Belgrade Media Report 2 May 2023
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Tuesday 2 May 2023
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic raises Open Balkans issue, says it has ‘nothing to do with politics’ (N1)
• Dacic: Pristina to continue to avoid establishment of Community (RTS/Tanjug)
• Drecun: Opening of Mitrovica bridge would pave way for expulsion of Serbs (RTS)
• Lajcak: Tuesday’s Brussels meeting to be particularly important (Tanjug)
• Good, high-quality step forward in relations between Serbia, Croatia this year (RTS)
• New round of high-level dialogue to be held in Brussels on Tuesday (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Konakovic and Niksic speak about authority formation, EU path of B&H with Lajcak (BHT1/N1)
• Lajcak attends meetings with Covic, Kristo in Mostar (BHT1)
• Plenkovic meets Kristo, Covic; Plenkovc expresses his satisfaction with stabilization of political dialogue in B&H (BHT1)
• Becirovic, Dodik, SDA comment on HR Schmidt’s decisions (BHT1)
• RS government sends 29th report to UN Security Council (ATV)
Montenegro
• Djurovic: This will be a record season, guests coming from Germany, Great Britain, Scandinavia… (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: Courts independent branch, any interference to be reported as per procedures (All media)
• US Embassy expects independent judiciary regardless of who is in charge (Alsat-M)
• Geer: Rule of law essential for country’s Euro-integration processes (All media)
Albania
• Rama says Belsh should become a radiant mirror of a new agriculture (Radio Tirana)
• The work and contribution of workers, at the foundation of economic growth (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 2, 2023
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, May 2, 2023
Albanian Language Media:
• Kurti and Vucic to meet in Brussels today (media)
• Lajcak: A statute acceptable for both parties is needed (media)
• Selmanaj: Constitutional Court must have final say (media)
• Kurti commemorates Studime massacre; 116 Albanians civilians were killed (media)
• Decision to open Ibar bridge sent to Ministry of Local Government (Insajderi)
• Rasic: Media in Serbia close to government constantly attack me (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• EU’s Lajcak says not right moment to open bridge in Mitrovica North (N1, RTS)
• KFOR: Ibar Bridge opening an issue that should be resolved in political dialogue (Kosovo Online)
• Milan Radojevic: Only Serbs can make decision on bridge opening in Mitrovica (Tanjug, social media)
• Vucic ahead of Brussels meeting with Kurti, says it will be difficult (Radio KIM, media)
• Dacic: Pristina to continue to avoid establishment of ZSO (Tanjug, media)
• Petkovic: It is not up to Kurti to allow or not allow something for CSM (ZSO) (RTS, Beta, Danas)
• Anniversary of NATO attack on bus near Luzane marked yesterday (RTS, Radio kontakt plus, Gracanica-online)
• Visoki Decani Monastery: Robberies becoming more frequent (Radio KIM)
• The Declaration on the Missing, first on the agenda of the new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (BBC)
• The director of the “Dajana Paunovic” Foundation banned from entering Kosovo (Tanjug)
UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, May 2, 2023
• Kurti and Vucic to meet in Brussels today (media)
• Kurti: Basic agreement and annex must be implemented in their entirety (media)
• Lajcak: We discussed with Kurti about May 2 meeting (RTK)
• Kurti: There will be no Republika Srpska in the north (media)
• Kosovar PM, Greek FM meet for 10th time in two years (Euractiv)
• Vela: BIA interviewed Kosovo police officers who were transiting (media)
• Tahiri: Statute of Association will affect borders in the Balkans (Klan)
• Corruption suspicious about energy corporation’s director cause turmoil in Kosovo (BIRN)
• “Kosovo seeking conflict at any cost,” Vucic slams opening of Iber bridge (Euronews)
• After bridge decision, Mitrovica North assembly to decide on mosque (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo’s abandoned ‘ghost houses’ guard their secrets (Prishtina Insight)