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Belgrade Media Report 5 July 2023

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 5 July 2023

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic met with Lajcak; I repeated once again, for the last 15 years… (Tanjug/B92)
• Brnabic: Ball in Pristina’s court, arrests of Kosovo Serbs must stop (Tanjug/Politika/RTS)
• Brnabic: EU membership only option for Serbia’s sustainable future (Tanjug/RTS/RTV/Politika)
• Brnabic speaks with EU leaders about European integration and preserving peace in Balkans (RTS/RTV/Tanjug)
• Michel calls for de-escalation in north Kosovo, continued dialogue (Tanjug)
• Vucevic: I am convinced accusations against SPC are completely untrue (TV Pink)
• KFOR: No evidence of alleged smuggling of weapons to churches in Kosovo and Metohija (RTV/Tanjug)
• Von Cramon denies Vucic’s statement that German organization are funding protests in Serbia (Beta)
• Detention of two arrested Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija extended for another month (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Session of RS Council of Peoples held on Tuesday; Bosniak Caucus in RS Council of Peoples withdraws its veto on decision of RS parliament (BHT1)
• Blagojevic: Bosniak Caucus wants to create situation where RS President would sign laws, in order to file criminal report in line with ‘Schmidt’s Criminal Code’ (Nezavisne)
• RS officials reiterate that Schmidt is not High Representative and his decisions will not be respected in RS (ATV)
• Becirovic meets top UK officials, including PM Sunak; Sunak expresses strong support to integrity and sovereignty of B&H (BHT1/Hayat)
• Cvijanovic criticizes Becirovic’s visit to UK (Srna/RTRS)
• Dodik says UK PM Sunak must have been referring to UK officials when he said that UK will undertake measures against those who jeopardize sovereignty of B&H (RTRS)
• Dacic: Serbia is not behind undermining of B&H, we do not support that (Dnevni list)
• FB&H HoR Collegium does not include appointments in FB&H HoR or appointment of B&H CC Judges in agenda of upcoming FB&H HoR Session (N1)
• OHR: State property experts discussed issues in under Annex 9 (FTV)
• ECHR calls OHR to deliver written statement with regard to ‘DF vs. B&H’ case (RTRS)
• Covic and Murphy discuss current political developments (Dnevni avaz)
Croatia
• Milanovic: They blackmail me like a cartel (HRT)
Montenegro
• Long road to the election of a new government: Confirmation by the DIK, consultations, nomination of a representative… (CdM/RSE)
Albania
• Veliaj: Tirana, the political epicenter of the Balkans (Radio Tirana)
• Kosovo’s PM refuses to meet counterpart Rama in Balkans Tour (ADN)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2023

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, July 5, 2023

Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: It will be known within this week about claims on weapons in the churches (Koha)
• KFOR: No evidence of weapons in churches; Kosovo responsible for rule of law (Koha)
• Kurti: There is no solution because the agreement is not being implemented (Koha)
• Lajcak on meeting with Osmani (media)
• Szunyog: Measures to be lifted when Kosovo contributes to de-escalation of situation in the north (Reporteri)
• Kurti refuses to meet with Rama without a meeting of the governments (Koha)
• Citaku slams Kurti for refusing to meet Rama (media)
• Kurti appreciates the role that the UN has played in Kosovo (Klan)
• Jablanovic detained for illegal crossing of the border (Koha)
• Journalists Associations head express concern about Klan Kosova situation (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic to Lajcak: Serbian people in Kosovo exposed to worst torture in last 15 years (NMagazin, N1)
• Vucevic: Peter Stano makes irritating statements, empty shell of bureaucratic vocabulary (Beta, NMagazin, TV Pink)
• Dacic with the chargé d’affaires of the Great Britain Embassy regarding the statement of MP Kearns (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• KFOR: There is no evidence of the alleged smuggling of weapons into Orthodox churches (KiM radio, RTS)
• Cvijanovic: Even KFOR has to refute lies of “ferocious Albanian lobbyists in Britain” (RTRS, Kosovo Online)
• Serbian Minister of Defence: Serbian Orthodox Church target of Albanian lobbyists (N1, FoNet)
• Elek: We are threatened by humanitarian disaster, we can’t deliver medicines, let alone weapons (Novosti, Kosovo Online)
• Krasniqi: New directors have been appointed in the Municipality of Leposavic (Kim Radio)
• Sretena Bojovic denies that she took over the position of director in the Municipality of Leposavic (KiM radio)
• While the public’s attention is on three other northern municipalities, what is happening under the table in N.Mitrovica? (Part II, KoSSev)
• Muhaxheri compares Kurti’s approach to north with that of Milosevic on Kosovo in 1989 (KoSSev)
• Jablanovic refutes being at illegal crossing (Tanjug)
• KFOR Commander visits Leposavic today (Kosovo Online)

Opinion:

• Moving—bottom-up—beyond the crisis in Kosovo (socialeurope.eu)

International:

• First effects of EU sanctions sting Kosovo (Euractive)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, July 5, 2023

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Albanian Language Media:
Kurti to Lajcak: Unfair measures make the dialogue asymmetrical (RTK)
Lajcak meets Osmani and Kurti: There is understanding of EU’s demands (RTK)
Konjufca: Vucic directly responsible for situation in north; measures unfair (T7)
Davenport: There is an urgent need for de-escalation (media)
EU excludes Kosovo, Montenegro, and Republika Srpska from grants (RFE)
Sunak: I am particularly concerned about situation in north of Kosovo (Klan)
Kearns: Weapons smuggled from Serbia were placed in Serb churches (media)
Haliti: Mayors of northern municipalities can help de-escalate the situation (KTV)
IMC asks MPs to address by law the concentration of media ownership (KTV)
Serbian Language Media:
Vucic meeting Lajcak today in Belgrade (RTS)
Diocese of Raska-Prizren: Urgently investigate the dangerous accusation of the British MP (RTS, media)
Sunak: Great Britain condemns attacks on members of KFOR; leaders of Kosovo and Serbia in charge of reducing tensions (Danas, Kosovo Online)
EC President, Serbian PM discuss importance of normalizing relations with Kosovo (Beta, N1)
Michel calls for de-escalation in north Kosovo, continued dialogue (Tanjug)
Jevtic and Sekulic detention extended for another month (RTS)
Serbian List: No indictment has ever been filed against Milan Radoicic (NMagazin, Beta)
International Media:
Opposition Calls for Overthrow of Government Amid EU Sanctions (BIRN)
Lajcak presents a plan to Kosovo, out of 12 points 3 are problematic (euronews.al)
Kosovo: Dutch, Luxembourg PMs urge de-escalation (DW)
Standoff over Kosovo’s Top Prosecutor Hurts Crime Fight, Experts Warn (BIRN)
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg tell Kosovo and Serbia to normalize ties for EU hopes (AP)
EU wants concrete steps by Kosovo to ease tensions before lifting sanctions –envoy (Reuters)
NGOs Fear EU Measures Against Kosovo Could Hit Civil Society Funds (BIRN)

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