United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 12 November 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Withdrawal of Kosovo’s recognition victory for Serbia’s policy (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vucic: Talks with Macron in three parts (Tanjug/RTS)
• As for Macron, we knock on an open door and there is no dilemma (Tanjug/B92)
• Djuric: Serbs brutally denied right to vote (RTS)
• Borisov: Gas supplies from Bulgaria to Serbia to begin by May 2020 (TV Prva)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Rights, competences and obligations of RS need to be defended (RTRS)
• Salkic: RS parliament session represents continuation of separatist activities (FTV)
• Dzaferovic: If DPA is questioned, so are B&H entities (FTV)
• Other reactions to RS parliament special session (N1)
• SDP Presidency: Whole country is in crisis, directed by SDA and HDZ B&H with help of their partner SNSD (Oslobodjenje)
• Mektic: Serb Ministers in B&H CoM will ask for removal of ANP from agenda of Tuesday's session of CoM (BHT1)
• Turkey starts deporting former ISIL soldiers to their countries of origin; Mektic: B&H will accept only individuals that one unambiguously identifies as B&H nationals (BHT1)
Croatia
• Foreign Minister says NATO role beyond question (Hina)
Montenegro
• Montenegro has to think carefully about ‘mini-Schengen’ (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Pendarovski meets with Macron in Paris (Republika)
• Zaev: We agreed in Ohrid on measures to improve movement of people, goods and services through the region (Nezavisen vesnik)
• DUI does not want early elections in April (Sloboden pecat)
Albania
• Ruci calls on the EU countries to verify the reforms our country has undertaken (Radio Tirana)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Von der Leyen locks horns with Macron over EU enlargement (EurActiv)
• What does Macron really want on Western Balkans? (EUobserver)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 11 November 2019
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Western Balkans need clear and precise indications of European future (Beta/RTS)
• Vucic on 'mini Schengen': Nothing better created in Balkans over past 30 years (Beta)
• Palmer: Mini Schengen has US support (B92)
• India has understanding for our principled position on territorial sovereignty and integrity (Tanjug/RTS)
• Continuity of Serbia-US dialogue assessed positively (FoNet)
• Dacic: Ghana withdraws recognition of so-called Kosovo (TV Prva)
• Dacic demands apology from Albania over Cakaj's statement (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ohrid: Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia sign agreement on entering countries with IDs, call on B&H, Montenegro to join them; Zvizdic: Vucic and Rama guarantee that this is not attempt to replace European integration of Western Balkan (FTV)
• Komsic summons French Ambassador to discuss President Macron’s statement on B&H (TV1/BHT1)
• Bosniak officials criticize Macron’s statement as unfounded (TV1/RTRS/N1)
• Mektic: B&H has not had any serious terrorist threats for years (TV1/BHT1/FTV)
• Dodik thanks Macron for revealing truth about B&H (TV1/ATV/RTRS)
• SDS and PDP launch initiative to enable temporary formation of commissions in parliament to unblock work of B&H HoR (Hayat)
• Mektic deems main problem of migrant crisis is lack of accommodation capacities and lack of coordination at all levels (BNTV)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Zaev says the “Mini Schengen” will be good for the region, as Vucic insists it will not be a “new Yugoslavia” (Republika)
• Mickoski on the Mini Schengen initiative: For us, the only option is to join the EU (Republika)
• Zaev asked Alexander Soros for money and Edi Rama for more Albanian votes (Republika)
Albania

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Von der Leyen: EU path for Western Balkans is of ‘great strategic importance’ (Politico.eu)
• Brussels casts Zaev a thin lifeline (New Europe)

LOCAL PRESS

Djuric: Kosovo Serbs will not enter government that doesn’t respect the will of the Serb people (RTV/FoNet/Tanjug)
Gojkovic thanks India for respecting Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty (Tanjug)
Milivojevic: Western Balkans is once again the focus of global politics (RTS)
Serbia completes IPAP 2019-2021 adoption procedure (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina

HDZ B&H and SDA delegations meet, still no agreement on formation of authority (BHT)
Niksic: There is Erdogan’s influence in blockade of B&H’s road to NATO (Dnevni avaz)
Information on special session of RS parliament released (Srna)
Inzko meets Guterres, thanks him for UN’s role in B&H (Oslobodjenje)
Dodik files request for constitutional review of law on B&H flag (RTRS)

Montenegro

Radulovic: Macron’s views make us think carefully about Europe’s future (CDM)

Republic of North Macedonia

Falconi: Palmer’s statement of ‘EU’s historic mistake’ is wrong (Nezavisen vesnik)
Zaev: New methodology for EU accession negotiations would give us a fair chance (Nezavisen vesnik)

Albania

Meta: Montenegro is a strategic partner of Albania (Radio Tirana)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Emmanuel Macron in his own words (The Economist)

LOCAL PRESS

• Falconi: Any solution accepted by Belgrade and Pristina would be satisfactory to France (N1)
• Hahn: From Serbia's perspective, the idea of striking an agreement with Kosovo will only make sense if there is a prospect of EU accession (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Kosovo’s Kurti talk about reciprocity euphemism for rejecting dialogue (Beta)
• Russia will deliver the Pantsir S-1 missile system to Serbia in the next few months (RTS)
• The U.S. demands that opposition runs in elect ion, opposition cites fair conditions as prerequisite (Beta)
• Jeremic: Through boycott we restore people's trust, show we are ready for sacrifice (Beta)
• Dodik: Independent Republika Srpska is no longer just a dream (Alo)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: HR Inzko continues to meddle in things that are not within his jurisdiction (N1)
• SDA: It is unclear how Inzko got to suggest that everyone is responsible for stalemate (Hayat)
• Dzaferovic: Blockade of BiH Parliament biggest problem at the moment (Oslobodjenje)
• Ivanic assesses that Balkans is object of conflict of great powers not because of its importance but because of their mutual relations (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Will Serbian President Vucic give a speech in Zagreb? (Hina)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Why did Macron refuse to meet the “toxic” Zaev? (Republika)
Albania
• Vasak: The decision not to open negotiations on October 18 did not close the door to Albania (Radio Tirana)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Serbian opposition suspicious of Referendum Law Changes (BIRN)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 06 July 2019

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: If I promised something to the West on Kosovo, why didn't I fulfill it so far? (RTS)
• Vucic opponents, supporters face off in front of RTS (N1, VIP)
• Serbia’s opposition: Vucic suspends institutions, sends criminals against people (N1)
• Palmer calls on opposition to desist from election boycott (N1)
• Palmer meets with the opposition leaders (VIP, Beta)
• Vucic discusses EU integration, dialogue with Kosovo and the environment with Fabrizi (Beta)
• "Special" American representative coming to Belgrade, sanctions threatening us? (Vecernje Novosti)
• Dacic: Palmer hasn't mentioned sanctions over Russian military equipment (Danas, FoNet)
• Visegrad Group prime ministers disappointed with EU's negative signal to the Western Balkans (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• HR Inzko addresses UN SC (BHT1)
• UN Security Council: EUFOR to oversee peace in B&H for another year (Srna)
• B&H HoR Collegium fails; Zvizdic: Blockade in Parliament continues, we were unable to reach consensus (BHT1)
• Dodik: I will not be convening meetings on formation of state-level authorities (Glas Srpske)
• Head of RS Representation Office in US Kesic: Bosniaks recently organized network of lobbyists to convince US Congress to adopt resolution against RS (RTRS)
Croatia
• EU will not leave Balkans to Turkey and Russia (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Minister Darmanovic: No land has been surrendered to Kosovo (CDM)
• Djukanovic, Etgen: Closing the EU door is not a good message (CDM)
Republic of North Macedonia
• Palmer: We will try to convince the EU to change its position on the Western Balkans before the Zagreb Summit (Nezavisen vesnik)
• Conway-Mouret: France will give the green light for North Macedonia’s NATO membership (MIA)
• Zaev’s advisers are jumping ship (Republika)
• Zaev endorses proposal to radically change the electoral model (Republika)
• DUI is not interested in a pre-election coalition with SDSM, Bujar Osmani says (Republika)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Senate hearing blames Dodik for Bosnia’s stalemate (BIRN)