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Belgrade Media Report 8 April 2024

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Daily Media Highlights

Monday 8 April 2024

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: I believe in great things we can do today in Paris (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
• Dirty game in the United Nations (TV Informer/Politika)
• Vucic sent a clear message from the SNS Presidency session: Don’t worry, especially you from N1, we will win (B92)
• Brnabic: The opposition wants to internationalize the crisis (TV Pink)
• Vucic signs electoral list ‘Aleksandar Vucic – Belgrade tomorrow’ (Tanjug)
• Commission approves Aleksandar Vucic – Belgrade Tomorrow electoral list (Tanjug)
• Vucevic, Brnabic meet with Peach (Tanjug)
• Apostolovic: CoE membership for Pristina unacceptable (RTV/Tanjug)
• EU: Failure to fulfil obligations will have serious consequences for Serbia, Kosovo on teir EU path (Beta)
• CeSID: Election boycott cold cost both government, opposition dearly (Blic)
• Population census in Kosovo starts, fines for refusing to provide information up to 2,000 Euro (N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Orban meets with RS officials; Dodik and Orban discuss EU path of B&H (ATV)
• Dodik: RS and Hungary have developed good friendship in all spheres of life and we want to continue and deepen it (RTRS)
• Becirovic calls on Vucic to stop with genocide denial (O Kanal)
• Becirovic accuses Vucic of spreading untruths about events of war in B&H; Cvijanovic says Becirovic is clearly hurt by truth, so he would prefer to deny President of Serbia and RS officials right to speak and think (RTRS)
• Cvijanovic’s Cabinet denies allegations that it ignored Permanent Mission of B&H to UN (Oslobodjenje)
• Interview with Ambassador Sattler; Threats, escalations, rhetoric and actions that lead toward divisions, serve nobody’s interests; We would like for B&H to join SEPA (Dnevni avaz)
• Dodik: Local elections 2024 will be the first ones implemented in line with RS Election Law (ATV)
• RS government assesses imposition of amendments to B&H Election Law as unacceptable; calls on all members of bodies for implementation of elections from RS to submit their resignations (BNTV)
• President of RS Election Commission prepared to resign in line with conclusions of RS government (ATV)
• Official Gazette of B&H publishes Schmidt’s decision on changes to Election Law of B&H (EuroBlic)
• HDZ acts contrary to US stances; Submits proposal law on ‘Southern Interconnection’ which completely eliminated ‘BH-Gas’ from the project (Istraga.ba)
Croatia
• Milanovic awards decorations to HVO units from B&H; Say that ‘Herzeg-Bosnia’ was necessary for the Croats and because without it they would not survive (HMS)
Montenegro
• Survival of the Committee on Comprehensive Election Reform uncertain (CdM)
• Mandic said to be in favour of Montenegro leaving NATO (CdM)
• Knezevic: We won’t recognize Kosovo; Zivkovic: You recognized it when you signed agreement (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski: Opposition de facto blocked its own country on EU path (MIA)
• Siljanovska-Davkova says will highlight citizens’ issues and interests, veto parliament’s legislation if necessary (MIA)
• Osmani: Tackling Russian influence and corruption by certifying public officials (MIA)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 8, 2024

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 8 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Kastrati: Serb community must understand that population census does not return (Klan)
• Serbian List members resign from municipal election commissions in the north (media)
• Knaus: EU’s current strategy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has collapsed (RTK)
• Petritsch: The Kurti-Vucic agreement has international validity (RTK)
• LDK: Claims that Kosovo has progressed in international indexes is government propaganda (media)
• Osmani: The Roma community is an integral part of our society (media)
• Tahiri: What is this silence in LVV about samples from Dehari case? (media)

Serbian Language Media:

• Radosavljevic: Boycott of referendum does not come as surprise, Serbs do not feel safe (Euronews, Kosovo Online)
• Russian MFA: Attempts for Kosovo to become CoE member witness to degradation of this organization (N1, FoNet)
• Pristina: Little willingness of Serbs in the north of Kosovo to register (KiM radio, RTS)
• Kastrati: The census mandatory for everyone, no one has the right to call for a boycott (KiM radio, Slobodno Srpski, Kosovo Online)
• What questions are being asked at the census, who is “Woman with Crown” and “Woman without Crown”, and what period “War Damage” entails? (KoSSev)
• World Roma Day (KiM radio)
• Vucic lays wreath in Paris, due to meet Macron (N1, Tanjug)
• Swedish ambassador says Serbia gets second highest EU fund payouts (N1, FoNet)
• Vucevic, Brnabic met Peach: Commitment to preserving peace and stability in the region (Tanjug, RTS)

International:

• It is in the interest of the EU that Enlargement takes place soon, Varhelyi says (Sarajevo Times)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 8, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

Kurti calls on European reps to support Kosovo at Council of Europe (media)
Serbian List won’t take part in vote to dismiss Albanian mayors in north (RFE)
Kosovo asks for explanations from EU about silence to Serbia’s violations (Dukagjini)
Krasniqi: When Serbia violates agreements, EU prefers not to go into details (media)
Stradner: Vucic is the one disrupting stability in the Balkans (Telegrafi)
Former Kosovo FM meets chief of Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (media)
Kosovo part of the European Geological Service (Kallxo)
Learta Hollaj appointed chief of staff for Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Serbian List opposes referendum to recall mayors, blames Kurti (KoSSev, media)
UNS: Serbian List again selectively calling for press conferences (NMagazin, Beta, KoSSev)
PKS: The Serbian List admitted political defeat (KiM radio, KoSSev)
Kosovo seeks a chance to sue Serbia for war crimes by joining CoE (N1)
Blakaj: HLC has no information that Kosovo is preparing a lawsuit against Serbia for genocide (Kosovo Online)

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