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Belgrade Media Report 20 April 2023

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United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 20 April 2023

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: We had a meaningful and open conversation (RTS/RTV/Tanjug/Politika)
• Dacic: So-called Kosovo has almost no chance of joining UNESCO (Tanjug/RTV/RTS)
• Dacic: Community first and decisive step for implementation of EU proposal (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Billstrom: All provisions of Ohrid deal must be implemented immediately (Tanjug/Beta)
• Escobar: US will recognize Kosovo election results (Tanjug/N1)
• Russian parliament delegation in Belgrade (FoNet)
• KFOR commander says Belgrade, Pristina to implement agreement (N1/RTV)
• No visa liberalization for Serbian passport holders in Kosovo (N1)
• Norway ready to transfer its experience in energy transition to Serbia (RTV/Tanjug)
• Milatovic: Open Balkans better than closed Balkans (NIN)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• New round of talks on amendments to FB&H Constitution with aim to form FB&H government takes place (BHT1)
• Covic expects formation of FB&H government next week considering Schmidt should make decision which would enable that (RTV Herceg Bosna/O Kanal)
• Izetbegovic believes HR Schmidt will not dare enact a temporary solution that would favor HDZ B&H (Dnveni list)
• Dodik comments formation of FB&H government (O Kanal/ATV)
• Plenkovic expects that formation of FB&H government will be brought to an end (BHRT.ba)
• Becirovic, Komsic, leaders of SDA, SDP, NiP, NES and SB&H sign joint statement about state property (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik threatens with secession after parties in the FBiH signed joint statement on state property (FTV)
• Cvijanovic, Viskovic, Stevandic condemn joint statement on state property (RTRS)
Montenegro
• Maddocks makes decisions about Milo Bozovic, Knezevic claims (CdM)
• Kovac seeks Lepa Medenica’s dismissal (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Justice Ministry releases names of experts in constitutional changes working group (Sitel/Faktor/Alfa)
• Kovachevski: Opposition to submit its proposals to Constitutional Affairs Commission (MIA)
• Mickoski: Constitutional amendments and coat of arms are different processes, no change to Constitution in this parliament (MIA)
• Interior Minister Spasovski welcomes Frontex police officers (MIA)
Albania
• Begaj at the Marshall Security Studies Center: The region deserves attention, there are spaces that carry potential instability (Radio Tirana)
• Nikolla receives the Chairman of the Italian Foreign and Defense Committee Stefania Gabriella Anastasia Craxi: Albania, leader for cooperation, integration and peace in the region (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 20, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 20, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: There’s a negative mood in the State Prosecution against our government (KSP)
• PDK’s Tahiri calls on Kurti to dismiss KEK Board and CEO (Indeksonline)
• Rizvanolli on arrest of KEK CEO: We will wait for the facts (media)
• Escobar: Waiting for concrete proposal from Kosovo for Association by May 2 (RTK)
• Konjufca: Can’t accept Association without de facto recognition from Serbia (media)
• “Kurti govt’s seriousness prevented further conditioning of visa liberalisation” (Kallxo)
• Government with €3 million aid package for non-majority communities (Klan)
• Election commission accredits around 360 observers for elections in north (Kallxo)

Serbian Language Media:

• Milatovic: Open Balkans better than closed Balkans (Beta, NIN, N1)
• Dacic: We have returned to the pre-Brussels era (NMagazin, Politika, RTV)
• Escobar: US will recognize Kosovo election results (Tanjug, N1)
• Botsan-Kharchenko on Community of Serb Municipalities (Danas)
• KP: Three minors admitted that they damaged the door of the church in Prizren (KiM radio)
• Ponos: Ten years after Brussels Agreement, Kosovo further from Serbia (N1, Danas)
• No visa liberalisation for Serbian passport holders in Kosovo (N1, media)
• Petkovic reacts to von Cramon statement, says make Pristina establish ZSO (Radio KIM)
• Court of Appeals increases sentence to Vukotic, lawyer announces complaint to Supreme Court (KoSSev, media)
• Dacic: Pristina has almost no chance of becoming a UNESCO member (Tanjug)
• US ambassadors discuss regional stability with Vucic (N1, social media)

Opinion:

• Editor of RTV KiM: Serbs got a one-way ticket, Albanians an unsettled situation (Danas, Insajder)
• “Serbs from Kosovo humiliated, term Kosovar insulting” (N1)

International:

• Kosovo Parties Split Over Energy Corporation Head’s Arrest (BIRN)
• Serbia, Kosovo, Take First Steps To Implement EU Ohrid Deal (BIRN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 20, 2023

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• KEK director Nagip Krasniqi arrested (media)
• COMKFOR: We will act if stability and security are threatened (media)
• OSCE calls for calm and democratic elections in the north (ATV)
• UNMIK chief Ziadeh welcomes visa liberalisation for Kosovo (media)
• Szunyog disappointed with absence of MPs during plenary sessions (media)
• Freedom of Information in Balkans still ‘on paper only’, panel hears (BIRN)
• Police identify three juveniles that damaged church door in Prizren (media)
• UNMIK chief condemns arson incident against church in Prizren (media)
• Population anxiety mustn’t be resolved at cost of women’s rights (BIRN)

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