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Belgrade Media Report 18 March 2024

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Daily Media Highlights

Monday 18 March 2024

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: No one can take away Serbia’s right to truth about March pogrom (RTS/RTV/Politika)
• Vucic: They did not listen carefully – no surrender of Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTV)
• Dacic: Worst crimes committed against innocent people and clergy during Pogrom in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/RTV)
• Vucic: Meeting with Lajcak addressed unbearable living conditions for Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Brnabic: Continuation of work on fulfillment of ODIHR recommendations (Tanjug)
• Significant cooperation with OSCE Mission, US Embassy to Belgrade (Tanjug)
• NADA coalition demands mixed committee to clean up voter roll (N1)
• Blinken: Kosovo, Serbia need to meet their obligations stemming from EU-mediated dialogue (Beta)
• Borrell: Time for Belgrade, Pristina to stop tensions, apply agreement (Beta)
• Giaufret: Opposition should take up its role in parliament (Beta/Politika)
• Djilas responds to EU Ambassador: Opposition would like to take parliamentary seats that belong to it, but they were stolen (N1)
• Serbian parliamentary constitutive session resumes (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Persecution of Serbs from Kosovo continues even after 2004 pogrom (Srna)
• Becirovic: I hope decision of European Council will be positive, negative decision would only make Moscow happy (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: Becirovic needs to explain to the public what kind democracy allows foreigner to annul decisions of institutions (RTRS)
• Becirovic: Statements of some politicians that opening of negotiating process basically means relocating of OHR do not have any foundation in DPA (Klix.ba)
• Escobar: RS has no capacity to oppose NATO or to declare independence (O Kanal)
• Dodik: Escobar’s assessment about the RS is lie (N1/Srna)
• Covic attends 20th HDZ Croatia General Assembly: April 17, when Croatian elections will be held, will be a non-working day in B&H as well (N1)
• Milanovic: Things done by HDZ B&H and its leader Covic, i.e. on the Zagreb-Mostar line, show that these people do not wish to solve problems of Croats in B&H (FTV)
Croatia
• Milanovic decided: Parliamentary elections on Wednesday, 17 April (HRT)
• Milanovic to head the SDP list: I will resign after the election victory (HRT)
• Plenkovic: Milanovic’s election run dispels the myth of presidential impartiality (HRT)
Montenegro
• Escobar: The most important task for Montenegro is to support everything the Prime Minister does, a risk if the former DF enters the government (RFE/CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Kovachevski: Upcoming elections to decide if country joins EU or gets stuck in uncertainty, isolation, divisions (MIA)
• Siljanovska-Davkova: Scandinavian policy toward neighbors, no need for veto threats (TV24)
• Bekteshi: Whoever loses should step back from politics (MIA)
Albania
• Begaj in Baku, meeting with the Deputy Secretary General of the UN (Tirana Times)
• Balla meets his Romanian counterpart: Deepening of cooperation between the police (Radio Tirana)
• Ambassador of the EU, Silvio Gonzato: I appreciate the leadership and responsibility shown by the parties in reaching the agreement (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 18, 2024

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, March 18, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Borell: Serbia and Kosovo have achieved very limited progress (RTK)
• Rama: Implementation of Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, important (RTK)
• Von Cramon: Kosovo is lacking political will for progress in European integration (Klan)
• CEC to decide today on voting centers in the north (media)
• Escobar met during his visit, Director of Police and Afrim Bunjaku’s family (media)
• Biserko: Vucic destabilizing neighbors through Serbian Orthodox Church and security services (Nacionale)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: There is no agreement on dinar issue (Kosovo Online, RTV, Tanjug)
• Sentic: Instead of healing wounds that still hurt, we face attempts to relativize tragic events (KoSSev)
• SNV says Kurti’s statement about March violence aim to further intimidate and expel Serbs, call upon Rasic and Trajkovic to resign (KoSSev)
• UNS and DNKiM condemned RTK reporting over repeated untruth in relation to March riots (Kosovo Online, Radio KIM, media)
• Vucic: Meeting with Lajcak addressed unbearable living conditions for Kosovo Serbs (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Online: We expect arson vehicle case of our portal’s owner to be resolved (Kosovo Online)
• Since CBK decision entered in force, stock market and banks without interest for work in northern municipalities (Kosovo Online)
• Serbian List: Kosovo police to investigate Radoica Radomirovic over arsons of vehicles (Tanjug, media)
• Stojanovic: Vucic admitted that his policy is harmful to Serbia and the Serbian people in Kosovo (Beta, NMagazin)
• Smiljanic: The Serbs in the YU program building in Pristina survived a calvary on March 17, thought we would all be killed (Kosovo Online)
• The UN SC meeting on March 25 on the anniversary of the NATO bombing against the FRY (Kosovo Online)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, March 18, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

• Borrell’s statement on anniversary of agreement on path to normalization, and the implementation annex (media)
• Blinken calls on Kosovo and Serbia to implement all agreements (media)
• Roth on new U.S. extra conditions for Kosovo at CoE: Unfair and unjust (media)
• Kurti’s message on 20th anniversary of March 17 riots (media)
• Government: Placing of signs in north in line with the constitution (Koha)
• Police arrest Serbian national for damaging traffic signs in Leposavic (media)
• COMKFOR: KFOR continues efforts to prevent any escalation (VoA in Albanian)
• Pacolli: Delays in meeting obligations lead to pressure and damage (media)
• Tahiri: Two important moments this week for CoE membership (media)
• Historians’ League wants Kurti to resign over Decani Monastery decision (media)
• CAA: U.S. must remain engaged in the Western Balkans (VoA in Albanian)

Serbian Language Media:

• Vucic: We will change our approach to the Kosovo issue; Serbia will no longer be subjected to a fait accompli (Kosovo Online)
• Borrell: It is high time for Kosovo and Serbia to break current vicious cycle of crises and tensions (N1)
• 20th anniversary of the March pogrom (KoSSev)
• Diocese on who paid the restoration of holy sites destroyed in the March pogrom (KoSSev)
• Kurti from Cabra: Children jumped into Ibar to avoid the escort of Serbian youths; unclear who then directed the demonstrators towards the Serbs (KoSSev)
• The SL: Self-Determination’s brutal lies – a continuation of a dangerous policy of hatred towards the Serbs (Kosovo Online)
• Self-Determination ahead of March 17: 3 children were killed in Cabra, peaceful Albanian demonstrators were shot by Serbian criminals, justice was not served (KoSSev)
• First referendum then elections: Four municipalities in north of Kosovo still without mayors (N1)
• Blinken: We need to see both Kosovo and Serbia keep tensions low (KoSSev, N1)

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