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Belgrade Media Report 6 July 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Serbia will take its own defense in UN Security Council (RTS)
• Mihajlovic: Resolution on Srebrenica does not contribute to reconciliation (RTS)
• Popovic: Resolution will not have lasting effect (Tanjug)
• Spasojevic: Attempt to bring resolution on Srebrenica to our interests (Tanjug)
• Opening of chapters depends on Belgrade-Pristina relations (Politika/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Passage of a resolution would mean a disintegration of B&H (Srna)
• Dodik calls Serbs to withdraw from state parliament (Srna)
• Izetbegovic to meet David Cameron on Monday, Ahmetovic not going to London (Oslobodjenje)
• Interview with HR Valentin Inzko (Oslobodjenje)
• Captain Dragan’s extradition to Croatia expected on Thursday (Tportal.hr)
• How Britain and the US decided to abandon Srebrenica to its fate (Bosnia Today/Guardian)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Merkel: Western Balkan States Have Good Prospects to Join EU (Novinite)
• Serbia Interested in Turkish Stream, Waiting for Russia, EU to Get Along (Sputnik)
• Migrants in Serbia dream of EU (newsfultoncounty.com)
• Serbs Prefer Closer Ties With Russia to EU Integration – poll (Sputnik)

Belgrade Media Report 3 July 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels again in about ten days? (Politika)
• Two words from the Union of Serb Municipalities (RTS)
• Dacic: Fourth version of British resolution unacceptable as well (Informer)
• Joint border patrols aimed at curbing illegal migrations (Radio Serbia)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ivanic: MP’s have abused the House of Representatives (Srna)
• Ivanic doesn’t want NATO on Serbia’s border (TVBHT1)
• Referendum necessary, revoked competencies to be eventually reinstated (Srna)
• Merkel confirms visit to Sarajevo on 9 July, Mogherini on 10 and 11 July (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia receives assistance to stem illegal migrant flows (EurActiv/Reuters)
• 20 years after Bosnia war, Russia and West at odds over 'genocide' commemoration (haaretz.com, by Edith M. Lederer, 2 July 2015)
• Macedonian central bank sees no new steps to protect banks from Greek impact (Reuters)
• PM: ČR to support Montenegro in NATO bid (ČTK)

Belgrade Media Report 2 July 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dialogue to resume next week? (Novosti)
• Djuric: Contradictory statements from Pristina (Blic)
• Dacic: Fourth draft resolution on Srebrenica prepared (RTS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Ivanic: In this environment, unrealistic for Serb representative to go to Srebrenica (BHRT)
• Bosic: Dodik to explain what will happen after referendum (Klix.ba)
• Novalic: FB&H will borrow money from commercial banks (FTV)
• Cvijanovic: Quasi-diplomacy in B&H exceeded all limits (Srna)
• Gratz: If you’ve forgotten, Kutlesa is still Council of Ministers secretary-general (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• US, Britain, France must explain Srebrenica airstrike cancellation (DutchNews.nl)
• Bosnia: Cradle of Jihad (BBC)
• Macedonian Opposition Chief Dares Courts to Arrest Him (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 1 July 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Pristina not interested in agreement (RTS)
• Ljajic: Telekom to receive working license, local calls for Serbia (Tanjug)
• New British resolution on Srebrenica with elements of Russian presented to Vucic (Tanjug/ Blic)
• Stojanovic: We are waiting for an agreement on the Union of Serb Municipalities (Radio Serbia)
• Milorad Dodik has to depart from the political life; Serbia should distance itself (Danas)
• Wilhelm: Merkel will not bring new conditions (B92)
• Sevim Dagdelen: Germany must not continue supporting greater-Albanian nationalism of KLA (Politika/Novosti/Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Justice falls under entities’ competencies (Srna)
• Physical confrontation in the SDA after the B&H House of Representatives session (Klix.ba)
• House of Representatives refuses to debate Srebrenica resolution (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Hungary: Fence on Serbia Border Forced Step to Stop Migrants (AP)
• Bosnian Serb Leader Plans Poll Challenging State Court (BIRN)
• Greek crisis worries Balkan bankers (New Europe)

Belgrade Media Report 30 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo talks: No agreement after 17 hours of negotiations (B92)
• Djuric: It seems that Pristina does not want agreement (Tanjug)
• Outcome of Kosovo talks suits extremists (TV Pink, B92)
• Statement by Federica Mogherini following the meeting in Brussels (B92)
• Vucic now invited to attend Srebrenica commemoration (N1)
• Nikolic: Attempt to mark Serbs as genocidal (Tanjug)
• Albanian jihadists preparing attacks in Kosovo? (Tanjug)
• Collective center for migrants to open in Presevo (RTS, Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Parliament to decide on referendum (Srna)
• Covic: Next ten days for negotiations on FB&H majority (Osobodjenje)
• Dodik informes the UN SC that the resolution on Srebrenica is unacceptable (Srna)
• Italy issues terror-related travel warning on Serbia, Montenegro… (Vijesti)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Bosnian Serb Leader: Drop Srebrenica Genocide Resolution (Reuters)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnia rape victims may claim compensation for first time (The Guardian)