United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 10 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Finding permanent solution to Kosovo issue (Economist Radio/Beta/Tanjug/RTS/B92)
• Patriarch Irinej: Vucic fighting to preserve Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug/B92)
• Jovanovic: Vucic should state whether binding agreement with Kosovo and UN membership is acceptable to him (fakti)
• US visa denied to General Dikovic (Danas)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Ivanic: Denying 9 January cannot produce results (Srna/BNTV)
• Dodik: Fight for RS not over yet (Srna)
• Stefanovic: Serbia, RS share same people (Srna)
• US Embassy: Disrespect for decision of B&H CC on unconstitutionality of RS Day is violation of rule (Al Jazeera)
• Ivantsov: Fact about establishment of RS should not be denied (Srna)
• EUD to B&H: EU attaches great importance to undisturbed functioning of democratic institutions (BHT1)
Croatia
• Erdogan and Grabar-Kitarovic discuss situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Markovic defends Brnabic: Amfilohije tries to revive retrograde times (CdM)
• Analysts: Amfilohije to resign, anti-Montenegrin hysteria fueled by Serbian tabloids (CdM)
• Hoyt Yee: Protests can occur if governments fail to keep their promises too (Vijesti)
fYROM
• New round of name talks to take place in New York on 17 January (MIA)
• Macedonia faced with historic opportunity to close name issue, says Osmani (MIA)
• Mickoski: MPs won’t return to ‘undemocratic’ parliament (MIA)
Albania
• Talking points with Athens unveiled (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Western Balkans backsliding on democracy, says Lords committee (The Guardian)
• Balkan Terror Trials Reveal Links to Western Europe (BIRN)
• The Greek diaspora and the Macedonia issue (ekathimerini)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 9 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Dodik decorates Nikolic (N1/B92)
• KFOR: Situation in Kosovo calm, stable (Tanjug)
• Kostic: SANU is not a political party to have a platform on Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Priests of the Montenegrin-Littoral Metropolitan support Amfilohije (Tanjug)
• Top SNS officials want early parliamentary elections (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Marking of RS Day officially starts in Banja Luka (TV1/BHT1)
• Dodik: Bosniaks will not prevent 9 January from being republic day (Srna)
• Lukac: Some 700 police officers will secure RS Day manifestation (ATV/BNTV)
• Vucic and Brnabic not to attend RS’ Day marking (Hayat/N1/RTRS)
• Vucic congratulates RS Day (Srna)
• Coalition ‘Domovina’ files motion for assessment of constitutionality of Law on RS’ Day (FTV)
• SDA slams SDP because its delegate in RS CoP Suljkanovic failed to support filing of motion for assessment of Law on RS Day (Avaz)
• Softic comments on RS Day (TV1)
• OHR: Decisions made by B&H Constitutional Court are final and binding (BHT1)
• Yee resigns (Al Jazeera)
Croatia
• Juncker: “Arbitration judgement must be respected” (Index)
• Covic wants Zagreb to support Electoral Law reform (tportal)
Montenegro
• Amfilohije: No agreement with terrorists regarding Kosovo (In4S)
fYROM
• Kotzias: Compound name for all uses, differentiating from Greek Macedonia (MIA)
• Solution to name issue possible by mid-2018, Zaev tells Greek TV (MIA)
• Tsipras: Window for name solution has been opened (MIA)
Albania
• First 100 days, what promises the government did and did not keep (Top Channel)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU sets date for next wave of enlargement (EUobserver)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Friday 29 December 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Vucic not interfering with my job (Nedeljnik)
• Vulin: Threat from Pristina will endanger peace in region (Tanjug)
• Brussels gives no precise answer about date for Community (Tanjug)
• Lajcak: Dayton 2 unrealistic (Beta/N1)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• SDA holds New Year’s press conference (TV1)
• Radoncic: 2017 was year full of conflicts and lies, SBB B&H has strategic problem with SDA (TV1)
• Dodik organizes reception on occasion of RS Day (RTRS)
• Cormack: It is high time for politics to stop with pressures over economy and judiciary (Dani)
fYROM
• Xhaferi: Opposition to return to parliament, no need for elections (MIA)
• Sela: Zaev gets new ministerial post, but loses serious partner (Telma)
• AA office-holders tender resignations (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE starts procedure for changing the statute (Republika)
• Ombudsman: Arrest of MPs constitutes violation of parliamentary immunity (Republika)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia expects Russian top diplomat's visit in February (TASS)
• Government and Opposition Trade Blows Over FYROM Name Dispute (Greek Reporter)

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Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 3 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: EU Serbia’s strategic direction, but not at any cost (Beta/Politika)
• Vucic on Kosovo (Novosti)
• Stefanovic: US and EU should take stance on threats out of Pristina (Tanjug/B92)
• Telephone numbers in Kosovo and Metohija unchanged (Tanjug/Novosti)
• Kuburovic: ICTY documents to be available to Serbian judiciary (Tanjug)
• Avramovic: Draft declaration nearly complete (Novosti)
• Issue of missing Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija primary (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Dodik: Not even 100,000 Muslim votes will help SzP if I decide to run (EuroBlic)
• Vulin: There is no ‘Dayton 2’, only Dayton which is signed and Serbia is guarantor (Srna)
• Inzko: It is incredible and unacceptable that issues such as third entity and alleged statehood of RS are still appearing 22 years after Dayton (Dnevni list)
• B&H Prosecutor’s Office appeals against first-instance verdict in Oric case (RTRS)
• Srebrenica to host conference on rights of returnees on January 9 (TV1)
Croatia
• Austria and Netherlands worried about Croatian-Slovenian border dispute (T portal)
• Hague Tribunal on Praljak courtroom suicide: “No omissions in procedure were found” (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
• Djukanovic: Russia has returned to the region again (RTCG)
• Kacin warns: Russia’s not the only one aspiring to interfere in regional affairs (Pobjeda)
• Stoltenberg: Montenegro represents the Balkans’ greatest exporter of stability (Dnevne novine)
fYROM
• Zaev: Time for work, not elections (MIA)
• Ivanov: Greece should stop holding Macedonia hostage for admission to NATO (Meta)
Albania
• Opposition reacted over the detainment of two opposition supporters (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Commission Sees 2018 As Balkans’ Year of Opportunity (BIRN)

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Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 4 January 2018
LOCAL PRESS

• Patriarch Irinej: Serbia cannot give Kosovo (Politika/TV Hram)
• Stefanovic: Electoral list to be submitted once Belgrade elections have been called (Tanjug)
• Gojkovic: Last date for elections in Belgrade is 18 March (Beta/Dnevnik)
• Belgrade elections to be called by 1 February (Tanjug)
• Stanojkovic: We are investigating 750 cases from Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• International community might urge HR Inzko to use Bonn Powers (Nezavisne)
• Next big crisis in B&H will be related to marking of RS Day (Vecernji list)
Croatia
• “Slovenian fines for Croatian fishermen in Bay of Piran are meaningless” (Vecernji list)
• EC calls on Croatia and Slovenia to continue dialogue (HRT)
Montenegro
• Montenegro in the EU before 2025 (MINA)
fYROM
• Zaev: The dinner with Boutaris is a message that there is a will for solving the name dispute (Meta)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Slovenia-Croatia border dispute underlines fragility of EU’s Balkan project (The Irish Times)