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Belgrade Media Report 22 December 2022

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 22 December 2022

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic addressed Kosovo Serbs ahead of today’s protest (B92)
• Vucic: Form ZSO first, then we will remove barricades (Beta/Politika)
• Vucic: KFOR fairer than some Western governments, but I expect negative response (Tanjug/Politika)
• Brnabic: Kurti clearly showing his intentions – ethnic cleansing of Serbs (TV Happy)
• Continuation of government’s dialogue with civil society organisations (Tanjug/RTS/RTV/Politika)
• Botsan-Kharchenko: Serbia can rely on Russia on Kosovo problem (International Affairs/TASS/RTV/NSPM)
• Kosovo Serbs hold peaceful mass protest at Rudare (Tanjug/RTS)
• Serb, Kosovo NGOs: Constant escalation and de-escalation cycle reflect failure of political imagination (Danas/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic: I would not like to see the NATO path to be halted, regardless of the fact it was not included in the agreement between ‘The Eight’, HDZ B&H and SNSD (O Kanal)
• RS parliament special session: Proposed new convocation of new RS government gets support (ATV)
• Radoncic: Departing of dynasty Izetbegovic is of historic importance (Dnevni avaz)
• Izetbegovic’s claims that foreigners played great role in elimination of SDA from authorities (BHT/EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Plenkovic: B&H is most important neighbour; Croats are constituent people in B&H (Jutarnji list)
• Croatia’s Janaf state-owned pipeline pens new contract with Serbia’s NIS (Hina)
Montenegro
• Fajon: EU could consider stopping negotiations with Montenegro, situation worrying, high time to react (CdM)
• Muleskovic: With OB, instead of money from EU funds, we’re choosing nothing, and Serbia will additionally “suffocate” our market (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• The government does not plan to hold presidential and parliamentary elections at the same time (Republika)
Albania
• Maritime Border’s issue / Xhacka: Compromise for sending to The Hague! Dendias: We support the European perspectives of the Balkans (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2022

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 22, 2022

Albanian Language Media:

• Serbs in Rudare demand release of arrested and KP’s departure from north (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo Police denies speculations about obstruction of buses in Shterpce (Express)
• Kosovo Police calls for peaceful protest in north (Koha)
• EULEX: We are closely monitoring security situation in north of Kosovo (media)
• “Serbia’s illegal structures are intimidating Serbs and attacking policemen” (Albanian Post)
• Sources: Serbian structures oblige and threaten people to take part in protest (KP)
• EULEX present at the entrance of the road to Leposaviq (Kallxo)
• Osmani and Kurti appoint new KIA Inspector General (media)
• Central Bank foresees 3-4 percent increase in economic growth next year (RFE)
• PSD: Selective justice is not justice, it is confirmation of injustice (Paparaci)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kilometres-long column of people in the north of Kosovo, a large number of people at the protest in Rudare (N1, KoSSev)
• Serbian List, new speakers addressed protestors in Rudare (KoSSev, Kosovo Online, RTS)
• Vucic before the protest in Rudare: Serbs not asking for much, only what belongs to all civilised people in Europe (media)
• Radojevic: Barricades are reaction (RTS)
• Jevtic: Police returns buses transporting Serbs from Strpce to attend protest in Rudare (Novosti, social media)
• Vucicevic: “If Kurti goes against barricades that is road to bad direction” (RTS)
• Brnabic: Kurti clearly showed his intentions (Tanjug, RTV)
• EULEX: We closely monitor security situation in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Vucic: KFOR fairer than some Western gov’ts, but I expect negative response (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Nobody imposes a condition Kosovo or the EU on Serbia (Danas, Beta)
• Police officers from the south warned not to publish photos from the north, what happened in the previous days? (KoSSev)
• What will happen to Pristina’s EU membership bid? (Danas, FoNet)
• Statistics Bureau Chief: 61.000 to 62.000 Albanians live in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja (Bujanovacke, FoNet)

International:

• RSF Urges Kosovo to Protect Journalists From Attacks in North (BIRN)
• Kosovo Photographer Tracks Down Country’s Rarest Fauna (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Capital Expects First Electric Buses Next Year (Prishtina Insight)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 22, 2022

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• Police set up checkpoints on the Mitrovica-Leposavic highway (media)
• Serbs called to protest, KFOR ready to react if situation escalates (Koha)
• Kosovo Police investigating reports about kidnapping of Serbs in north (media)
• EULEX may increase number of police if needed (Klan)
• Kosovo Police confirms arrested ex-cop being held at police station (BIRN)
• After increase in attacks on journalists in Kosovo, police and international forces asked to provide better protection (Reporters Without Borders)
• Szunyog: Visa-free movement in 2024 is not yet final (Klan)
• Hovenier confirms support for Kosovo (RTK)
• Krasniqi: If Kurti can’t remove barricades, he should hand over mandate (Klan)
• Basha on KFOR’s statement: “Offensive to state and victims of war” (media)
• Kosovo EU bid to get careful consideration early next year (Bloomberg)
• PSD calls on Assembly to amend law on specialist chambers (media)

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