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Belgrade Media Report 16 June 2023

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Daily Media Highlights

Friday 16 June 2023

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: It’s boiling. No one will put up with their terror anymore (B92)
• Vucic thanks bin Zayed for his engagement towards resolution of issues (Tanjug/RTV)
• Brnabic: I will not propose dismissal of Gasic (RTV)
• Dacic: Constant escalation suits Kurti, we want peace (TV Pink)
• Urgent statement of the Ministry of Defense after an arrest of Kurti’s special forces (B92)
• KFOR sends team to area where Kosovo police troopers were arrested (N1)
• Borrell to call Kosovo crisis-management meeting (N1)
• Stano: Belgrade, Pristina invited to Brussels meeting over crisis in north Kosovo (Tanjug)
• State Dept spokesman says release Kosovo police officers (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: No document created by OHR on state property will be discussed by relevant bodies of RS (FTV)
• Venice Commission and OSCE/ODHIR issue joint opinion on RS Draft Law on Special Registry and Publicity of the Work of Non-Profit Organizations (N1)
• Schmidt and Eichhorst call on B&H authorities to work on returning integrity to the electoral process (Hayat)
• Niksic meets UN’s Macdonald, discuss FB&H government’s priorities (Dnevni list)
• Minister Nesic at Prespa forum: B&H has intensified process of return of migrants to countries of origin (Dnevni list)
Montenegro
• Abazovic: Cooperation with PES is possible (TVCG/CdM)
• Perovic at the ministerial meeting in Brussels: Montenegro will stand by Ukraine as long as necessary (CdM)
• Survey: Record high support of citizens for Montenegro’s membership in the EU (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski meets UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Miroslav Jenca (MIA)
• Kovachevski – Pope: North Macedonia contributes to management of migration and security in Europe (MIA)
• Kovachevski: Realistically looking at 2030 as an achievable goal for the country’s full-fledged EU membership (MIA)
• Shekerinska: For Prespa Agreement to be alive and kicking, we do need EU context (MIA)
• Spasovski: Western Balkans to contribute to European stability by joining EU (MIA)
• Osmani: We don’t want to see alternative approaches to EU membership, but ways to speed up the process (MIA)
• Marichikj: We need EU’s clear vision for Western Balkans (MIA)
• Bundestag resolution a symbolic recognition of Macedonian identity, says FM Osmani (MIA)
• Sarrazin: German parliament recognizes Macedonian identity, language and history (MIA)
• Milatovic: In order to de-escalate tensions, it is necessary to re-hold elections in the north of Kosovo and fulfil the prerequisites for the formation of the ZSO (MIA)
Albania
• Rama: 100% focused on the release of the officers in Kosova, de-escalation remains a priority (Radio Tirana)
• Xhacka: Kurti should listen to the internationals (Radio Tirana)
• Contact Group, Albania reaffirms support for Ukraine (Radio Tirana)
• Manja: Justice Reform, the government’s biggest investment against corruption (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 16, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 16, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Serbian judge orders detention for three Kosovo police officers (media)
• Kurti: Terrorism charges against three police officers seem to have been dropped (RFE)
• Kurti meets U.S. Permanent Representative to OSCE, Carpenter (media)
• Kurti is attending Prespa Dialogue Forum, meets BDI leader Ahmeti (media)
• UK statement on latest developments in the north of Kosovo (media)
• Rama: KFOR will submit file to NATO; there won’t be public conclusions (Gazeta Metro)
• Tahiri: Kurti, internationals to engage so that police officers return today (Kosovapress)
• Serbian lawyer: No legal basis to keep police officers in detention (Gazeta Express)
• Lajcak: We need to overcome legacy of the past and seek dialogue (media)
• Media Commission gives Klan Kosova 30-day period to complete business data (media)
• Reactions to suspension of Klan Kosova business certificate (media)
• Begaj: Kosovo an irreversible reality; leaders to sit at table of talks (Telegrafi)
• Montenegro’s Abazovic offers to host new round of Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (media)
• Trucks with Serbian goods not allowed to enter Kosovo today (RFE)
• Protesters tried to enter Leposavic municipal building; Police: Situation calm (media)
• Masked persons in Zvecan throw stones at police vehicle, no injuries (media)
• Edward P. Joseph interview with The Geopost (media)
• Haxhiu: We won’t stop fighting domestic violence, violence against women (Reporteri)

Serbian Language Media:

• Kosovo Minister of Administration entered Leposavic municipality, Serbs protest (Tanjug, Kosovo Online)
• Petkovic: Kurti wants new crises, I informed Lajcak about latest provocations in Leposavic (Kosovo Online)
• CI ‘Serbian Survival’ message to the international community and KFOR (KiM radio)
• Dacic: Kurti likes constant aggravation of situation, and we like peace (Tanjug)
• Serbian Chamber of Commerce: We did not receive official notification on ban to Serbian goods from entering Kosovo (RTS, Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo special police searched vehicles in Gracanica (Tanjug, Radio KIM)
• UNS and DNKiM: Suspension of Klan Kosova television, act of censorship and threat to media freedom (medijacentar.info)
• Reporting from northern Kosovo has never been harder (medijacentar.info, Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Jarinje: Kosovo police prohibited vehicle of Post Office of Serbia to enter Kosovo (media)
• Walk of support for the arrested Milun, Dusan and Rados in North Mitrovica (Kosovo Online)
• Kosovo police officers arrested in Raska sent to detention, investigation launched (RTS)

Opinion:

• Weller: Are the Brussels Negotiations on Kosovo Nearing Collapse? (Prishtina Insight)
• Kosovo Serbs stuck between Pristina and Belgrade “Trials” (KoSSev)

International:

• North of Kosovo: An extremely dangerous stalemate (DW)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 16, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:
Kurti says KFOR had a mandate to prevent the incident (media)
U.S. State Department calls for unconditional release of police officers (media)
“We were not in the area”, KFOR refers to “arrest” of police officers (media)
Jetish Jashari not allowed to visit the three police officers (Klan)
Blasts near police stations in Mitrovica North and Zvecan, no injuries (RFE)
Government brings details about Kurti’s meet with ambassadors (Reporteri)
Borrell to organize crisis meeting between Kosovo and Serbia next week (media)
Lajcak: We don’t want another Ukraine (media)
Von Cramon: Entry of Serbian forces into Kosovo, illegal (media)
Rohde: I would like to see a government that listens to the allies (Koha)
Escobar to hold press conference today on events in Kosovo and Serbia (media)
Kurti expected to attend Prespa Dialogue Forum today (Gazeta Express/Alsat)
Kosovo media show solidarity with Klan Kosova, place logo on screens (Klan)
RTK vehicle attacked in Zvecan (media)
Study by Marc Weller: What went wrong in the Brussels dialogue (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
KFOR sends team to area where Kosovo Police troopers were arrested (N1)
Vucic thanks UAE president for engagement (N1, Tanjug)
State Dept spokesman says release Kosovo Police officers (N1)
Borrell to call Kosovo crisis-management meeting (media)
Lajcak: Both Serbia and Kosovo say – let the other side work, it doesn’t work that way (Beta, N1)
Serbian army was not involved in arrest of Pristina’s police officers – MoD (Tanjug)
International Media:
Kurti Says Kosovo Tightened Border Controls After Three Kosovar Police ‘Kidnapped’ (RFE)
Kosovo tightens controls on its border with Serbia, PM Kurti says (Reuters)
US: Kosovo, Serbia must both take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions (Reuters)
Kosovo tightens border security over claims police were ‘kidnapped’ (euronews)
Kosovo Tightens Border Security With Serbia Amid Incursion Row (Bloomberg)
Rama: KFOR won’t come up with conclusions, our focus is on release (euronews.al)
‘More oil on the fire’: Serbia-Kosovo heats up again (Politico)
Unrest threatens Kosovo Serbs’ ‘Last Bastion’ (Politico)
Texas guard unit’s training time in Germany prepares them for what may come in Kosovo (stripes.com)
Kosovo Crisis May Affect German Investments, Economic Chamber Warns (BIRN)
US and EU need a new roadmap to solve the Serbia-Kosovo conflict (emerging Europe)
Exhibition in Kosovo Showcases Wartime Civilian Invalids’ Pain (BIRN)

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