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Belgrade Media Report 16 March 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Thaqi’s call for Serbia to recognize Kosovo frivolous (Tanjug/RTS)
• Djuric: Trepca should be discussed in Belgrade (RTS)
• Djuric: Vucic to visit Kosovo soon (Tanjug)
• Seselj not to attend delivering of verdict in ICTY (Tanjug)
• Still no written verdict to Ivanovic (Novosti)
• UNHCR: Serbia receives close to 1,500 asylum applications since January (Beta)
• Pressure from Croatia blocks screening of the film about the massacre in Dvor na Uni (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• No one can be blamed that the consensus wasn’t reached (Novo vrijeme)
• Dodik to ask that the official population census results for RS be published (Srna)
• Bosniak politicians are leading country to disaster (Srna)
• Examples from Prijedor show that RS is right (Srna)
• Dodik promised to support the opening of the Ferhadija Mosque? (Klix)
• Izetbegovic sent a telegram of condolences to Erdogan (Faktor.ba)
• Tuzla Canton to host an important NATO drill (Klix)
• Macedonia sends refugees back to Greece (RTCG)
• Peaceful and mass rally in Macedonia held to support Constitutional Court (MIA)
• Jakimovski: SDSM’s Protest is to overthrow the Constitutional order (TV Nova)
• Foreign Ministry expresses condolences over death of Macedonian UN volunteer (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Hashim Thaci: Kosovo Has Nothing to Hide (Balkan Insight)
• Serbia's central bank seen keeping key rate on hold: Reuters poll (Reuters)
• Karadzic’s Courtroom Drama Will End in Disappointment (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 15 March 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Government lifts state of emergency (RTS/Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: EU invites Serbia to open Chapters 14 and 21 (B92)
• Stefanovic: Serbia will follow Germany concerning attitude towards migrants (RTV)
• Ljajic: Government sent report to ICTY in time (Tanjug/RTS)
• Seselj: I expect draconian sentence (RTS)
• Fate of 540 Serbs who went missing in Kosovo still unknown (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Agreement on census results has not been reached last night (Srna)
• Proponents of unitary B&H want population census results to be postponed (Srna)
• Chetnik gatherings in B&H must be stopped and the perpetrators punished (Fena)
• Radoncic left the hospital at his own risk and returned to custody (Klix)
• Satisfactory framework for the inclusion of Serb representatives in to Macedonia’s political life (Srna)
• Lange: A dialogue among parties is the way to reach an agreement (Pobjeda)
• Migrants are starting to explore alternative, illegal ways to enter Macedonia (MIA)
• Macedonian citizen, the UN Peacekeeper, victim of terrorists in Africa (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 2016 Serbian general election – five key observations (TransConflict)
• Foreign journalists fined for entering Macedonia together with illegal migrants (Xinhua)

Belgrade Media Report 11 March 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic meets Putin (Beta)
• Nationwide state of emergency declared due to severe flooding (Tanjug)
• Stefanovic: No migrants enter Serbia after closure of Balkans route (B92)
• Vucic discussed Brussels agreement with Eichhorst (Beta)
• Djurdjevic: Emergency situation doesn’t interfere with elections (RTS)
• Vukotic arrested after Interpol’s warrant and to be handed over to UNMIK (RTS/RTCG)
• Abandoned house of a Serb killed in Orahovac set on fire (Tanjug)
• DSS-Dveri submit electoral list (RTS/Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Radoncic still in hospital, plea hearing today (Nezavisne)
• Dodik: Coalition at RS level together in upcoming local elections (Fena/Srna)
• EU Delegation: To finalize population census without further ado (Fena)
• PM: Croatia supports Bosnia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations (Hina)
• Parliamentary dialogue important for Montenegrin future (RTCG)
• European Parliament adopts its resolution on Macedonia (MIA)
• Tense at Tabanovce: Migrants threatening to go on hunger strike if not let to enter Serbia (MIA)
• Mediator Vanhoutte: There are no conditions to resume media talks (MIA)
• United Macedonian Diaspora strongly supports Macedonia’s candidate Kerim for UN Secretary-General (Telegraph.mk)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Putin Promises Serbian Leader Russia Will Back Claim To Kosovo (RFE/RFL/dpa/Interfax/TASS)
• Kosovo Jails ISIS Recruit for Three Years (BIRN)
• Squabbles Over Data Put Bosnian Census at Risk (BIRN)
• Germany, EU have failed us, Macedonian president says (DW)

Belgrade Media Report 10 March

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Recognition of independence will remain an unfulfilled dream (RTS)
• Government extends Djuric’s status of acting head (Danas)
• Seselj’s hearing cancelled (Tanjug)
• Elections in Kosovo with OSCE assistance (FoNet)
• Petition for slating local elections in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug)
• LSV, SDS, LDP agree on joint list (Novosti)
• RIK declares SRS list (Beta)
• Momir Stojanovic to independently take part in Nis elections (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: We have solutions for Mostar and election of the Croat member (Faktor)
• Radoncic hospitalized (Dnevni avaz)
• Census results might never be published (Nezavisne)
• PM: Balkan route closed without any tension (Hina)
• We’re not saving Krivokapic (Pobjeda)
• SDP is the only party afraid of the elections (RTCG)
• Hahn: Elections on June 5th are a key for solving Macedonian political crisis (MIA)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UN prosecutor urges Balkans to bury hatchet, ahead of Karadzic verdict (AFP)
• Fears grow on alternative migrant routes in Europe (EUobserver)

Belgrade Media Report 9 March 2016

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia follows moves made by Germany, Austria, Slovenia (RTS/Tanjug)
• Balkan route closed (Mondo/Tanjug)
• Why is Pristina launching the story on war reparations (Politika)
• Selakovic: I don’t know whether Seselj will be in The Hague on 31 March (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djordjevic, Li discuss defense cooperation (Tanjug)
• RIK delivers instructions for elections in Kosovo (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H is on the path to NATO (Vijesti Srpske)
• Presidency of B&H in an official visit to Croatia (Klix)
• Croatia and B&H signing an agreement on European Partnership (Nezavisne)
• Dodik-Ferguson: To intensify implementation of reform agenda (Fena)
• SMS evidence: Campara instructs Azra Saric to frame Radoncic (Dnevni avaz)
• German parliamentarians sent a message to B&H (Klix)
• DSHV sees Serbian politicians’ claims as threat to ethnic Croats (Hina)
• Discussion on dismissal already on 23 March? (RTCG)
• Krivokapic: Prime Minister to rethink and accept opposition’s demands (Antena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia move to close migrant route (AFP/AP/dpa/Reuters)
• Montenegro Extradites Serbian Wartime General to Croatia (BIRN)
• App Fuels Worries About Macedonia Voters' Roll (BIRN)