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Belgrade Media Report 16 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO a problem for Serbia, region and world (RTS) • Gasic, Miculescu: Migrant problem task of entire EU (Tanjug) • Patriarch Irinej: EU, but not without Kosovo (Blic) • Ski Resorts of Serbia seek international arbitration (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: Coalition will spread to cantonal, and possibly to state level (klix.ba) • Dodik supports SDA-SBB coalition if leads to stabilization in FB&H (Srna) • Moscow visit successful (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 'Opposition has enough gas:’ Anti-Serbia MPs teargasses Kosovo parliament…again (RT) • Macedonia Opposition Stays Out of Crisis Talks (BIRN) • Bosnia region agrees $300 mln loan with U.S. fund to cover budget gap (Reuters) • Czech Foreign minister offers to share transformation know-how with Bosnia (Prague Post) • Biased Montenegro Protest Reports Expose Political Control (BIRN) • Putin may hate it, but NATO may be about to expand again (Washington Post)

Belgrade Media Report 15 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (RTS) • Pak: Nikolic supports referendum on Kosovo and Metohija (TV Pink) • Ten contentious points of the EU draft resolution (Tanjug) • Drecun: Ensure safe future for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Dittman: Kosovo recognition not chapter opening condition (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SDA-SBB coalition agreed at all levels, signing next week (Oslobodjenje) • SB&H and A-SDA left without ministerial posts (Patria) • Flag resembling ISIL appears outside B&H Presidency (Srna) • Conference on Dayton Peace Agreement (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Serbia cries foul over Kosovo, Germany says complaints unfounded (Reuters) • EU Acts to Redirect Bosnian Serb Referendum Drama (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 14 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Dacic: Agreements to be implemented, not a step further (RTS/Tanjug/Beta) • Djuric: German amendment is pressure on Serbia (RTS) • Mogherini: Vucic, Mustafa committed to implementing past agreements (Tanjug) • EU via Kosovo (Blic) • Nikolic advocates referendum on Kosovo (Novosti) • Chinese Ambassador: Kosovo to be resolved according to Resolution 1244 (Tanjug) • Reactions to Pristina incidents (RTS/Politika) • Kosovo – reason or excuse for elections (Politika) • Samardzic and Bogdanovic: Chapter 35 no surprise (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Four dead in tragedy in Kakanj coal mine (klix.ba) • Day of mourning 15 October (Fena) • Sarovic: No discussions with Alliance for Changes on reconstruction of Council of Ministers (Nezavisne) • Ivanic not to run for PDP leader? (Patria) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • EU, US Press Macedonia over Special Prosecution Delay (BIRN) • Bosnian Serb Leader Fishes for Funds in Moscow (BIRN) • Montenegro Opposition Splits Over Parliament Boycott (BIRN) • Crowd-funding a revolution in Montenegro (opendemocracy.net)

Belgrade Media Report 13 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • UNESCO Executive Council to examine Pristina’s request for membership (Novosti) • Dacic: Anyone who doesn’t recognize Kosovo is Serbia’s friend (RTS) • Nikolic to meet with ambassadors on Friday (Politika) • Djuric: Unacceptable for Kosovo status to be on the table (Radio Belgrade) • Serbian MPs: No reason for conditioning Serbia (Tanjug) • EC, EEAS recommend opening of accession chapters for Serbia (Danas) • Serbian peacekeepers in Lebanon awarded with UN medals (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Position of EU Foreign Affairs Council – defending previous misdeeds (Srna) • Dunovic: I will not block SBB joining FB&H government (Dnevni list) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo opposition tries to overturn landmark deal with Serbia (EurActiv/Reuters) • EU Refugee Crisis In Serbia: Quota A Condition Of Pending European Union Membership, Will Turn Country Into 'Immigration Colony,' Official Says (IBTimes) • Montenegro Gay Pride Postponed Amid Political Turmoil (BIRN) • Montenegro: Using journalists as political pawns undermines the role of the media (Index on Censorship)

Belgrade Media Report 12 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Kosovo to be on Executive Council agenda (Tanjug) • Vucic sends letter to UNESCO members (Tanjug) • Nikolic: Time for national consensus in regard to Pristina (Tanjug/RTS) • Odalovic: Expectation for reason to prevail politics (RTS) • Davenport: Fulfilment of obligations, not recognition (Tanjug) • Divisions among Kosovo Serbs also endanger formation of ZSO (Politika) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SBB authorized Radoncic to continue talks with Izetbegovic (Radio Sarajevo) • Komsic: We don’t want Dodik in B&H government (Nezavisne) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo Steps Closer To UNESCO Membership (BIRN) • Serbian Inflation Slows in September, Supporting Policy Easing (Bloomberg) • EU Foreign Ministers Condemn Bosnian Serb Referendum (BIRN)