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Belgrade Media Report 21 June

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LOCAL PRESS

• Peaceful night in Kosovo, citizens continue to gather in front of municipalities in the north (RTS)
• Petkovic: There was no kidnapping, an absolute lie by Kurti and Gervala (RTS)
• Bishop Teodosije: Arrests, threats and abuse of arrested Serbs lead to an even greater conflict (RTS)
• Lajcak: The Kosovo issue should be resolved by the end of the year; Escobar: The crisis in Kosovo has the potential to become a regional conflict (RTS)
• Biden ordered: Extend the state of emergency; The Balkans poses threat to the USA (Tanjug)
• Brnabic: I am asking you, dear friends from the EU, to help us preserve the peace (RTS)
• Vucic: We can always count on the support of Cuba; Diaz-Canel: We want to improve economic ties (RTS)
• Dacic: Gratitude to Algeria for not recognizing the unilaterally declared independence of KiM (RTS)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS institutions representatives and ruling coalition party leaders hold meeting on B&H CC’s decision, demand from B&H CC to reverse its decision until noon Friday (Nova BH)
• Opposition leaders fail to attend Dodik’s meeting; Milicevic: There is no B&H CC without Serb judges (BN TV)
• Tegeltija says B&H CC’s latest decision changes nature and character of this institution (Nezavisne)
• FB&H HoR Commission on Election and Appointment postpones session to discuss appointment of B&H CC judge (Nova BH)
• Ambassadors Sattler and Murphy stress importance of having most competent people in B&H Constitutional Court (Nova BH)
• RS Govt discusses amendments to law on publishing laws that stipulate decisions of HR not to be published by Official Gazette of RS (RTRS)
• US Embassy: By refusing to publish High Representative’s decisions in RS Official Gazette, RS is violating its obligations under Dayton Peace Agreement (Dnevni avaz)
• Zvizdic: We are ready to submit a motion to the Constitutional Court of B&H (FTV)
• Orban to pay visit to RS on Thursday and Friday (RTRS)
• B&H CoM and Croatian Government hold joint session in Zagreb, discuss cooperation and open issues between two countries; Minister Kosarac expresses concern over Croatia’s position on Trgovska Gora (Nova BH)
Croatia
• PM: Bosnian and Croatian governments’ joint session will boost bilateral ties (Hina)
Montenegro
• Six years have passed – Montenegro has not closed a single EU chapter (RSE)
• Report of the European Parliament: List to be implemented by the end of the year in accordance with EU standards (RTCG)
North Macedonia
• Osmani: All parties to work towards de-escalation of situation in Kosovo (MIA)
• Osmani in London: Stable and prosperous region in United Kingdom’s focus (MIA)
• Government endorses text of EC agreement on North Macedonia-Serbia cross-border cooperation programme (MIA)
• U.S. designates Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko for significant corruption (MIA)
• Aggeler: United States to continue to call out anyone who undermines rule of law (MIA)
Albania
• DoS supports Albanian Police’s action in Mujahideen camp (ADN)
• MEK’s violence against the Police is unjustified, we have offered them everything according to the agreement (Radio Tirana)
• E.U.-Western Balkans Summit of Thessaloniki/ Twenty Years of Hopes and Dreams (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 21, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti with video address in Serbian for Kosovo Serbs (media)
• Kurti travels to Italy, will meet Pope Francis tomorrow (media)
• Nuland: We urge Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate tensions immediately (media)
• EU: No confirmation yet for Kurti-Vucic meeting, we expect positive response (RFE)
• Kim: Time for leaders to set ego aside, consider advice from your true friends (Express)
• Ristuccia: In Kosovo, KFOR troops avoided a massacre (media)
• Svecla shares video how Kosovo policemen were “abducted” in the north (media)
• Musliu: We warned months ago about risk of getting to this situation in north (Koha)
• Bogdanovic: Indirectly informed policemen discovered illegal transfer of weapons (AP)
• Reporters want security and conditions to carry out their mission (Kosovapress)
• One month detention for suspect of assault against reporters in Leposavic (media)
• VV continues to criticise Borrell: His approach toward Kosovo is unfair (Kosovapress)
• Banning of Serbian products, a good moment for local manufacturers (RTK)

Serbian Language Media:

• RTS: Another brutal arrest of a Serb in the vicinity of Gracanica (NMagazin, Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• Gracanica: Gathered Gracanica residents demand immediate release of D.M. (KiM radio)
• Office for KiM: The arrest of Milenkovic a brutal demonstration of the power of Kurti’s anti-Serbian regime (Kosovo Online)
• The Serbian List and Gracanica Mayor reactions to the arrest of Kisnica village resident (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian police Ministar, Gasic on the murder of Oliver Ivanovic: We know who the killer is (NMagazin, N1)
• SL on the opposition MPs in Serbian Parliament visit, Aleksic and Jovanovic (Radio Mitrovica sever)
• A shock bomb thrown in front of a cafe where opposition MPs, Aleksic and Jovanovic were (KiM radio)
• Jovanovic: ”Being in Kosovska Mitrovica means that you will be met with explosive devices, it is not safe” (N1, Danas, KiM radio)
• Stefanovic: The Serbian List representatives moving to Belgrade, the people have been let down (KiM radio, N1)
• Serbian List: We are here, every day with the people at the protests (Radio Mitrovica Sever)
• Surlic: No change in Pristina politics until the entire society feel the consequences through concrete sanctions (RTS, Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• EU and Western Balkans: Twenty years of hopes and dreams (Euractiv)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, June 21, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:
Kurti confirms participation in Brussels meeting (media)
Kurti publishes new evidence: Serbia violated the Kumanovo Agreement (RTK)
Gervalla says families expected to visit the three police officers on Friday (RTK)
The border points in Bernjak, Jarinje and Merdare, unblocked (Klan)
Escobar: Kosovo-Serbia tensions have potential to turn into “regional conflict” (media)
Lajcak meets with Undersecretary Nuland, talk about situation in the north (media)
Biden extends Western Balkans National Emergency Executive Order (Klan)
KFOR: Our intervention on May 29 in Zvecan, decisive to prevent fighting between Serbs and Albanians (Klan)
Ambassadors: Association only according to the Constitution of Kosovo (RTK)
Bujar Osmani talks to Gervalla and Dacic: Situation in the north should calm down (RTK)
Sources: Kurti to visit Vatican on Wednesday (Koha)
Serbian Language Media:
Petkovic: Serbs arrested in Kosovo harassed, beaten (Radio KIM, N1)
Bishop Tedosije: Arrests and maltreatment of Serbs lead to greater conflict (Radio KIM)
Lawyer: Vukasinovic sent to one-month detention (Radio KIM, Kosovo Online)
Peaceful night in northern Kosovo, Serbs continue protesting (RTS)
UNS and DNKiM: Participants in protest do not have right to impede work of journalists (KoSSev)
Brnabic asks EU to help preserve peace (RTS, media)
Serbian media and civil society organizations in Kosovo condemned attacks on journalists (KoSSev)
International Media:

Protests Cause Travel Disruptions and Roadblocks Between Kosovo and Serbia (BIRN)
Hungary’s PM Orban urges Serbia to release arrested Kosovo policemen (Reuters)
NATO ready to react to acts of violence in Kosovo: commander (TVPWorld)
Serbian protestors block border crossings for Kosovo vehicles (SeeNews)
Trucks Blocked at Balkan Border as Serbia-Kosovo Spat Escalates (Bloomberg)
Osmani urges immediate de-escalation in Kosovo (mirage news)
Defence, Prosecution Argue Over Witness Protection at Kosovo War Court (BIRN)
In Montenegro, Memories of Pain and Generosity on the Refugee Road (BIRN)
German-French tie-up gets 12.2 mln euro contract for ID system in Kosovo (SeeNews)

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