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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)