Belgrade Media report 23 November
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Our relations are raised to a new level (B92)
• All agreements within the Brussels agreement must be implemented (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Tajani with Dacic: Unilateral initiatives cannot lead to a solution to the problem (Tanjug/Politika/RTS)
• Dacic: Serbia acting responsibly; we want to preserve peace (TV Pink)
• Odalovic: The situation in the north of Kosovo sets us back to 2013 (RTS)
• Presenting benefits of European integration process to citizens of Serbia necessary (Tanjug)
• France urges Serbia and “especially Kosovo” to accept EU car plates proposal (Beta)
• EP: Serbia to align with EU sanctions policy (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS President Dodik hosts consultations with RS parliamentary parties (ATV)
• RS opposition refuses to attend consultations with Dodik (BNTV)
• SDA Collegium says Salkic will not take any steps to enable SNSD gaining fourth delegate in B&H HoP (Hayat)
• Dodik hosts reception on occasion of his inauguration to position of RS President (ATV)
• Peach meets with B&H Presidency; Cvijanovic fails to attend the meeting (N1)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: We wish to attract foreign investors from the environment we ourselves want to belong to (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski-Cattler: Timely information exchange and cooperation among NATO members important for security of country and region (MIA)
• Linde extends gratitude for North Macedonia’s support to Sweden’s NATO membership bid (MIA)
Albania
• Minister of Justice Ulsi Manja: EuroJust, project to increase the striking power of the law against organized crime (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 23, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti says that Borrell suited the purpose of Serbia (media)
• Kurti: I bought the plane ticket to Brussels because the deadline for the agreement on the invitation was March 2023 (Klan)
• Svecla: Situation in north tense but manageable; coordination with EULEX, KFOR (Klan)
• Kurti politically “alone” on licence plates (RFE)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo must accept U.S. request; dire situation in north (Nacionale)
• Serwer: Kosovo is within its right on change of licence plates (media)
• Police on Serb rallies in north: We will maintain order and public security (Telegrafi)
• Visa liberalisation removed from agenda due to situation in north (RFE)
• Compromise is near, visa liberalisation at ambassador level in coming weeks (Express)
• Hyseni compares Osmani to Milosevic, reactions follow (media)
• Bushati: There is coalition from Tirana to Belgrade to get rid of Kurti (Express)
• Montenegrin intellectuals: West to protect Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo from Vucic (Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic travels to Brussels, meeting Bislimi in afternoon (Tanjug)
• Stano: Aim of meeting with Petkovic, Bislimi to find solution to current crisis (Kosovo Online)
• Simic: Tensions in Kosovo high, Kurti ignores warnings (Tanjug)
• Hill: Licence plates issue should be postponed by one year (RTS)
• Dacic: Belgrade part of solution, Pristina problem (N1)
• Poll shows rising indifference towards EU (N1)
• Gracanica, Novo Brdo, Strpce Mayors on support and unity with Serbs in north Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• PKS: “Issuance of Serbian licence plates for Kosovo suspended” (Radio KIM)
• To Brussels only for the final agreement on normalisation, with recognition; agreed that Serbia should stop registering cars with illegal licence plates, said Kurti (FoNet, N1, Beta, NMagazin, KiM radio)
• Protest in Gracanica as a support for the Serbs in the north of Kosovo (Kim radio, KoSSev)
• Serbia, Azerbaijan sign seven bilateral agreements (Tanjug)
Opinion:
• Bogdanovic on licence plates issue (Danas, Radio KIM)
International:
• Fact-Check: How Real are Kosovo’s Fears of a Serbian Military Strike? (BIRN)
• Kosovars Await Visa-Free Travel by January 2024 (Prishtina Insight)
• Between Berlin Process And Open Balkan – Analysis (eurasiareview, IFIMES)
• Drug-related health and security threats in the Western Balkans (emcdda.europa.eu)
• Judge Excludes Key Evidence in ‘Serbian Drug Farm’ Case (Balkan Insight)
• Solidarity Stories #4: Yugoslav Officer Confronts Serb Fighters During Abductions (Balkan Insight)
Humanitarian/Development:
• Women bear the burden of unpaid care work in Kosovo (Kosovo 2.0)
• MEPs Demand End to Roaming Charges for Western Balkans (Balkan Insight)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, November 23, 2022
• Kosovo, Serbia chief negotiators to meet in Brussels today (RFE)
• Kosovo communicates with mediators of dialogue through the U.S. (Koha)
• U.S., EU engage diplomatically after Kosovo postpones licence plate fines (RFE)
• Borrell: We’re not a referee, we’re much more than that (Euractiv)
• Stano: We will continue the talks for a solution (Klan)
• Tajani: Italy available to find solutions and maintain stability (media)
• Osmani, Rohde discuss developments in Kosovo and dialogue with Serbia (RTK)
• France asks Kosovo to accept Borrell’s proposal for license plates (RTK)
• Kupchan: Situation between Kosovo and Serbia carries risk of violence (VoA)
• CDHRF: Borell and Lajcak lined up on the side of Serbia (Paparaci)
• Tahiri: Kurti dramatizing to prepare the public for compromises (Koha)
• Kosovo-Serbia flare-up fears over car number plate row (BBC)
• Kosovo PM Postpones License Plate Fines Under Western Pressure (BIRN)
• Fears Kosovo-Serbia number plate row could spark violence (The Guardian)
• Kosovo delays crackdown on Serbian driving plates after US pressure (FT)
• EU slams Kosovo, Serbia on car plates dispute, as fears of violence grow (Politico)