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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)