Belgrade Media Report 8 March 2024
United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 8 March 2024
LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Serbia to chair GPAI (Tanjug/RTS)
• Brnabic meets with CDU’s Shpan, OSCE PA’s Lopatka in Bucharest (Tanjug)
• Strengthening regional cooperation for successful energy transition (Tanjug/RTV)
• Strengthening traffic connections with Bosnia and Herzegovina with help of EU (Tanjug)
• NDSS: All local elections should be held on the same day and no sooner than 2 June (TV Insajder/Beta)
• Djilas: Entire genuine opposition should run in elections in one column (Nova/Beta)
• ProGlas calls for agreement on election conditions (N1)
• CRTA: Public pressure needed for government to carry out ODIHR recommendations (Vreme/Beta)
• Andjelkovic: Opposition would be betraying voters by running in elections under Vucic’s conditions (Beta)
• NALED: Ten recommendations for future Serbian government (Beta)
• Konrad: Problem with abolishment of Dinar must be resolved (Blic)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Niksic, Bradara, Dodik comment on adoption of reform laws (FTV)
• Varhelyi commends B&H CoM for adopting Proposal of Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest (O Kanal)
• Sattler welcomes adoption of Proposal of Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest in B&H CoM (Hayat)
• Konakovic meets Varhelyi: ‘3 + 1’ conditions set before B&H by the EU must be implemented (FTV)
• Morris: It is reasonable to expect more American sanctions for those who undermine the peace, stability and territorial integrity of B&H (O Kanal)
• Kristo attends EPP Congress, meets EU officials (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Plenkovic calls for opening of negotiations with B&H at EPP Congress in Bucharest (Vecernji list)
• Plenkovic comments on when the parliamentary elections will be held in Croatia (HRT)
Montenegro
• Protest in Cetinje: Mandic works for another country against his own; “This is not your country, Aleksandar of Serbia. But this is our country, Montenegrin greengrocers” (CdM)
• Verbal conflict between Zivkovic and Nikolic with Mandic, security also responded (CdM)
• Becic: The NATO alliance is richer for a country that is ready to respond to all challenges (CdM)
• The cooperation of the Ministry of Defense with the NATO Agency for Support and Procurement will encourage the strengthening of further modernization of the Army (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Opening rehabilitation centers for wounded Ukrainian soldiers generally acceptable idea, Pendarovski’s office says (MIA)
• Osmani: Bulgaria’s MFA summoned Ambassador because of 1999 agreement signed by VMRO-DPMNE (Kanal 5 TV/MIA)
• Gjorgiev: Macedonian-Bulgarian history commission holds regular meetings, no progress so far (MIA)
Albania
• Rama condemns Russia for the missile attack in Odesa: Imprudent and dangerous (Radio Tirana)
• Basha to present the Resolution for the Reconstruction of Ukraine to the UN (Radio Tirana)
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 8, 2024
UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 08, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
Kurti: Feminist policies are advancing democracy (RFE)
Kurti congratulates Sweden on becoming 32nd member of NATO (media)
Osmani on Sweden in NATO: Strengthens European peace and security (media)
New UK Ambassador reconfirms support for EU-facilitated dialogue (media)
Elshani on Banjska: We confiscated 55 RPGs, they fired seven or eight (media)
Kosovo “needs a law on the currency” (RFE)
Two premises owned by Zvecan deputy mayor set on fire in north (media)
Awareness-raising campaign for census starts today (Telegrafi)
Serbian Language Media:
Djuric: Kurti causes crisis because he is not faced with adequate consequences (RTV, Tanjug)
Zecevic: International community not ready to pressure Kurti in the right way (RTS)
Filipovic: Cooperation between Serbia and NATO continuously good, important for preservation of peace in Kosovo (Tanjug)
Antonijevic: For membership in Council of Europe, Kosovo needs to meet broader set of standards (Kosovo Online)
German Ambassador: Transition period necessary (N1, BETA)
New Serbian parliament to elect speaker on Monday (Tanjug)
Kosovo police said business premises in Zvecan set on fire (KoSSev)
Vucevic: Belgrade elections should be called as soon as possible (media)
Opinion:
Yugoslavia Pioneered Abortion Rights in Constitution Long Before France (BIRN)
International:
Women in Albanian Textile Sector Pay High Price for Lek’s Rally (Balkan Insight)
Read More →UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 8, 2024
Albanian Language Media:
• Krasniqi: No space for decisions from Milosevic period In Kosovo (Koha)
• CEC to discuss today verification of signatures for dismissal of mayors (Koha)
• Szunyog: KPC bill to be in line with Venice Commission recommendations (media)
• KFOR examines RPGs found in Banjska: We are securing the area (RTK)
• Nemec: Visa procedures for Kosovo Serbs will be completed in spring (media)
• Konjufca: Lithuania can contribute to Kosovo’s international subjectivity (media)
• Bislimi welcomes new UK ambassador: Kosovo on development trajectory (RTK)
• Elektrosever invites citizens to sign contracts with it (Klan)
Serbian Language Media:
• Education workers in Silovo concerned over CBK’s decision (Kosovo Online, RTV Puls)
• Conflicting opinions on petitions in north: Krasniqi convinced elections will soon be held, Uglanin skeptical (Kosovo Online)
• CEC to discuss verification of signatures to dissolve mayors in northern Kosovo (Radio KIM, media)
• Nemec expects visas for Serbian MIA Coordination Directorate passport holders to be waived by spring (KoSSev)
• KFOR says it is examining grenades found in Banjska, Zvecan (N1, media)
• Vucic: Serbia to chair GPAI (Tanjug)