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Belgrade Media Report 11 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: We still haven’t decided on Jeremic (Politika)
• Dacic expects dialogue to resume (Politika/Tanjug)
• Joksimovic: Ball in EU’s court (Beta)
• Miscevic: Croatia changing already defined conditions (B92)
• Djuric: Struggle for survival in Kosovo is conducted with concrete deeds (RTS/Tanjug)
• General Bojovic to remain in detention (Novosti)
• Eighteen electoral lists declared valid, 11 to be amended (Tanjug)
• Faktor plus: SNS 50.9%, SPS 12.3%, SRS 7.8% (New Serbian Political Thought)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Serbs to support one candidate for head of Srebrenica municipality (Srna)
• Dodik: Suffering of Serbs in fascist NDH should be declared a genocide (Srna)
• RS Assembly unanimously on 9 January referendum (Srna)
• B&H Chief Prosecutor: There is no case against Dodik (Nezavisne)
• Serbs from Mostar for unique Mostar and equality of all three nations (Klix)
• OHR: International Community will never support a divided Mostar (Patria/Novo vrijeme)
• Draskovic: Montenegro has realized that without joining NATO there can be no EU integration (Pobjeda)
• Race for the UN Secretary General: Luksic to officially present his agenda on Tuesday (Pobjeda)
• Three policemen injured in clashes with migrants at Macedonia’s southern border (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Rise in Blank Ballots Predicted in Serbian Election (BIRN)
• Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Serbia After Balkan Route Closure (AP)
• Don’t let them in: As Bosnia bids to join EU, experts say ex-Yugoslav state is now ’breeding ground’ for terrorism (The Sun)

Belgrade Media Report 6 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Tahiri’s malicious and senseless proposal (Tanjug/RTS)
• Djuric: Political blockade, Belgrade expects assistance from Brussels (Tanjug/RTS)
• Serbian government not to support Jeremic’s candidacy for UN Secretary General (Danas)
• Vucic to meet Izetbegovic in Mostar (Politika)
• Szijjarto at SNS convention in Pancevo: If I were Serb, I would vote for SNS (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Inzko: Seselj can visit if he has citizenship (Vijesti)
• Mektic: Seselj probably holds dual citizenship (klix.ba)
• Covic: No problems between SDA and HDZ concerning Mostar (Srna/Fena)
• B&H Presidency holds session (fokus.ba)
• Novalic presented overview of the work of FB&H government (fokus.ba)
• Galijasevic: Mahmuljin case filed as war crime of genocide (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia to Sell Steel Plant to Chinese Hebei as Elections Loom (Bloomberg)
• Bosnians' Illegal Weapons Endanger its Security (BIRN)
• Goran Hadzic War Crimes Trial Postponed Indefinitely (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 5 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia is a militarily neutral country (RTS/Tanjug)
• Vucic: Elections to be held in European spirit (RTS/Tanjug)
• EEAS: Serbia and Kosovo confirm agreement on mutual recognition of degrees (RTS)
• Djuric and Tahiri meet in Vienna (Beta)
• Ivanovic’s defense receives written verdict (Tanjug/RTS)
• 8,378 polling stations at elections (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Prosecutor’s office working on the case of crimes against Vozuca Serbs (Srna)
• Dodik: Attacks on the police of RS from the state level (Srna/Fena)
• Lukac: Preservation of RS is our main goal (Srna)
• RS police - a quality security agency (Srna)
• Covic to Inzko: to agree on the election rules for the City of Mostar as soon as possible (Srna)
• Jewish communities in Croatia to boycott Jasenovac commemoration (Hina)
• Montenegro: Preparation for NATO - Defense system reform (CDM)
• NATO Day observed in Skopje as international community voices support for Macedonia’s Membership (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbian PM Vows to Ease Croatia Tensions (BIRN)
• Montenegro-EU: Ambassador - road to accession still long (ANSAMed.it)

Belgrade Media Report 4 April

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vulin: Essentially, UNMIK is violating CEFTA agreement (Tanjug)
• Urgent meeting in Vienna on ADR certificates (RTS/FoNet)
• Dacic: We are prepared for dialogue, but not for blackmail from Croatia (Radio Belgrade)
• Dacic: Instead of reconciling, ICTY generating instability (RTS)
• Djordjevic: Serbia will not be a refugee reception center (Beta)
• Ugljanin seeks United Nations intervention; Dacic: Nonsense (Novosti)
• Omerovic condemns Ugljanin’s request to Security Council (Tanjug)
• Miscevic: United Nations goes where there are conflicts (TV Pink)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Srebrenica in the wake of Seselj’s acquittal (Patria)
• Frequent operations of SIPA do not represent a blow to the RS banking system (Srna)
• Session of the B&H Presidency today (Klix)
• Boyle replied: Lawsuit of B&H against Serbia is getting sabotaged again (Novo vrijeme)
• B&H registers several thousand potential terrorists (MIA)
• ICTY suspends Hadzic trial indefinitely – attorney (Hina)
• Vujanovic: I do not see Djukanovic’s statement on Seselj as a statesman’s or politician’s opinion (RTCG)
• Draft Agreement acceptable to opposition in principle (CDM)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Rewriting the Balkan wars (AFP)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ethnic tensions escalate in Mostar, ‘most divided’ city (AA,)

Belgrade Media Report 1 April 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Our obligation is to be different from those who are lecturing us (RTS)
• Dacic, Lavrov: Serbia, Russia cooperating successfully in all areas (Tanjug/Beta/RTS)
• Vucic thanks Minsk for friendship and support (Tanjug)
• Pristina: Ban on trucks not lifted (RTS/Beta)
• Orlovic: Acquittal will improve Seselj’s rating (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA: Scandalous verdict of the Hague Tribunal in Seselj case (Fena)
• Seselj’s acquittal continues to cause reactions in Croatia (Hina)
• Djukanovic about Seselj: I had no expectations, so I cannot be surprised by tribunal’s decision (CDM)
• Dodik: SIPA operation - demonstration of force (Srna)
• Should we expect the division of Mostar soon? (Radio Sarajevo)
• DUI, largest Albanian party in Macedonia left the Government (MIA) ¬
• Macedonia: SDSM leader comes to terms with elections being realized on June 5 (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Hague Tribunal Should Be Closed ASAP (Sputnik)
• Serbia won’t ascend to EU at cost of alienating Russia, or join NATO – FM (RT)
• Tensions escalate in Bosnia's 'most divided' city (World Bulletin)