United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 16 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic represents Serbia at UN Security Council session in New York (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Vulin asks Russian Ambassador that Russia blocks Kosovo’s admission to Interpol (Beta/RTS)
• Raskovic Ivic: Dialogue on Kosovo will make sense if Vucic voices concrete proposal (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• New conflict erupts between SDA and SBB B&H (Hayat)
• Osmani: Balkan countries need to have joint platform for performing before EU (FTV)
Croatia
• US Senators visit Croatia (Vecernji list)
fYROM
• SDSM asks VMRO-DPMNE to end its blockade of parliament session on Public Prosecutor Zvrlevski (MIA)
• Zaev- Baily: US support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations (MIA)
• Russia's Foreign Ministry denies Bloomberg article accusing Moscow of interfering in Macedonia's internal affairs (MIA)
• Shekjerinska doesn’t want to comment Moscow’s requests for interview transcripts (Meta)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Athens slams Skopje ‘irredentism’ after Toronto event (Ekathemerini)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 15 August 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic on Kosovo: We should do what we can do while we can, there is no time (RTS)
• Rama: I feel Vucic’s pain and resoluteness to resolve the Kosovo problem (Blic)
• What does the Athos model imply for temples (Novosti)
• Stankovic: No parallels with Serbia’s south (Novosti)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Covic: Vucic and Kitarovic to visit B&H in August or September (N1/Vecernji list)
• Covic: Dodik has understanding for position of Croats (Nezavisne)
• Prosecutor's Office of B&H forms the case regarding revision of B&H's genocide lawsuit against Serbia (BHT1)
• SBB B&H leader Radoncic announces vote for dismissal of Zvizdic and lawsuit against Izetbegovic (Dnevni avaz)
• Disagreements over construction of Peljesac bridge continue (TV1)
• Film about Alija Izetbegovic means forging his biography (Srna)

Croatia
• Plenkovic: Peljesac Bridge Project will continue (Vecernji list)

fYROM
• Today the session for Zvrlevski’s dismissal continues, there is little chance of a solution (Meta)
• “The king of prostitution” Dilaver Bojku – Leku murdered on a beach in Struga (Meta)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Macedonia Urged to End Parliamentary Paralysis (BIRN)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 14 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Kosovo, Russia crucial in EU accession negotiations (Beta)
• Dacic: Massacre of innocent children message there is no room for Serbs in Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Dacic: Delineation with the Albanians, churches like on Mt. Athos (Novosti)
• Dacic: Putin will also agree to delineation of Kosovo (Alo)
• Djuric: Serb List – project of national interest (RTS/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic welcomes Vucic’s upcoming visit to Sarajevo (Glas Srpske)
• Durakovic’s proposal of declaration on recognition, tolerance and protection of cultural identity and mother languages of Bosniaks and Serbs arrives to Vucic’s address (TV1)
• Dodik: RS authorities will do everything to prevent violence (Srna)
• Dodik: RS interested in how issue of Kosovo will be resolved (RTRS)
• Izetbegovic: B&H Presidency reacted on time when it comes to Peljesac Bridge (Hayat)
Croatia
• Kovac says only Bosniaks voiced their opinion about Peljesac Bridge, claims this is not official policy of B&H (Hina)
• Farmers protest against government’s capitulation in trade dispute (Vecernji list)
Montenegro
• Vladimir Jokovic new president of SNP (CDM)
• Montenegro remains a regional stability promoter (CDM)
fYROM
• Osmani: The road to Brussels leads through the Ohrid Framework Agreement and the Law for languages (Telma)
• VMRO-DPMNE files no-confidence motion against Culture Minister Alagjozovski (MIA)
Albania
• President Meta receives US Senate fact-finding delegation (ATA)
• Albania-Macedonia police cooperation model for other countries (ATA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Partition May Solve Historic Dispute, Serb Deputy PM Says (Bloomberg)
• Serbia Has No Desire to Join NATO, Urges Partners to Respect State’s Neutrality (Sputnik)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Friday 11 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Selakovic: We have what to protect with the Declaration (TV Pink/Tanjug)
• Ljajic: SDPS to present platform on Kosovo on 1 September (RTS/Tanjug)
• Kurti: Dialogue with the Serbs, ZSO conceived as RS (Ekspres/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Reactions to Croatia’s decision to reduce fees (Al Jazeera)
• Magazinovic: I believe that Vucic chose his side and his side are EU and USA (TV1)
• Durakovic calls on Vucic to continue working on inter-ethnic dialogue between Bosniaks and Serbs (TV1)
• Moore: RS Ministry of Education started denying Bosnian language for no reason (Hayat)
Montenegro
• Nikolic: Opposition missed a chance to present itself as an alternative to the government (Mina)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Albanians, Serbs Fear for Trepca Mine’s Future (BIRN)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 10 August 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Government welcomes decision of Croatia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Not enough courage for amending the Constitution (B92/Beta/TV Pink/FoNet)
• Vucic: I will present my opinion on Kosovo and Metohija by end of year (RTS)
• Markovic: Montenegro can be a leader in the Western Balkans (Novi Magazin)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Sarovic: I expect agreement with Croatia will be reached soon (Nezavisne)
• SDA and HDZ B&H get in conflict over construction of Peljesac bridge, Serbs do not want to get involved (EuroBlic)
Croatia
• Croatia has given in and is returning the old prices for the control over the fruits and the vegetables (T-Portal)
fYROM
• VMRO-DPMNE requests no-confidence vote against Dimitrov (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Bosnia's Muslims, Jews, Christians chide politicians (Reuters)