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Belgrade Media Report 16 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO a problem for Serbia, region and world (RTS)
• Gasic, Miculescu: Migrant problem task of entire EU (Tanjug)
• Patriarch Irinej: EU, but not without Kosovo (Blic)
• Ski Resorts of Serbia seek international arbitration (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Izetbegovic: Coalition will spread to cantonal, and possibly to state level (klix.ba)
• Dodik supports SDA-SBB coalition if leads to stabilization in FB&H (Srna)
• Moscow visit successful (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• 'Opposition has enough gas:’ Anti-Serbia MPs teargasses Kosovo parliament…again (RT)
• Macedonia Opposition Stays Out of Crisis Talks (BIRN)
• Bosnia region agrees $300 mln loan with U.S. fund to cover budget gap (Reuters)
• Czech Foreign minister offers to share transformation know-how with Bosnia (Prague Post)
• Biased Montenegro Protest Reports Expose Political Control (BIRN)
• Putin may hate it, but NATO may be about to expand again (Washington Post)

Belgrade Media Report 15 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Nikolic: Serbia will never recognize Kosovo (RTS)
• Pak: Nikolic supports referendum on Kosovo and Metohija (TV Pink)
• Ten contentious points of the EU draft resolution (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Ensure safe future for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Dittman: Kosovo recognition not chapter opening condition (B92)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SDA-SBB coalition agreed at all levels, signing next week (Oslobodjenje)
• SB&H and A-SDA left without ministerial posts (Patria)
• Flag resembling ISIL appears outside B&H Presidency (Srna)
• Conference on Dayton Peace Agreement (Srna)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Serbia cries foul over Kosovo, Germany says complaints unfounded (Reuters)
• EU Acts to Redirect Bosnian Serb Referendum Drama (BIRN)

Belgrade Media Report 14 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Dacic: Agreements to be implemented, not a step further (RTS/Tanjug/Beta)
• Djuric: German amendment is pressure on Serbia (RTS)
• Mogherini: Vucic, Mustafa committed to implementing past agreements (Tanjug)
• EU via Kosovo (Blic)
• Nikolic advocates referendum on Kosovo (Novosti)
• Chinese Ambassador: Kosovo to be resolved according to Resolution 1244 (Tanjug)
• Reactions to Pristina incidents (RTS/Politika)
• Kosovo – reason or excuse for elections (Politika)
• Samardzic and Bogdanovic: Chapter 35 no surprise (Danas)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Four dead in tragedy in Kakanj coal mine (klix.ba)
• Day of mourning 15 October (Fena)
• Sarovic: No discussions with Alliance for Changes on reconstruction of Council of Ministers (Nezavisne)
• Ivanic not to run for PDP leader? (Patria)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• EU, US Press Macedonia over Special Prosecution Delay (BIRN)
• Bosnian Serb Leader Fishes for Funds in Moscow (BIRN)
• Montenegro Opposition Splits Over Parliament Boycott (BIRN)
• Crowd-funding a revolution in Montenegro (opendemocracy.net)

Belgrade Media Report 13 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• UNESCO Executive Council to examine Pristina’s request for membership (Novosti)
• Dacic: Anyone who doesn’t recognize Kosovo is Serbia’s friend (RTS)
• Nikolic to meet with ambassadors on Friday (Politika)
• Djuric: Unacceptable for Kosovo status to be on the table (Radio Belgrade)
• Serbian MPs: No reason for conditioning Serbia (Tanjug)
• EC, EEAS recommend opening of accession chapters for Serbia (Danas)
• Serbian peacekeepers in Lebanon awarded with UN medals (Tanjug)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• Dodik: Position of EU Foreign Affairs Council – defending previous misdeeds (Srna)
• Dunovic: I will not block SBB joining FB&H government (Dnevni list)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo opposition tries to overturn landmark deal with Serbia (EurActiv/Reuters)
• EU Refugee Crisis In Serbia: Quota A Condition Of Pending European Union Membership, Will Turn Country Into 'Immigration Colony,' Official Says (IBTimes)
• Montenegro Gay Pride Postponed Amid Political Turmoil (BIRN)
• Montenegro: Using journalists as political pawns undermines the role of the media (Index on Censorship)

Belgrade Media Report 12 October 2015

STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS

• Kosovo to be on Executive Council agenda (Tanjug)
• Vucic sends letter to UNESCO members (Tanjug)
• Nikolic: Time for national consensus in regard to Pristina (Tanjug/RTS)
• Odalovic: Expectation for reason to prevail politics (RTS)
• Davenport: Fulfilment of obligations, not recognition (Tanjug)
• Divisions among Kosovo Serbs also endanger formation of ZSO (Politika)

STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS

• SBB authorized Radoncic to continue talks with Izetbegovic (Radio Sarajevo)
• Komsic: We don’t want Dodik in B&H government (Nezavisne)

RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES

• Kosovo Steps Closer To UNESCO Membership (BIRN)
• Serbian Inflation Slows in September, Supporting Policy Easing (Bloomberg)
• EU Foreign Ministers Condemn Bosnian Serb Referendum (BIRN)