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Belgrade Media Report 6 March

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LOCAL PRESS

• Formation of Community of Serb Municipalities reality after last round of negotiations in Brussels (TV Pink)
• Serbia did not sell arms either to Ukraine or Russia (Beta)
• Dacic: Serbia not exporting arms to Ukraine or Russia (Tanjug/RTS)
• Petkovic: Belgrade devoted for normalization of relations, but it will never recognize so-called Kosovo (Tanjug/RTV)
• Djilas: Acceptance of the European plan “inevitable” (Beta/Politika)
• Opposition divided over an initiative for another parliament session on Kosovo (Beta)
• Jovanovic: West won’t allow early parliamentary elections, they need Vucic (Beta)
• Serb NGOs from Kosovo write to Patriarch (Beta/Danas)
• Giaufret: EU proposal historic opportunity, will bring investments to Kosovo, Serbia (Kurir/Beta)
• Pristina denies liaison officer’s request to visit Serb detainees (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• EUD/EUSR Refrain from moves contrary to B&H CC decisions (Dnevni avaz)
• 30-day deadline for formation of FB&H government starts running (FTV)
• Covic: FB&H government most likely to be formed in next 30 days (O Kanal)
• HR Schmidt expects officials in FB&H to reach a solution on new government on their own, noting they committed to EU to do that (FTV)
• New blockades of EU path to be carried out by Dodik, because of his stances on Kosovo (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: B&H CC political decisions have no importance too us (Oslobodjenje)
• RS parliament to discuss Draft Law on amendments to RS Criminal Code that introduce insult and defamation as criminal offenses; RS authorities justify Law, say law will be subjected to public debate (RTRS)
• Dodik: No one is targeting journalists with draft law on defamation; Public discussion procedure to eliminate media community’s fears (ATV)
• OSCE representatives consider that criminalization of defamation in RS is step backwards in already fragile media freedom environment in RS entity (O Kanal)
• EUD: Criminalization of defamation in RS would represent setback in terms of guarantees of freedom of expression as fundamental human right (Hayat)
• US Embassy: Criminalization of defamation in RS would threaten freedom of expression as basic human right and would have direct impact on journalists’ ability to report truthfully (Hayat)
Croatia
• Covic meets with Minister Butkovic; Head of Municipality of Ravno Simunovic and Croatian Minister Butkovic sign agreement on construction of road Zavala-Orahov do- Croatian border (HRT1)
• Plenkovic survives opposition motion for his recall (HRT)
• Grlic Radman: By helping Ukraine we defend our own security (Hina)
Montenegro
• Bulatovic from Podgorica blew himself up with a bomb in Basic Court, several people injured (CdM)
• Montenegrin European Alliance – A platform for the future (CdM)
• Over 7,000 companies set up, more than half belongs to Russians (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Osmani: Non-party consensus lays out path to European relations between Skopje and Sofia (MIA)
• Kovacevski: Constitutional amendments through broad social consensus (TV24)
• Mickoski: Constitutional changes not a priority for citizens (MIA)
Albania
• Opposition holds an anti-government protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 6, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Bislimi: We will ensure that all minorities are safe (media)
• Eichhorst: Now we have to find ways to implement provisions from European proposal (Klan)
• Opposition: European proposal is a continuation of “status-quos” (Ekonomia Online)
• Association: This is what solution looks like, there is no other – it is European (Albanian Post)
• Shea: Association can be done without jeopardising sovereignty (Paparaci)
• PSD places 205 thousand signatures against Association in front of government, warns of a protest (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Brnabic: ‘Anti-state coalition’ did everything to make Serbia’s position difficult (N1)
• Obradovic: Five parliamentary parties request Assembly session on Kosovo (Radio KIM, media)
• Opposition: In Belgrade on March 17, a warning protest ahead of the meeting between Vucic and Kurti (KoSSev)
• Djilas: Rejecting agreement which is not good for Serbia – is not good either (Radio KIM, media)
• Patriarch Porfirije: The Church has never deviated from Kosovo and Metohija and has never abandoned it (SOC website, media)
• Ristic, Trajkovic and Jovic sent third letter to Patriarch (media)
• Peoples’ Party undertakes action against Franco-German plan for Kosovo (social media)
• Nova.rs: European diplomats on point 4 of the agreement: Kosovo in the UN only with the consent of permanent members (KoSSev, N1)
• Romania’s stance on Kosovo unchanged – MFA (Tanjug)
• UNS and DNKiM call on institutions to ensure translation for journalists (media)
• Hill: ZSO must be formed, 10 years is too long (KiM radio, Tanjug, N1)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 6, 2023

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• Kurti talks with Murphy about implementation plan of EU proposal (media)
• Lajcak: The association does not weaken Kosovo (euronews.al)
• Kosovo to fulfill Serbian Orthodox Church obligations in Franco-German plan, experts say (Prishtina Insight)
• Kurti has telephone conversation with Erdogan (media)
• Bislimi: Athens should take advantage of the momentum (media)
• Petkovic to Bislimi: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (Klan)
• “Progress of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue can take its shape in Ohrid” (Klan)
• Giaufret: European proposal, a historic opportunity (media)
• Analysis: No big deal: EU’s Kosovo pact loses some sheen (Reuters)
• Serbian nationalists march in protest against Kosovo talks (Reuters)
• The ”Kosovo Vow” in the Bosnian Story (Sarajevo Times)

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