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Belgrade Media Report 5 June

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LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Escalation can happen every day. Kurti won’t stop (TV Prva/B92)
• Vucic: I would never support dismissal of Interior Minister Gasic (Beta/FoNet)
• Vucic spoke from the Presidency: It’s time to unite (B92)
• Vucic has a new message: Citizens of Serbia, on Wednesday… (B92)
• Government’s priority preservation of peace, stability (RTS/RTV/Politika/Tanjug)
• Further improve cooperation between Serbia, UNEP (Tanjug)
• Dacic holds numerous meetings with world statesmen in Ankara (Tanjug)
• Vucevic: High risk situation in northern Kosovo (Politika)
• Petkovic: We demand release of innocent Serbs (Tanjug/RTV/Politika)
• SSP leader: Russia’s ambassador interfering with Serbia’s internal affairs (N1)
• EU urges Kosovo and Serbia to “immediately and unconditionally” de-escalate (N1)
• Fifth Serbia Against Violence protest held in Belgrade (Beta)
• The Serbs are in front of the municipalities in the north of Kosovo for the tenth day (B92)
• Spasovski: Prosperity of citizens depends on fulfillment of country’s obligations, including constitutional changes (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Becirovic and Osmani discuss ratification of mobility agreements (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik says RS maintains stance to elect B&H Presidency member directly in its territory, argues current B&H CEC was not appointed legally (Nezavisne)
• Erdogan sworn in for presidential term; B&H leaders and politicians attend ceremony (ATV)
• Perovic: Murphy and Reilly, with Schmidt’s support, are preparing violent scenario to remove Dodik from power (RTRS/Russian Gazette)
• Becirovic’s call for EU to impose tougher sanctions on Dodik provokes many reactions in RS (ATV)
• US Embassy to B&H hints property not used by state might be registered to lower levels of authorities; Statement caused discomfort in Sarajevo, SDA claimes that the US Embassy intends to let the entities have the state property (Nezavisne/Faktor)
Montenegro
• Blinken invites Milatovic to visit Washington: War in Ukraine requires active commitment of all NATO allies (CdM)
• Six more days until elections (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• OSCE CiO publishes nine-step roadmap for de-escalation and normalization of tensions in Kosovo (MIA)
Albania
• Rama supports Borrell’s stance: EU could not be clearer than that (Radio Tirana)
• Mediation of Macron and Scholz on the tensions in Kosovo, Rama: Attempts to resolve an absurd conflict shows the great European spirit (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 5, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti to meet Escobar and Lajcak in the evening (Koha)
• Kurti: Law enforcement in north is necessary to remove criminal elements (Koha)
• Kusari-Lila: Police in the north when there is threat and danger to security (Reporteri)
• Tahiri: Kurti reduced sovereignty to yards of four municipalities (Telegrafi/Kallxo)
• “Vucic cannot condition Kosovo; elections in north were Kurti’s experiment” (Koha)
• Stano: EU ready to organise Kurti-Vucic meeting when conditions allow (media)
• KFOR removes some barbwires in Zvecan (RFE)
• The Kosovo Police attacked in Zvecan (Koha)
• Mustafa: Association cannot be formed in these conditions (media)
• Tahiri accuses govt: KFOR getting stronger in north, sovereignty getting weaker (Koha)
• Around 20 media have been attacked during tensions in the North (Albanian Post)

Serbian Language Media:

• Petkovic: Kurti arrests innocent Serbs, we demand the immediate release of Rados and Dusan (Kosovo Online)
• POKS request from Serbian Government protection for arrested Serbs in northern Kosovo (Novi Magazin, KoSSev, Kosovo Online)
• Reactivation of the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija in Gracanica (KiM radio, KoSSev, Danas)
• Radio KIM on inaccurate reporting during crisis in northern Kosovo
• KFOR removed barbed wire in Zvecan (Kosovo Online)
• Simic on the RFE article: Fake news that Serbian List has two conditions for participating in the elections (Kosovo Online, Tanjug, RTV, FB)
• Kosovo police entered street where people gather in Zvecan (Tanjug)
• Jevtic: Desecrated “Becir’s Church” on the way to the Brezovica Ski Center (Kosovo Online)
• Vucic meets Beyer, tells him Kurti persistently avoids fulfilling Brussels agreement obligations (Kosovo Online, media)
• Vucic to meet Escobar and Lajcak tomorrow (Kosovo Online)

Humanitarian/Development:

• The Pride Week in Kosovo opens today (Paparaci)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 5, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: I cannot compromise with the democratic republic (RFE)
U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Finer’s call with Kurti (media)
EU High Representative statement on behalf of EU on latest developments (media)
Escobar: Escalation of tensions in the north was avoidable, Kosovo did not listen to the international community (BBC, media)
OSCE CiO reveals 9-point plan for reducing tensions in north Kosovo (Euronews)
Kurti: With US and EU, we may have differences in approach, but not in goals (The Geopost)
Escobar and Lajcak in Kosovo “to continue pressure” on government (Koha)
COMKFOR Ristuccia interview with Corriere della Sera (media)
Sarrazin: Parties in the conflict have lost great deal of trust (media)
Kurti thanks Leposavic mayor, “exemplary position for law and order” (Euronews)
Minister Elbert Krasniqi visits the mayor of Leposaviq (Klan)
Stoltenberg welcomes the sending of Turkish troops to Kosovo (Koha)
Davenport: No normality without participation of Serbs in institutions (media)
Bilcik in Belgrade: Hope Serbs will return to institutions (Euronews)
Serbian Language Media:
Day 10 of crisis in northern Kosovo (RTS, media)
Serbs in Kosovo urgently call on EU and USA to help resolve crisis (KoSSev, N1, media)
“The time when Kurti confronted police shields and threw tear gas“ (KoSSev)
Serbian List: Kurti draws targets on Serbs in northern Kosovo (Kosovo Online, media)
General Ristuccia on situation in northern Kosovo, Pristina acts (RTS, Corriere Della Sera)
International Media:
Kurti: International community to put pressure on Belgrade, not Pristina (Euronews)
Turkey to send commandos to Kosovo in response to Nato peacekeeping call (The Guardian)
Macron and Scholz urge Kosovo to hold fresh elections to ease Serbia tensions (The Guardian)
‘We’ve never felt free of Serbia’: Kosovan Albanians blame Belgrade for violence (The Guardian)
PM Kurti accuses Belgrade of whipping up tension in northern Kosovo (Euronews)
Five questions (and expert answers) about the recent clashes in Kosovo (Atlantic Council)

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