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Belgrade Media Report 10 March 2023

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Daily Media Highlights

Friday 10 March 2023

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: No capitulation (TV Happy)
• Dacic at Forum in Budapest: Crisis of criteria for joining EU (Beta)
• Vucevic: People’s Movement to bring together all those wishing to preserve Serbia (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: Failure to impose sanctions costing Serbia (Nova S TV/FoNet)
• Dveri: Serbian citizens oppose Franco-German agreement (Beta)
• Dveri Movement, public figures demand parliament session on Kosovo (FoNet)
Prince Filip: German-French plan is offensive to Serbia and unacceptable (NSPM/Tanjug)
• Serb List says will not run in elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo (Beta)
• Protest held over beating of two Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)
• EU: Vucic, Kurti confirm attendance for 18 March meeting in Ohrid (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ruling coalition in RS meets in Banja Luka; Dodik warns RS will leave B&H in case of usurpation of its property (ATV)
• Lendo and Stojanovic discuss formation of FB&H government with Sarazzin (Hayat)
• Sarrazin: It would be good if domestic politicians reach agreement on FB&H Government (N1)
• Bradara, Covic and Niksic agree on need to urgently approach formation of FB&H government (BHT1/Nova BH)
• Bradara is optimistic that FB&H government might be formed within 30-day deadline; Lendo: SDA will not accept Niksic’s candidacy and the fact that they are trying to push SDA out of FB&H government (FTV)
• Zvizdic: SDA does not have the coalition capacity for forming the FB&H government (O Kanal)
• Softic: It would not be good if Schmidt intervenes; He should not make worse what he has already made bad (FTV)
• B&H HoR appoints members of parliamentary commissions and delegations (BHT1)
• Austrian and Italian Foreign Ministers emphasized 2023 must be year of progress for B&H, they announce their visit to B&H on March 10 (Nezavisne)
• Strong reactions to Schmidt’s statement on Srebrenica genocide (FTV)
Croatia
• Milanovic published a letter he sent to Plenkovic (HRT)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: Montenegro chooses between a European state and a deviant country; Mandic: I am not Djukanovic’s enemy (RTCG/CdM)
• Lekic: I’m not obstacle for Abazovic to form govt, we need to know if there’s majority for it (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Foreign Minister: Western Balkans in EU by 2030 realistic objective (MIA)
• Constitutional amendments to be prepared by an expert working group, the opposition has also been invited (Republika)
Albania
• Budapest Forum, Xhacka: The EU has a more strategic approach to the Western Balkans (Radio Tirana)
• Xhacka: Hungary, a close and trusted partner of Albania (Radio Tirana)
• Kim meets Meta and Alibeaj: Fair and transparent elections (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 10, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Lajcak discusses with Bislimi urgent issues on the agenda of the Dialogue (media)
• Krasniqi: I expressed to Lajcak the PDK’s reservations about the agreement (Koha)
• AAK supports EU proposal even though “it is not de jure recognition of Kosovo” (media)
• Abrashi: Only opposition parties are talking about the Association (Nacionale)
• Lekaj: AAK is against increased energy tariffs, there will be protests too (Telegrafi)
• MacShane: Surreal nonsense that EU countries don’t recognize state of Kosovo (media)
• Tahiri: Self-management and Association will ruin Kosovo’s sovereignty (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: There will be no capitulation or surrender, nor consent for Pristina to join UN (RTS)
• Prince Filip Karadjordjevic: Franco-German proposal unacceptable for Serbia (KoSSev, social media)
• Dveri Movement, public figures demand Parliament session on Kosovo (FoNet)
• Vucevic: People’s Movement to bring together all those wishing to preserve Serbia (Tanjug)
• Lawyer: What ever happened in Kosovo during conflict, from brawl to robbery, Pristina accuses Serbs of war crimes (RTS)
• French ambassador: Vucic and Kurti should show flexibility and reach agreement, people in north suffer most from situation (KoSSev)
• Vucic congratulates China’s Xi on his re-election as president (Tanjug)

International:

• Death of a Premier: How Serbia’s Rotten System Enabled Zoran Djindjic’s Killers (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• Public Pulse: Trust in Kosovo government on decline, Serbs feel drastically less safe (KoSSev)
• ACDC offers free legal aid to people in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online)
• Residents from Miroce village without access to their properties for two decades (KoSSev)
• Ruzica Simic: Protection of women’s rights and victims of violence in north virtually non-existent now (KoSSev)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 10, 2023

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• Council of Ministers gives Kosovo green light to visa free travel (media)
• Lajcak visit to Kosovo, “my expectations were met” (media)
• EU hopeful that Kosovo and Serbia will reach deal this month (Reuters)
• Next high-level meeting on Saturday 18 March in Ohrid (eeas.europa.eu)
• Vucic: I won’t sign Serbia’s capitulation; Kurti won’t form Association (Telegrafi)
• Southeast, Central Europe, except Kosovo, sees freedoms decline (BIRN)
• PDK in favor of Association, with three conditions (Koha)
• Kosovo women still struggling to win property rights (BIRN)
• Session of ex-KSF member accused of wounding two Serbs, postponed (Koha)
• Police forced to use firearm against a person that refused to stop his car (Kallxo)
• Attacks on Bogujevci, Citaku: Outrageous and unacceptable (Gazeta Metro)

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