Belgrade Media Report 5 July 2022
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 5 July 2022
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: UAE visit will strengthen friendship between the two nations (RTS)
• Petkovic: Pristina wants to stop negotiations with the term “enforced disappearances” (Tanjug/RTV)
• Drecun: Pristina jeopardizing dialogue, Vucic-Kurti meeting (Tanjug)
• Final results of Serbian parliamentary elections released (Tanjug)
• RIK: Election process completed, countdown starts for parliament formation (RTS/Beta)
• No complaints in fifth revote in Veliki Trnovac (Bujanovacke/Beta)
• Report says Serbian media landscape heavily polarized (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Deadline for submitting candidate lists for general elections expires; Politicians express their expectations from October elections (O Kanal)
• Dodik says whoever wins majority in FB&H will continue same national policy and their goal will be destroying of RS (Nezavisne)
• Kovacevic: We expect absolute victory at all levels, independent majority in RS parliament (ATV)
• HR Schmidt: There may be some developments this week in Brussels regarding Election Law agreement (N1)
Montenegro
• Abazovic with EU ambassadors in Montenegro: We resolve difficult issues immediately without any reservations or conditions (CdM)
• Hrebickova: Open Balkans and agreement with the Church of Serbia are not Montenegro’s priorities on the way to the EU (Gradska RTV)
• Vujovic: The partners clearly say that if the negotiations with the SPC are more important than the negotiations with the EU, elect a new government (CdM)
• Vuksanovic Stankovic: No one in Montenegro has ever declared that Serbia is a genocidal state, that is part of political manipulation (Gradski.me)
• Celanovic: Citizens’ protest in front of the Government is justified, we once again call on the state-forming parties to deny support to Abazovic (CdM)
• Djukanovic: Montenegro has a lot to learn from tourism development of San Marino (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Osmani: If we say “no”, inter-ethnic tensions will start and we will have food and energy crisis (Republika)
• Macedonian Orthodox Church is against the French proposal, but does not go out to protest (Republika)
• Nikoloski: We will not allow constitutional changes! (TV Alfa)
• Today’s protest will start earlier – at 12h, when the session for the non-Macedonian proposal is scheduled (Republika)
• The European proposal is available on the government’s website (Libertas)
• The EC will present details about the Macedonian language in the Frontex agreement as soon as possible (Libertas/MIA)
Albania
• Rama appeals to Skopje: Accept the French proposal! We will ask decoupling if you refuse (Radio Tirana/Canale 5)
• Albanian delegation takes part in the proceedings of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti to participate at a Round Table with the Government of Greece (media)
• Peach: Euro-Atlantic journey is the right path for Western Balkans (Express/Klan)
• Osmani continues meetings in Slovenia, focusing on intensification of parliamentary diplomacy (media)
• Kurti in Athens: EU is the solution for the Western Balkans (media)
• Rizvanolli: Kosovo to save at least €15 mill annually through MCC agreement (media)
• Kosovo Assembly criticised for lack of quorum sessions (KP/Telegrafi)
• UNDP report: Level of satisfaction with prime minister’s work decreases (Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
• Starovic: Stano’s support for Albin Kurti incomprehensible and has no basis in the agreement (Radio Mitrovica sever, RTS, Tanjug)
• Drecun: Pristina jeopardising dialogue, Vucic-Kurti meeting (Tanjug)
• Petkovic: International community to force Pristina establish ZSO (RTS)
• Report says Serbian media landscape heavily polarized (N1)
• Grbovic: “I would like to hear Kurti say, in any language, he will respect court decision on Visoki Decani Monastery land” (Danas)
• The miners of Crnac and Belo Brdo started a strike yesterday (KoSSev)
• Dacic: Serbia to get new parliament by end of July (Tanjug)
• Final results of Serbian parliamentary elections released (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Visit to UAE to strengthen friendship between two nations (Tanjug)
Opinion:
• Lazarevic: Kurti cannot be a “Serbian cup of tea” in the North (Danas, KoSSev)
• Ognjen Gogic: Kurti addresses the Serbs in Serbian, after Vetevendosje presented northern Kosovo as a spoils (Danas, KoSSev)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Detainees clean Muslim cemetery in Mitrovica North, restore St. Sava Church doors in South (KoSSev)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 5, 2022
• Kosovo introduces a set of new sanctions against Russia, Belarus (media)
• Kosovo Government adopts new draft security strategy (media)
• Strategy identifies Serbia’s territorial claims as main security challenges (Koha)
• Mehaj hails adoption of draft security strategy (media)
• Bilek: Dialogue and visa liberalisation, two separate issues (RTK)
• Osmani awards presidential medal to Slovenian peacekeeping troops (media)
• Deputy minister, Veshall, dismissed from post (media)
• Constitutional Court finds chief prosecutor nomination dispute, inadmissible (media)