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Belgrade Media Report 9 August 2022

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Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 9 August 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Petkovic: Kurti demonstrating he wants war, not agreement (Tanjug/RTV)
• Intensification of cooperation with EU in field of innovation, high technologies (Tanjug)
• Djilas: Regime working on weakening the opposition (Direktno/FoNet)
• BIRN: Blacklisted arms dealer exporting Serbian ammo to US (N1)
• Biggest opposition ticket spends under a million Euro on campaign (Nova)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Arnautovic: Verification process of candidate lists is done (FTV)
• Komsic: Stances of Israeli Embassy contradictory and they need explanation (N1)
• Niksic on Israeli Embassy statement: It is necessary to send note of protest and schedule meetings with senior Israeli officials (Dnevni avaz)
• Other B&H politicians comment on stances of Embassy of Israel (Hayat)
• Finci on support of Israel to Croat parties’ proposal of election changes: Pro-Bosnian diplomacy demonstrated inefficiency in this case (Hayat)
• Israeli Foreign Ministry department for Balkans thanks Dodik for his support and condemnation of terrorist attacks of ‘Islamic Jihad’ group (RTRS)
• HR Schmidt sends letter to President and Vice Presidents of FB&H, calls for appointment of judges at FB&H CC (Hayat)
• Dunovic: Cavara is blocking appointment of judges and functioning of the FB&H (Hayat)
• EUFOR Mission to B&H announces deployment of German military contingent to B&H on phased basis (BHT1/Nezavisne)
• Kalabukhov pens op-ed underlining ‘centuries- long’ friendly relations between B&H and Russia (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Western sanctions won’t harm Russia, but harmed Croatia, says President (Hina)
• Kovac: West must impose changes to Election Law in B&H (Vecernji list)
• Cavara says Schmidt is on vacation so he does not know who wrote letter, argues Schmidt only cares about SDA’s demands (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Zivkovic: Abazovic’s government should and must fall (CdM)
• Jokovic: DPS and Democrats agreed to overthrow thegGovernment (RTCG)
• Djurovic: The fall of the government would mean a return to the old ways and another decade of idleness with very negative economic consequences (CdM)
• Bogavac: Democrats will vote to overthrow the government and thus annul the Fundamental Agreement and prevent Montenegro from entering the Open Balkans (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Nikoloski: Government to accept elections and make sure that the poll with a double advantage of VMRO-DPMNE is correct (Republika)
Albania
• The first ship with grain from Ukraine to Albania, with 6 thousand tons of wheat is sailing towards the port of Durres (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2022

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, August 9, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• PM Kurti meets Quint ambassadors and EU Head of Mission (media)
• Interior Ministry publishes FAQs for registration of vehicles with RKS plates (media)
• Whose trucks were used for the barricades in the north of Kosovo? (Radio Free Europe)
• Two deaths and 952 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)
• Montenegrin Minister: Abazovic-led government will be ousted on August 19 (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

Petkovic: Kurti demonstrating he wants war, not agreement (Tanjug)
Petkovic meets family of Nikola Nedeljkovic arrested on June 28, at Gazimestan (Kosovo Online)
Two shops in Velika Hoca burglarized (Kosovo Online)

International:

• Who Is Daria Aslamova, The Russian Journalist Expelled From Kosovo? (RFE)
• A Range of Digital Rights Violations Disrupts the Region (BIRN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, August 9, 2022

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• PM Kurti for RFE: Situation in north could have escalated into armed conflict
• Kosovo opposition reacts to Kurti’s mention of war (media)
• Petkovic: Kurti’s latest statements show he wants war not dialogue (media)
• Kurti meets KFOR commander, discuss security in Kosovo (media)
• Kusari-Lila: We will resist Association as we have done so far (media)
• How Russia’s Ukraine war is stoking tension in Kosovo (The Washington Post)
• Europe keeps a wary eye on Kosovo, Serbia (politico.eu)
• Bislimi meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about deepening relations (media)
• Grenell has telephone conversation with Thaci (media)
• Two deaths and 331 new cases with COVID-19 in last 24 hours (media)

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