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Belgrade Media Report 25 April

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• RIK latest results of the early parliamentary elections (RTS)
• Opposition in RIK: We will control the entire electoral material (RTS/FoNet/Beta)
• Discrepancies in Vojvodina results (RTS/B92)
• First coalition - Mirovic: We are going with the SVM in Vojvodina (B92)
• McAllister congratulates Vucic and SNS on election victory (Tanjug)
• Vucic - “New momentum” in relations with Britain (B92)
• OSCE reports orderly completion of voting in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Ristic: Shots were fired at my house, no one is injured (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik congratulates Vucic on victory (Srna)
• Crnadak: Serbia will not change course toward B&H following elections (Nezavisne/Srna)
• What was discussed with the CIA director? (klix)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Pro-EU Vucic set for landslide in Serbian snap election (EurActiv/AFP)
• Vucic eyes clear victory in Serbian elections (DW)
• ‘Serbia has clearly expressed its strategic preferences’ (New Europe)

Belgrade Media Report 22 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Ivanovic’s trail political process (Beta)
• Djuric: We will fight for greater rights and stronger support for Serbs (Tanjug)
• Schroeder: Serbia should move forward to EU, not backward (RTS/Tanjug)
• Frattini: EU will not allow Croatia to block Serbia (Tanjug)
• Zheleznyak: Elections important for Serbia’s future policy (Tanjug)
• Djurovic: Borders not stopping migration (Beta)
• OSCE to collect votes on Sunday, take them to Raska, Vranje (Tanjug)
• Pre-election silence in Serbia (FoNet)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Bakir Dautbasic not SBB’s candidate for the Council of Ministers anymore (Srna/Fena)
• Federation of B&H House of Peoples unanimously adopts a Resolution on elections in Mostar (Fena)
• Foreign ministry says Serbia’s protest note election campaigning (Hina)
• Croatia soon to take in first refugees from Turkey, Greece, Italy (Hina)
• Brajovic: Election results from Tivat should be expected on national level too (MINA)
• Incident prevented: Protesters and supporters of GDOM, ran into each other (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia protests: Stop destruction, elections must be held, there is no backing off (Telegraf.mk)
• Nikola Gruevski: SPO turned into SDSM’s inquisition instrument (MIA)
• EC regrets cancellation of Vienna leaders’ meeting (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Aleksandar Vucic Serbia’s hardline hawk turned friend of West (AFP)
• Bosnia Having Trouble Obtaining Much Needed IMF Financing (Economy Watch)

Belgrade Media Report 21 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Talks on IDs to continue (RTS)
• Kocijancic: Talks on IDs to resume with EU facilitation (Tanjug/RTS/Beta)
• Bojovic acquitted of war crimes charges (Tanjug)
• Serbian Foreign Ministry delivers protest note to Croatia (B92)
• Elections to be monitored by 1,687 domestic and 196 foreign observers (Tanjug)
• Number of polling stations reduced in Kosovo and Metohija over safety (RTS/Tanjug)
• Patriotic bloc of Kosovo and Metohija: Government preparing large electoral fraud in Kosovo and Metohija (New Serbian Political Thought)
• Seselj: SNS to form coalition with DS, LDP-SDS-LSV (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Bosniak political leaders do not have will to punish someone for the attempted lynch of Vucic (Srna)
• Dodik: Arrangement with IMF in July (Srna)
• Djukanovic: Montenegro is not entering NATO to prepare for war (Radio CG)
• Trajko Veljanoski: No Constitutional possibility to reconvene parliament (Telegraf.mk)
• Macedonia: SDSM leader will not attend the Vienna meeting if his conditions are not met (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

Spotlight: Thousands of migrants stranded along Balkan route (Xinhua)

Belgrade Media Report 20 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: After 18 hours of talks, we reached important agreements (RTS)
• Drecun: Serbian delegation defended state interests in Brussels (RTS)
• DSS-Dveri announces deputy office in Kosovska Mitrovica (Tanjug/RTS)
• Vulin: EU-Turkey deal not working (Tanjug)
• McAllister to visit Serbia on election day (Tanjug/Blic)
• PACE to observe elections in Serbia (Tanjug)
• Bujanovac and Presevo: More voters than inhabitants (Beta)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Reaching a solution to population census ASAP (Srna)
• Dispute regarding the survival of 9 January as the Day of RS (Srna)
• Croatia to comply with request of B&H in connection to Peljesac Bridge (Fena/Hina)
• Grabar-Kitarovic tells UN Seselj acquittal dangerous precedent (Hina)
• Croatian MPs against Prime Minister’s support for Vesna Pusic because her position that Croatia committed aggression against B&H during the 90s (Vecernji list)
• Positive Montenegro’s main board unanimously adopted the draft agreement on fair elections (CDM)
• DF announcing continuous protests because of the new government (CDM)
• Posa: Montenegro in NATO by May 2017 (RTCG)
• Vienna negotiations: Zaev’s supporters lay down conditions, he keeps quiet (Telegraf.mk)
• Council of Europe’s Secretary General urges parties to respect przino agreement (Telegraf.mk)
• Serbian activists are front-runners of opposition protests in Skopje (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian prime minister plans new privatization push after election (Reuters)
• Copper King Becomes Money Pit as Serbs Face End of State Economy (Bloomberg)

Belgrade Media Report 19 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: We will not become EU member if the condition is to recognize Kosovo (Tanjug/Press)
• Belgrade, Pristina representatives on IDs (Beta)
• Serbian IDs still valid (Novosti/Politika)
• Anniversary of the Brussels agreement; Serbs not giving up ZSO (RTS)
• Defense files appeal against Ivanovic verdict (Tanjug/Politika)
• On the border of census DS, Enough, DSS – Dveri (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Central census bureau still without agreement (Srna)
• B&H hopes to agree new arrangement with IMF in May (Klix/Srna)
• Another German MP slams Croatia for blocking Serbia-EU talks (Hina)
• Stoltenberg praises Montenegro for great progress (RTCG)
• International community invites Macedonian party leaders for meeting in Vienna on Friday (Telegraf.mk)
• Tumultuous week ahead: VMRO-DPMNE and SEC Prepare for elections, SDSM for boycott (Telegraf.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia determined to join EU despite bloc's 'problems' (Reuters)
• What Went Wrong? Macedonia's Crisis Of Democracy (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)