United Nations Office in Belgrade
Daily Media Highlights
Friday 25 January 2019
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic: Initiative for changing name of RS doesn’t contribute to peace (Tanjug/RTV)
• Vucic: Serbia’s regional policy reaffirmed in Davos (TV Pink/Tanjug)
• Vucic meets with Sarec, Soini, Kerry (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Remembering the fallen best answer to history revision (RTS/Tanjug)
• Hahn proposes solution for trade dispute, awaiting reply from Vucic, Thaci (N1/Beta)
• Ljajic: Kosovo importers awaiting Serbian goods (Tanjug)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Russia requested an extraordinary PIC session due to the announcement by the SDA (Nezavisne)
• OHR: The initiative to dispute RS name is counterproductive (N1)
• EUD to B&H calls on political parties to refrain from political maneuvers (TV1)
• Berton: SDA’s initiative is undesirable in the midst of formation of authorities (RTRS)
• Vucic: SDA’s initiative is not good or responsible move (TV1)
• Izetbegovic: What's the problem? It's time to say - it's enough (Nezavisne)
• Parliamentary parties from RS condemn SDA’s announcement of initiative to dispute name of RS before B&H CC (TV1)
• Komsic: Situation caused by SDA’s announcement is beneficial for SDA and SNSD (TV1)
• Cvitanovic: SDA’s initiative for reconsideration of RS’ name makes relations even more complicated (FTV)
• NATO condemns fact B&H CoM failed to discuss ANP (TV1)
• Kosovo seeks visa liberalization from B&H to abolish customs duties (Klix.ba)
fYROM
• Zaev meets Hahn and Stoltenberg in Davos to discuss Prespa Agreement (Meta)
• Prespa or no Prespa, next Greek PM announces he will block Macedonia’s EU accession (Republika)
• Greek parliament vote on Prespa deal delayed (Nezavisen vesnik)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Is the Serbia-Kosovo border change still on the table? (European Western Balkans)
• Angry Greeks take to the streets over deal to rename Macedonia (The Guardian)