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Belgrade Media Report 22 February 2023

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 22 February 2023
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: West wants Kosovo card out of Putin’s hands (TV Pink/FoNet)
• Vucic speaks with Sanchez (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucevic meets with Egyptian, Cypriot military officials in Abu Dhabi (Beta/RTV)
• Improving cooperation of Serbia, NATO in order to preserve peace, stability in region (Tanjug/RTV)
• Judicial conference: Judicial reform in Serbia should include changes to legal and political culture (Beta)
• Popovic says judiciary free of political influence (N1)
• Zubin Potok residents demand removal of special police bases (RTS/Politika/Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS parliament delegation pays visit to Moscow; Stevandic: RS will continue to cherish its neutrality (RTRS/FTV/Srna)
• Becirovic submits request for assessment of constitutionality of law on immovable property used for functioning of public authorities of RS (RTRS)
• HR Schmidt has passed decision amending law on Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center (O Kanal)
• Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center: Decision of HR to amend Law on Center for Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery for Victims of 1995 Genocide is historic (N1)
• Dodik: There was no genocide in Srebrenica (AJB/N1)
• Kristo, Covic meet Dodik in Banja Luka, discuss CoM, EU path of B&H, ways to unblock projects (RTRS)
• Kosarac calls for affirming of ‘New Eastern Interconnection’ project, claims Izetbegovic is regional problem (Dnevni avaz)
• Kosarac threatens that RS will block projects in FB&H if RS is not allowed to connect to gas pipeline from Serbia; Comments of politicians (Nova BH)
• Keso slams Konakovic’s announcement on B&H CoM and Croatian government talking about reform to Constitution, Election Law of B&H (Dnevni list)
Croatia
• Konakovic meets Croatian officials; Importance of bilateral and economic cooperation, readiness for addressing open issues underlined (HRT1)
Montenegro
• Strujic Harbic: Most important thing is that Constitutional Court starts working from Monday (Portal Analitika)
Albania
• Rama meeting with the speaker of the Assembly of Japan, Hosoda (Radio Tirana)
• Balla: Assembly, a special role in the process of European integration (Radio Tirana)
• Albania and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, cooperation in the fight against cybercrime (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 22, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 22, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell, Lajcak to hold separate meetings with leaders, followed by joint meeting (media)
• Kurti on confiscation of 6,000 bullets in north: Another victory for rule of law (media)
• Kurti: Sending of draft law on Bureau to Constitutional Court, desperate move (media)
• Hoti reacts to Kurti: Who fears laws being sent to court, has political aims (Nacionale)
• Govt adopts formation of structures that will draft anti-corruption strategy (Gazeta 10)
• Govt spokesman: Court did not address 2013 agreement on Association (teve1)
• Kadrijaj: Support Govt in talks with Serbia if approach is in line with U.S. (Gazeta Blic)
• LDK official: If Kurti forms Association, agreement with Serbia reached (Gazeta Blic)
• Rasic: Serb parallel bodies pressuring Kosovo Serbs not to apply for aid (Express)
• Ahmeti on reserved seats: They shouldn’t exist forever (Nacionale)
• Specialist Chambers raid apartment of Thaci’s former advisor, reasons unknown (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Residents of ZP: What if someone came to your property, and then turned up to negotiate over that same property? (KoSSev, media)
• Nenezic: To paraphrase Reagan’s words to Gorbachev – Mr. Kurti, tear down this base, and then we’ll talk (KoSSev, media)
• Jaksic announces lawsuit at public discussion in ZP, asking for suspension of expropriation (KoSSev, media)
• Andric Rakic: Meeting failed to fulfil legal requirements, what will be built on the expropriated land was not revealed (KoSSev, media)
• Vucic: CSM will be discussed in Brussels (FoNet, N1)
• Vucic talks to Spanish PM about Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Dacic meets with NATO’s San (Tanjug)
• Kurti claims “Wagner” around, KFOR says “no evidence” (Kosovo Online, Reporteri, France 24, Klan Kosova)
• NADA: Foreign investors will not leave Serbia, if it refuses Franco-German proposal (Danas, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Janjic: Vucic should not go to Brussels if there is no talk of CSM (ZSO) (KoSSev, Beta, N1)

International:

• EEAS statement on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (eeas.europa.eu)
• Lührmann: European proposal would remove obstacles on Serbia and Kosovo EU paths (EWB)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 22, 2023

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• Borrell to meet Kurti and Vucic separately before joint meeting (media)
• Osmani, Steinmeier agree there is “special momentum” with EU proposal (RFE)
• COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Klan Kosova
• Svecla: Groups orchestrated by Belgrade trying to destabilise Kosovo (RTK)
• ‘Do not go Away’ Sends Powerful Message to Youth of Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Started Year With Inflation Over 12 Per Cent (Prishtina Insight)
• Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame Comes to The Hague (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Accused of Torturing Prisoners as Hague Trial Opens (BIRN)

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