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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)