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Belgrade Media Report 19 June

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LOCAL PRESS

• Another Serb arrested in Leposavic, today a protest march in Kosovska Mitrovica (RTS)
• Vucic visited soldiers and policemen in the Land Security Zone last night (Novosti)
• Serbs ready to form ZSO on their own? (Blic)
• Vucic: The dialogue is completely meaningless, it’s out of the question to talk until the arrested Serbs are released (RTS)
• Stano: The EU expects Vucic and Kurti to respond to Borrell’s call without preconditions (RTS)
• Another arrest and attack on Serbs in KiM (RTS)
• Petkovic: Kurti’s special forces occupied Mitrovica, tried to arrest Serbs (RTS)
• Lajcak announced his departure to Washington for talks on the situation in KiM (RTS)
• Visoki Decani Monastery: Urgent appeal for peace and restraint in KiM (RTS)
• KFOR could not determine where Kosovo Police officers were arrested (Beta)
• Escobar: Collaboration or Consequences (RTS)
• Seventh ‘Serbia against violence’ protest held in Belgrade (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dacic: Ultimate goal of temporary authorities in Pristina is complete emigration of Serb people from Kosovo (RTRS)
• Dodik: Let’s support Vucic in the fight for KiM, attacks on him only increase his popularity (Nezavisne)
• Dodik criticizes recent meeting between HR Schmidt and Kosovo PM Kurti (ATV)
• Cubrilovic criticizes recent meeting between HR Schmidt and Kosovo PM Kurti (RTRS)
• Dodik: RS has friends in the world; West asks RS to follow their geo-strategic politics, which is negative toward Serbs; EU path was attractive 20 years ago, but enthusiasm is no longer there; Criticizes US politics in world and in B&H (Srna)
• Dodik: B&H will not maintain imposed solutions, RS cannot be bypassed; B&H CC is usurper and violates the Constitution; HR decision from 20 years ago confirms entities are owner of property on their territory (Srna)
• Dodik expresses his belief that there is no party in the RS that would accept SDA, whose policy is separating the RS from Serbia as much as possible (RTRS)
• Izetbegovic reacts to Dodik’s statement: With help of foreigners, SNSD and HDZ B&H got disabled structure for partners (FTV)
• Stevandic: RSNA’s session which will discuss non-publishing of Schmidt’s decisions in RS Official Gazette is not coup d’état (RTRS)
• Becirovic comments announced RSNA session: This demands urgent reaction of OHR, PIC and witnesses of DPA (Dnevni Avaz)
• Venice Commission calls on RSNA to withdraw call for resignation of Zlatko Knezevic (Nova BH)
• HR Schmidt says pressures against judge Knezevic are unacceptable (Dnevni list)
• US Senate to discuss Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act which strongly supports ‘Open Balkan’ initiative (Nezavisne)
Croatia
• Minister: PM’s Subotica visit chiefly a message of support to Serbia Croats (Hina)
• President in North Macedonia for Prespa Forum (HRT)
• Metsola tells Croatian voters to elect pro-European politicians to EP (Hina)
Montenegro
• Abazovic: The hesitancy of the EU is sometimes demotivating, Montenegro is ideal to revive the enlargement process (CDM)
• Abazovic: Montenegro is ready to host the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina (CDM)
• Vucic responds to Abazovic and Milatovic: Save your hospitality, we don’t care about your sea and mountains (MINA)
• Milatovic: Everyone needs a prosperous region of the Western Balkans, Montenegro to play as active a role as possible (CDM)
• US Senator: We hope that we can continue to support Montenegro on its path to full integration with the West (VoA)
• EU delegation: We expect the formation of the Assembly and the Government, which will be able to make progress in the reforms towards the Union in the shortest possible time (Portal Analitika)
• Markovic: It’s clear who won’t be part of govt, informal negotiations on its formation have begun (RTCG)
• Bogdanovic: It’s fair that URA doesn’t burden coalition with their views (Vijesti)
North Macedonia
• Osmani in London at invitation of UK’s Cleverly (MIA)
• Xhaferi attends conference on democracy in Europe in Stockholm (MIA)
• PM: Bundestag voiced unequivocal support for N. Macedonia’s EU membership with protected language, identity (MIA)
• Kurti optimistic over de-escalating situation on the ground, says early elections needed in north of Kosovo (MIA)
• President Pendarovski meets with Croatian President Zoran Milanovic (MIA)
• Kovachevski – Milatovic: N. Macedonia and Montenegro an example of goodneighborly cooperation, contributing to European stability (MIA)
• President Pendarovski meets Montenegrin counterpart Jakov Milatovic (MIA)
• Pendarovski meets with Albania’s President Begaj (MIA)
• Petrovska at North Atlantic Council on strengthening defense, stable funding, support for Ukraine (MIA)
Albania
• Albanian PM warns ‘icy’ relations with Serbia if Kosovo cops aren’t released (ADN)
• Orban, joint press conference with Rama: The slowness of the EU enlargement process, shameful (Radio Tirana)
• Rama: New phase of traditional friendly relations with Hungary (Radio Tirana)
• Begaj from the Prespa forum: Kosovo and Serbia must undertake historical responsibilities (Radio Tirana)
• Peleshi in Brussels: The three kidnapped Kosova police officers should be released (Radio Tirana)
• President Begaj: NATO member countries in region to speak in one voice against provocations that destabilize Kosova and the entire region (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 19, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: I’ll decide about Brussels meeting after police officers are visited (media)
• EU expects Kurti and Vucic to go to Brussels without conditions (RFE)
• NATO SG calls for lowering of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia (media)
• Osmani: Kosovo disagreements with U.S., EU, must be overcome (Euronews Albania)
• Krasniqi: Five days later, nothing is known about the condition of police officers (media)
• Rama: If officers not released this week, ice returns to relations with Serbia (media)
• Police confirms arrest of Serb suspected of assaulting reporters in north (media)
• Police denies reports that KFOR did not allow it to go to the north (RTK)
• KFOR allows police special units to go to Leposavic, but not ministers! (Indeksonline)
• Kusari-Lila says Vucic “uses masked and armed people to fight” media (media)
• Police: A shock bomb was thrown last night in Zvecan, no injuries reported (media)
• Kurti meets Ashkali community: Working for a discrimination-free society (Lajmi)

Serbian Language Media:

• Stano: The EU expects Vucic and Kurti to respond without preconditions to Borrell’s invitation (RTS)
• Protests in Leposavic because of arrests of Serbs: Is our freedom barber wire? (N1)
• Office for KiM, Serbian List: Two underage children beaten up by Kosovo police (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online, social media)
• National Convention on the EU for Chapter 35: We condemn every form of violence in the North, committed by the police against Serbs or by hooligans against journalists and KFOR
• One more young Serb arrested in Leposavic this morning (KoSSev)
• The Office for KiM on today’s arrest: The continuation of the torture of Albin Kurti (Beta, N1)
• Telekom Serbia: Our employee in Leposavic hijacked, we will undertake all legal activities (RTV)
• Serbian List about the arrest of Serbs in Leposavic: When will the international community react? (NMagazin, Beta)
• Citizens’ protest march from Mitrovica to Zvecan in support of the arrested Serbs (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• Members of kick-box club with open training extend support to their arrested trainer Milun Milenkovic (KoSSev)
• Lawyer Vlajic: Only those who are desperate or uninformed hope for justice in Kosovo (N1, Beta, RTS)
• KFOR present at all access roads to Leposavic centre (Kosovo Online)
• Radojevic: Serbs have two options, to surrender and disappear, or to defend themselves democratically (TV Pink, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian military unit commander denies involvement in arrest of Kosovo police officers (N1)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 19, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: We’re doing everything to have the police officers released ASAP (RFE)
Osmani thanks Scholz for support on immediate release of police officers (media)
Kurti to decide this week on Borrell invitation, Vucic says no to meeting (Koha)
Kurti: Attack against media in north was organised and had clear intention (media)
Police arrest person that assaulted RTK cameraman in Leposavic (Express)
Rohde asks why SL did not condemn violence against journalists? (media)
NATO reminds all parties to their obligations to KFOR (media)
Baerbock: Serbia, Kosovo to do everything to calm down situation at border (media)
Lajcak to travel to U.S., “discussions on way forward” (media)
Kurti on Hate Speech Day: We affirm right to live without being targeted (media)
Kosovo Police deny claims of beating of two Serb youths in north (media)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic: Dialogue meaningless, it does not cross my mind to talk until arrested Serbs have not been released (RTS)
Visoki Decani Monastery: An urgent appeal for peace and restraint in Kosovo (RTS, social media)
Todic and Simic to file lawsuit against Minister Krasniqi and a media worker for their allegations (KoSSev)
One more Serb arrested at Jarinje on June 17 (Radio KIM)
Lawyer: Serb from Leposavic arrested on June 16, sent to one-month detention (Kosovo Online)
Spokesperson: NATO takes events in Kosovo very seriously (N1)
Petkovic: Kurti’s special forces occupied Mitrovica North on Friday night (N1, KoSSev, Tanjug)
International Media:

U.S. Demands Serbia ‘Immediately’ Release Three Detained Kosovar Police Officers (RFE)
Kamberi: Kosovo policemen were reportedly mistreated (Euronews Albania)
Saudi Arabia, Kosovo offcials discuss ways to boost economic relations (Arab News)

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