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Belgrade Media Report 6 July 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia to get new government before UK gets new prime minister (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Decision result of firm position, but also recognition (Beta/Tanjug)
• Nikolic: We expect opening of chapters in coming days (Tanjug)
• Selakovic: Opening of Chapters 23 and 24 brings certain future (RTS)
• Vucic heralds talks on Belgrade-Pristina airline (Beta)
• Mufti: No terrorism-related critical situations reported in Presevo, Bujanovac, Medvedja (Beta)
• UNMIK issues 36 international arrest warrants (Tanjug)
• Rama: Kosovo separates us the most (Novosti)
• Hungary plans to send 17,000 migrants to Serbia (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Vucic: There are no problems between Serbia and B&H (Radio Sarajevo)
• Ivanic, Bosic: We will accept Vucic’s invitation for meeting (BN TV/Euro Blic)
• Ivanic is not obstacle, pressure exerted on Dodik (Euro Blic)
• We will discuss SAA after elections (Oslobodjenje)
• Everything is possible with Dodik (Oslobodjenje)
• RS government completing drafting of law on which the census results for RS will be published (RTRS)
• Unreasonable move worthy of condemnation (Dnevni avaz/Dnevni list)
• Kovac: EU’s position is that Serbian law on war crimes cannot apply to Croatia (Hina)
• Bojovic: I advocated for a change in policy (Pobjeda)
• Kosovo: For seven years about 32,000 people have given up on their citizenship (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Paris Summit Boosts Serbia's EU Hopes (BIRN)
• Brexit poses challenge to EU expansion (Financial Times)

Belgrade Media Report 1 July 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Minister sees "political slowdown" in EU integration (RTS, Tanjug)
• Ambassadors call for opening of Chapters 23, 24 with Serbia as soon as possible (Beta)
• Vucic: I will not allow anyone to step over Serbia (Alo)
• Djuric: Serbia wants reconciliation (Beta)
• DS Asks Vucic to propose new Cabinet as soon as possible (VIP)
• Zivkovic: Vucic is like a sultan (FoNet)
• Djilas scraps DS membership (Danas)
• Kosovo gets asterisk, and footnote, on UN websites (FoNet)
• Croatia removes fence from border crossing with Serbia (Tanjug)
• Serbia now presides over Black Sea Economic Cooperation PA (B92, Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Reactions of Federation of B&H officials to published census results (Hayat, N1)
• Dodik: Another proof that bih is an illusory country (Srna)
• Cubrilovic: We won’t recognize the results, they are not credible (Srna)
• Wigemark: It is problem if RS does not recognize census results (Dnevni avaz)
• Croatian-Slovenian border dispute: Croatia says arbitration tribunal's decision not binding (Hina)
• Big HDZ-SDP coalition neither possible nor necessary, says Plenkovic (Hina)
• Djukanovic: You cannot win for 25 years using tricks (RTCG)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo vows to halt Serb refugee settlement (BIRN)
• B&H has lost a fifth of its pre-war population, census shows (France-Presse)

Belgrade Media Report 30 June 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• EU: No consensus to open chapters 23 and 24 with Serbia (RTS, Tanjug)
• Dacic: EU decision "shocking, disgraceful, humiliating" (Tanjug)
• Brexit to cause "some delay" for EU hopefuls in W. Balkans (Tanjug)
• Djuric and new EULEX chief on mission's goals in Kosovo (Beta)
• Croatia building fence on border with Serbia – reports (B92)
• Vucic’s close associates asking for “cessation of communication” with “ill-intended” Bosniak politicians (VIP)
• DS accuses Vucic of deliberately stalling setting up of the Government (VIP)
• "Protests meant to destabilize Balkans" - Russian official (Tanjug)
• 100,598 Migrants discovered in Serbia in five months (Politika)
• Refugee center in the center of Belgrade about to be closed (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• The Official Census Results published (Radio Sarajevo)
• Census results useless and fake (Srna)
• Cormack, Wigemark: Without SAA adaptation there is no guarantee that B&H can move to next stage of EU accession (TV1)
• Izetbegovic: Dangerous game leads B&H to new conflict (Nezavisne novine)
• Gratitude to UN for good cooperation (Srna)
• Oreskovic says new parties and new ideas healthy for every democracy (Hina)
• Montenegro sent a letter of protest to Kosovo (CDM)
• Montenegrin success in EU integration incentive for the whole region (RTCG)
• Gruevski: I Informed EPP's leader for ongoing processes in Macedonia (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Adaptation of SAA is one of B&H’s obligations towards EU (Al Jazeera)
• Moscow to Belgrade: We know you're under huge pressure (TASS)

Belgrade Media Report 29 June 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo: Serbs attacked with Molotov cocktail, stones (RTS)
• Stojanovic: waiting for Pristina to unblock formation of community of Serb municipalities (RTS)
• "Pristina's new liaison in Belgrade is former KLA member" (Beta)
• President talks about Croatia's blockade, Brexit, Srebrenica (Beta)
• Vucic confirms new Government won’t be formed before 3 July (VIP)
• Croatia adds new preconditions to Serbia for opening Chapters 23, 24 (Vecernje Novosti)
• Two parliamentary groups in Serbia file Srebrenica genocide resolution (Tanjug)
• Putin wants Serbia to call referendum on accession to EU, NATO (Blic)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Covic: Deadlock in passing decisions that would bring positive response to EU membership application (Hayat)
• People to decide on joining NATO only by referendum (Srna)
• Covic: It would be completely irresponsible not to hold the elections in Mostar (TV1)
• Members of the B&H Presidency to pay official visit to Germany and meet with Angela Merkel (TV1)
• Plenkovic says HDZ must prepare for parliamentary polls in time (Hina)
• Brexit is message that EU needs change, Croatian PM says (Hina)
• New party representing Serb minority holds inaugural session (Hina)
• MIA removed the table with Kosovo’s sigil and flag of Albania from Montenegro's territory (CDM)
• White House has started a process of ratifying Montenegro’s Protocol for NATO (CDM)
• Macedonia: No progress marked in Work Group negotiations on Media, Electoral Roll (Telegraf.mk)
• US, EU officials Nuland and Haindl to arrange Election date with political leaders in July (Telegraf.mk)
• VMRO-DPMNE leader to hold talks with top EU Officials in Brussels (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Delays in forming Govt leave Serbia perplexed (BIRN)
• Political feuds leave Bosnia without UN Candidate (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 27 June 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Croatia still blocking Serbia in EU talks; UK now "unclear" (B92, Tanjug)
• PM's cabinet program presentation to last "at least 5 hours" (Blic)
• SNS takes over power in Belgrade Vracar Municipality with aid of LDP (VIP)
• DS and DJB accuse LPD of preparing coalition with SNS (N1)
• Kosovo and Metohija Office: No justice for Kosovo Serbs (Beta)
• Serbian state officials declared unwelcome in Srebrenica (Danas)
• Serbia to join a different European Union (Beta)
• New protest, march organized by don't drown Belgrade (N1, VIP)
• Vucic, Uruguay’s former President discuss cooperation (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Members of Central Census Bureau from RS have withdrawn and will no longer participate in work of this state-level institution (Glas Srpske)
• RS officially against proposed adaptation of SAA (RTRS)
• Zeljka Cvijanovic: Government stance has to be sought regardless of political trick (Srna)
• Petrov: All key decisions in parliament were passively or actively agreed by SDP, HDZ (Hina)
• Montenegro remains committed to European integration (MINA)
• Macedonia's President Ivanov: All open issues should be resolved in State Institutions (Dnevnik)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian EU chief says chapters may open in June (BIRN)
• Moscow: What did NATO defend against in Serbia and Libya? (Sputnik)