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Belgrade Media Report 01 July

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Vatican, guided by principles, will not recognize independence of Kosovo (Radio Serbia)
• Djuric banned from entering Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Rate of returns of internally displaced from Kosovo unsatisfactory (Tanjug)
• Sixteen mandates with two lists (Novosti)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• B&H Council of Ministers decides to withdraw seventh and eighth tranches of stand by arrangement (Fena)
• Three indicted for killing Serbs near Trnovo (FoNet)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia seeks to preserve good relations with Russia — Russian ambassador (ITAR-TASS)
• Bosnian slaves have been exploited at constructions of Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan (Panorama.am)
• Macedonia Albanian Activists Slam ‘Terrorism’ Murder Verdict (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 30 June

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Vucic, Barroso: EU membership is Serbia’s priority (Politika/RTS/Radio Serbia)
• Udovicki on Kosovo in SEECP (Danas)
• Steinmeier: Germany supports Serbia’s EU path, but will not be reducing requirements (Beta)
• DSS: Serbia becoming EU colony (RTS/Tanjug)
• 100 years since Assassination at Sarajevo (RTS)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic: Europe made an invalid of B&H (Oslobodjenje)
• Dodik: Inadmissible position of U.S. Embassy (Srna)
• “Monster” case trial ends with 6 life imprisonment sentences (Beta)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Angry Kosovo Serbs call Serbian president "traitor"(AFP)
• Kosovo Arrests 18 Over Mitrovica Barricade Unrest (BIRN)
• Kosovo Serb Politician’s Custody Extended Again (BIRN)
• Barroso: Accession process for Sebia is moving at a good pace (New Europe)
• Serbia could go bankrupt, says PM (Telegraph.co.UK)
• Six Albanians Jailed for Macedonia ‘Terror’ Murders (BIRN)
• EU-Montenegro accession conference opens 3 chapters (New Europe)
• Extend Nato’s umbrella to Montenegro and Macedonia (Washington Post)

Belgrade Media Report 25 June

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• "Important that Serbs take part in government" (Tanjug)
• Urosevac: Organizers of prostitution network accused (Tanjug)
• Mihajlovic: Serbs could "tip the scales" in the Kosovo government (Tanjug)
• DSS: The government is concealing the responsibility for handing over Kosovo (FoNet)
• Opposite stances of President and Prime Minister increasingly often (Blic, by Tamara Spaic, 25 June 2014)
• Serbia "supports OSCE" over Ukraine crisis (Tanjug)
• Defense minister: Serbia to be unbiased OSCE chair (Tanjug/B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• A citizen of Serbia charged with war crimes in Karlovac (Beta)
• NATO won't offer Montenegro membership this year (Tanjug/B92)
• Albania to become candidate for EU membership (Beta)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia Delays IMF Talks, Supplementary Budget as GDP May Shrink (Bloomberg, By Gordana Filipovic, 24 June 2014)
• UAE, Serbia to improve business investments and opportunities (Gulf Today, 25 June 2014)
• Serbian Tabloid Editor ‘Won’t Be State TV Chief’ (BIRN, 25 June 2014)
• Hackers Bring Down Serbian Tabloid Kurir's Site (BIRN, 24 June 2014)
• Macedonian Leaders Meet to Tackle Post-Election Feud (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 25 June 2014)

Belgrade Media Report 23 June 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: Let's be a tough nut to crack (RTS)
• 13 officers and 6 protesters injured in riots (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Serbia as a guarantor of the Dayton Treaty (RTRS)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Croatian parliament: on the Cyrillic alphabet before the summer recess (Hina)
• BiH: Custody for the arrested in "Pandora" (Beta)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Albanians torch cars, police fire rubber bullets in divided town (Reuters, By Fatos Bytyci, 22 June 2014)
• Russia Says Serbia Linked In To South Stream (NEW EUROPE, by Kostis Geropoulos, 23 June 2014)
• Montenegro ‘Cannot Detain’ Suspected Serbian Narco-Boss (BIRN, by Dusia Tomovic, 23 June 2014)
• World War I Conference in Sarajevo Divides Scholars (New York Times, By Paul Hockenos, 22 June 2014)
• Macedonia Opposition Sets Terms For Crisis Talks (BIRN, by Sinisa Jakov Marusic, 23 June 2014)

Belgrade Media Report 20 June 2014

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Djuric: State will take Orahovac,Velika Hoca out of isolation (Tanjug)
• Government on international cooperation (Tanjug/B92)
• Concerns about the privatization process in Kosovo (Danas, by Jelena Tasic, 20 June2014)
• Djuric visits displaced at the “Junior” Hotel in Strpce (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Regional conference on missing persons (Beta, Blic)
• Indictment filed for war crimes against Serbian civilians (Fena)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 'Park' on Bridge Causes Confusion in Divided Mitrovica (BIRN, by Valerie Hopkins and Edona Peci, 20 June 2014)
• Macedonian parliament votes in PM despite opposition boycott (Reuters, By Kole Casule, 19 June 2014)
• Bosniak Soldiers Charged With Attack on Fleeing Serbs (BIRN, 19 June 2014)
• EU hopeful Serbia in quandary over Ukraine (Eubusiness, 20 June 2014)
• Putin Is Behaving in Ukraine Like Milosevic Did in Serbia History repeats itself (The New Republic, By Vera Mironova and Maria Snegovaya, 19 June 2014)