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Belgrade Media Report 12 March

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LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic, government members lay wreath at site of assassination of Djindjic (Beta/RTS/RTV/Tanjug)
• Brnabic: Opposition’s demands vicious circle, they want interim government again (TV Happy/Beta/RTS/RTV)
• Dacic: Opposition representatives looking for alibi for certain defeat in elections in advance (Tanjug)
• Popovic: No constitutional obstacles to electing Brnabic parliament speaker (Tanjug/RTV)
• Dacic and Botsan-Kharchenko talk topics of mutual interest for two countries (Tanjug/RTV)
• Stano: Implementation of commitments by Belgrade, Pristina a priority (Tanjug/Beta)
• Improving position of Serbian national minority in Albania (Tanjug/RTV)
• Lucic: As largest company in Kosovo and Metohija, Telekom Srbija a problem for Pristina (TV Prva)
• Postal Savings Bank sets up makeshift branches near administrative crossings between Serbia, Kosovo (Beta)
• Only two days for campaign to remove heads of northern Kosovo municipalities (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ambassador Murphy emphasizes importance of decision to open accession negotiations with B&H (O Kanal)
• Dodik: Law on Court of B&H has not been harmonized and it will be adopted when solutions that the Serb side agrees with are part of it (RTRS)
• Other RS officials also oppose B&H CoM’s discussion on Law on Court of B&H without RS’ consent (ATV)
• HR Schmidt will give B&H politicians time by Eid to adopt necessary changes to Election Law or he will impose it; Detailed decision ready (Dnevni avaz)
• Russian Embassy on Sweden’s accession to NATO: Reaction of some B&H officials is sad, NATO is not guarantor of security in B&H (Glas Srpske)
• Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community warns that Dodik’s actions might lead to secession of RS and possible violent conflict in B&H (Klix.ba)
Montenegro
• Parliament does not dismiss Andrija Mandic (CdM)
• Mandic: The will of the majority has not changed, we will continue with what we started (MINA)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski: We cannot let truth about Holocaust of Macedonian Jews be falsified (MIA)
Albania
• NATO Summit in 2027 in Tirana? Begaj: We are hopeful that all 32 member countries will say “Yes” (Radio Tirana)
• Nikolla receives the US diplomat; US commitment to strengthening Albania’s democratic institutions (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 12, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

• Kurti: Serbia is aggressive; this makes us cautious, not scared (media)
• Kurti in Caber: 15 internet stations set up in the north (Kallxo)
• Gervalla begins official visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels (media)
• Serwer: There is an aggressor in north Kosovo, we should be clear who (media)
• Begaj: Kosovo needs to listen more to advice from U.S. and EU (media)
• Vllasi: Dinar to be removed from dialogue agenda; an imaginary problem (media)
• Kurti commemorates Serbia’s PM on 21st anniversary of assassination (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Containers were solution for Serbs to live, vote, receive medical treatment in them and from now on for payments of wages and pensions (KoSSev)
• NGO Aktiv opens telephones lines for residents to get information and report problems with deposits and disbursals in dinars (Radio KIM)
• Viola von Cramon: Attacks orchestrated by bots of the Kurti’s government (N1, KoSSev)
• Lucic: Telekom Srbija as the biggest company in Kosovo bothers Pristina (KiM radio, Tanjug, TV Prva)
• Raska-Prizren Diocese: Caring for our sanctuaries is not an act of hatred but a civilizational duty and a matter of religious freedom (media, social media)
• Djuric after photo with Radoicic: I’m in contact with Serbian representatives, I still like to meet with them (KoSSev)
• Rada Trajkovic: The Serbian and Kosovo secret services trying together to discredit Marko Djuric (KiM radio, Danas, Beta)

International:

• Expanded Institutionalism: North Mitrovica Mayor Erden Atic (Prishtina Insight)
• Photo of Serbia’s Ambassador to the US with Kosovo Serb Kingpin Radoicic Draws Reactions (Prishtina Insight)
• Religious And Social Conservatives In Kosovo Block Controversial IVF Bill (RFE)
• Concerns Grow over AI-Generated Abusive Content among Children (Balkan Insight)
• Secret Trade: Serbia Hides Arms Exports to Israel after Hamas Attack (BIRN)

Humanitarian/Development:

• In Sickness, Ethnic Barriers in Kosovo Often Fall (Balkan Insight)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 12, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:
• For six-billion plan, EU conditions Kosovo and Serbia with normalization (Koha)
• Escobar to visit Kosovo this week to discuss dialogue and Serbian Dinar (media)
• State Department: Radoicic is a criminal that needs to be held accountable (RFE)
• Bank branches and ATMs opened for Kosovo Serbs near border crossings (RFE)
• CEC adopts budget to organize voting in north on April 21 (Koha)
• Rohde: Kosovo can’t join CoE without respecting court decisions (media)
• Shea: EU to lift measures against Kosovo as soon as possible (media)
Serbian Language Media:
• Two days campaign period for the removal of mayors in the north municipalities (KiM Radio)
• Vucic met US ambassador (N1, Tanjug, RTS)
• Dacic met Botsan-Kharchenko (Tanjug, RTS)
• Stano: Implementation of commitments by Belgrade, Pristina a priority (Tanjug)
• Serbia’s Postal Savings Bank opens improvised branches at crossings with Kosovo (KoSSev, N1)
• Telegrafi Editor in chief the opening of the Postal Savings Bank branches at the crossing sees as a “provocation” (KoSSev)
• Jevtic: Serbs in Kosovo expect the international community to prevent a humanitarian crisis (RTS)
• Photo of Ambassador Djuric with Radoicic draws reactions (N1)
• After Bojovic, Maliqi targeted by “sophisticated bot network” (KoSSev)
• An Albanian man shot in Donja Bitinja and left a wreath on a Serb’s house, afterwards, he was arrested (Kosovo Online, KiM radio)
• US estimates: Increased risk for inter-ethnic violence in the Western Balkans (Kosovo Online)

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