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Belgrade Media Report 12 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Naser Oric in prison, Tomislav Nikolic in Sarajevo (Politika) • Serbian Army members take off for MINUSCA (Tanjug) • Milenkovic: First chapters should be opened by year’s end (RTS) • Paquet: Serbia achieved a lot in the field of public administration reforms (Tanjug) • SRS points to the danger from terrorist attacks in Serbia (Beta/RTS) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • FB&H in an extremely serious crisis, SBB not entering the FB&H government (Srna) • Zvizdic asking for the release of Oric (Srna) • Izetbegovic's protest to the Swiss ambassador because of Oric (Srna/Fena) • Spiric: The fate of the RS should be discussed in Banja Luka (Srna) • Reform agenda has no alternative (Nezavisne) • RS will express dissatisfaction by way of Russia (Srna) • Russian Ambassador to B&H: No decision without coordination (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Never Too Late? NATO Finally Apologizes for Bombing Yugoslavia? (Sputnik) • Poland says next NATO summit should invite Macedonia, Montenegro to join (Reuters) • Swiss arrest Bosnian Muslim wartime commander on Serbia warrant: Bosnian mayor (Reuters) • Zagreb Slams Bosnia Over Croatian Fighters’ Indictments (BIRN) • Macedonia detain 128 migrants hiding in five homes (Reuters)

Belgrade Media Report 11 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Difficult talks with Pristina ahead (RTS) • Mihajlovic: Every crime has a name, victims and perpetrator (RTS) • Serbian Prosecution without comment (Politika) • Djuric condemns attack on KoSSev portal (Tanjug/Radio Serbia) • Area code, then chapters (Novosti) • Russians will veto if Belgrade requests (Danas) • Patriotic bloc of Kosovo and Metohija: New deceptions and lies of Aleksandar Vucic (New Serbian Political Thought) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • EC urges all Macedonian parties to find a lasting political compromise (Republika) • Savcic: Oric trial needs to be finalized (Srna) • Kojic: Extradite Oric to Serbia (Srna) • No one brought to justice 23 years after crime against Serbs (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo No State, Serbian President Tells Jahjaga (BIRN) • Macedonian leaders fail to reach final deal to end crisis (Reuters) • Bosnian Serbs Refuse Reform Program Demanded by EU (Reuters) • Bosnian Serb MPs reject Srebrenica genocide resolution (Reuters)

Belgrade Media Report 10 June

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic, Abbas: No open issues between Serbia and Palestine (RTS) • Dacic: Cooperation with Palestine in Serbia’s interest (Tanjug) • Dacic: Pristina abuses continuation of dialogue (Tanjug) • Djuric: Pristina hiding crimes with lawsuit (Novosti) • Trapara: Turkish policy towards Serbia will not change (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Niksic: SDP will not enter a coalition with the SDA and HDZ B&H, elections are the solution (Fena) • Ivanic: Great Britain’s resolution on Srebrenica targets RS and Dodik (Srna) • HDZ B&H: Resolution on Srebrenica – “adding oil to the fire” (Srna) • RS economic policy compatible with reform agenda (Srna) • Preda: The crisis in the Federation - a serious problem (Srna/Dnevni avaz) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Berlin pressures Serbia to normalise relations with Kosovo (EurActiv) • On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn? (DW) • Moderate Bosnian Muslims called to join Islamic State (The Irish Times) • Britain preparing’ UN resolution on Srebrenica killings (Reuters)

Belgrade Media Report 9 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Ban appoints Miculescu UN representative to Serbia (Tanjug) • Vucic: McAllister has a realistic attitude towards Serbia (Tanjug) • Nikolic calls for condemnation of Albanian terrorist act (Novosti) • Dacic: EU perspective enabled progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (Politika) • Gojkovic thanked Belarus for principled stand (Radio Serbia/Tanjug) • Miscevic: Work on both normalization and Chapters 23, 24 (TV N1) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • DF ministers won’t participate in FB&H government session: We are the opposition! (Patria) • Izetbegovic to Komsic: If you don’t attend the FB&H Government session you will endanger the reform path of B&H! (Dnevni avaz) • Radoncic: I’m not interested in power with the state-mafia (Nezavisne) • Papal visit a farce that Sarajevo is multiethnic, more Chinese living there than Serbs and Croats together (Srna) • B&H charges 3 for planning attack in Sweden (Srna) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • US, Germany Put Conditions on Serbia Support (BIRN) • Greece and FYROM set for talks to 'resolve differences' (neoskosmos.com) • Macedonia at the Crossroads (The New York Times) • Does Hahn get the Macedonia crisis? (EUobserver) • Putin's Prowl: Bear in the Balkans Sniffing at Macedonia (the-american-interest.com) • Will Macedonia Scuttle Gazprom's New Mega Pipeline? (worldcrunch.com)

Belgrade Media Report 8 June 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Serbia prepared to respond to every threat (RTS) • Romania most vulnerable (Novosti) • Can the prime minister under investigation recognize Pristina (Politika) • Stojanovic: Three attacks planned in southern and central Serbia (Novosti) • McAlister: Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels on 23 June crucial (Beta) • Jovanovic: Vucic had adequate collocutors in Washington (Radio Serbia) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Democratic Front: SDA, as usual, is lying (Oslobodjenje) • HDZ leader announced talks with Radoncic for Wednesday (Srna) • Southeast Europe leaders gather in Budva within Brdo-Brijuni Process (Hina) • Commissioner Hahn urges all party leaders to respect commitments made on 2 June (MIA) • US State Department welcomes Commissioner Hahn’s successful mediation in Macedonia (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Belgrade to Unveil Gavrilo Princip Monument (BIRN) • Report: Macedonian Opposition Leader Reverses, Will Attend Crisis Talks (RFE/RL) • Pope Francis urges peace on visit to Sarajevo, 'Jerusalem of Europe' (CNN) • Pope Francis Condemns War Profiteers on Visit to Bosnia (guardianlv.com)