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Belgrade Media Report 4 January 2023

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 4 January 2023

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: The Constitution has to be respected (B92)
• Brnabic: We preserved peace in Kosovo and Metohija thanks to wise policy (Tanjug)
• Dacic: No sanctions against Russia as long as Serbia can cope with pressure from the West (Beta)
• Dacic: Another country to derecognise so-called Kosovo soon (Politika/Tanjug)
• Chief of General Staff tours troops in Raska, Novi Pazar (FoNet)
• Jeremic: Solution to Kosovo question subordinated to rule of SNS and Vucic (Beta)
• Swedish Ambassador: We want accelerated EU accession, alignment with EU foreign policy (Beta)
• Detained Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija: Pantic spent holidays with his family, Trajkovic denied medicine (RTS)
• Pristina’s police at Jarinje arrest, then release teacher (Tanjug/Politika)
• KFOR removes last barricade in north of Kosovo and Metohija (RTS)
• EC: Situation in Kosovo remains fragile (Tanjug/Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SNSD’s Sulic says projects important for RS, the implementation of which stagnated, need to be unblocked at level of B&H (RTRS)
• Turkovic expresses concern about possibility that Sulic could be appointed B&H Minister of Human Rights and Refugees from rank of Bosniak people (FTV)
• Russian Embassy in B&H reacts to Turkovic’s statement about Sulic, says Russia does not interfere in process of formation of authorities in B&H (FTV)
• NES and SB&H: Talks with Dodik need to be suspended owing to Dodik’s activities (Oslobodjenje)
• No dissolution of “The Eight” (Dnevni avaz/AJB)
• Sulic’s appointment means that Bosniaks would be left without protection mechanism in CoM (Dnevni avaz)
• Istraga.ba learns OHR erases deadline to convene inaugural session of FB&H HoP (Hayat)
• RS makes final preparations for commemoration of 9 January (O Kanal/ATV/RTRS)
• Associations of war veterans and civilian victims of war in SC announce protest for Wednesday over marking of unconstitutional RS Day (ATV/RTRS)
• Vucevic speaks about marking of RS Day, says years ahead of us must be in sign of Serb uniting (Glas Srpske)
Croatia
• Croatian FM: Good neighbourly ties are important, but Serbia needs to meet expectations (N1)
• Croatian PM marks joining Schengen area with meetings with Von der Leyen, Slovenian President (Hina)
Montenegro
• No smaller country with higher tensions: Montenegro – a year of finding a solution to big crisis? (CdM/DW)
• Vukovic: Process of Montenegro’s deterioration should be stopped asap, we need agreement of pro-European forces (Portal Analitika)
• Reformist government, not a smuggling one should be formed (Pobjeda)
• Zivkovic: Lekic to be used by DF politically for its own interest, ministries already being traded like in 2020 (CdM)
• Ibrahimovic: Minister Adrovic and I are in government because of our responsible attitude towards citizens, we lead very important ministries for state (CdM)
• Abazovic: I have a correct relationship with Vucic, he isn’t governing Montenegro (Vijesti)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: We always have and always will insist on good neighbourliness and solidarity, no one can achieve anything alone (MIA/Tanjug)
• Analysis: North Macedonia has opened EU negotiations, process might not resume due to constitutional changes (MIA)
Albania
• 2022 year in review (Radio Tirana)
• Immigrants leave Albania after the holidays, flow out of the border points (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 4, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, January 4, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• State Department: Kosovo, Serbia should create climate for reconciliation (Reporteri)
• “European” plan to intensify the dialogue in January (Koha)
• Deputy Defence Minister: Serbia’s request to deploy troops in Kosovo is absurd (KP)
• Haxhiu: Mechanism to monitor human rights implementation by Special Court (Koha)
• LDK’s Hoti: Govt to explain why now is not time for mutual recognition? (media)
• Von Cramon on how non-recognising states could vote at PACE (Koha)
• Hoti: We don’t accept Serbia’s added paragraphs in missing persons document (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Recently detained Serbs – Pantic under house arrest, Trajkovic without therapy, and request for extending detention to Adzic (RTS)
• Slovak Ministry: Any change of position to depend on Belgrade-Pristina normalisation (Tanjug)
• Director of Museum of Genocide sent letters to ambassadors over plans to renovate Xhafer Deva’s house (Kosovo Online, N1)
• Quartet of Western envoys to visit Serbia after Orthodox Christmas (Tanjug, Novosti)
• Serbs from northern Kosovo call for protest, dissatisfied with Belgrade’s policy (Danas)

Opinion:

• After barricades: Instead of new Kosovo policy, old problems persevere in new year (KoSSev)

International:

• Soaring Air Pollution in Region Stokes Health Fears (BIRN)
• The DJ and the War Crimes (Rolling Stone)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, January 4, 2023

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• EC: Situation in north still very fragile; talks on Association must start (media)
• KFOR: We’re examining Serbia’s request to deploy troops in Kosovo (Express)
• Hungary plays key role in Kosovo peacekeeping (Hungary Today)
• NATO Military Chiefs of Defence Meeting – 18-19 January 2023 (nato.int)
• Will Kosovo’s war ever end? (UnHerd)
• The religious propaganda that threatens Kosovo (Kallxo)
• The Peak of the Balkans Trail: Europe’s last true wilderness (BBC)

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