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Belgrade Media Report 26 February

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LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Ukraine can count on Serbia’s help, support (Tanjug/RTV)
• Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry slams Croatia’s FM over statements on Serbia and Vucic (Beta)
• Dacic: Croatia systematically building attitude of hatred towards Serbia, Serbs (TV Pink)
• Brnabic said that Belgrade will most likely see new, not repeated elections (TV Prva/FoNet)
• Office for KiM reacts to attack on Serb priest in Prizren (Tanjug/RTV)
• Petkovic: Our visits to Kosovo and Metohija support Serbs to stay (Tanjug/RTV)
• Stano declines to specify whether 27 February Brussels meeting will be held (Tanjug)
• Escobar: Serbia must implement ODIHR recommendations by next vote (VoA/Beta)
• Stefanovic: EU ready to send two missions to Serbia (Nova/Beta)
• Cochard thanks Serbia for providing refuge to young Russians escaping war (Beta)
• Ukrainian Ambassador: Russian propaganda has impact on decisions made in Serbia (N1)
• KFOR withdraws troops in Zvecan (N1)
• Brnabic arrives at EBRD headquarters for Western Balkans investment summit (Tanjug)
• Vucic started cosultations on Prime Minister candidate (RTS/RTV)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik addresses press conference in Banja Luka: Putin is committed to preserving peace and stability in B&H; Russia is protecting DPA from USA (RTRS/BNTV)
• Magazinovic in visit to Ukraine: B&H supports Ukraine (N1)
• Magazinovic meets with Stefanchuk, Malyuska in Kyiv: Aggression against Ukraine is not only war against this country but attack on entire Europe (BHT1)
• Becirovic expresses support to Ukraine: B&H completely harmonized foreign policy with EU’s (Oslobodjenje)
• ‘Misinformation and Malign Foreign Influence’ conference takes place in Sarajevo; Kojovic claims Ambassador Kalabukhov drew image of future flag of B&H on piece of paper for him (Dnevni list)
• State Department: US stands by the people of B&H, supports safe and prosperous future and country in the Euro-Atlantic community (VoA/Klix.ba)
• Russian Embassy: Process of EU enlargement in ongoing under Washington orders (Slobodna Bosna)
• Cvijanovic: Russia has never done anything against Dayton B&H and Dayton-verified RS (Banjaluka.net/RTRS)
• Issue of B&H’s membership in BRICS (O Kanal/RTRS)
• Dodik compares EU path of B&H to ‘hide and seek mice’ game; Cvijanovic moderately optimistic (ATV)
Croatia
• Grlic Radman: Serbia has to decide on whose chair it will sit; Serbia sends protest note due to Grlic Radman’s statement (HRT1)
• Grlic Radman discusses issue of Election Law of B&H with UN Secretary General (Vijesti)
• Covic meets Plenkovic: Election Law and other reforms are urgently needed to stabilize situation (HRT1)
• Zagreb holds rally in support of Ukraine (HRT)
Montenegro
• Milatovic: I quit all party posts (CdM)
• PES on Milatovic’s resignation: It’s good to be clear about our relations, that might stop obstructions (CdM)
• Zenka: Milatovic’s resignation as PES member might lead to early parliamentary elections (Gradski.me)
Republic of North Macedonia
• ELECTIONS 2024 / Kovachevski: On election day citizens will state which proposals they support (MIA)
• Toshkovski, Bojmacaliev meet Serbian Ambassador Jovanovic (MIA)
• Interior Minister and deputies meet Kosovo Ambassador (MIA)
• Mitreski at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: As history has shown, democratic values will defeat aggression (MIA)
• Mitreski – Stefanchuk: North Macedonia and Ukraine should join EU as soon as possible, parliaments to implement necessary legal changes (MIA)
Albania
• Albania on the side of Ukraine and in the defense of universal values (Radio Tirana)
• Zelensky’s message to Begaj: We appreciate Albania’s support and look forward to securing a peaceful European future (Radio Tirana)
• Two years since the aggression against Ukraine, Hasani: By supporting Ukraine, we contribute to the stability of the region (Radio Tirana)
• Peleshi: Albania supports the allies in helping the Ukrainian people and government (Radio Tirana)
• Nikolla: Albania, determined against the aggression and in favor of Ukraine’s just war (Radio Tirana)
• Demonstration in Tirana in support of Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador: Albania, solidarity and support for our citizens (Radio Tirana)
• US-EU: Ukraine could not have a better supporter than Albania in the Security Council (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, February 26, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: EU is our trade partner; don’t want to cooperate with Russia (RFE)
• Osmani: Women, Peace, and Security Forum in Pristina on April 15-16 (media)
• Borrell: Meetings with Kurti and Vucic in Munich were unsuccessful (RFE)
• CBK confirms it will attend “informative meeting” in Brussels (Nacionale)
• EU confirms Kosovo and Serbia to attend meeting on Dinar in Brussels (RFE)
• Osmani to represent Kosovo at summit for Ukraine in Tirana on Wednesday (Klan)
• AAK wants assembly debate on health insurances, healthcare system (media)
• “Five months after Banjska, no indictment against Radoicic yet” (media)
• Kamberi: We don’t want posts; we want more rights for Albanians (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Continuation of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina: Both sides confirmed participation (FoNet, N1)
• The Office for KiM: The attack on the SOC priest in Prizren a direct consequence of tolerating hatred (NMagazin, Beta, Danas)
• Consultations for the new prime minister have begun with Vucic (NMagazin, Beta, media)
• Dacic: No one has the right to teach Serbia what kind of foreign policy to pursue (Beta, NMagazin, Danas, TV Pink)
• N1 learns unofficially: ODIHR report on December elections on Monday in the government of Serbia (NMagazin, Beta)
• Stojanovic: With abolishment of the dinar an attempt made to abolish the entire system that functions in Kosovo (KiM radio)
• EULEX still patrolling in front and around municipal buildings in the North, the situation stable but still fragile (KoSSev)
• Vucic: Xi’s visit to Serbia confirmed for this year (Tanjug)
• “We expect more decisive action from the international community”: Dacic at the UN about the Serbs in Kosovo (N1, Beta, KiM radio)

Opinion:

• Palokaj: One year after ‘agreement’, Kosovo, Serbia further from reconciliation (Koha)

International:

• Kosovo Artist Turns Post-War Labour Inequalities Into Sculpture at Venice Biennale (BIRN)
• ‘Not an Utopia’: Talat Xhaferi Outlines His Election as North Macedonia’s First Ethnic Albanian PM (Prishtina Insight)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, February 26, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:
• After KFOR withdrawal, Kosovo Police in front of municipality of Zvecan (media)
• Kosovo rejects political representation at meeting on Dinar in Brussels (Koha)
• PDK: Kurti made CBK regulation a topic in the dialogue (Kosovapress)
• Vetevendosje: Hundreds of facts for Banjska attack, still no indictment (media)
• Serb businessmen complain about economic conditions in Kosovo (RFE)
• Unknown persons set Kosovo flag on fire in Zvecan (media)
• Police find drug lab in Leposavic, suspect arrested in Jarinje (Kosovapress)
• Osmani in Qatar: Economic diplomacy in action! (media)
• Geerts: Certain Kosovo will become a member of Council of Europe ASAP (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Petkovic leads the Belgrade delegation at the new round of dialogue in Brussels (KiM radio, Tanjug)
• A priest physically attacked in the center of Prizren; the suspect detained (Radio Gorazdevac, Kosovo Online, media)
• Eparchy of Raska-Prizren condemned the attack on a priest in Prizren (KiM radio, KoSSev)
• Vokrri on the V. Decani’s land: The CC made a mistake, the decision cannot be “cruelly implemented”, needed a dialogue with the SOC (KoSSev, Slobodno Srpski)
• KFOR members withdrawn from securing the Zvecan municipality building (KiM radio)
• Knife threats and harassment of Serbian boys in Laplje Selo (RTS, Kontakt plus radio, Kosovo Online, media)
• Office for KiM: The attack on Serbian young men direct consequence of the politics of hatred generated daily by Pristina (Danas, FoNet)
• Impressions from the north: “Terribly scared and disappointed people, who talk about leaving, but they are also an opportunity in and of themselves” (KoSSev, N1)
• REKOM: Region far from truth and reconciliation (KoSSev)
• Serbia’s PM rejects a possibility of international investigation into December 17 elections (N1, FoNet)

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