Speaking only about the past is not good (B92)
• Relations between Serbia, China exceptional (Beta/Politika)
• Serbia establishes diplomatic relations with East Timor, Solomon Islands (RTS)
• Drecun: Pristina’s continuous action of intimidation (Tanjug/RTV)
• Andjelkovic: Open Balkans is better for Serbia than EU integration (Tanjug/B92/RTV)
• Dacic: SNS and SPS to have joint presidential candidate; Referendum has nothing to do with Kosovo (TV Prva/Beta/Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Report of Sattler sent to Brussels which reads that Varhelyi and Dodik agreed about holding of RS parliament session; Varhelyi blames Inzko of crisis in B&H and not Dodik (Istraga.ba/N1)
• Mehmedovic: EU agreed on coup d’état through their Commissioner (N1)
• RS officials: Claims about any agreement with Varhelyi false and represent dangerous implications (RTRS)
• Sarovic, Nesic interrogated in Prosecutor’s Office of B&H about special session (O Kanal)
• SIPA members visited parties of ruling majority in RS, asking them for certain documents regarding return of competences from B&H to RS (BN TV)
• FB&H HoR adopts Resolution condemning attacks on constitutional- legal order of B&H (Dnevni avaz)
• HDZ B&H-HNS Caucus in FB&H HoR proposes Resolution on protection of constitutions of B&H and FB&H, Bosniak representatives reject it (Dnevni list)
• Turkovic meets Lavrov: Turkovic warns that conclusions on return of RS competences could endanger peace and stability of B&H (FTV)
• Orban: Serbian nation key to the Balkans, no stable Bosnia without Bosnian Serbs (N1)
• NS proposes banning Orban’s arrival to Sarajevo, calling Orban a racist (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Covic and Grlic Radman: Urgently change Law on Elections (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Milanovic: Montenegrin identity ineradicable; Montenegro is eternal (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Today is the last working day of Zaev as Prime Minister (Republika)
• Varhelyi says he understands Zaev’s frustration, speaks proudly of Serbia and Montenegro’s success (Republika)
• Mickoski: Our offer to name an ethnic Albanian as Prime Minister revealed the dishonesty of SDSM and DUI (Republika)
Albania
• Stalled EU progress looms large over Open Balkans meeting in Tirana (Tirana Times)
• Rama: The next meeting of the Open Balkans will be held in Skopje (Radio Tirana)
• EC supports the Open Balkans/Rama: The initiative pushes forward what has not been realized in the Berlin process (Radio Tirana)
• Varhelyi: Continue to promote Open Balkans (Radio Tirana)
• The agreement for the joint Albania-Kosovo primer signed (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2021
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2021
Albanian Language Media:
• New German Government supports efforts to strengthen regional cooperation in WB (Expres)
• Hungary May Become Kosovo’s Big EU Foe (Prishtina Insight)
• Gervalla does not report to the integration committee, due to a trip (media)
• Haxhiu on the agreement with Denmark: We have the right to reject any prisoner (Klan)
• Court in Serbia legalizes derogatory term for Albanians, says Ragmi Mustafi (Express)
• Draft of the Code of Ethics for Assembly proposed after the Musliu-Peci incident (Koha)
• COVID-19: Twenty new cases, no deaths (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Failure to hold a referendum on changing the Constitution of Serbia in Kosovo is an introduction to the election ban? (Danas)
• Vucic receives invitation to attend UN conference taking place in Doha end of January (Kosovo-online)
• Serbian List Board in Strpce: Brutal intrusion and intimidation of officials’ families (Radio kontakt plus)
• Vujicic and Maric on arrests in Strpce: Continuation of policy of force against Serbs (Kosovo-online)
• Trajkovic, Rasic on arrests in Strpce (Radio KIM)
• Putin in a greeting card to Vucic: We have outlined new perspectives, I am counting on the continuation of joint work (RTS)
• Kosovo police special unit conducted search in Serbian house in Silovo (Kosovo-online)
• KiM Office reaction to Kosovo police search in Silovo village (Kosovo Online)
• Covid-19: three new cases registered in Serbian areas (Kosovo-online)
International:
• Handling Segregation: Village School Tries to Tackle Kosovo’s Ethnic Divisions (Balkan Insight)
• EU working to amend genocide denial law that is blamed for Bosnia crisis (The Guardian)
• Kosovo experts oppose Denmark prison outsourcing (Euractiv)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 22, 2021
• Kosovo arrests ten for corruption, including ex-mayor (BIRN)
• Svecla: Action in Brezovica did not target specific ethnic groups (media)
• Leaders sign new ‘Open Balkan’ agreements in Albania (BIRN)
• Rama: Open Balkan will continue even if others refuse to join (euronews.al)
• Varhelyi invites Kosovo to join Open Balkan; PM advisor reacts (Telegrafi)
• Von Cramon denounces Serbia deregistration of Albanians from civil registry (Exit News)
• COVID-19: Nine new cases, no deaths (media)
• Kurti receives booster shot, encourages citizens to get vaccinated (euronews.al)
• Kosovo film ‘Hive’ shortlisted for Oscars’ international feature (Express)
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- PACE recommends that Kosovo become a member of the Council of Europe - European Interest 18/04/2024PACE recommends that Kosovo become a member of the Council of Europe European Interest
- Dua Lipa reflects on the impact Kosovo war had on her - Ireland Live 18/04/2024
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