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)

United Nations Office in Belgrade 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)

United Nations Office in Belgrade 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)