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Belgrade Media Report 30 March 2022

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 30 March 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic thanks Italy for support, protection of Kosovo Serbs (Politika/Tanjug/RTV)
• Mihajlovic: National security depends on energy stability (Tanjug)
• Ukrainian Embassy calls on Serbian authorities to remove letter “Z” and support Ukrainians (Beta)
• Opposition United for Serbia’s Victory calls on people to vote on Sunday (N1)
• Ponos: I will unite Serbia and be president of all citizens (Tanjug)
• PACE delegation to observe Serbian elections (Tanjug/Beta)
• Serbia’s officer killed in UN mission in Congo (FoNet/N1/Reuters)
• Demostat: Voter sentiment has changed (Tanjug)
• Demostat: 13 percent of Serbian citizens believe that Serbia should be on Ukraine’s side (Beta)
• Man says Kosovo Serb businessmen were behind politician’s killing in 2018 (KRIK/N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• EU, US ambassadors and OSCE submit package of integrity changes to B&H Election law (FTV)
• Zvizdic: B&H needs European perspective; Jandrokovic: Croats are constituent people and must have same rights as other peoples (Oslobodjenje)
• Lovrinovic: There is still time for agreement about Law on Elections (FTV)
• Dodik and Kalabukhov discuss political and economic situation in B&H (RTRS)
Croatia
• Jandrokovic: EU should focus on SE Europe, Moscow might use vulnerabilities (Hina)
• PM given green light for cabinet reshuffle (HRT)
• Croatian oil pipeline Janaf will stop transports to Serbia due to EU sanctions (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic with Lundberg: Quickly elect a new government in order to fulfil its obligations with the UN (CdM)
• Pisonero: Montenegro should refrain from measures that would jeopardize EU path (RTCG)
• US General’s report: Russia and China encourage divisions in the Balkans (AJB)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Macedonian historians expected to make major concessions to Bulgaria in a meeting later this week (Republika/MIA)
Albania
• Meta receives Soreca: Opening of membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia is of primary importance for the EU itself (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2022

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 30, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• COMKFOR: No indications of threats; ready to react against threats (Telegrafi)
• Clark: I hope Kosovo will be invited to join NATO soon (Gazeta Express)
• Tahiri: With Kurti-led government, everyone toward emigration (Indeksonline)
• Some Serb judges go to work at Mitrovica court, others continue boycott (media)
• “Kosovo, a success story in administering vaccines against COVID-19” (Klan Kosova)
• COVID-19: 30 new cases, no deaths (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Dacic: Serbia ready to host Kiev-Moscow negotiations (RTS)
• Ukrainian Ambassador on Belgrade’s offer to host negotiations (Tanjug)
• Arsenijevic: Neutral registration points for transporting voters from Kosovo should be formed (Radio kontakt plus)
• Opposition ‘United for Serbia’s Victory’ calls on people to vote on Sunday (N1)
• Vucic on April 3 presidential elections (N1)
• Kosovo Supreme Court upheld verdict of 12 years in prison to Zoran Djokic (Kosovo-online)
• MIA on allegations relating to murder of Oliver Ivanovic (RTS)

Opinion:

• Serbia’s Vucic Should Learn from Russia’s Ukraine Debacle (BIRN)
• More on “Kurti’s doctrine”: much ado about elections and semantics as destiny (KoSSev)

International:

• BIRN Fact-Check: Does Kosovo Still Rely on Goods from Serbia? (BIRN)
• Kosovo Charges Ex-Fighter with Wartime Massacre of Villagers (BIRN)
• North Macedonia census reveals over 29% of population is Albanian (euronews.al)

Humanitarian/Development:

• “Withdrawal of savings, a competency of the Kosovo Assembly” (Telegrafi)
• Authorities look into suspicions of orchestrated rise in oil prices (Koha)
• Fuel prices in Kosovo increased again (Radio KIM)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 30, 2022

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• U.S. expresses “unwavering support” for Kosovo (RFE)
• Osmani: Strengthening existing alliances and forging new ones remains strategic objective (media)
• Roth: EU to keep promise, grant Kosovo visa liberalisation (media)
• Haziri: Kosovo Government did not ban Serbian elections, it conditioned them (Kallxo)
• Gjini: AAK is against Serbia’s elections in Kosovo without prior agreement (Kallxo)
• PDK: Inquiry committee to determine how €100 million were spent (media)
• Germany striving for independence from Russian gas, commends Kosovo (Koha)
• Montenegro declares border demarcation issue closed (media)
• Panel dismisses Krasniqi and Selimi appeals against detention (media)
• Kosovo man, detained by Serbian authorities, released (media)
• Kosovo Albanian indicted for 1999 war crimes (AP)
• War Criminals Campaign for Ruling Parties in Serbian Elections (BIRN)
• Konjufca: Shameful if members of LGBTI are not considered as human beings (Koha)
• COVID-19: 32 new cases, no deaths (media)

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