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Belgrade Media Report 18 April

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LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Serbia appreciates Gabon’s support to territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucevic, Nyonda discuss potential defence cooperation (RTV/Tanjug)
• Ministry: Dacic off to Strasbourg to try stop Kosovo’s admission to CoE (Beta)
• Petkovic: International community responsible for Kurti’s attempts to enslave northern Kosovo (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Only SDA leader Izetbegovic shows up at meeting organized by FB&H VP Lendo (BHT1)
• Niksic sends letter to Lendo: Only solution to current deadlock would be Lendo’s approving appointment of new FB&H government that has support of parliamentary majority (BHT1)
• Ambassador Murphy: Blockade of formation of authority is not pro-Bosnian behaviour but narrow partisan interests (Dnevni list)
Croatia
• Plenkovic and Covic meet in Zagreb, expect quick formation of FB&H government and new electoral reforms (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Babaic: Montenegro should have been part of the EU, not the Open Balkans (CdM)
• Recommendation to Montenegro: Check signatures supporting candidates in more detail, check donations and loans (RTCG)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Osmani claims that he has the right to use the Albanian language during official meetings (Republika)
• Archbishop Stefan: We celebrate our first Easter as equal among other Orthodox churches (Republika)
Albania
• Meta receives the head of ODIHR observer mission (Radio Tirana)
• Berisha, meeting with Glover: We introduced her with the determination of the DP to advance the electoral process (Radio Tirana)
• Peleshi: Our troops, an important contribution to the KFOR mission (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 18, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia should be more responsible for implementing the agreement (RTK)
• Rohde: Implementation of the agreement and avoidance of any tension, needed (Klan)
• European Parliament Approves Visa Liberalization for Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)
• Reuten proud that the EP removed visas from Kosovars (media)
• Von Cramon: Congratulations to Kosovo for the long-awaited visa liberalization (media)
• Austria congratulates Kosovo on visa liberalization (ekonomia)
• Kurti: Visa liberalization brings us one step closer to the European Union (media)
• Osmani: The liberalisation of visas, a merit of the people of Kosovo (media)
• The government takes credit for the visas (media)
• Opposition parties hail EP decision on liberalisation of visas (media)
• Church door in Prizren set on fire, police say gasoline smell was present at scene (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Hill: We will not give up until CSM (ZSO) becomes a reality (N1, FoNet, Kontakt plus radio)
• Pristina’s request for membership will not be on the CoE agenda tomorrow (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Dacic may cancel Strasbourg visit over Pristina’s CoE membership bid;MFA: Dacic to attend the COE Committee of Ministers (Tanjug)
• Signing of the petition for the withdrawal of special units of Kosovo police continued today in the north (Kosovo Online)
• Lajcak concerned about developments in North Kosovo (Beta, N1, KoSSev)
• KP: Attempt to set fire to the door of the Church of St. Panteleimon in Prizren; Office for KiM: An example of Pristina’s intolerance towards everything Serbian (Kontakt plus radio)

Opinion:

• Andric Rakic: Almost impossible to stop the escalation of ‘non-normalization’ with the current negotiators (medijacentar.info, Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 18, 2023

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• Kurti: No partial implementation of agreement, no delays (media)
• Deadline to form Monitoring Committee expires (Koha)
• European Parliament expected to vote on visa liberalisation today (media)
• Kurti meets Davenport, discuss elections in the north (media)
• Vela: Serbian Govt trying to interfere with local elections in north (media)
• Serbian government adopts measures to protect Serbs in Kosovo (Euractiv)
• Jablanovic: Situation in the north can escalate (media)
• Kurti: Pleased to announce agreement with IMF for up to €260M (media)
• Vela reacts to Dacic’s remarks about Kosovo’s CoE membership (media)
• Private hearing of first witness in Thaci trial causes concern (BIRN)
• 20 cases of criminal acts against reporters this year (RTK)
• Seizing crypto-mining equipment has saved Kosovo ‘millions’: Govt (BIRN)

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