United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Wednesday 26 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Italy expects continued dialogue with Pristina and even better relations with Albania (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Thanks to friends, Kosovo will not join UNESCO (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej: What is given away is lost forever (RTS)
• Higher Court requests ‘valid’ indictment for continuing proceedings in ‘Srebrenica’ (RTS/Tanjug)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• B&H Presidency holds session (BHT1)
• B&H HoP fails to send amendments to B&H Election Law into further parliamentary procedure (BHT1)
• B&H HoR’s CLAC dismisses B&H CoM's Work Report (BHT1)
• Meeting of party leaders in Mostar canceled (Srna)
• Izetbegovic rejects to attend meeting of leaders in Mostar (Dnevni avaz)
• Radoncic tells Covic he will not come to meeting if Izetbegovic does not come (Dnevni avaz)
fYROM
• Government accepts Agreement with Bulgaria (Meta)
Albania
• Rama: Mutual effort to understand fully one another (ATA)
• Bushati – Dimitrov: Joint meeting during fall in Pogradec (ATA)
• Haradinaj’s message to President Meta (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• New Movement Pledges to Tackle Bosnia’s Old Problems (Balkan Insight)
• Macedonia's New Leaders Set Sights on NATO, EU Membership (VOA)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Tuesday 25 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Kosovo problem blocking Serbia (TV Pink)
• Dacic: Lasting solution for Kosovo and Metohija is a prerequisite for Serbia’s progress (RTS/Tanjug)
• Parties differently react to Vucic’s proposal on opening an internal dialogue on Kosovo (Novotel)
• Gordian knot, but the sword in someone else’s hands (Blic)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Hahn sends letter to Zvizdic: Secure necessary internal coordination in B&H (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: RS is not the problem, but incompetence of CoM (Srna)
• B&H HoR Commissions reject two more work reports of B&H CoM (ATV)
• Dzaferovic: There will be no removal of Council of Ministers and FB&H government (Dnevni list)
Albania
• Newly elected President Meta wows to support EU integration (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Albani: Joining EU only open to states which meet Copenhagen criteria (European Western Balkans)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Monday 24 July 2017

LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Time for Serbia to work, think and win without conflict (Blic/B92)
• Djuric: Important to talk with Albanians (RTS)
• Rakic: Serb List will not take part in the consultations (RTS)
• Serbia to amend Constitution before year is out (Beta)
• Association of Families of Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo and Metohija requests a lawsuit against KFOR and UNMIK over harvesters (Beta)
• Scott: I would be surprised if Kosovo would be a condition for EU membership (Politika)
• State Department: Islamic extremism gaining ground in Kosovo (Beta)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Zaev and Zvizdic announce joint session of B&H CoM and Macedonian government (BHT1)
• Izetbegovic and Ivanic: There are no open issues between B&H and Macedonia (TV1)
• Mektic and Spasovski discuss security challenges and cooperation (TV1)
• B&H Court rejects appeal on decision to dismiss indictment in referendum case (N1)
• Crnadak: We must show results to Brussels soon (Nezavisne)
Montenegro
• Medojevic: Katnic staged the fake case of money laundering (CDM)
• Lekic: I still haven’t decided whether to run for the president (Mina)
fYROM
• Ivanov – Baily meeting in Ohrid (MIA)
Albania
• Basha reelected DP leader with 90% of the votes (ADN)
• Basha wins, DP headship member resigns (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• European Commission: B&H needs a new law on judiciary (European Western Balkans)
• Macedonia Court Rejects Detention for Ex-PM Gruevski (BIRN)
• European, US officials see window of opportunity for Greece and FYROM (ekathimerini.com)

LOCAL PRESS

• Contribution to peace in the world (RTS/Tanjug/RTV/Danas/Beta)
• Thaci: Historical agreement on reconciliation by accepting the reality (Tanjug)
• Musliu: Serbia cannot advance to Europe while Albanian rights are threatened (Beta)
• Representatives of Serbia invited to attend inauguration of President of Iran (Beta/Tanjug/RTS)
• Petrovic: All Serbia’s policies for Kosovo are party (Blic)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Izetbegovic: SDA will continue to resist all divisions of B&H, its institutions, territory and society (Dnevni list)
• Izetbegovic: Covic acts in line with “all or nothing” principle and in the end he will get “nothing” (Dnevni list)
• RS remains on EU path (Srna)
• Dodik: RS government will be deciding about Sarajevo-Belgrade speedway’s part of route in RS (RTRS)
• Delegation of Montenegrin parliament pays visit to B&H (FTV)
Croatia
• Mogherini: Southeastern enlargement is EU's priority (Hina)
• Slovenia: In order to avoid incidents, Croatia should signal it will implement arbitration decision (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
• Supreme Commander of NATO: VCG achieved all high military standards (CDM)
• Thanks NATO, 400 Euros for firefighters (RTCG)
fYROM
• US State Department: Macedonia’s capacity fighting terrorism must be strengthened (Meta)
• NATO sees Macedonia’s commitment to reforms, resolve name dispute (MIA)
Albania
• Government objectives for the first 100 Days (ADN)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia’s credit risk is lower than the rating agencies suggest (euromoney)
• Macedonia NATO accession issue may be resolved in 3-4 months (Sputnik)

United Nations Office in Belgrade

Daily Media Highlights

Thursday 20 July 2017
LOCAL PRESS

• Brnabic: Serbian government neither pro-American nor pro-Russian, but pro-Serbian (Beta/CNN)
• Vucic: Good Serbia-NATO cooperation while respecting our military neutrality (Beta)
• High level of cooperation between Serbia, NATO (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vulin: No military other than KFOR in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta/Politika)
• Scaparrotti: KFOR to remain in Kosovo as long as needed (Tanjug)
• Vulin: No military other than KFOR in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta/Politika)
• Precedent over Italian soldiers within KFOR that have cancer (Danas)

REGIONAL PRESS

Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Court of B&H rejects indictment against members of RS Referendum Commission (RTRS)
• B&H HoP adopts changes to Law on Elections of B&H (BHT1)
• Dodik and Ruiz Calavera meet and agree Transport Community Treaty and adoption of Law on Excise Duties ASAP (RTRS)
• Radoncic slams SDA, claims Izetbegovic and Dodik have excellent secret cooperation (EuroBlic)
• Cvijanovic meets Wigemark (Klix.ba)
Croatia
• Croatia to enter Schengen Area next year? (Jutarnji list)
Montenegro
• Tajani: EU ready for Montenegro’s accession (RTCG)
fYROM
• Party officials discuss Declaration of Albanian parties in Macedonia at parliament meeting (MIA)
• Zaharieva: Bulgaria will not negotiate any changes in the content of the Agreement with Macedonia (Meta)
• NATO commends Macedonia's stabilization, swift progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration (MIA)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• NATO: Balkan Paper Tiger (Eurasia Review)