United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 26 August 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic receives credentials from Ambassadors of Azerbaijan, India and Kazakhstan (Beta)
Vucic: Verdict to Todosijevic is verdict to Brussels agreement (Politika/RTS/Tanjug/B92)
Drecun: Prison sentence to Todosijevic part of a broader campaign (Tanjug/RTV)
EU: Pristina has violated the agreement (Tanjug/RTS)
Establishing cooperation with Jordan in several areas (Tanjug/RTV)
He is spitting on RS which feeds him (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Criticism at expense of Dodik after he decides to meet Erdogan on Friday (N1)
Vucic’s transparent lectures (Oslobodjenje)
Viskovic: IMF funds transferred to B&H not loan but rather deposit of prior investment (ATV)
Montenegro

Krivokapic: It is our duty to reduce tensions; Kascelan: Enthronement should take place outside Cetinje (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Zaev now offers to take 780 Afghans (Republika)
Sekerinska: Every arrival of evacuated Afghan citizens will be registered (Republika)
Albania

The new government cabinet to be announced next week (Radio Tirana)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 25 August 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Sweden’s unequivocal support for Serbia’s EU integration (Tanjug/RTV)
Petkovic: Pristina tried not only to put a band-aid on the mouth of Ivan Todosijevic but also the entire Serb people (RTS)
Independent commission reiterates: There was no genocide (Beta/B92)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Salkic sends letter to Schmidt and urges him to eliminate asymmetric solutions from entity constitutions (BHT1)
Different stances (Oslobodjenje)
Niksic and Nelson: Fabricated affairs are camouflaging real problems of the citizens (Dnevni list)
Lagumdzija: Svraka relieved of duty of member of Second-Instance Disciplinary Commission in Tadic case (BHT1/RTRS)
Report on suffering of all peoples in Srebrenica during 1992-1995 presented in Belgrade (FTV/ATV)
Only truth and justice (Glas Srpske)
Montenegro

Krivokapic: Cetinje monastery is Metropolitan’s place, why would he go to Podgorica (Vijesti)
Despite tensions, Joanikije doesn’t give up on Cetinje (Pobjeda/Vijesti)
Abazovic meets with Vuksic: ANB dedicated to protection of Montenegro’s national interests (CdM)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 24 August 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic: Serbia won’t protect war criminals (TV Happy)
Vulin: Dzaferovic should extradite Oric (Politika)
SPC Synod dismisses Gojko Perovic (Tanjug/RTS)
Petkovic posts picture of minor in bloody towel (N1)
Dacic: Deal in unmediated talks with opposition by end of month (TV Prva/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Russian Embassy in B&H: Schmidt was not legally appointed to post of HR (RTRS)
Oric states if they talk about respecting law, Serbian officials should not provide shelter for persons indicted or sentenced for war crimes, but prosecute them (N1)
EC: Serbia must meet clear standards on dealing with war crimes in domestic judiciary as part of its accession negotiations (O Kanal)
Podzic: Only reason why B&H AF were not engaged in extinguishing wildfires is failure to reach political decision in B&H Presidency, failure of Dodik to vote on this issue (Al Jazeera Balkans)
Montenegro

Abazovic: Attack on TV Vijesti team is a product of atmosphere that certain structures have been creating for months (gov.me)
Kobre and BIA to give final assessment of risks regarding Joanikije’s enthronement (Pobjeda)
Republic of North Macedonia

Zaev: We probably have bigger hearts than other countries, that is why we will take more Afghan refugees (Republika)
Bilateral issues shouldn’t be an obstacle to validate the progress of any country on the EU road, Pendarovski tells Charles Michel (Republika)
Simovski: Only the parliament can change the census law (Kanal 5)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 23 August 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic ready to talk to Kurti, but sees no reason (Beta/Tanjug/RTV/RTS)
Selakovic in Cairo: Room for improving economic cooperation (Beta)
Selakovic: Gratitude for Namibia’s support for Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug)
Selakovic: Gratitude to Angola for strong and consistent support to Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug/RTS)
Selakovic: African states attach significance to ties with Serbia (Tanjug/RTS)
Dacic: Afghan HPC organized meetings in Belgrade, Vucic gave green light (TV Prva/Beta/N1)
Vulin: Serbia stopover for Afghan refugees (TV Prva/Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Vucic’s statement that he will not extradite Kornjaca to B&H sparks reactions (O Kanal/N1)
Prosecutor’s Office of B&H receives 29 reports for genocide denial so far (ATV)
Izetbegovic: It is yet to be seen whether Prosecutor’s Office of B&H will dare to go after Dodik (Hayat)
Joint Commission of RS parliament and RS CoP fails to harmonize stances regarding Law on Non-Implementation of Decision of High Representative and Amendments to RS Criminal Code (ATV)
B&H signs joint statement of State Department calling for peace in Afghanistan (Avaz)
Sputnik learns RS was not informed that B&H has signed statement of US Department of State on Afghanistan (RTRS)
Dzaferovic: We in B&H will determine our attitude towards Afghanistan based on concrete actions (Hayat)
Make the future safe (Fena)
Montenegro

Message from Cetinje protest: We have no other homeland but Montenegro and we will not allow its clericalization, fascism-orientation, assimilation and entering Serbian World (CdM)
Joanikije on Cetinje protest: They renounce me, I won’t renounce them, they are my brothers (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Zaev’s government now pledges to take 650 Afghan refugees (Republika)
Jansa insists that the EU admits only a small number of Afghans who worked with the NATO mission (Republika)
In violation of the law, the Interior Ministry will begin issuing identity cards with the imposed name “North Macedonia” (Republika)
The Interior Ministry overruled the parliament (Republika)
Albania

Blinken held a phone conversation with Rama (Radio Tirana)
Xhaçka: Ready to receive thousands of Afghan refugees (Radio Tirana)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Friday 20 August 2021

LOCAL PRESS

Vucic: Pristina is violating Washington agreement, that gives Serbia free hands (B92/Tanjug/RTS)
Selakovic thanks Kenya for principled support to Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug/RTS/RTV)
Shava: Zimbabwe to continue to back Serbia on Kosovo issue (Tanjug)
Serbian Army Chief-of-Staff, KFOR Commander discuss security, coop (Beta)
Djilas: Single election list; No to Kosovo recognition, no to NATO (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Politicians, analysts, NGOs comment meeting in Berlin (Oslobodjenje/Glas Srpske)
Doboj marks its Patron Saint’s Day; Patriarch Porfirije: RS is guarantor of peace and existence of Serb people in B&H; Dodik: Church is one of most important pillars of identity of Serb people and it will remain so (BN TV)
RS political leaders meet with Patriarch Porfirije: Political unity will be preserved, imposing any kind of laws is inacceptable for the RS (O Kanal)
Dodik: Until UN SC confirms him, Schmidt is foreigner who cannot adopt and impose laws in B&H (RTRS)
B&H's FM urges Serbia to hand over war crimes suspects with int warrants (N1/ Istraga.ba)
Dodik: Helicopters of AFBiH not in condition to be used for extinguishing of fires (RTRS)
Croatia

Schmidt will strengthen his legitimacy solely by consistent and impartial action (Vecernji list)
Croatian Interior Minister hopeful Europe won’t see another migrant wave (Hina)
Montenegro

The CPC liturgy was served on Ivanova Korita (RTCG/Cetinjski list)
Bogdanovic: No priest or anyone’s whim is more important than peace of people in Montenegro (CdM)
Republic of North Macedonia

Zaev is ready to take up to 1,800 refugees from Afghanistan (Sitel TV)
Albania

Rama condemns clams of throwing students off dorms to house Afghans (ADN)