UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 19, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet next week in Brussels (Kanal 10)
• Kurti: Spain should recognise Kosovo; Catalonia is not the same case (media)
• Haradinaj: EU should hand over to President Biden portfolio for final agreement (media)
• Kosovo’s Special Prosecution investigating “illegal organisations” from Serbia (RFE)
• 519 new cases with COVID-19, one death (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• We are looking for a solution, Vucic to addresses the public on Sunday, said Petkovic (RTS)
• Hill: The Serbian side came to the talks in Brussels in a positive spirit (Tanjug, RTS)
• Petkovic: Vucic to make no statements in Brussels, to speak on Friday (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic sends message from Brussels (N1)
• Grenell: Kurti rejected every idea proposed by the EU and the US so far (KiM radio, N1)
• Bishop Teodosije with Hovenier about the problems of the Serbian Orthodox Church (KiM radio)
• In the neighbourhood of Suvi Do the flag of “KLA” and “Greater Albania” (KiM radio, Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
Opinion:
• Negotiations in Brussels, where is the room for compromise (RTS)
International:
• Open Balkan initiative risks aggravating political problems in the region (DW)
• Twitter Suspends Accounts of Serbian Ruling Party MPs, Officials (BIRN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 19, 2022
Serbia, Kosovo Leaders ‘Make No Progress’ at Brussels Meeting (BIRN)
U.S: We are closely monitoring the talks, use them effectively (Telegrafi)
Price: Secretary Blinken personally invested in breaking the deadlock (media)
Kurti presented chapters of General Framework of Agreement (media)
Vucic: I had a difficult day, I can’t say it ended successfully (Albanian Post)
Scholz and Macron contacted Kurti and Vucic before the meeting (RFE)
Palokaj: Meeting between Kurti and Vucic, best one so far (Koha)
Tuhina: There will be intensive talks by EU with Kurti and Vucic (RTK)
Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, hope dialogue will calm the situation (VOA)
Belgrade Media Report 18 August
LOCAL PRESS
• UNMIK urges Vucic, Kurti to engage constructively (Beta/RTS)
• Meeting between Vucic and Kurti ended: I hope, although I’m skeptical (Tanjug/B92)
• Brnabic: Belgrade’s priority preservation of peace, stability (TV Prva)
• Vucic: Role of KFOR, NATO in Kosovo and Metohija important for Serbia (Tanjug/Politika/RTS)
• Stoltenberg: KFOR ready to intervene if stability is jeopardized (Tanjug/Politika/RTS)
• Serbia doing everything to maintain peace, stability, Vucic tells Lajcak (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic to Escobar: Serbia a serious, reliable, responsible side in dialogue (FoNet)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Vucic will not change stance on Russia sanctions (TASS/Beta)
• Demostat: Situation in Kosovo’s north unstable, provocative acts possible (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Schmidt responds to accusations that he wants to change B&H Election Law according to will of HDZ B&H: I never said to anyone in Sarajevo or anywhere else that I would change Election Law (BHT1)
• Dodik: It is not good to have problems with Germany, but no money is enough to destroy character of Serb people and Germans need to understand that (ATV)
• B&H Ministry of Defense responds to inquiry about new package of NATO measures for B&H (BHT1)
• Turkovic says statements of Russian Embassy to B&H are provocation (FTV)
Croatia
• Croatia records highest ever inflation (HRT1)
Montenegro
• Part of MPs of former majority submits initiatives for Djurovic’s dismissal and vote of no confidence in government (CdM)
• Zenka: Montenegro attacked in most perfidious wayꓼ elections most democratic solution (Portal Analitika)
• Pisonero: Political developments shouldn’t slow down implementation of European reforms (MINA)
• Record inflation in July: Although prices on international market are falling, this cannot yet be expected in our country (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Army celebrates 30th anniversary: After three decades it became a nameless Army (Republika)
Albania
• Begaj-Kajari meet after Kosovo North’s reciprocity tensions (ADN)
• DP welcomes NATO’s support for Kosovo after tensions with Serbia (ADN)
• Kraja and Hajnaj visit the USA, meeting with FBI and DEA officials (Radio Tirana)
• The UNDP representative and the Polish ambassador visit Lezha (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 18, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• The first round of the tripartite meeting in Brussels ends (media)
• Palokaj: Agreement expected to avoid escalation in north on September 1 (Koha)
• Price: Success of Kurti-Vucic talks is an absolute priority for the US (Express)
• Ymeri: Without U.S. involvement in dialogue, mutual recognition is difficult (EO)
• Kryeziu: Dialogue should not be linked only with government and PM (Nacionale)
• Citizens in the north concerned over new graffiti (Kosovapress)
• Kosovo Police seize undeclared medicaments from Serbia (media)
• 483 new cases and one death from COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Vucic, Kurti, Borrell and Lajcak meeting ended (media)
• Vucic from Brussels scheduled a meeting with Serbs from Kosovo on Sunday (Tanjug, media)
• State Department: The success of the Brussels dialogue an absolute priority (Blic, Kosovo Online)
• Vucic informed Stoltenberg of incidents, KFOR ready to react if needed (N1)
• Vucic met Lajcak: Serbia doing everything to maintain peace, stability (Tanjug)
• Vucic to Escobar: Serbia a serious, reliable, responsible side in dialogue (FoNet, N1)
• The trial of the young man arrested on Vidovdan in Gazimestan has begun (RTS, KiM radio)
• New graffiti in N. Mitrovica: “Don’t worry, we’re here – the Northern Brigade” (KoSSev)
Opinion:
• Timothy Less: Everything leads to the creation of a great Albania, the only option for Kosovo to end the “state of limbo” is to merge with it (Blic, Danas, Kosovo Online, Beta)
• Jeremic: We should not give up on Kosovo as long as we exist as a country (KiM radio, N1, KoSSev)
International:
• Kosovo Festival Transforms Pristina (Radio Free Europe)
• Studio Visit (Kosovo 2.0)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Independent Unions announce general strike from August 25 (Koha/Telegrafi)
• All education workers treated with exceptional care in draft law, minister says (EO)
• Haxhiu: I am extremely concerned about violence against women (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 18, 2022
• Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Vucic to meet today (media)
• Kurti hopes there’ll be no need for reciprocity, sees reflection by Serbia (Koha)
• Escobar calls for Association within Kosovo laws and constitution (media)
• KFOR ready to intervene, additional troops could be sent to the north (Koha)
• Lajcak: Grateful for strong and unequivocal U.S. support (media)
• Mehaj: Belgrade continues its propaganda, producing fake news daily (media)
• Former Kamenica mayor interrogated by Serbian authorities (media)
• Kosovo clings to hope of visa liberalisation as Turkey’s woes worsen (BIRN)
• Op-ed: Girls should stay in school, no matter what (Prishtina Insight)
• Russian embassy accuses West of ‘NATOisation’ of Bosnia (BIRN)
Belgrade Media Report 17 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic with Chen Bo on Kosovo and Metohija and dialogue in Brussels (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic, Blinken adviser discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug)
• Vucic, Peach discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug/RTS)
• Belgrade not giving up on finding compromise solution in Brussels (Tanjug/Politika)
• Selakovic: Situation tense ahead of dialogue doe to Pristina’s behavior (TV Pink/Beta)
• Massrali: Work on agenda of Vucic-Kurti meeting still underway (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: I will initiate a discussion on imposing sanctions on Russia (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• It is now clear that Schmidt will impose changes to Election Law because local leaders will not be bale o reach an agreement (Dnevni avaz)
• First group of German soldiers deployed within EUFOR Mission to B&H arrives in Sarajevo (ATV/O Kanal)
• Nolte meets Okolic: Germany suspended financial aid for reconstruction of Doboj barracks because of rhetoric of RS politicians (Oslobodjenje)
• Russian Embassy comments arrival of German soldiers to B&H; Western countries preparing ground for B&H’s ‘NATO-isation’ (RTRS)
• Turkovic comments statement of Russian Embassy regarding possible NATO presence in B&H (N1)
• Dodik comments arrival of German soldiers to B&H; Serbs do not decide who makes up that team (RTRS)
• Arrival of group of German soldiers in B&H as part of EUFOR Mission and Turkovic correspondence with NATO’s Stoltenberg causes mutual accusations between ruling structures and opposition in RS (RTRS)
• B&H has joins global initiative of US against apprehension and deportation of persons on territory of Ukraine under control of Russian Federation (FTV/RTRS)
• OSA B&H: A hybrid war is being led against B&H institutions (N1)
Croatia
• Schmidt: It is not about majority and minority in B&H, but about the country which has three communities and three constituent peoples (Vecernji list)
• Croatian man who fought for Ukraine pleads not guilty in pro-Russian court (HRT)
Montenegro
• Knezevic announced: The DF will submit an initiative on the dismissal of Djurovic and no confidence in the government of Abazovic (CdM)
• Nikolic: This government has fallen, there is no longer political legitimacy in terms of support (CdM)
• Abazovic is waiting for Friday completely relaxed, he will announce some interesting things in the parliament (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• VMRO-DPMNE: The government lied, historical issues are subject to agreements (Republika)
• Petrovska: Tanks to Ukraine transported, donation does not affect army’s combat readiness (Sitel TV)
Albania
• President Begaj praises Kosovo’s stance regarding tensions in North (ADN)
• President Begaj responds to Osmani’s request for joint Defense Treaty (ADN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 17, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• SRSG Ziadeh calls for constructive engagement in dialogue (media)
• Escobar to meet Kurti in Brussels today, sources say (Gazeta10/Kanal10)
• “Stoltenberg expected to show red lines to Kurti and Vucic” (Albanian Post)
• Hoxhaj: Osmani, Kurti intentionally creating an atmosphere of fear (Nacionale)
• Begaj: Kosovo’s constitutional order must not come under threat (Express)
• British Embassy: The meeting in Brussels, an opportunity to normalize relations (RTK)
• CDHRF: Interrogation of Kosovo citizens by Serbian authorities is increasing (Telegrafi)
• Health Institute: No cases with West Nile virus in Kosovo (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• UNMIK calls for constructive engagement in the dialogue process (RTK2, media)
• Hill: Belgrade and Pristina negotiations eventually will be resolved in the spirit of concessions and compromises (FoNet, KoSSev)
• Vucic, Blinken adviser discuss Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Tanjug, media)
• Vucic, Peach discussed Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1)
• Janjic: The NATO meeting more important for Serbia than the one in Brussels (Danas, N1)
• Vucic met the Chinese ambassador (Danas, RTK2, Vecernje Novosti)
• Stefanovic: I will initiate a discussion on imposing sanctions on Russia (N1)
• Dacic lends full support to Vucic prior to Brussels meetings (Beta, N1)
• Kosovo is (not) lost (FoNet, N1)
Opinion:
• Demostat: The situation in the north of Kosovo is unstable, possible deliberate provocations (Beta, N1)
• To stop war breaking out in Kosovo, media freedom in Serbia must be addressed (Euractiv)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 17, 2022
• EU: Kurti-Vucic meeting for normalization of relations between parties (media)
• Kurti to meet NATO Secretary General today (Koha)
• Prior to Brussels meeting, Kurti talks to Chollet and Peach (media)
• Kurti meets the Quint ambassadors, talked about meeting in Brussels (RTK)
• KFOR increases its presence in Jarinje and Bernjak (Koha/Kosovo Online)
• Serbia, Kosovo war talk part of battle for favour on world stage (BIRN)
• Szunyog: Kosovo belongs in EU; our relations will grow and deepen (media)
• Begaj: There is risk of escalation of situation in north of Kosovo (media)
• Number of new positive cases with COVID slowly drops in Kosovo (BIRN)
Belgrade Media Report 16 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Vucic to fight for peace in Brussels (TV Pink/RTV/Tanjug)
• Vucic: No comparison between Serbian Armed Forces and so-called Kosovo army (Tanjug/RTS)
• Rakic: Ambassadors of the Quint told us to accept the independence of Kosovo (B92)
• Dveri Party unveils platform on Kosovo (Beta)
• Matic: Wine fair to also promote tourism industries of Open Balkans states (Tanjug/Politika)
• Hill: I’m not pursuing anti-Serbian policy, I’m here to build stronger Serbian-US relations (RTS)
• Refugee Commissioner says almost 10,000 migrants in Serbia (Beta)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirms its support to HR Schmidt’s intention to impose changes to B&H Election Law (Dnevni avaz)
• Diplomatic sources say Croatia does not support HNS initiative for B&H to move its embassy to Jerusalem (Hayat)
• US Congress to discuss two law proposals dealing with B&H and Western Balkans (Oslobodjenje)
• Is Erdogan coming to support or pacify Izetbegovic (Nezavisne)
• Turkovic: There is danger that mandate of EUFOR Althea Mission will not be extended in November (Oslobodjenje)
• First group of German soldiers arrive in B&H as part of EUFOR mission (N1)
• Kovacevic: RS has nothing against ALTHEA mission, but it has never said that it is in favor of arrival of any new military troops, including German troops (RTRS/ATV)
Montenegro
• Abazovic: If government doesn’t fall, a big reshuffle about to happen – everyone’s invited apart from DPS and SDP (CdM)
• Maddocks: Another change of power doesn’t necessarily mean instability (Pobjeda)
• Dzomic: No future agreement can encroach on rights guaranteed and recognized to SPC by Fundamental Agreement (CdM)
• Zakharova on the expulsion of the Russian diplomat from Montenegro: An illogical decision (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Mickoski: If Kovacevski gathers 80 MPs for constitutional changes, I will fulfill the promise given the next day, if he fails, let’s hold elections (Republika)
• USA recognizes the languages of Western Balkans – it is stated in the proposed legislation for aid to the region (VoA/Libertas)
Albania
• President Begaj received by Kosovo PM (ADN)
• Osmani: Kosovo and Albania to reach mutual protection agreement (ADN)
• Kosovo revokes decision to limit power supply after coop with Albania (ADN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 16, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• PM Kurti: September 1 will be a normal day (Klan)
• There is no normality; power cuts continue today (Koha)
• Haradinaj, Begaj discuss joint defence treaty (Koha)
• LDK leader Abdixhiku slams Kurti again (media)
• War crimes association in Gjakova presses charges against Bozidar Delic (media)
• President of Albania does not meet with Abdixiku – do not agree on the venue (Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
• EC: Vucic and Kurti must discuss all open issues in Brussels (Beta, N1)
• Serbs’ representatives from Kosovo: “Quint support the decisions made by Pristina”; Petkovic: “They make effort to support independence, but no effort for CSM” (media)
• Media in the EU: ”Nothing from the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, just to prevent war” (NMagazin, Beta)
• Janjic: Insufficient efficiency of the energy sector in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• US Ambassador: Community of Serb Municipalities is not unique (N1)
• Brnabic: Vucic to fight for peace in Brussels (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: It is known how the CSM should look like (Kosovo Online)
Opinion:
• Introducing the Far-Right Power Index (BIRN)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Refugee Commissioner says almost 10,000 migrants in Serbia (Beta, N1)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 16, 2022
• Albania helps Kosovo, the energy crisis is avoided (media)
• Kosovo walks back power cutoffs to consumers amid energy ‘emergency’ (RFE)
• President Osmani accuses EU of favoring Serbia (Koha)
• Begaj supports decision on reciprocity on license plates and IDs (Koha)
• Osmani on headscarves in schools: Constitution, primary orientation (media)
• Counter-petition launched against request to lift ban on religious dress in Kosovo schools (BIRN)
• Serbia does not allow Bislimi and Svecla to visit Presevo Valley (RTK)
• Kosovo to host largest field exercise in region, “Defender Europe 23” (media)
• Kurti meets OSCE Head of Mission Davenport (media)
• Haradinaj to Kurti: I am addressing you to reconsider your position (media)
Belgrade Media Report 15 August
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: I am going to Brussels to try to maintain peace (Tanjug/RTS)
• EU: Serbian, Kosovan officials’ inflammatory rhetoric cause for concern (Beta)
• Vucic: We know the names of our people who are on the list for liquidation (TV Prva)
• Brnabic strongly criticizes EEAS statement on relations between Serbia and Kosovo (N1)
• Petkovic: Announcement of EEAS missed, not both sides are guilty (RTV/Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Venezuela wants Kosovo and Metohija to remain part of Serbia (Tanjug)
• Cooperation of B&H with Europol on hold for years (Politika)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Stoltenberg responds to Turkovic’s letter: NATO is developing set of measures specially tailored for B&H (Nova BH)
• Dodik: NATO does not have any role in B&H (N1)
• Becirovic responds to statements from RS regarding NATO presence (Avaz)
• Correspondence between Turkovic and Stoltenberg sparks reactions in RS (RTRS)
• Cavara responds to HR Schmidt’s calls for appointing judges of FB&H CC (Hayat)
• Dunovic, Mahmutbegovic Cavara is inviting candidates for FB&H CC judges on his own initiative (Nova BH/Hayat)
Montenegro
• Three days of mourning after Cetinje shooting (CdM)
• On helicopter carrying Patriarch Porfirije: NATO says Montenegrin authorities should provide answers (Pobjeda)
• Russian diplomat declared persona non grata (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski: Framework Agreement brought peace and stability, preservation of sovereignty and territorial integrity (Republika)
• Kovacevski: Ohrid Agreement promotes unity and togetherness (Republika)
• Osmani – Milkov: Efforts to continue developing cooperation in all areas of mutual interest (Republika)
• Mickoski: I will leave politics if any of the MPs of VMRO-DPMNE vote for changing the Constitution (Republika)
• Macedonia withdrew its consent for an honorary consulate of Russia in Bitola, Moscow announces counter reaction (Republika)
Albania
• Albania submits to the Council of Europe the resolution against Dick Marty’s report on the unfounded claims about the trade in human organs (Radio Tirana)
• Local elections/Berisha: Candidates will be appointed by the membership and there will be a competition between two or three people (Radio Tirana)
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