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Belgrade Media Report 23 January 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Gasic: Serbia continuing policy of military neutrality (RTS/Tanjug) • Djuric: We need to know who owns what (Danas) • SRS submits petition for removal of Nikolic (RTS/Tanjug) • Dveri: Vucic announced recognition of “Kosovo” (New Serbian Political Thought) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Decision made on the destruction of arms and ammunition (Srna) • Mehmedovic: Dodik will not determine what SDA will do! (Oslobodjenje/Patria) • IMF: No new tranche of the loan for B&H (Srna) • Thaqi to Poposki: Pristina¬-Belgrade dialogue is good model for Skopje-Athens (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo miners end strike, give government more time to decide mines's fate (Reuters) • Murder Testimony Against Kosovo Serb Leader ‘Unconvincing’ (BIRN) • Serbian minister: For EU integration, we need the understanding of our citizens (EurActiv) • Islamist Terror Threat Draws EU, Balkans Together (Balkan Insight) • Hague Tribunal Faces a Dramatic 2015 (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 22 Jan

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic, Patriarch Irinej: Very close thoughts on draft platform for Kosovo and Metohija (RTS/Tanjug) • Dacic: Property issue important for dialogue (Beta) • Dacic in Pristina without Serbian flag (Novosti) • Djuric: Serbia not trading with Trepca (RTS/Beta) • Mihajlovic: Serbian government not trading with property in Kosovo (Tanjug) • Ljajic: We will protect the property in Kosovo (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • B&H Minister Tucic resigns over arms sales to Ukraine (Srna/Tanjug) • The House of Peoples of the FB&H Parliament canceled continuation of session (Oslobodjenje) • SDA seeks eight seats in the FB&H government (Dnevni avaz) • Government’s priority – reform of key sectors (Srna) • McGuffie: The real job is on B&H governments (Oslobodjenje) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo miners go on strike, demand government takes over administration of mining complex (The Associated Press) • Serb politician on trial under suspicion of war crimes (EUReporter) • EU-Russia row: Serbia offers to bang heads together (BBC) • WEF 2015: Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says in no doubt over new IMF deal (Reuters) • Bosnia-Montenegro Border Row Heats up (BIRN) • US Ambassador’s Blog Highlights Bosnia School Segregation (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 21 Jan

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic and Patriarch Irinej discuss Kosovo (Tanjug/Novosti) • Djuric: Attacks of Thaqi and Mustafa proof that Vucic protects Serbia’s interests (Tanjug) • Drecun: Belgrade not accepting unilateral solutions (RTS) • How to resolve the issue of property of Serbian companies in Kosovo and Metohija (RTS) • Final election results – Kostic is the new Gracanica mayor (Tanjug) • Linta: Release of Glavas insult to Serb victims (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Amendment to the statement sent to B&H Presidency (Srna) • Boycotting B&H Parliament session doesn’t defend the interests of the RS (Prvi.tv/Srna) • Cvijanovic and Hennessey on EU initiative for B&H (Oslobodjenje) • EU delegation underlines crucial importance of government formation at all levels in B&H (Fena) • Glavas: I will respond to Croatian court summons (Dalje.com) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo miners stay deep underground in row over mine's fate (Reuters) • Kosovo assessing EU legal basis for specialist court for KLA war crimes (Xinhua) • Bosnia frees Croatian politician as war crime conviction quashed (AFP)

Belgrade Media Report 19 January 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic: Voting on Trepca postponed (RTS) • Sertic: State of Serbia undisputed owner of Trepca (RTS) • Djuric: Confiscation of Trepca undermines Brussels agreement’s foundations (RTS) • Vulin: Serbia will never renounce Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug) • Families of kidnapped send letter to OSCE (Tanjug) • European Parliament: Serbia to harmonize foreign and security policy with EU, including the policy towards Russia (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Dodik: Dzaferovic cannot be the head of the Parliament (Srna/OBN) • To prepare the laws as soon as possible (Srna) • Kebo to show evidence Izetbegovic brought mujahedeen to B&H (Srna/Press) • New Croatian President writes to UN chief about Seselj (Tanjug/Beta’s Zagreb correspondent) • Steinmeier and Hammond: EU once more reached out to B&H, and it is a chance that will not present itself again (Fena) • Lars-Gunnar Wigemark the new head of the EU Delegation to B&H (Vijesti) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Kosovo backtracks on bid to take control of mining giant (Reuters) • Belgrade, London discuss region, Serbia’s EU path (New Europe) • Saving Bosnia's past from the ashes (BBC)

Belgrade Media Report 16 January 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia has become an exporter of security (Tanjug) • Djuric: Serbia will know to protect Trepca (RTS) • Ljajic: Telekom property in Kosovo and Metohija part of the negotiating process (Tanjug) • Dacic: IPAP – step forward in relations between Serbia and NATO (Tanjug) • Stoltenberg: Serbia valuable partner (RTS/Tanjug) • Mihajlovic: Serbia wants a just solution (RTS) • EULEX still cannot find Janjicijevic’s murderer (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Zvizdic fulfills requirements to chair Council of Ministers (Oslobodjenje) • Collegium refuses for MPs to consider Dzaferovic's dismissal (Fena) • Steinmeier and Hammond today in Sarajevo (Srna) • Grabar Kitarovic: Everyone in Croatia is a Croat Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (BHT1) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Hundreds demonstrate in Montenegro against Kosovo official (AP) • Hungarian Minister Proposes Greece-Macedonia-Serbia Gas Pipeline as South Stream Alternative (Novinite.com) • In-fighting delays formation of Bosnia govts (Balkan Insight) • Bosnia Told: Embrace EU-Requested Reforms or Expect Turmoil (ABC News) • Bosnia’s Muslim top cleric slams Mohammed cartoon (AFP)