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Belgrade Media Report 14 December

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LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Western partners must tell us which documents they want to respect (Tanjug)
• Brnabic pleads to EU to help secure Pantic’s release (Tanjug/RTS/RTV/Politika)
• Brnabic appeals to KFOR, EULEX to do their job as Serbs in Kosovo feel unsafe (Beta)
• Brnabic: Escobar too adamantly against valid SC resolutions (Tanjug/RTV)
• Serbia committed to continuing cooperation with UNMIK (Tanjug/RTV)
• Orlic: We can promise we will fight for peace, development (TanjugRTV)
• Odalovic: KFOR’s response may be negative, but Serbia’s request is bringing Resolution 1244 back to life (RTS)
• Petkovic: Delivery of verdict to Ivan Todosijevic was carefully calculated to intimidate Serbs (Tanjug/RTV)
• Serbs have been on the barricades for 5 days now: Night was calm in Kosovo, situation still tense (RTS)
• Continuation of successful cooperation with UNOPS (Tanjug)
• EU Council expects Serbia to align with EU foreign policy (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• EU General Affairs Council approves granting of candidate status for B&H (AJB)
• Sattler on GAC’s decision: Celebration should begin when everything is finished (FTV)
• B&H officials welcome GAC’s decision (Nova/Dnevni avaz/O Kanal)
• Dodik: Komsic’s policy is policy of lies, there is no NATO path of B&H (Glas Srpske)
• Kovacevic: We are satisfied with process of formation of state authorities (Glas Srpske)
• SNSD’s coalition partners support agreement between SNSD, HDZ B&H and ‘The Eight’ (ATV)
• First session of B&H HoR Collegium held (FTV)
• B&H Court finally receives SNSD’s appeal against decision of B&H CEC on election of fourth delegate from RS in B&H HoP (Nezavisne)
• Alkalaj again acts without consent of Presidency in UNSC re report of MICT; Reactions of RS politicians (RTRS)
Croatia
• Croatian PM: 2022 is the year of delivery (Hina)
Montenegro
• Bilcik and Picula disappointed: Results of voting in parliament might push Montenegro into deeper political crisis and constitutional chaos (CdM)
• EU, Western diplomats call for withdrawal of controversial law in Montenegro (CdM)
• Djeljosaj: Current political elites undermined the state of Montenegro (CdM)
• New candidates for Constitutional Court judges by January end at best (RTCG)
• Bastijancic: Djukanovic returned the President Law to parliament as factual error was made (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: Kosovo events could have negative effects in region, solution lies in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Sitel)
• Kovachevski – Wahl: N. Macedonia prepared to preside over OSCE in 2023 (MIA)
• North Macedonia takes over A5 presidency in 2023 (Kanal 5)
• Osmani meets Djukanovic, Abazovic in Podgorica (MIA)
• Council of EU adopts enlargement conclusions, including on North Macedonia (MIA)
Albania
• Illegal immigrants, Albania and UK in a joint Task Force (Radio Tirana)
• Britain increases investments in Albania to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, bilateral agreements and official exchange signed (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 14, 2022

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Albanian Language Media:

• Application for Kosovo’s membership in the EU, signed (Koha)
• Kurti: We will submit membership application to Czech presidency of EU in Prague (media)
• Kosovo Police refute Serbian media reports that Pantic was mistreated (media)
• Ministry: No agreement stops special police units from going to the north (RFE)
• Kurti: Foreign investments have increased by 46 percent compared to last year (Kallxo)
• Mehaj: The fourth anniversary of the army finds us with great successes (media)
• Mitrovica North SL assembly members replaced by those from Civic Initiative (media)
• Edita Tahiri: Escobar silenced Kurti (Ekonomia)
• Borrell talks about Thaci: We arrested him while he was still president (media)
• Ukrainian MP sends Zelensky request for recognition of Kosovo’s independence (Ekonomia)
• PSD with “Tension for Association” action in front of the government (Koha)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic’s question: Western partners to say which documents they will respect, mentioning the sixth from Thessaloniki on EU enlargement to the WB (media)
• The Kosovo government made a decision on land expropriation in Leposavic and Z. Potok (KoSSev)
• North Mitrovica Municipal Assembly: New councillors sworn in (Kontakt plus radio)
• Petkovic: Serb-majority municipality taken over by Albanians (Radio KIM)
• Serbs on barricades for fifth day, night went peacefully (RTS)
• Vucic to meet with Lajcak, Escobar on Wednesday (Tanjug)
• Radosavljevic: Serbs are not against (CSM) ZSO, but against what it symbolises (VoA)
• EU Council expects Serbia to align with EU foreign policy (N1, Beta, RTS)
• Dacic to UNMIK chief: UN important for territorial integrity (media)
• Family of Dejan Pantic say his innocence can easily be proved, if trial is just (RTS)
• Brnabic reacts to Escobar’s remark on return of Serbian security personnel (Kosovo Online, social media, Danas)
• Odalovic: Situation in Kosovo requires serious reaction of international community (Tanjug)
• Verdict delivered to Todosijevic, Petkovic says additional pressure on Serbs (Radio KIM)

International:

• Scholz says Balkans joining EU is in Germany’s interest (AP)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 14, 2022

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• Escobar, Kurti, Lajcak call for normalization of situation (media)
• U.S. categorically against return of Serbian forces to Kosovo (RFE)
• Lajcak: Much better ways to remove barricades than with bulldozers (Telegrafi)
• U.S., EU envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia not to fuel violence (Reuters)
• Stoltenberg: NATO is very focused on Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Barricades still up in north despite calls for removal (Pristina Insight)
• Sarrazin: Crisis in north of Kosovo should be used to advance dialogue (RTK)
• EU congratulates Kosovo on reforms (media)
• EULEX: Security situation in north of Kosovo is worrying (Klan)
• Kovacevski: Kosovo-Serbia agreement guarantees peace in the region (RTK)
• Kosovo, facing some opposition, to apply this week to join EU (Reuters)
• Far-Right Protesters Rally In Belgrade In Support Of Kosovar Serbs As EU Urges De-Escalation (RFE)

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