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Belgrade Media Monitoring 21 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Ladsous: No plans for UNMIK’s reduction (RTS) • Dacic briefs EU ambassadors (RTS) • U.S: Embassy welcomes joint statement by Vucic and Rama (Tanjug) • Kostic calls for international reaction (Tanjug) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • SNSD claims its coalition has majority (Beta) • Jolevski: Macedonian troops take part in numerous peacekeeping missions (Republika) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • UEFA official says Serbia and Albania will be ‘fined severely,’ but likely not expelled from Euro 2016 (The Washington Post) • Dispatch: The One Muslim Country That Loves America Is Developing an Extremist Problem (Foreign Policy) • US Praises Macedonian Law to Jail Militants (BIRN) • Montenegro under pressure (Inside Europe)

Belgrade Media Report 20 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Serbia stands ready to boost its UN peacekeeping role (Tanjug) • Serbia as regional leader in peacekeeping missions (Tanjug) • Gasic: Peacekeeping missions bring Serbia closer to EU (Tanjug) • Office for Kosovo and Metohija: End violence (Beta) • Miscevic: Condition is Brussels agreement, not distance from Moscow (Danas) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic, Sorensen and Inzko: Government must be quickly formed (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Albanian prime minister's visit to Serbia postponed (www.aa.com.tr/en) • Albania flag-burning in Belgrade escalates tensions (AFP) • With theatrics, Putin keeps rivals off balance (The New York Times) • Bosnia's SDP in turmoil after election failure (Journal of Turkish Weekly) • Bosnia’s Elections, A Hope for Change? (WorldBulletin)

Belgrade Media Report 17 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Vucic - Putin press conference (RTS/Poltika/Tanjug) • Greece sends demarche to Albania (Tanjug) • Simic: Russia to stay in Balkans (B92) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Ivanic continues to lead for B&H Presidency (Fena) • Podgorica police detains three persons suspected of stoning the Albanian Embassy (FoNet) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Putin advices Serbia to grasp EU sanctions as chance to increase export to Russia (Xinhua) • Albanian PM sticks to Serbia visit despite football mayhem (EUbusiness) • After drone stunt and football row, Serbia says Albania not mature enough to join European union (Reuters)

Belgrade Media Report 16 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Putin and Nikolic: We have mutual past and good future (RTS/Tanjug) • Demarche submitted to the Albanian Ambassador (Danas) • Dacic: I didn’t know that Great Albania is a model (Beta/Blic) • Djuric: Pristina responsible for tensions (B92) • Drecun: Is there any sense in Edi Rama’s arrival (RTS) • Djuric: Positive tone of German MPs (Tanjug) • Mayors in northern Kosovo asking for protection for Serbs (Beta) • Serbian police in UN missions (Politika/FoNet) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Izetbegovic: B&H will not accept any steps backwards, new entities or more divisions (Oslobodjenje) • Inzko shocks Sarajevo TV broadcast (Klix.ba) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • Putin reiterates Russia’s principled stance on Kosovo issue (ITAR-TASS) • Vladimir Putin warns over rise of neo-Nazism before Serbia visit (The Guardian) • Serbia Welcomes Putin While Eyeing Europe (Reuters) • Why is there tension between Serbia and Albania? (Euronews) • Belgrade chaos fed off centuries of rivalry between Serbia and Albania (The Guardian) • Serbia says UEFA should award THEM 3-0 win after match against 'terrorist' Albania abandoned after drone used to fly flag over the pitch leads to violent scenes [and arrest of PM's brother] (Daily Mail)

Belgrade Media Report 15 October 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS • Nikolic: Attempt at destabilizing the region (RTS) • Vucic: Albanian extremists wanted to trample on our pride (Novosti) • Dacic: Stadium incident was planned political provocation (Blic) • Analysts on the stadium incident (RTS/Beta) • Drecun: Strong basis of jihadists emerging (Politika/Beta/RTS) • Dodik on Serbia-RS relations (Novosti) STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS • Sorensen: We expect quick formation of government at all levels (Fena) • SNSD Party wins majority in election for RS parliament (Fena) RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES • 'Albanian PM's brother arrested' as Euro qualifier with Serbia abandoned (AFP/AP/Reuters) • Divisions Cemented as Nationalists Hold On to Power in Bosnia-Herzegovina Vote (VICE News) • Mladic Witness: Bosnian Serbs Didn’t Organise Expulsions (BIRN)