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Belgrade Media Report 2 February

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LOCAL PRESS

• Serbia to submit Monday written request for UN SC session (RTS)
• “Kosovo police” raid into Serbian institutions in Metohija, continuation of ethnic cleansing (Office for KiM)
• Vucic meets with EU official, says safety of Serbs in Kosovo a priority (Beta/RTS/RTV)
• Contribution of Defence Ministry, Serbian Army to EU common security and defence policy (Tanjug)
• Mojsilovic to Brieger: Serbia sees KFOR as only legitimate armed formation in its southern province (Tanjug/RTV/ Politika)
• NBS: No agreements with Kosovo Central Bank on Dinar (Danas)
• Six MEPs seek international investigation of Serbia’s elections (Beta/Politika)
• Serbia Against Violence invited to EP session for adoption of resolution on Serbia’s elections (Danas)
• State Department says US deeply disappointed by Kosovo’s decision to ban Dinar (Beta)
• Pristina court sentences Serb Dusko Arsic to 13 years (KosovoOnline/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Komsic and Becirovic meet senior NATO delegation (BHT1)
• Russian Embassy: Becirovic does not like Russian players in B&H, but would like to be American player (ATV)
• NATO delegation meets Kristo, B&H Ministers; Kristo stresses importance of this visit (FTV)
• Geoana meets Konakovic, says secessionist policies and rhetoric of division undermine stability and hinder reforms (FTV)
• US Embassy: Like US, NATO will not allow hard-won peace in B&H to be jeopardized (Vijesti.ba)
Croatia
• Minister: Croatia has sent €181 million worth of military aid to Ukraine (Hina)
Montenegro
• Djelosaj at the Prayer Breakfast: We prayed for peace, especially in Ukraine and Gaza (CdM)
• Escobar to Ivanovic: US support for reforms, we hope that we will soon be your partner in the EU (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Mitreski – Stefanchuk: North Macedonia and Ukraine to continue to cooperate, support each other on EU path (MIA)
• Kovachevski and Taravari discuss policies related to EU membership and US partnership at meeting (MIA)
• Amendments to law on restrictive measures withdrawn from parliamentary procedure due to ‘administrative reasons’ (MIA)
Albania
• Members of the US Congress: The US should support the Western Balkans in the face of the influence of Russia, China (VoA/Radio Tirana)
• The parliamentary majority welcomes the resumption of the work on the electoral reform (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 2, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

• EC: No problem with regulation, but how it was done (Gazeta Express)
• Konjufca assures U.S. there won’t be unrest over Dinar decision (Kallxo)
• Court sentences Kosovo Serb to 13 years in prison for war crimes in 1999 (media)
• Police, prosecution with action against parallel structures in Peja region (media)
• IMC draft law seen as attack against news websites (Koha)
• AmCham: Kosovo to free itself from discourse of conflict and instability (RTK)
• Unknown persons removed table set up by Ministry in Zubin Potok (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo’s main objective is NATO membership (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: Serbia demands a session of the Security Council, letters to the EU, Russia, and China on Monday (N1)
• The police harassed the team of Radio Gorazdevac (KiM radio, Radio Gorazdevac)
• Revolted by the police action, young people gathered in the center of Osojane (KiM radio)
• Serbian List: The raid of armed special forces in three Metohija municipalities another proof of ethnic cleansing (Radio Mitrovica sever, Kosovo Online)
• Office for KiM: Closure of Serbian municipalities in Metohija, continuation of ethnic cleansing and extermination of Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• After Pec and Istok, the police raided the premises of the Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Klina (Kosovo Online, Danas)
• Gorazdevac: KP raided the facility of the Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Pec (Kosovo Online, Radio Gorazdevac, media)
• Osojane: Kosovo Police special forces raided Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Istok, the post office and the ambulance (KiM radio, media)
• Dusko Arsic sentenced to 13 years in prison (RTS, media)
• Lawyer Vlajic: This verdict destroys everyone’s hope of getting justice in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• Shahini: The government should respect the Kosovo Constitution, but also the Serbs who have dinar accounts (Kosovo Online)
• Andjelkovic (Serbian Democracy): Workers of Serbian companies in Kosovo cannot receive money in Kosovo banks (Danas)
• EC spokesperson: The solution for the dinar can be found within the dialogue led by the EU (N1)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 2, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

U.S State Department urges postponement of decision to ban dinar (VoA) 
Osmani meets Hovenier, discuss latest developments (media) 
Hovenier: Kosovo risks facing ethnic tensions (media) 
Kurti meets Ambassador Ziv, talk about organizing an Economic Forum (Klan) 
Over 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passport only in January (Express) 
Kurti dismisses adviser seen in party with parallel structures’ officials (media) 
Kosovo urged to drop legal push to ‘control online media’ (Prishtina Insight) 
Illegal activity near Police seen as security concern (Koha) 

Serbian Language Media:

Hovenier: US concerned the dinar ban could escalate tensions (Beta, N1, KiM radio)
Serbian List with Hovenier regarding the last decision of Pristina (Radio Mitrovica sever)
More than 800 Serbs applied for Kosovo passports during January (N1, FoNet, Danas)
Drecun: Dinar ban one of toughest blows yet but Kurti will not stop there (Tanjug)
A ministerial duo visited Albanian houses under construction in Brdjani, workers tore down a billboard with the Serbian flag nearby (KoSSev)
Arsenijevic on the occasion of the visit of Kosovo ministers to North Mitrovica (Danas) 
The State Department calls on the GoK to immediately postpone the CBK’s decision to abolish dinars (Kosovo Online, thepavlovictoday.com, media)
Andric Rakic: If the withdrawal of dinars is prevented, the cost of living for citizens will increase (Kosovo Online)

International Media:

Closed Hearings at Hague War Crimes Court ‘Heighten Mistrust’ in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

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