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Belgrade Media Report 11 April 2024

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 11 April 2024

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Good meeting with OSCE Chiarman Borg (RTV)
• Brnabic meets with Borg (Tanjug/RTV)
• OSCE reliable partner of Serbian government in further reform process (Tanjug/RTV)
• Brnabic: Opposition MPs showed lack of respect (N1)
• Opposition MPs walk out of meeting with Brnabic (N1)
• Purchase of Rafale jets no violation of Serbia’s military neutrality – MoD (Tanjug/Beta/Politika)
• Petkovic: Osmani is resorting to lies, she cannot stand Vucic’s success in Paris (Tanjug)
• Greece’s position on so-called Kosovo remains unchanged (ANA/Tanjug)
• OSCE: It’s up to voters in northern Kosovo and Metohija to decide whether to cast their ballots (Tanjug)
• Freedom House: Serbia experiences historic decline (N1)
• Lutovac: Opposition asks OSCE to appoint mediator for talks with government (Danas)
• NADA coalition won’t attend parliament’s Collegium session (N1/Beta)
• Soft power against Srebrenica Resolution (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Sattler discusses European path and progress of B&H with HDZ B&H leader Covic in Mostar (BHT1/FTV)
• Dodik meets with French senators in Paris: If Schmidt intervenes in relation to property, RS will declare independence (RTRS/O Kanal/BHT1)
• RS opposition favors Schmidt’s election law over RS election law (ATV/RTRS/Nova BH)
• B&H HoP’s work blocked (BHT1)
• Draft resolution on genocide in Srebrenica published (FTV)
• Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center announces that it will use all resources to advocate adoption of resolution on genocide in Srebrenica in UN (FTV)
• Dodik: By pushing the resolution on Srebrenica, Bosniak politicians will destroy any possibility of agreement with Serbs (AJB/TV Russia 24)
• Nesic: Helez is fascinated by Dodik and he is trying to imitate him, no decisions on NATO integration can be made without RS (Glas Srpske)
• Helez answers Nesic: Be happy if RS survives at all (Radiosarajevo.ba)
• Zvizdic announces arrival of NATO battalion as support to EUFOR (Avaz)
• Anonymous NATO officials confirms: NATO troops to arrive in B&H (Politicki.ba)
• Zvizdic’s announcement denied: NATO battalion is not coming to B&H (Istraga.ba)
Montenegro
• Mitsotakis to Spajic: Montenegro a bright spot in WB, EU must value your results (CdM)
• Zenovic: Most of commitments from EU agenda must be completed by next year end (MINA)
• PM’s Cabinet: Abazovic’s govt. illegally spent €350,000 on lobbying (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Dimitrievski: Macedonia needs unifier as president (MIA)
• Siljanovska Davkova: Expertise and competence can lead the country out of chaos (MIA)
• Pendarovski: We’ll defeat Mickoski in the first round of elections (MIA)
• Mickoski: I’ll accept TV duel with Pendarovski when he becomes SDSM president (MIA)
Albania
• Happy Fitr Bajram/ Head of Muslim Community: May the world find peace and tolerance prevail (Radio Tirana)
• Begaj congratulates Eid al-Fitr from Elbasan: Let’s inherit religious harmony among generations (Radio Tirana)
• Wisner: Celebrating 15 Years as NATO Allies: Stronger and more united than ever (Radio Tirana)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, April 11, 2024

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UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, 11 April, 2024

Albanian Language Media:

• Osmani receives OSCE chairman, discusses Kosovo’s membership in the CoE (media)
• Gervalla informs OSCE chairman about situation in the north (media)
• Dinar gathers chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia again next week in Brussels (media)
• FH: Serbia’s refusal to recognize Kosovo, big challenge in democratization (media)
• KSF receives logistic equipment from Germany worth €2.7 million (media)
• Elezi on placing cameras at polling stations in north: They apply to all election processes (Klan)
• Citaku: Kurti brutally interfering in North Macedonia’s elections (ekonomia)

Serbian Language Media: 

• Vucic refuted that he “was preparing for invasion” of Kosovo (Radio KIM)
• Trajkovic: Both Belgrade and Pristina see Radoicic as “a danger if he speaks what he knows about both of them” (KoSSev)
• Dacic: Serbia to contribute to dialogue amid global crisis (Tanjug)
• Djedovic Handanovic: “Elektrosever” and EPS stand behind the citizens, there is a lot of misinformation (Radio Mitrovica sever, TV Pink)
• EU Spokesperson: Still without date for meeting in Brussels next week (Kosovo Online)
• Szunyog meets Bishop Teodosije, discusses SOC matters, including returning land to Decani Monastery (Kosovo Online, social media)
• EU ambassadors supported visa liberalization for holders of Serbian passports from Kosovo (KiM radio, Tanjug)

Opinion:

• Dimitrijevic: Kurti causes animosity among Serbs in Kosovo, the SL decisions not in their interest (KoSSev)

International:

• Serbia: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report (freedomhouse.org)

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UNMIK Media Observer, Morning Edition, April 11, 2024

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Albanian Language Media:

QUINT: Serbian List should reconsider its position on boycotting voting in the north (media)
Rohde: Serbian List should calculate the consequences of the boycott (RTK)
Svecla about incident: Time to place explosives has passed (media)
Serb who found explosive under car says it was a threatening message (Koha)
Kadiu: Serbia’s illegal passports violate Kosovo’s sovereignty (RTK)
Pahor confirms plans to replace Lajcak, has Golob’s support (Koha)
Next OSCE Chairman , to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
Former COMKFOR: Attack in Banjska was terrorist, institutions of Serbia were also involved (Klan)
Vucic met OSCE head: I emphasized consequences of violation of agreements by Kosovo and international community (Klan)

Serbian Language Media:

CEC certified voters’ lists for mayoral recall vote in the north, almost 1.500 voters more compared to April 2023 local elections (KoSSev)
Marinkovic: Pristina would directly benefit from referendum boycott, there are no objective conditions on ground for census (KoSSev)
Gogic: If mayors in north remain in power, they will continue to act against interests of local population (Kosovo Online)
Dacic: Eleven years after Brussels deal, Pristina still refusing to form Community of Serb Municipalities (Tanjug)
Greece’s position on Kosovo remains unchanged – news report (Tanjug, ANA)
Vucic meets with Chinese minister of commerce (Tanjug, media)
MoD: Purchase of Rafale jets no violation of Serbia’s military neutrality (media)
Pahor Slovenia’s candidate for EUSR for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (N1 Slovenia, N1 Belgrade)
KFOR helps Kosovo police remove IED (N1)

International Media: 

Kosovo Urged to Address Concerns About Census Amid Serb Boycott (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Deplores European Parliament’s Vote to Provide Visa Free Travel to Serb Citizens with Serbian Passports (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovan police load up with weapons on the Serbian border as tensions rise (The Telegraph)
Serbia says it’s close to a deal to buy French-made fighter jets. That would be a shift from Russia (AP)

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