UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 30, 2022
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, December 30, 2022
Albanian Language Media:
• Barricades removed, border crossings in the north still closed (Koha)
• Vela: Kosovo-Serbia relations can only be based on mutual recognition (media)
• Gervalla: Serbia creates artificial conflicts; no force can blackmail us (media)
• Italy welcomes the removal of barricades in northern Kosovo (Klan)
• Joseph: Barricades, proof how Vucic plays the U.S. and EU (RFE/Koha)
• Buhler: Serbia’s threatening rhetoric is intolerable (DW, media)
• PDK submits the Law on Public Officials to the Constitutional Court (Telegrafi)
• Man in Leposavic reports he was attacked by two masked men (media)
• Barricade in Zupc removed, regular traffic begins (media)
• Vucic offers job in the ministry to young man sentenced to prison in Kosovo (Express)
• COVID-19 cases increasing in Kosovo (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
• Removal of barricades in northern Kosovo (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Visoki Decani Monastery on absence of international representatives in Kosovo reaction on Patriarch entry ban, impertinence of Pristina (Kosovo Online, social media)
• Dacic: Germany’s position on Kosovo different to others (N1)
• Opposition MP on Kosovo: Exercise badly played, we did what suits Kurti (N1)
• When journalists “guard“ barricades, but guards are nowhere to be seen (KoSSev)
• Lajcak: Tensions in Kosovo remain high, level of mistrust higher than ever (FoNet, N1)
• Dacic receives Romania’s special Western Balkans envoy (Tanjug)
• Man arrested at Gazimestan to work on humanitarian issues at KiM Office (N1, KoSSev)
Belgrade Media Report 30 December 2022
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 30 December 2022
LOCAL PRESS
• UNMIK Chief welcomes lifting of roadblocks (Beta)
• Removal of barricades begins in north of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTS)
• Serbian Army is no longer on highest level of combat alert (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Germany’s position on Kosovo different to others (TV B92)
• Gratitude to Romania for principled position regarding preservation of Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug/RTV)
• Lajcak: Tensions in Kosovo remain high, level of mistrust higher than ever (Politico/FoNet)
• Borrell: Diplomacy prevailed in de-escalating Kosovo tensions (Tanjug)
• Nedeljkovic: I don’t hate anyone, I only love and respect my country (Tanjug/RTS)
• Dveri: Authorities use Kosovo Serbs as bargaining chips (Beta/Politika)
• NDSS: Plea that Serbs remove barricades in northern Kosovo is wrong (Beta/Politika)
• Opposition MP on Kosovo: Exercise badly played, we did what suits Kurti (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SNSD’s Mazalica says latest Law on Immovable Property of RS was attempt to implement B&H CC decision (Nezavisne)
• Bosniak representatives, RS opposition object RS Law on Immovable Property (ATV)
• Becirovic announces motion with B&H CC against RS law on immovable property; Stevadnic: RS parliament has capacity to respond to this (RTRS)
• Komsic to file motion with B&H CC due to RS law on immovable property (O Kanal)
• Niksic: Adoption of RS law on immovable property is against principle defined within coalition agreement (RTRS)
• Zvizdic: B&H is titleholder of state property, lower-level parliaments cannot decide about it (O Kanal)
• OHR: Acting contrary to decisions of Constitutional Court must be interpreted as violation of General Framework Agreement for Peace (Hayat)
• Reactions of the international community to the RS parliament’s adoption of the Law on Immovable Property (FTV/Hayat)
• RS ruling coalition decides on new members of B&H Council of Ministers (ATV/Srpskainfo.com)
• SNSD’s Vulic: It is realistic to expect that B&H CoM will be formed by the end of January (ATV)
Croatia
• Vukovar city statute changed to abolish bilingualism (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djurovic proclaims Lekic a PM-designate: I won’t spare myself; it isn’t excluded that I’ll give up if there’s trade (CdM)
• Mandic: Agreement on government formation by 19 January, presidential elections announcement by 20 January (CdM)
• Djukanovic to Mandic: Proposal for Lekic to be PM-designate has no basis in Constitution (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Mickoski: 2023 will be an election year (Republika)
Albania
• Rama’s ironic message after removal of barricades (ADN)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, December 30, 2022
• Kurti: They put up barricades themselves, removing them themselves (media)
• Borrell praises leaders; “diplomacy prevailed in removing barricades” (Klan)
• EU wary of further Kosovo-Serbia tensions as it pushes final deal (Politico)
• Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media)
• NATO: We expect all parties to adhere to their commitments (media)
• KFOR: All parties should avoid any triggering rhetoric (media)
• Hill: Lucky that barricades are being removed, we want political solution (Klan)
• Rama on barricades: Nothing new, in the end everyone returned home (media)
• French Embassy comments on removal of barricades (Kallxo)
• Haziri on removal of barricades: Decision was neither Kurti nor Vucic’s (media)
• Fake News Spikes Amid High Tensions in the North (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo: Serbs agree to dismantle barricades after talks (BBC)
• Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios (Al Jazeera)
• Kosovo Reopens Main Border Crossing With Serbia (VoA)
• In northern Kosovo, conflict is avoided, for now (Emerging Europe)
• Hoax Bomb Threats Leave Balkan Region Frustrated, Unnerved (BIRN)
• Serbia Investigates Kosovo Albanian for Alleged Arms Trafficking (BIRN)