United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 19 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Improvement of cooperation with Suriname in many areas (RTS)
• Dacic comments on strange case of Egypt's Kosovo recognition (Tanjug/B92)
• Djuric: Whatever we get, it will be more than what we have now (RTS)
• Vulin: Significant contribution of Serbian Army to UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (RTS/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H CoM holds session (N1)
• USC authorities discuss solutions for migrant crisis, B&H CoM has no solution (TV1)
• Coalition ‘Hrvatsko zajednistvo’ – 12 Croat political parties want to change 20-year-long policy by participating in elections together (TV1)
Montenegro
• Government of Montenegro: Friendship between Montenegro and US strong and permanent (CDM)
fYROM
• Parliament adopts NATO membership declaration (MIA)
• Zaev: New leaders’ meeting to be held today, moves of opposition VMRO-DPMNE leader Mickoski ‘irresponsible’ (MIA)
Albania
• Croatian President: Albania our friend in difficult times (ADN)
• We won't forget, Albanians sacrificed lives for Croatia' (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• America Doesn’t Need Another Weakling NATO Ally (The American Conservative)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 18 July 2018

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: It was not easy, we agreed on two things (Tanjug/B92/RTS)
• Vucic in Paris: Macron’s support for finding a compromise with Albanians (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Support of Georgia to territorial integrity, sovereignty of Serbia (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
• Drecun: We need a predictable associate on the other side (RTS)
• Milivojevic: Serbian negotiators are not conveying to citizens the real content of talks with Pristina (Beta)
• Vukadinovic: Moscow does not recognize any all-encompassing agreement with Pristina that derogates Resolution 1244 (RTS/RTV/NSPM)
• Serbian soldiers among best trained in peace missions (Beta/RTS)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic and Djukanovic meet in Podgorica; express satisfaction with excellent relations between B&H and Montenegro (BHT1/TV1)
• Viskovic: RS’ position clearly stated in resolution (Srna)
• Protests due to migrant crisis in Bihac to take place in Sarajevo on 26 July (TV1/BHT1)
fYROM
• Party leaders to meet over referendum preparations (MIA)
Albania
• EU launches screening process with Albania (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Trump: Defending NATO ally Montenegro could mean ‘World War III’ (politico.eu)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 17 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic and Macron meeting in Paris (Tanjug)
• Mustafa: No obstacles for Serbia to promote rights of Albanians in the Presevo valley (Beta)
• Berlin, Moscow and London replacing ambassadors (Novosti)
• UK report: Serbia will not catch up with EU in 50 years (Blic/B92)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Zvizdic: Summits in London Brussels and Sofia were useful for B&H (BHT1)
• RS did not get BAM for projects at Western Balkans Summit in London (RTRS)
• Ivanic says London Summit declaration on war crimes is not detrimental to Serb national interests (EuroBlic)
• Coordination of Serb People in Mostar agrees on joint participation of all Serb candidates and parties at elections in FB&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Marceta: Something has to change, otherwise no Serbs will live in FB&H (Srna)
• Migrant crisis in B&H is not slowing down, authorities in Bihac claim migrant crisis is escalating (ATV)
fYROM
• Hahn: EU door is open, decision depends on you (MIA)
• Xhaferi-Hahn: Macedonia needs to focus on implementing reforms (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• European powers fear loss of influence in Balkans after London summit failure (World Socialist Web Site)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 16 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• For China, Kosovo is Serbia, and so it shall remain (Tanjug/Kurir/B92)
• Mondoloni: Macron didn’t say Serbia should be punished (Politika)
• Albanians from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja authorize Pristina to represent them in Brussels (Beta)
• Lo Cascio: Intensified Belgrade-Pristina dialogue good news (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik warns Vucic of threatening statements by Oric (RTRS)
• Oric states he has never called for new war (N1)
• RS gives negative opinion to declaration on war crimes signed in London (TV1)
• USC Assembly holds another urgent session dedicated to issue of migrants (TV1/Nezavisne)
• Bissell says NATO HQ will continue to provide support to B&H in process of registration of prospective military property (Avaz)
Montenegro
• Lutovac: Personal ties affect relations between Serbia and Montenegro (Dan)
• DF is planning new protests (Pobjeda)
• Hahn: Croatia must not block Montenegro’s accession talks (Dan)
fYROM
• EC to launch technical part of screening process for Macedonia next week (MIA)
• Macedonia celebrates NATO membership invitation ahead of 'historic' year (MIA)
• Greece parliament to pass name deal 'without problems', says Kotzias (MIA/Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Turkey’s accession talks 'should end,' Kurz tells Kathimerini (ekathimerini)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Friday 13 July 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Full support of Mozambique to territorial integrity of Serbia (RTV/Tanjug)
• Drecun: Elections if people say no in Kosovo issue referendum (N1)
• Odalovic: No clear signal from Pristina (N1)
• Zakharova: Russia has not changed stance on Kosovo (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ivanic’s office did not give consent to signing of joint declarations of countries participants in Berlin Process until RS’ suggestions were taken into account (BN TV)
• Dodik: Izetbegovic understands RS is committed to military neutrality (ATV)
• Commemoration for Serb victims killed in Srebrenica and Bratunac villages in 1992 held in Zalazje (BHT1)
• B&H CEC determines order of political parties, independent candidates and coalitions on ballots for general elections (BHT1)
• UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee warns Russia will do everything to jeopardize stability of relations in Western Balkans (N1)
fYROM
• Stoltenberg officially hands over NATO membership invitation to Zaev (MIA)
• Zaev gives credit to all political parties, ex-governments for Macedonia’s NATO membership invitation (MIA)
• Dimitrov: If everything goes well Macedonia may become NATO member in mid-2019 (MIA)
• Ahmeti: Our dream Macedonia to join NATO comes true (MIA)
• Opposition VMRO-DPMNE MPs set to vote in favor of Declaration on Macedonia’s NATO membership (MIA)
• Pavlopoulos: Name solution based on history, international law, followed by EU-NATO integration (MIA)
• Russia: Macedonia being sucked into NATO by force (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonia, Greece: Russia Wades Into the Fray Over a Balkan Name Dispute (Stratfor)
• Will Those Killed by NATO 19 Years Ago in Serbia Ever Get Justice? (CounterPunch)