United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 23 August 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic talks about Macedonia, Kosovo and internal dialog (RTS)
• Vucic-Zaev call statement doesn't mention Kosovo, or spies (B92)
• Provoking conflicts will spin out of control once, Jankovic warns (Danas)
• President Vucic with British Ambassador (Beta)
• President Vucic and German Ambassador discuss internal dialogue on Kosovo (Beta)
• President Vucic with UAE Ambassador (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Vucic meets Govedarica (Oslobodjenje)
• Parliament of B&H to face crisis after SNSD MPs have left parliamentary commissions (Dnevni list)
• SDA’s Dzaferovic: Proposals of amendments to B&H Election Law adopted in B&H HoP is unacceptable and it will not be adopted in HoR (Hayat)
• OHR calls for talks, all parties obliged to implement B&H CC’s decisions (Hayat)
• Izetbegovic and Moore: Patient work for better relations between the peoples in B&H (Klix)
• Austrian FM Kurz expresses concern over increasing influence of Muslim countries on Western Balkans (RTRS)

Croatia
• Covic and Plenkovic meet in Zagreb, discuss changes to Law on Elections of B&H, construction of Peljesac bridge (Vecernji list)

fYROM
• Dimitrov: The government did not give orders for any intelligence activities against Serbia (Meta)
• Zaev to attend informal meeting with the Western Balkans leaders on Brach (Meta)
• Dimitrov will ask for help in Berlin for starting the EU negotiations (Meta)
• Macedonian consul delivered a speech against the backdrop of a map showing Great Macedonia (MIA)

Albania
• New Government's structure, Ministries that will change (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU calls for calm after Macedonia, Serbia diplomatic incident (BIRN)
• NATO “closes its Adriatic doorstep” while turning Montenegro into puppet state (Sputnik)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 22 August 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Dialogue on Kosovo is already well on its way (RTV)
• Dacic: This was our message to Skopje “ we know everything you do" (TV Pink, Tanjug)
• Jeremic, DS criticize decision to withdraw the entire staff of the Serbian embassy in Macedonia (VIP)
• Serbian president grateful to Russia for "political support" (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• HNS to send another proposal on changes to Law on Elections of B&H in parliamentary procedure (FTV)
• SDS Glamocak: We will follow Serbian stance re NATO, everything is political populism (RTRS)

fYROM
• Without making hasty conclusions, the Governement welcomed Belgrade’s announcements of friendly relations (Meta)
• Deputy PM Osmani: Macedonia committed to fostering good neighborly ties (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Republika Srpska Doesn't Want to 'Lose Russia, Other Friends' to NATO (Sputnik)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 21 August 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• President dismisses "Cyprus model" for Kosovo (B92)
• Brnabic: It is important that internal dialogue on Kosovo has been started (Beta)
• Ljajic: We should ask for EU's concessions to stop blocking Kosovo (Blic)
• Employees of the Serbian embassy in Skopje withdrawn (RTS)
• Vucic: We have evidence of very offensive action against Serbia (B92, Tanjug, RTS)
• EP Rapporteur meets opposition representatives on Thursday in Belgrade, no Jankovic and Jeremic (Vecernje Novosti)
• BNV Marks 100 Years of Declaration of Secession of Sandzak from Serbia (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS President Dodik: People in B&H should decide if B&H will join NATO (RTRS)
• Cvijanovic: NATO’s behavior represents attack on RS (RTRS)
• SDS will not support referendum on membership in NATO (Nezavisne Novine)
• SDA: B&H will become NATO member state regardless of what Dodik thinks about it (TV1)
• Dodik says Croatia has right to construct Peljesac bridge (EuroBlic)

fYROM
• There is still no official information from Belgrade why Serbian Embassy staff was withdrawn (MIA)
• Gov't: Macedonia promoting friendly relations with all its neighbors (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Stop Poking the Russian Bear (National Interest)
• The heavy bag for the European Union: Turkey (hurriyetdailynews.com)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Friday 18 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Broad consensus needed for constitutional amendments (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: Chapter 35 is not about status (Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Ministry of Defense and B&H Public Attorney Office expected to make next move in case of registration of military property in Han Pijesak (BHT1)
• Dodik: People in RS should decide whether B&H should enter NATO (RTRS)
• Ambassador Ivantsov on registration of military property: HR Inzko is twisting facts (Srna)
• Zvizdic meets US Ambassador Cormack, discusses regional cooperation and EU, NATO integration (Nezavisne)
• Pence’s presence at Adriatic Charter Summit shows US will increase activities aimed at strengthening NATO’s position in the Balkans (Dnevni list)
• US Embassy in B&H deeply disappointed that authorities in Sarajevo named school after anti-Semite who glorified Hitler (Srna)
Croatia
• Hasanbegovic rejects US State Department’s allegations (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Sabovic: SDP to go independently (Dan)
fYROM
• Parliament dismisses Marko Zvrlevski (Meta)
• Sweden will help the Macedonian government realize the reform agenda (Meta)
• Dimitrov-Soini: Finland backs Macedonia's EU integration bid (MIA)
Albania
• Morina case-Croatian court ruling is not final, Morina’s lawyer says (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Trump Budget Plan Is Bad News for Eastern Europe (Bloomberg)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 17 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Fierce debate in United Nations Security Council (RTS/Tanjug)
• US for gradually ending UNMIK’s mandate; Russia and China against (Beta/RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Guterres and Vucic to discuss Kosovo (RTV/Tanjug)
• Djuric: UNMIK is an unpleasant witness, they are trying to remove it (RTS)
• Jankovic, Jeremic cease cooperation with DS (Beta/B92)
• DS: Jankovic confusing citizens (Beta)
• DSS also criticizes Sutanovac (RTS)
• Obradovic: DS and SNS policies are the same (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• CC B&H: Military property can be registered to state of B&H (TV1)
• Reactions of RS officials to the decision of the CC of B&H (RTRS/Srna)
• Officials in Federation B&H see B&H CC decision as step towards NATO (Hayat)
• Amendments to B&H Election Law will not receive support from B&H HoR (TV1)
• Conflict between Izetbegovic and Radoncic escalated because Izetbegovic’s wife intention to run for Bosniak member of Presidency of B&H (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• US State Department warns about pro-Ustasha and anti-Serb sentiments in Croatia (Vecernji list)
fYROM
• Parliament wraps up debate on dismissal of Public Prosecutor Zvrlevski (MIA)
• Osmani asked Roth for Berlin’s involvement regarding the solution of the name dispute (Meta)
Albania
• Technical ministers resign, deputy foreign minister follows their resignation (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Post-election Kosovo entering period of uncertainty that will demand strong leadership – UN envoy (UN News Centre)
• "We all recognise the important work that UNMIK has done over many years for the benefit of Kosovo. But it’s time for the Mission to shrink, not grow" (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
• Serbian president gives citizenship, scholarship to Afghan boy (1TV Afghanistan)