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Belgrade Media Report 29 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: I swore on Constitution, not to someone else (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, B92)
• Vucic: Push for diversification, not policy shift toward the U.S. (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Too late for president's platform on Kosovo (Vecernje Novosti)
• German Ambassador: Kosovo is a precondition of all conditions for the EU (Pink TV)
• Pristina: Session on special court postponed (B92)
• Defense minister attends send-off for Serbian peacekeepers (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• House of representatives condemns terrorist attack in Zvornik (Srna)
• Pandurevic: No one equates terrorism with Bosniaks (Oslobodjenje)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Calls on EU Not to Create Barriers for Gas Projects (Sputnik)
• Kosovo Postpones Vote on Wartime Crime Court (BIRN)
• Political Risk Analysis - Hasty government formation points to continued instability - July 2015 (BMI)
• Macedonia's crisis cffecting entire region, Zaev tells Bulgaria PM (Novinite.com)

Belgrade Media Report 28 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Good visit for future of two peoples (RTS)
• Dacic: An international presence still needed in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• "Serbs find Kosovo army unacceptable" - deputy Kosovo PM (Tanjug)
• Vucic: Serbia will accept U.S. calls to reduce dependency on Russian gas (B92, Beta,AP)
• Vucic: Region "needs money, not seminars" from EU (B92, Tanjug)
• Dodik: NATO membership acceptable if people want it (NIN)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA undermines the status of RS with the aim to break it into regions (Srna)
• SNSD ready to stop the adoption of resolution on condemnation of genocide (Srna)
• Novalic on problems in FB&H government: Difficult to say what to do next (Oslobodjenje)
• According to Pristina media, Jahjaga and Mustafa knew about Kumanovo (FoNet)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU court jails 11 ex-Kosovo fighters over war crimes (EUbusiness)
• Serbian Prime Minister makes landmark visit to Albania (Associated Press)
• Macedonia ready to join Turkish stream project once Moscow reaches agreement with EU (Reuters)
• The Functionalist Engine is Running out of Steam (New Europe)

Belgrade Media Report 27 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Serbian government committed to dialogue (RTS/Politika)
• UNSC ambassadors urge Pristina to establish Special Court (RTS)
• Vucic: We see Kosovo as our territory (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Absence of Kosovo Albanians an insult and disrespect (RTS)
• Drecun: Vucic’s visit to Tirana is not symbolic (RTS)
• Fifty-nine years of prison for 11 members of the so-called Drenica group (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Current RS government continues to work at full capacity, opposition claims are at preemie levels (Oslobodjenje)
• Head of EU Delegation in B&H: We have no more time for B&H (Nezavisne)
• Interview with Gruevski: Macedonia’s future is in NATO and EU (Kurir)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• UN envoy urges Kosovo to establish war crime court (The Associated Press)
• Thousands of Kosovars mourn Albanian militants killed in Macedonia (Reuters)
• Macedonia Will Only Join Turkish Stream amid Agreement between Russia, EU on it – Gruevski (Novinite)
• ‘Something Needs to Give’: Macedonian Leaders Meet Over Political Crisis (Sputnik)
• Macedonia: A pawn in the Russian geopolitical game? (Deutsche Welle)
• Balkan leaders wary of Macedonia crisis fallout (AP)

Belgrade Media Report 26 May 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Draft ZSO still kept secret (Danas)
• Eight-four applications for judges and prosecutors (RTS)
• Gasic presents report on the work of Defense Ministry: Army prepared and capable to respond to all possible threats (Tanjug)
• Fate of Serbs kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija since 1998 needs to be established (Tanjug)
• Kosovo Minister on a visit to Bujanovac and Presevo (Beta)
• Valon Kabashi, first identified member of the Albanian National Army (RTS)
• Dodik: Numerous controversies following Srebrenica (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Party members leaving SDS (Srna)
• Cvijanovic: SDS has parted from RS and its people (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia not “a servant to the EU” (New Europe)
• Serbian Prime Minister to Undertake Historic Visit to Albania (Agence France-Presse)
• Macedonian Record Bond Rout Lures Buyers as Economy Outperforms (Bloomberg)
• Beating of Critical Macedonian Journalist Condemned (BIRN)
• Bulgaria, Croatia back territorial integrity of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (The Sofia Globe)

Belgrade Media Report 25 May

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic: Nikolic’s platform serious document; Serbia will not change relations toward Russia (TV B92)
• Vucic and Brammertz: No open ended issues in cooperation (RTS)
• Djuric: Talks on ZSO finally to commence (RTS)
• Pak: Agreement will be reached on the platform for Kosovo (TV Pink)
• Experts on Serbian Constitution (Radio Serbia)
• Ogar: Europe must stop the farce (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• PDP: We’ll form a new RS government without SNSD (Oslobodjenje)
• FB&H step away from the fiscal meltdown, Croatia from bankruptcy (Dnevni avaz/Hina)
• Tokic released (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Starts Mustering EU Accession Talks Team (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• Tuzla Massacre Commemorated on Streets of Serbia (BIRN)
• Dodik: Many practice themselves on Serbs (Sputnik)
• Crisis in Macedonia Requires Meaningful and Swift Measures (Voice of America)
• Attack On Macedonian Journalist Condemned (RFE/RL/AP)
• Why Does Putin Care Who Runs a Tiny Balkan Nation? Gas Pipelines (Bloomberg)
• Montenegro Plans to Tighten Asylum Law (BIRN)